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- | ===== Sansa ClipZip 1Ah Battery Mod ===== | + | ====== Sansa ClipZip 1Ah Battery Mod ====== |
- | Ok, so in my humble opinion, the Sansa Clip Series are the best Music Players on the Market. | + | Ok, so in my humble opinion, the Sansa Clip series are the best music players on the market. |
They support a wide range of formats out of the box, like Ogg, Flac, Wma, Audible, etc. | They support a wide range of formats out of the box, like Ogg, Flac, Wma, Audible, etc. | ||
They run Rockbox. They are light and have an affordable price tag. | They run Rockbox. They are light and have an affordable price tag. | ||
They only have one major flaw: battery life. | They only have one major flaw: battery life. | ||
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+ | The original Sansa Clip Zip battery had just 300mAh. (the original Sansa Clip had 330mAh) | ||
+ | On top of that It would lose 2/3 of it's chare in just a matter of days of lying around without being used ! | ||
Enter: My brocken previous Phone's 1000mAh Battery. | Enter: My brocken previous Phone's 1000mAh Battery. | ||
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- | Yes, all I had to do, was replace the SansaClipZip Batterie with the Nokia one. | + | Yes, it was that easy. All I had to do, was replace the Sansa Clip Zip battery with the Nokia one. |
- | It's even beautifully labeld: Plus to Plus. Minus to Minus. N to Unmarked. :-) | + | It was even beautifully labeled: Plus to Plus. Minus to Minus. N to Unmarked. :-) |
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Obviously the Nokia battery is just a tiny bit larger than the original Sansa one. | Obviously the Nokia battery is just a tiny bit larger than the original Sansa one. | ||
- | Well, with a bit of sawing and filing I opened the sides of the cases, squeezing the battery between the two halves. | + | With a bit of sawing and filing I opened (read sawed away) the sides of the case and was thus able to squeeze the battery between the two halves and secure them with double-sided adhesive tape. |
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Last but not least, I finished it off with a bit of Sugru. The result may not win any design awards, but it works. Very well. Or should I say long. ;-) | Last but not least, I finished it off with a bit of Sugru. The result may not win any design awards, but it works. Very well. Or should I say long. ;-) | ||
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+ | As an additional bonus, with the battery extending the length of the player, the 5 way button is now in the effective center instead of the bottom, making the buttons more comfortable to press. | ||
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+ | Update: Running time is now 30 hours and 32 minutes. Measured using Rockbox firmware. After fully charging the battery I let it play a continous mix of mostly highquality mp3 with a good helping of ogg, wma and flac media thrown in. Media was mostly played from 32GB microSD and some from internal flash. | ||
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