Mobility Site - View Single Post - i-UP 5400 Universal External Battery

FunkyCowie · 04-04-07, 04:24 AM

TESTING POST:

1. Do a full discharge and recharge to see how long charging the unit takes

After taking ages to discharge a full recharge only took 2 hours 30 minutes

2. See how long it takes to charge my Axim X50v from 0%

Drained the axim so it was running off of backup battery and full charge took 1 hours 20 minutes and one bar down on the I-UP 5400 which according to the manual means I still have approximately 70%-90%.

3. Constant Mp3 test

Mp3 playing, screen at full brightness and set at full volume = same as video

Mp3 playing, screen off and at full volume = 100+ hours at current estimates (I`m tired of hearing the same tracks over and over) I`ve been playing it for 10 hours and it hasn`t gone below %90 yet! I tested it by using other functions to drain thebattery to make sure nothing was broken and its functioning correctly... so under 10% usage gave me 10 hours of Mp3 playback, 10x10=100 hours?

Mp3 playing, full volume, battery at 20% = best to let it charge your axim till about 60% then it'll charge and play at the same time.

4. Constant Video with audio test

Video with audio playing at full volume with battery on full charge and connected to powerless external 2W speakers = Charges whilst playing and lasts 11 hours 30 minutes

Video with audio playing at full volume with battery on full charge = Charges whilst playing and lasts 12 hours. I normally watch movies at 1 notch up from no brightness so this figure would increase a little by maybe 2+ hours for me,, possibly a lot more based on Mp3 no screen times.

Video with audio playing at full volume on partial charge (20%) = same as mp3 playback needs the ax to be at around 60%

5. Constant bluetooth test (GPS related)

Ok so this isn`t a constant test but the wife wanted to go out to a garden center that we've never been to so I took the opportunity to test my Bluetooth GPS (Visiontac I won in the comptetition here with TomTom 6 only to find a major road that was completed a year ago not on the UK map). First bit of disapointment was that my axim wasn't fully charged and although the I-UP 5400 may have extended the existing life the orange led was on on the axim but it wasn`t saying it was being charged. So whilst we were shopping I turned off the axim and left the I-UP charging the axim, we came back to it being fully charged, and on the trip back the I-UP kept the axim green

Not entirely sure why this would be. So I`ll test everything with a partially charged axim against a fully charged axim and see what happens.

6. Constant Wifi test

8+ hours

7. Constant Bluetooth and Wifi test

8+ hours

8. Max number of charges to Axim X50v

7 full charges to standard battery

Anyone want me to test it in any other specific way?

04-04-07, 04:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
FunkyCowie Aximsite Major League Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: UK PDA: Axim X50v Phone: Motorola V547 PMP: TCPMP iTrader Rating: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts View MyPDA	TESTING POST: 1. Do a full discharge and recharge to see how long charging the unit takes After taking ages to discharge a full recharge only took 2 hours 30 minutes 2. See how long it takes to charge my Axim X50v from 0% Drained the axim so it was running off of backup battery and full charge took 1 hours 20 minutes and one bar down on the I-UP 5400 which according to the manual means I still have approximately 70%-90%. 3. Constant Mp3 test Mp3 playing, screen at full brightness and set at full volume = same as video Mp3 playing, screen off and at full volume = 100+ hours at current estimates (I`m tired of hearing the same tracks over and over) I`ve been playing it for 10 hours and it hasn`t gone below %90 yet! I tested it by using other functions to drain thebattery to make sure nothing was broken and its functioning correctly... so under 10% usage gave me 10 hours of Mp3 playback, 10x10=100 hours? Mp3 playing, full volume, battery at 20% = best to let it charge your axim till about 60% then it'll charge and play at the same time. 4. Constant Video with audio test Video with audio playing at full volume with battery on full charge and connected to powerless external 2W speakers = Charges whilst playing and lasts 11 hours 30 minutes Video with audio playing at full volume with battery on full charge = Charges whilst playing and lasts 12 hours. I normally watch movies at 1 notch up from no brightness so this figure would increase a little by maybe 2+ hours for me,, possibly a lot more based on Mp3 no screen times. Video with audio playing at full volume on partial charge (20%) = same as mp3 playback needs the ax to be at around 60% 5. Constant bluetooth test (GPS related) Ok so this isn`t a constant test but the wife wanted to go out to a garden center that we've never been to so I took the opportunity to test my Bluetooth GPS (Visiontac I won in the comptetition here with TomTom 6 only to find a major road that was completed a year ago not on the UK map). First bit of disapointment was that my axim wasn't fully charged and although the I-UP 5400 may have extended the existing life the orange led was on on the axim but it wasn`t saying it was being charged. So whilst we were shopping I turned off the axim and left the I-UP charging the axim, we came back to it being fully charged, and on the trip back the I-UP kept the axim green Not entirely sure why this would be. So I`ll test everything with a partially charged axim against a fully charged axim and see what happens. 6. Constant Wifi test 8+ hours 7. Constant Bluetooth and Wifi test 8+ hours 8. Max number of charges to Axim X50v 7 full charges to standard battery Anyone want me to test it in any other specific way? Last edited by FunkyCowie : 07-21-07 at 09:28 AM.