Topic: Repairing a Iriver ihp-120?

[Liquid Drum]

Letting it run flat certainly will have done no good to the battery.

Is this true?? I always thought its better to only charge the battery before use. I generally run the batt down before I pack it away for a while and then I charge it up before use. I always thought that any/most batteries lose charge over time if not used.

Am I damaging the battery? 

Li-ions are not like NiCad or NiMH !

see this article on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-ion#Guidelines_for_prolonging_Li-ion_battery_life

the rule is: charge early

Most players have hardware protection to shut off at a safe battery level so as not to damage the battery but I certainly wouldn't let it discharge completely on purpose if your target is long battery life.

Thanks for the info +t

I've now just charged it up to 71% and then I'll charge it to 100% the night before the show.

[HarpDoc]

I've got an H140 that died. I emailed the repair place that you've put up a link for, but never heard back. Then I called them and was told that they don't do repair anymore. Wierd.