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Battery life guidelines
The battery lifetime guideline values given below indicate the approximate amount of time at
room temperature (20° C) until power automatically turns off due to battery failure. The
actual life of a set of batteries is affected by many different factors, including the battery
manufacturer, the amount of time the batteries spent in storage before they were used, the
temperature and the D1000X settings.
Heterodyne and/or frequency division systems active. No recordings made, 44.1 kHz sampling
frequency, LED intensity level 3:
Alkaline batteries, LR6:
9 hours*
NiMH accumulators, 2300 mAh:
11 hours*
Lithium batteries, FR6:
15 hours*
Heterodyne and/or frequency division systems active. Recording continuously, 300 kHz sampling
frequency, LED intensity level 3:
Alkaline batteries, LR6:
5 hours
NiMH accumulators, 2300 mAh:
7 hours
Lithium batteries, FR6:
8 hours
In order to prolong the battery life, the following could be considered.
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Use a low/moderate LED intensity.
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Avoid using unnecessarily high sampling frequencies.
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Avoid recording continuously.
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Use headphones rather than the built-in loudspeaker
* When a GPS receiver is connected to the serial input of the D1000X the battery life is approximately 25% shorter.
