Added a questions about pause using battery life
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Chargers with similar (or user-adjustable) properties are available
at shops selling consumer electronics.
+
+Q12: I often need to stop my player for about 15 minutes or so, and when I do
+ it runs off it's batteries. I was wondering, which is best: shutting the
+ player down completely and rebooting it when I want to listen again, or
+ leaving the unit on? Which way does it draw more power?
+A12: In our testing we found the following results:
+ HDD off, LED off, idle 94 mA
+ HDD off, LED off, play 97 mA
+ HDD off, LED on, idle 129 mA
+ HDD off, LED on, play 131 mA
+ HDD on, LED on, play 230 mA
+ HD on, reading, LED off ~ 600 mA
+ HD spin up before read max 800 mA
+
+ So leaving the unit on and paused consumes ~100mA, and thus much less then
+ needing to reboot the unit. Your mileage may vary.
+