iPod classic battery drains

seeing as after the HD space that was the no. 2 reason for buying it).

Yeah, amen to that. I sent mine back to apple yesterday through the website (You all should, let them take the brunt of this) and lets see what they send me. I am hoping it's a new one. Why would they accept it for repair if it was a firmware problem? Just a thought.

I wish you get a new one, but I don't think so, check other posts about this issue, the ipods had been returned to the customers saying that there's nothing wrong with them.....

BTW I experienced the same problem, but since I found this post two weeks ago I've been following the instructions sugested and now before turnning off my Ipod, first I exit from "Cover Flow" menu, then make sure the Hard Disc has sttoped spinning, and then turn it off.... and my battery life is a lot better now.... I know this is not a solution but it helps until apple releases a better software version which fixes this issue....!!!!!

Had mine for two days, downloaded updates. Downloaded around twenty albums, turned it off and will not come on again or charge.I can hear a whirring sound so i guess the hard drive is stuck?? Very disappointed!!

yeah, i stopped using coverflow and my ipod has worked fine since. stay away from the games menu too, that also triggers the hard drive bug in my ipod.i dont even have to start a game, just going to that menu will trigger it.

has worked fine ever since? You can't use cover flow nor play games and your iPod is working fine? Huh, then I can't wait till they release a firmware upgrade so I can use the bonus features of my iPod, namely cover flow and games.

Ok figured this out a few days before, but if you turn off the Ipod Classic while it has the "Now Playing" on the main menu, it drains your battery. The way i get it off is play a vid exit out of it and then turn it off, seemed to work

while the games and coverflow are nice things to have, they arent essential to me. i just want the **** thing to play music, thats why i bought it. and now i can do that without the battery dying on me every 2 or 3 days. anyways, this whole hard drive thing and the way apple has handled it makes me think that this will be the first and last apple product ill ever buy.

Yeah, I hear ya. I'm in the same boat too. I sent mine back to Apple because the baterry has drained 5 times already and i think i'm entitled to a new one being they only last so long. Why should I have to eat 5 FULL charging cycles.
That's 100 hours of music. Some guy posted that they're just going to send it back to me and say it's fine. I posted my feelings (no cursing) and apple removed it, they said it was "speculative and of no technical value".
I agree with what you said about apple too, very disappointing and soon to be a little wiser in consumer law, you know the defrauding type. I hope that's not offensive. I hope we all come out of this for the good...Eric

I finally upgraded to 7.5 over the weekend. Since then, my iPod has repeatedly drained while not in use. I used it for an hour or less Sunday and it was dead when I got back in the car that night. I charged it all night last night, listened to it for about forty minutes on the way to work. I got in the car after work, and the battery's power was low and in the "red zone." I don't particularly hear the hard drive running after it's turned off, so I don't think that's the problem. It's very frustrating.

This is my second 80GB iPod classic - the first one was just plain screwed up and they replaced it at the store. Since then, I've had no issues and awesome battery life. This leads me to believe it's somehow related to the iTunes 7.5 update. Are people downgrading to the previous iTunes software to fix their problems?

you are not alone, :o))
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5430800

Yeah man mine is doing the same thing. If you put it in sleep mode and don't use it for a couple of days, then the battery drains to DEAD!! I'm wondering if this is normal (ie., you are supposed to use sleep only for awhile). I noticed that when I pause a song and then go to the main menu and then shut it off that this doesn't happen. What a bummer I drained my battery three times already and with the iPod batteries (so it seems) every battery charge is one less you'll have when it finally doesn't hold a good charge (seemingly sooner rather than later, seems to be the complaint with the iPod batteries)

Solutions for ya iPod Classic:

1.Disable ALL CoverFlow options at the configuration screen
2.Disable the EQ option
3.Customize your iPod Classic's menus,so it only shows what you mostly use (also disable CoverFlow!)

4.When charging the battery with a PC,put the iPod Classic to your ear and you'll hear the hard drive spinning..keep it on ya ear while in ya PC you remove the hardware securely..not from iTunes,eh!..Windows/Mac way..Then still hold the iPod on ya ear till you hear the iPod's Hard drive stop spinning..when done,leave the iPod slowly somewhere while it charges..funny fact is that instead of the "Do not disconnect" symbol you'll see "Battery charging" icon. Whenever ya ready to go,just disconnect it and go listen to music!

5.Whenever ya going to stop ya iPod while listening to music,press MENU till you come back to the main menu and listen to the hard drive again till it stops spinning for 5 seconds..then hold PAUSE/PLAY and instantly the iPod Classic will shut off..then PUT HOLD to block the clickwheel n stuff to evade the iPod for starting by itself..

There ya go,hope this helps till new firmware comes..

Mine is working very well...

I think some iPods came with bad-battery... And if you want a sugestion, you should replace it right away...

I doubt a new one would deal with this, it's a firmware bassed issue by the looks of things. Hopefully 1.0.3 will be out soon fixing the problem.

Taking it back, hmmm. I'VE OWNED MINE FOR APPROX. 4-5 months. If I can't resolve my problem soon, I'll return mine and get the 180 gb with an even exchange I suppose. I paid $377.00 for my 80gb.