How Do I Stop Playback? I Mean Stop Not Pause..

Anna....

from a previous post I read...

sleep will drain the battery FAR, FAR faster than when it is turned off. I always turn my Touch OFF when not using it, to save aggravation(I don't want to end up with a dead battery when I'm away from home with the Touch) and charge cycles. Anyone who claims the two are equal are smoking something funny.

maybe I'm using the wrong word by ssaying stop function. But actually turning the IPOD off rather than pausing acts like a stop function rather than pause....

"sleep will drain the battery FAR, FAR faster than when it is turned off."

in my experience (I first bought my touch, over a year ago now), this statement is INCORRECT.

my ipod stays in sleep mode 99% of the time, and i do not notice a battery drain because of this.

there are several occasions when I do notice significant battery drain

1. when I listen to a three and a half hour radio show using wi-fi (i.e. constant use of wi-fi - unlike some suggestions, i don't find that having the wi-fi connected all the time drains the battery significantly, unless i go out of my wi-fi zone and my ipod is then continually searching for a network).
2. when i watch long videos (or several shorter videos)
3. when i play 'heavy-duty' games (i.e. ones which use a lot of graphics - generally the more expensive ones with larger memory.)

granted, in my normal every-day life i will probably connect my ipod to either my computer/docking station at least once during the day, so it does get regular charging. i don't worry about this particularly, because (also according to many articles), unlike the older ipods, the batteries in these newer models are a different type, and actually BENEFIT from regular charging.
but when i've been away from home, for example when i stayed at my grandmas for a couple of weeks last year, where i had no wi-fi access, i had wi-fi turned off, and thus didn't use it, and i only really used it to listen to audiobooks/podcasts before bed, and maybe a couple of basic games during the day, the battery lasted at least a week before it require charging.

i've also never bothered much about 'stopping' music. i just pause it, exit the app and go and do whatever else it is i want to do.

these are my experiences and things i've learned from reading around the internet. which i did because my original iPod mini's battery died because i left it plugged into a docking station for long periods of time.
hope this helps.

Message was edited by: Anna Sandham

must admit I don't power mine off either, and don't notice any difference - although like you, i do tend to have it connected to the PC most days.

but i do wonder why there is a facility to turn it off completeley if there is no benefit from doing so - maybe if an Apple employee is looking in they could advise.

take care

i rather suspect its there for people who don't use it on a regular basis. if you use it on and off all day like i do, then switching it off completely is not only irritating, but a bit of a waste.
but there will be many users who don't use it that frequently, and having it turned off makes more sense.

if running an application or a game or something like that is when it's right time to put it to sleep right?

Jim VanLeeuwen wrote:
Pause and stop are the same thing. Press the home button to exit the music app while you are paused. If you press and hold the home button for 6-8 seconds, you can force quit the music app.

this is actually a universal force quit for any app native or third party on your ipod touch, it returns you to the home screen.

applegenius18 wrote:
if running an application or a game or something like that is when it's right time to put it to sleep right?

i'm not sure i understand what you mean. are you asking when the 'right time' to put it to sleep is?

i dont think there is a wrong time. i use the sleep button all the time when i've finished using my ipod, whether it is an app, or listening to music etc.

OR i'll use it to dim the screen (thus power save) if i'm listening to something and it isn't plugged in/docked, especially if it is sitting in my pocket and i'm walking around where i can't see the display. then i'll generally use the double clicking of the home button to control what i'm listening to.

NVM.