Zune 120 GB questions

Got my wife a 120 GB Zune for Christmas.

1. The promotional paperwork says with wireless set to off it can get as many as 30 consecutive hours on a battery charge.

The longest it will last is approximately 9 hours.

Should we swap it out for another one or is that a decent battery life?

How long are your Zune batteries lasting on your 120 GB?  Feedback is appreciated.  Thanks a lot!

2. Can we use the AC adaptor that came with an A/V set I got when I purchased my 30 GB Zune or is there a specific 120 GB AC adaptor?

I got a 30gb Zune and I get, when playing music only, about 14 hours of play. When playing videos I get maybe 4-5 hours.

It's all about what you play, how loud you play it, what setting you have the backlight set to, and if you're using VIDEO.


Set your backlight settings to lowest, Make sure the auto-off feature (for the backlight) is set to the minimum you're comfortable with (5 sec for me), and that the wifi is turned off.  This alone will extend your battery life considerably!

Also, like Oban mentioned, if you're watching videos, it eats up up batteries like nobody's buisness!  I get about...say...4 hours out of my ZUNE 30 when watching Video. 

The batteries on these things are fairly universal, so I'm willing to bet you should have no trouble with the hints we've given you here.

As far as your charge cable is concerned:  Does it fit?  Try plugging it in (while not plugged into an outlet!) to make sure it's the same cable.  If that is the case, and your cable fits, check MS documentation on www.ZUNE.net to be sure that it's compatible.  I believe these cables are nigh-universal, so it shouldn't be an issue.  Kjkolko?  Thoughts? 

BTW, be sure to bring this up on the first zuneusers podcast!