Sony Walkman custom firmware (non-Android)

[aceedburn]

Strange. Are you sure you have FE+ installed ?
We are several who have registered the 20-25% extra consumption, dropping from about 40 to about 30 hours on a full charge

Yes I concur. Fe+ indeed consumes far more battery than Fe. But the quality of sound far surpasses the disadvantage so I’m cool with it. I see a drop of around 20% as well compared to fe on my WM1A.

 

[magicguy]

Strange. Are you sure you have FE+ installed ?
We are several who have registered the 20-25% extra consumption, dropping from about 40 to about 30 hours on a full charge

Hummmmm... I just read your signature...
You got an hardware unit modified "Sony NW-WM1Z (NP Audio EXPm2.5, J region and FE fw)", maybe this is the reason ?

@aceedburn : what about you ? Which unit do you own ?

 

[nc8000]

Hummmmm... I just read your signature...
You got an hardware unit modified "Sony NW-WM1Z (NP Audio EXPm2.5, J region and FE fw)", maybe this is the reason ?

@aceedburn : what about you ? Which unit do you own ?

I get 40 hours on that unit with FE and 30 hours with FE+. The only difference between FE and FE+ is that FE+ pushes the SMaster in high power mode

 

[aceedburn]

Hummmmm... I just read your signature...
You got an hardware unit modified "Sony NW-WM1Z (NP Audio EXPm2.5, J region and FE fw)", maybe this is the reason ?

@aceedburn : what about you ? Which unit do you own ?

Stock WM1A. Used to get about 20 hours or so with fe. Now I get 15-16 hours with fe+.

 

[magicguy]

Ok, thanks

 

[Tanjiro]

Strange. Are you sure you have FE+ installed ?
We are several who have registered the 20-25% extra consumption, dropping from about 40 to about 30 hours on a full charge

Yes, my 1A is loaded with FE+. However, maybe I don't listen continuously. Only 1-2 hours per day.

 

[nc8000]

Yes, my 1A is loaded with FE+. However, maybe I don't listen continuously. Only 1-2 hours per day.

It should not matter how you listen

 

[gerelmx1986]

My 1A is approaching 10.000 playback hours and still rock solid, only for the ocassional glitchy audio noises drop outs on the 4.4mm side

 

[MrWalkman]

It should not matter how you listen

I'm one of the guys who usually listens 1-2 hours per day - sometimes more, of course. Especially as I don't go around much these days and because I'm not listening too much to the player, I'm not keeping a tab on the battery.

I'm currently working on the update, and it should be ready in several hours. I had to redo the visualizers syncing, this time with a proper metronome sound, and it's just awesome.

 

[gerelmx1986]

I'm one of the guys who usually listens 1-2 hours per day - sometimes more, of course. Especially as I don't go around much these days and because I'm not listening too much to the player, I'm not keeping a tab on the battery.

I'm currently working on the update, and it should be ready in several hours. I had to redo the visualizers syncing, this time with a proper metronome sound, and it's just awesome.

I hace one such tracks with a metronome sound.

 

[MrWalkman]

Almost there

So yes, you will be able to check if you're on the Plus (+) or on the Classic version, in the "Unit information" menu.

 

[nc8000]

Almost there



So yes, you will be able to check if you're on the Plus (+) or on the Classic version, in the "Unit information" menu.

And the only difference between them is that Plus drives the S-master in high mode ?

 

[MrWalkman]

And the only difference between them is that Plus drives the S-master in high mode ?

That's not only it, and it's also more like the S-Master working in a non-low power mode.

Nonetheless, the "Plus" mode should be seen as a better rendered FE ("Classic") signature.

 

[pascallito]

Nonetheless, the "Plus" mode should be seen as a better rendered FE ("Classic") signature.

It is even much more than that !! a revelation of the FE which should even be the "reference"

 

[gerelmx1986]

I cannot wait for FE+, I will be checking this thread with OCD for the next couple of hours