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japanime

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Feb 27, 2006
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I've got an iPod Video 5.5 that I've set up for manual management of music (disc mode) rather than automatic synching.

Whenever the iPod is connected to my computer and charging, the iPod's hard drive spins away and the backlight remains on. It never spins down nor does the backlight ever go off.

Is this normal? I would think if the thing is just sittting there charging, and not being used for synching music or anything, the HDD should spin down and the backlight turn off.
 
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