secretfamilyrecipe
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Hi All, I'll keep this post as concise as I can:
Is "power-hungry data transfer" something that is well known? Like, for decent-sized files, should I instead be putting the SD card into my laptop to avoid power hungry data transfers? Or, is it some strange bug / glitch? If that's the case, then all I can think of is that I selected USB-C as the power source while transferring data when I also had batteries in my Zoom... (i.e. I should've selected Battery power...?)
The power-drainage I experienced seemed so rapid (6mins) and disproportionate with regards to data size (4GB)... But perhaps I'm naive and data transfers do take that much power.
Any insights are greatly appreciated, thank you!
- I had 4 fully-charged AA batteries with an estimated 13hrs of recording life left on them (battery-icon bars on the Zoom display were full, and I'd only undertaken 1.5hrs of recording on full charge with those batteries).
- To transfer data, I connected the Zoom via USB-C to my laptop. So, the laptop was powering the Zoom (confirmed when battery-icon disappeared, indicating the Zoom was running on USB power).
- I began the transfer of a single folder (4GB) containing 3 files (stems from a 1hr, 10m session).
- Right before transfer initiated, the Zoom menu asked if I were using USB or Battery power, so I chose USB (thinking that the USB-C would handle power + data transfer).
- After transfer, which took about 6mins, I unplugged the Zoom from the Laptop. The battery-icon reappeared, but it was now displaying only 1 bar.
- I put the (rechargeable) batteries in their dock, and indeed they were under 25% capacity.
- All of my equipment is new (Zoom, rechargeable Ansmann rechargeable batteries, USB-C cable).
Is "power-hungry data transfer" something that is well known? Like, for decent-sized files, should I instead be putting the SD card into my laptop to avoid power hungry data transfers? Or, is it some strange bug / glitch? If that's the case, then all I can think of is that I selected USB-C as the power source while transferring data when I also had batteries in my Zoom... (i.e. I should've selected Battery power...?)
The power-drainage I experienced seemed so rapid (6mins) and disproportionate with regards to data size (4GB)... But perhaps I'm naive and data transfers do take that much power.
Any insights are greatly appreciated, thank you!
