topic Re: VP preferences not saved. in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vp-preferences-not-saved/m-p/49074#M5734 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Due to the poor hardware design of this product the only safe bet is to leave it in the cradle on charge when not in use.<BR /><BR />VP's quiescent current seems to be quite high powering the clock and maintaining all user configurations.<BR /><BR />Most devices (including most digital cameras / laptops) have two batteries in them.<BR /><BR />One small battery to remeber your settings / keep the time and another and the main battery to power the device.<BR /><BR />Sony must have forgotten this when the knocked together the VP.<BR /><BR />Automan.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:10:38 GMT Automan 2005-01-16T10:10:38Z VP preferences not saved. https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vp-preferences-not-saved/m-p/49073#M5733 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Apologies if this has already been covered, but couldn't find any references...<BR /><BR />When my VP battery runs down, and it's left for a few days, it loses all user preferences. Don't know why Sony didn't think of a HW solution for this like their cameras. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@28BE23B0C20952FC3409403FD1AA84A7/images/smilies/056.png" alt=":cry:" title=":cry:" /> <BR /><BR />One solution via firmware upgrades would be to store all user preferences (different to factory settings) on the hard disk. These would then be loaded every power-up. Even a (somewhat late) clock and date could be stored this way, and restored, saving a complete reconfiguration from 2004 every time.<BR /><BR />This way I could save having to re-do my time/date formats and values, shuffle/replay choice, equaliser setting, ...<BR /><BR />Any ideas or interim solutions?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:38:23 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vp-preferences-not-saved/m-p/49073#M5733 moreauan 2005-01-14T23:38:23Z Re: VP preferences not saved. https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vp-preferences-not-saved/m-p/49074#M5734 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Due to the poor hardware design of this product the only safe bet is to leave it in the cradle on charge when not in use.<BR /><BR />VP's quiescent current seems to be quite high powering the clock and maintaining all user configurations.<BR /><BR />Most devices (including most digital cameras / laptops) have two batteries in them.<BR /><BR />One small battery to remeber your settings / keep the time and another and the main battery to power the device.<BR /><BR />Sony must have forgotten this when the knocked together the VP.<BR /><BR />Automan.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:10:38 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vp-preferences-not-saved/m-p/49074#M5734 Automan 2005-01-16T10:10:38Z