Hmmm. I set mine going too. Battery charge is showing full, although it
had been used for an hour or so. The unit gained approximately two
seconds in one hour and twenty minutes. This is clearly surprising in
view of today's quartz technology. It doesn't affect me in the slightest
because I don't use it to sync to other devices, and prior knowledge
wouldn't have affected my decision to buy. I just find it odd.
Max
Rob Danielson wrote:
> Anything approaching 1 full second after 30 minutes still seems
> significant. By comparison, the worst case drift for Hi-MD/MD would
> be around 1/20 of a second after 30 minutes.
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> You could fully charge your LS-10 and record for three hours or as
> long as you can at 16/48 or 16/44. For an accurate time reference,
> record the Universal Time announcement at start-up and every hour or
> so using one of these phone numbers (303) 499-7111 for WWV
> (Colorado), or (808) 335-4363 for WWVH (Hawaii). Compare the audio
> announcements to the time line of an editing app like Audacity.
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> I have no idea as to the cause. Doesn't seem likely that the
> electronics would have variable drift from a battery voltage drop or
> anything like that. It possible that the drift could be constant--
> that is-- its clock could generate the same, off-standard time with
> each use. That might be correctable if needed. Rob D.
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> At 2:55 AM +0000 6/4/08, oryoki2000 wrote:
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>> Marc Myers wrote:
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>>> ...The Olympus was 14 seconds off in an hour.
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>> Reading this, I started my LS-10 recording. After 30 minutes elapsed
>> time, the recorder's display was less than one second behind.
>>
>> Maybe the reported 14 second loss was caused by a weak battery?
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