hmmm, i tried testing the meter for accuracy and then just gave up. It was pretty annoying to be honest; constant flashing green lights on the guide button, vibration for some games not working. The battery meter/gauge however, remiained on 2/4bars.

Anyway, i plugged in the play and charge kit, charged it for about 3 hours, then got bored and tried the whole 'turning off the console and charging in low power state'. Within 2mins of turning the console off, the green light appeared to say its fully charged and everything powered down.. It cant be FULLY charged within 2mins? haha.

So that mustnt work as microsoft planned. After that, i turned everything back on, hooked the play and charge kit back up, and it said it was still fully charged (according to the kit's light). Unconvinced, i left the controller to 'over-charge' for a further 4 or so hours :P

Dunno whats happening here. I might invest in one of the quick charge kits at some stage, but can anybody else confirm any of these issues/bugs with the play and charge kit?

Cheers

It would be cool seeing it in the near future.

Sorta like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1+2. So realistic/believable, with futuristic elements that we havnt seen before; new weapons/technology etc. No alien stuff though, haha.

ahhh, thanks masiisam :D

yeah i didnt think the batter pack had this 'memory' thing going on. Like most new battery's, they use NiHM which are pretty versatile to say the least. I mean, considering that not everyone that uses technology is 'tech savvy', they arent going to put in something that only works to its full potential if you know 100% how to use it. They have to make it user friendly for sure.

But this battery meter thing? i still havnt charged my controller, and now its dropped down to two bars. The light pattern on the guide button keeps flashing every 2mins or so, so im sure its going to die. However the battery meter still says its half full :?

Im just playing it out now to see what happens when it dies, to see if the battery meter does end up being accurate after all (sorta doing this littl test to confirm it with anyone else thats concerned about this). Apparently a popup will come up during play, letting me know that its close to running out of power, but can anyone confirm this?

Anyway thanks heaps for the posts so far guys :)

cool, so this is normal?

oh and as a side note; when the battery gets low, does the controller vibration begin to fade in order to save battery power?

cheers

ahk cool.

Its on its FIRST charge, but seems to be runnign really well. The very first charge i did, it hadnt finished so i turned off the console (so that it was in lower power state to continue charging) and it charged it within a minute of turning off the 360 and then shut down everything automatically. However, i wasnt sure how charged it was (i thought i might have stuffed it up), so i plugged it back in that night and left it for about 6 - 7 hours i think, while i played.it fully charged that night within about 5 mins, but i left it anyway.

So does everything seem ok? i read somewhere that the battery lasts for about 55+ hours so i guess if its reading 3/4 full, it may possibly be THAT full?

Im just new to all of this, so im not sure if i should be concerned or not, haha.

Thank you for replying so far anyway :)

Hey.

I recently got the play and charge kit for my xbox 360 and charged the battery about 4 days ago. I charged it right to its full, and then left it to continue charging.

Now im getting the alternating diagonal pattern of lights on the guide button on the controller (i presume this means that the battery is going flat), however in the dashboard battery meter it displays 3/4 bars full.

Whats the deal? is the xbox360 battery meter just stuffed, or has my battery REALLY got three quarters of its charge remaining?

Cheers

thanks heaps guys!! :D

so this disconnecting cant harm my 360 in anyway, can it?

Awesome! thanks dude :D

I only just got the 360, so im sorta coming to grips with all the little things that it does ;)

cheers

Oh and i forgot to mention that my battery isnt dead or anything +i use the play and charger kit.

Thanks