Yah Peggie, I had mine do it once, and I think if I remember correctly, I gave it a reset, and everything worked again. You might try this. It hasn't happened to me again though, so I don't know if it's just a hiccup or something. It happened on my loner once after I didn't immediately plug in or disconnect when my battery was critical. I can tell you though, going online really sucks up battery power. Now, if I know I'm going to be online for a while, I just leave the bn plugged in. If you ever find out what causes this occasional glitch, please let us know.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Peggy Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:44:19 -0800 >Subject: [Braillenote] Battery observations >Hi, all. It's interesting that, at a time when we've been discussing the >BN's battery, mine should decide to act up a little. I checked it at >bedtime last night, and it was at 40 percent. I was a bit surprised that >it was so high, since the last time I'd charged it was on Monday I >believe. But hey! I wasn't complaining. <grin> Anyway, this morning >while using the stopwatch while exercising, it started saying battery is >critical. At first I thought it was a false reading, but it kept saying it >every minute or so. But it lasted through my 37-minute exercise routine, >and for another half hour after that, before talking until it went flat, >driving it and me crazy. <grin> When I checked it this morning before >going into support mode and letting it talk itself flat, it was at 32 >percent, but died shortly thereafter. The interesting thing I observed was >that, when I plugged it in after it went flat, instead of saying and >displaying "battery test completed", it said and displayed "waiting for the >battery to recharge". Does it show a different message in Keysoft 5, or >does this message indicate something different? In the past, when I've run >a battery down with the talking-until-flat setting from support mode, it >always said "battery test completed" when I turned it back on after >plugging it in. The other thing that was interesting to me is that I'd >just recalibrated the BN last month, and the inaccuracy count showed >something like 4, so I was surprised that it needed recalibrating so >soon. When I looked at what it said under d in support mode, it was >something like 29, so the battery is still good and strong. It did >something like this about a year ago, where it seemed to need calibration >almost as soon as I got the unit back from getting a new battery. So maybe >it just periodically hiccups or something. >Anyway, these are my latest battery experiences. I think my machine must >have been eavesdropping on this thread and wanted to contribute to it. <lol >Peggy >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac >MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
