I have gotten a lot of email about whether the bn should be on or off when charging responding to your question Terry. I think the answer is that it really doesn't matter, but if you have the bn on, the charge will be slower. Also, it depends on what you are doing as to how fast the bn will reach 100 percent. My unit only says 100 percent while plugged in. As soon as I take the plug out and check the level, I get 99 percent. I don't know if this is the way it should be or if it's something in my unit or the battery. If you are using a modem, the battery will drain faster. Keeping a pcmia card or a compacked flash card in the unit will also drain the battery a little faster, but not much; for me it's quite acceptable. I would recommend that if you have nothing on the bn, you should plug it in and if you're going to use it for something light, like reading a book, you can just turn it on and start, although the recharging will be a little slower. The bn has an automatic fast charging mode that really takes care of things even when your bn is turned on. However, if you are going online or getting a lot of email, I would wait just a little if your bn didn't do anything when you turned it on. Check it occasionally to see what the charge is by hitting space with o if you have a bt and I don't know the command for a qt. then hit p and you will hear the power level. If you want to check the accuracy of the gauge, do the space with o and then hit space with i. You will then be in the support information mode. If you type a you will hear if the gauge is accurate or not. If you type i you will hear the capacity inaccurate count, which will give you the percentage of accuracy with I guess 1 being the most accurate and, at least in mine, about 64 being the start of inaccuracy. At that number, when you push a the bn says "Gauge is inaccurate." hth
Richard > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: 'Braillenote List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:11:26 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] new unit >Hi Don and others >Should the unit be on or off while charging. This is my first time with a >unit of any type. >I want to charge it correctly tonight. >Terry powers >-----Original Message----- >From: Don Bishop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:06 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] new unit >Hi Sharon, >Congrats on the new braillenote. You should probably charge it before >trying to run it off the battery very much. It will take 3 or 4 hours to >charge fully and >you can use it while charging although you might plug it in to charge and >wait a few minutes before attempting to use it. >You can check the battery level by turning on the bn, pressing space with o >or function with o (depending on which keyboard you have) and you should >see the display say Options menu. Then press p and you will see the percent >charged for the battery. >If you turn it on prior to the first charge it will probably work okay for a >few minutes just to maybe check it out, but I really wouldnt try to do much >until you >either have it on charge or fully charged. >Don >On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:58:23 -0600, Sharon Hamm wrote: >Well it finally came. I got my new braillenote today. I don't think the >battery is charged. How long do I have to charge it. Can i use it while it >is charging or should I wait? >Sharon >___ >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 >___ >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 >___ >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
