Hi -- On the QT, you can just press the read key and the escape key together.
HTH, Barb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Maria Kristic Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 6:16 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] questions about calibrating the battery If this helps any, checking the Power and Battery Status on the QT is accomplished by pressing FUNCTION with O, then P. HTH. Maria > ----- Original Message ----- >From: James Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:52:44 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] questions about calibrating the battery >Hi Lisa and list, >If you have a BT model, press O with spacebar for options, then the letter >P. This shows what percentage one has left on the battery. Simply use >your BN till you start getting battery low messages. Check the percentage >on the battery with what I mentioned earlier. If it shows from zero to 10 >percent left, it probably should be charged. If the gage is inaccurate, it >is probably a good idea to use the I'm talking till the battery goes flat >feature. Once the battery is charged, go into the support information mode >by pressing spacebar with O, spacebar with I. Press the letter A. You >will find out whether the gage is accurate or inaccurate. If inaccurate, >use your BN till you get battery low messages, then charge. Usually that >brings the battery gage to accurate. I never use the I'm talking till the >battery goes flat feature. I simply use my BN. I tend to think if I don't >use my BN often, I may need to use that feature. If I use my BN often, I >don't worry about that feature. Exercising the braille display does just >that! I wouldn't do that to drain your battery. Enjoy your BN! That >really drains the battery especially if you use it on battery a great deal >as I do. Another way to drain the battery quickly is place a storage card >in the unit. This tends to drain the battery more quickly! >HTH >Jim Aldrich >At 02:33 PM 03/13/2004 , you wrote: >>Hello Listers, >>I have a couple questions about calibrating the battery. >>1. I tried calibrating the battery using the exercise display item in the >>support information mode. Apparently checking to see how long the battery >>has been draining is not possible with the exercise the Braille display >>option. I tried pressing space several times and got nowhere. >>2. Then I tried calibrating the battery with the I'm talking until my >>battery goes flat option. How long is this process supposed to take? I >>left my BN in this drain mode for over 14 hours and it had only gotten >>down to 42 percent. I quit the process because I didn't know what to do. >>3. I think it would be nice if when the user presses space to find out >>how long the battery has been in the drain mode it should tell the user >>what the percentage is like 42 percent or whatever so the user has a clue >>how long the battery has left in discharging. >>4. It would be nice if it said somewhere in the User's Guide the average >>amount of "^ it takes to calibrate the battery. >>Thank you for reading, for your help, and your time. Have a wonderful >>weekend everyone. >>Lisa >>___ >>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
