i don't mind reading books till the battery dies. I just make sure they are ona compactflash card--not the hard disk. That way I know when it's out and needs to be rechartged.
Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] draining a battery faster > Hi, Mary Ellen. Sometimes, even when you get a critical message, you can > still have the speech going or exercise the braille display for another > hour or more. I do that all of the time as I am worried about actually > reading a book when the display goes dead. > I have set the speech on with that message and it has gone for as much as > an hour and a half before everything goes dead. > I try to get as close as I can to one percent. Sometimes, I am at three > percent. > At 2/25/2005, you wrote: > > >Why not just use your bn or pk until you get a critical message, check the > >options menu under battery power to se at what percent your battery is and > >simply go from there. > >What I often do if my battery is down to like 2 or 3 % is put a long > >document in and let the battery run down by reading me something. Usually > >I simply run the battery down from use. > >Mary Ellen Earls > > > > > >___ > >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 > >
