Hi Penny, The reason that you have to flatten the battery is to recalobrate. This is done every so often so that the gage will be accurit when checking the status of the battery. If you want to drain your battery then take your bn and put it some place that it will not drive any one out of there mind. Then go to the opsions menu and do a read with I or space with I and ;press f and let it talk until the battery is dead.
HTH. Matthew if you want to chat with me you can use msn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIf you use aol my screen name is matTdD7 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Penny Reeder Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Running the Battery Flat Dear All, I am new to this list. I have been a BrailleNote user for a little longer than a year. I still have much to learn. I have a couple of questions: 1. What does it mean to "run one's battery flat," and why do you do it? 2. It appears that you all already have the software upgrade. I'm still waiting, although I have 3 SMAs available. How can I expedite receiving the upgrade? 4. Does it come with wireless capability, or is that yet something else? 5. What else, if anything, do I need to make the wireless connectivity connect? That's a lot more than just a couple of questions, I guess. Thanks for your help. Penny At 10:45 PM 2/28/05, you wrote: >When I want my husband to do a project and he is playing computer games >instead I generally decide to run my battery flat in the home office on >my desk right next to him. After a couple of hours he does the project >to get away from the crazy speech. > >What can I say, if I wait long enough between times it works like a >charm. > > > >Rose Combs >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern >Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 6:45 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Running the Battery Flat > > >Susie, I'm flattening my battery even as I type (and yes, the repetition >is >enough to drive me crazy!) <grin> I started it this morning at about >6:30, >and here it is 5:43 PM, and it's still going, though it's saying it's >critical. I periodically turn to it and yell, "Die, battery, die!" >I'll >need to re-calibrate my BN at work one of these days, and suppose I'll >have >to leave a note on it telling people that yes, it's supposed to be >talking, >and maybe tell them what it's saying, since they probably won't >understand it. > >Peggy > > > >Tonight when I leave work I am going to take the plunge and flatten out > > >the battery using the repetitive speech, and hope that our night > >maintenance crew won't shoot my BrailleNote for driving them nuts. > >Seriously, there's been some talk about leaving the compact flash > >memory card in the slot while flattening the battery. Can I safely do > >this? Nothing cataclysmic will happen to the data on the flash card? > >Thought I might back up the flash card first before I start this > >process. How many hours does it take to flatten the battery completely > >using the yackety-yack method? > > > > > > > >Susie Stageberg > >Project ASSIST with Windows > >Iowa Department for the Blind > >(515) 281-1351 > >[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 > >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 > > > > > >___ >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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.2 - Release Date: 2/28/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005
