Hi All, Well, here is the latest experience with my mPower BT32 and battery issues. I used it off and on over the last few days, and mostly without any type of wireless or Bluetooth connection, only using the wireless connection to backup and synchronize files a couple of times.
Anyway, just starting from Thursday night when I turned off the unit, it showed me a percentage remaining of 58%, which was the same reading I was given when I turned on the unit last night. So, I did a few things with the unit for an hour or so, nothing with wireless then, though, and the battery showed 55% when I turned it off. And, once again, when I got up this morning and turned on the unit, it still showed that same 55% battery charge remaining. So, for about an hour and a half, I did some things with the unit, including changing some of my planner entries, editing a file, and then wirelessly synchronizing everything with my PC. And, by then, my battery level had dropped to 42%. I next started reading a book, leaving the speech rate and volume at its default rate, as well as having the Braille display turned on. The battery, upon my checking every so often, seemed to drop a percentage maybe every couple of minutes. Then, after I had just checked maybe a minute before and heard thirty-seven percent, I got a battery low message. And, upon checking the percentage, it had dropped to eight percent. I kept reading the book, but hurriedly went and got my AC adapter. When I next checked the battery status, which couldn't have been more than a minute and a half after I heard the eight percent, the status was still given as eight percent. And, upon going into support information mode and hitting the letter c, the nominal available charge was given as 128. Then, I started reading with the speech again, but the speech then just stopped, although the text of the book was still on the Braille display. So, I checked again and was given the eight percent remaining, and thus started reading again. And, when the speech next stopped within less than a minutes time, the Braille display then went with all the dots slightly up like when the unit is turned off. I didn't get another battery low warning, and certainly didn't get a battery critical message. I next plugged in the AC adapter; and, although the Braille display still stayed in that just described off position, the speech started reading the book again. And, I checked the battery level and it showed zero but with the AC adapter on. I then hit the far right thumb key (never can keep their names straight) with the spacebar and the BN both spoke and displayed Braille off. So, I hit that same keystroke again, and this time it displayed and spoke Braille on, and the display performed as normal. Finally, and much to my delight, after I did a regular reset, I was able to put in my wireless card and sync with my PC, as my ActiveSync partnership had not been deleted with the battery going to zero. ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
