How does one know if they truly have a bad battery? Admittedly, these are the first battery questions I have had a chance to look at. But, I too, have received the "need to recalibrate" message several times (probably four maybe five times and the unit is around a month give or take). I usually just ignore it since checking a second time yields a result.
Cindy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Lauren childress > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] mPower battery issues, please help! > > > Hi Katie: How long have you had your m-power? I'm asking you > this because > maybe you need to send the unit back to get the battery > replaced. anyway, > good luck, and I hope the problem gets fixed. > > > > Lauren Childress > "always remember, to play after every storm." Mattie J.T. > stepanek "It is the nature of the oppressor, that defines the > nature of the > struggle." > Nelson Mandela. > "you are either alive or you are dead, and if you are dead > then you do not > care." > Stephen biko > > > > > > >From: Katie Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Braillenote List <[email protected]> > >To: Braille Note <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Braillenote] mPower battery issues, please help! > >Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:46:44 -0500 > > > >The other day when I checked the status of my battery, I received the > >message that my MP needed recalibrating. I've received this message > >before, and had to exit out of the power status setting, and > retry, so I > >didn't think much about it. Then, when I checked the status > a second time, > >it gave me the same message about recalibrating. I believe > this occurred > >Wednesday. So, I decided I'd just wait until I got home for > my holiday > >break yesterday, Sunday, to recalibrate. > > > >Well, last night while I was reading my e-mail offline, I > received the > >"battery is critical message". While I was in the process > of plugging in > >and connecting the AC adapter, the MP tried to do a reset or > something. It > >beeped at me, and when I plugged in the AC adapter, it > reset, and I had to > >fix the clock. > > > >I then went to the support information mode, and hit r to start > >recalibration. My unit began to talk... something about > discharging the > >battery. > > > >I began this process at 9:30 PM eastern time. When I woke up this > >morning > >at 7:30 AM, I checked it, and it said something about cycle 2. > > > >I'm just wondering what is happening here. How long should > I let my MP > >do > >its thing while recalibrating? It just keeps discharging > and then charging > >again, then it starts all over. > > > >Right now I'm connected via the AC adapter so I can write > this message > >and > >everything, but I'm just concerned about this issue! > > > >Another note, when I enter the support information mode and press a, > >the > >message displays "gauge is not accurate, error plus or minus > 100 percent". > >What's the deal here? > > > >Thanks everyone. > > > >Katie > > > >___ > >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 > > > > > > ___ > 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/bra> illenote > >
