Hello!
The battery calibration isn't such a big deal really in the M-power. If
one takes the battery to zero percent, one simply leaves it plugged in till
the unit reaches a hundred percent. Should I check my BN after two hours
and it is shoing 80 to 90 percent or slightly better than that charged, I
unplug the AC adapter and immediately plug it back in again and let it go
for another two or more hours. I have left my unit charging for almost
eight hours but this is very rare indeed. They say the unit is charging as
well as calibrating the battery gage. I'm noticing that my unit says gage
is accurate plus or minus two percent. Since I have been using my BN on a
regular basis and there isn't a day that goes by when the BN isn't being
used for something, I'm finding that I can check what percentage is left
while running the media player or about to work on some other project. I
usually plug in my unit around ten percent. Sometimes it is less than that
maybe 8 percent. I'm finding I reach a hundred percent charge in two hours
on a regular basis. Getting that new dorment battery working may be the
problem at first but when habits of use are established, the battery will
work and charge properly. I have always maintained that the battery will
remain calibrated as long as your BN is being used on a regular basis! I
say use the heck out of your BN and you should be fine when it comes to use
and calibration of the battery in your unit. I feel one rarely needs to
use that I'm talking till my battery goes flat feature.
As for Email, it is truly fast in the M-power! I have downloaded 300 or
more messages in three minutes or less. There are times when the Email
process might be aborted so it is good to monitor what's going on when
downloading Email. This doesn't take long at all! You really shouldn't
need to worry about downloading Email or calibrating the battery if
everything is operating properly!
Jim Aldrich
At 12:04 PM 10/07/2005 , you wrote:
Hi all;
If calibration is really necessary for whatever reason, why not set up
something that actually measures the battery all the time and
automatically calibrates itself?
Why go through this "talking until my battery goes flat" jazz which,
besides driving you nuts, could be more time spent reading or whatever?
I also would like to see the bns have a way that you could, for example,
get your email while doing something else, like working on a document or
reading a book.
Whether you work or not, it's a waste of time to sit around waiting while
your notetaker, which you may be depending on at school or on a job is
collecting email and you can't do anything else except, with the mPower,
run the media player.
I know that usually we don't discuss other products on this list, but I
had a Pacmate that I used for a training class to see which device I liked
better, and you could do other things while it was downloading your email.
I like the bn much better, but wish it would have this capability.
Richard
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>Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:57:41 -0700
>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Possible battery solution for M Power users
>...And I hate calibrating! By the time I get all the instructions in my
>head and begin, I've forgotten the instructions.
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