It'll be interesting to watch how this thing plays out before I get my transplant. :-)
Rusty ____________________ Skype: rustyperez Yahoo and AIM: reliroo Check out my blog at http://rusty-perez.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Hutcheson Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:34 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower Hi, Paul, and etc.: same problems here. The battery is definitely the MPower's weak spot. I have sent my battery log to Humanware 3 times now, called twice and been put on hold for many many minutes, still no suggestions have come my way. Richard Hutcheson 387 Savage Farm Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:30 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower > Hi, Sarah. I don't leave any cards in my bn for this reason. Even when I > was using the bn classic, I never left a flash card in the unit. Those do > make it drain faster. > The bn classic doesn't drain quite as fast as the MPower. In 12 hours, I > dropped six percent, from 18 to 12 percent. This was as of 11 pm last > night. Now, at almost 5:30 pm today, I am at nine percent and I have not > used the unit since last night other than to turn it on and check the > battery status. > So, I have almost dropped ten percent without doing anything. > The engineers at humanware say that my battery does not need replacing. > At 9/12/2005, you wrote: > >>Hi Paul, >> >>Are you leaving a wireless card in your mPower overnight? I notice a >>larger battery drain when I leave cards in the unit, even though I'm >>running 6.11. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul >>Henrichsen >>Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:12 PM >>To: Braillenote List >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower >> >> >>Hi, Pam. What I have noticed with mine is that it loses more of a >>chargewhen it is off than does the bn classic when it is off. I don't know >>why, but I can lose six percent or more even if my MPower is turned off >>and >>I am not using it. I can read for half an hour and have it drop two >>points, >>but when it is off, something more than the alarm must be at work here. >>Perhaps the internal memory takes more than that in the classic bn. >>At 9/10/2005, you wrote: >> >> >Hi, >> > >> >Mine seems to be doing okay. I was a little concerned the first time it >> >ran down because I didn't get a warning, but since then I have. Not >> >sure >> >how many hours I get with it. I don't think the bn has a timer like the >> >bns that tells you how many hours your battery has been used. >> > >> >Pam >> > >> >___ >> >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/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/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/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/braillenote
