Cindy, I remember Jonathan said there was some kind of bug where it
would say we needed to recalibrate when we really didn't. I hope
Jonathan will comment on this, but the assumption I've made from what
he and others have said is that, if after a second request you get a
status report, and if the battery seems to be holding a charge for at
least a couple days, I wouldn't worry.
Peggy
At 06:16 PM 11/24/2005, you wrote:
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-----
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> [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
> >
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