Hi, Doesn't sound like you have a bad battery.
This message is an issue in keysoft 6.2 and if it goes away and you get a percentage reading when you try the function again, I'd just ignore it. One other thing: If you find the battery going down too rapidly, be sure to remove any cards you may have in the pcmcia, compact flash, or sd card slots as they will tend to draw extra power. Finally, it doesn't hurt to go into the options menu, then the connectivity menu, and then b for bluetooth and make sure bluetooth is set to no. This is if you're not using bluetooth ofcourse. Having bluetooth turned on can draw extra power and you don't need it if you're not using it. So, if all else works normally, don't worry about the message asking you to recalibrate the battery. Don On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:16:26 -0500, slerythema 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----- > 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 > > ___ 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
