Jim, I respect that this is your experience but it is not mine! Some people (I am told this is just a few) have units with a battery that won't calibrate, does not give an accurate reading, crashes out after the "Battery Low", never gets to the critical stage and has been through a proper remit of regular work and then, in desperation, the calibration saga . . ..
I've done it . . . the machine was returned and now I've done it again! *STILL NO GO!* Please know that we are using our mPower every day. It is for this reason that it's so frustrating. We can't trust the battery because we never know when it's going to go down - so what if we're in the middle of important recordings, copying databases, getting email, etc., etc? We currently put off some of the things like this because we have no accurate battery reading! I now do not know what to do and am currently waiting for further help. -- Carol [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Aldrich Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:00 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Possible battery solution for M Power users 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 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "CATNIP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] > >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. > > > >___ > >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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/123 - Release Date: 06/10/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/123 - Release Date: 06/10/2005
