I am having similar issues with my Bn battery. My machine was suddenly dying (with no warnings at all!) when the battery was at about 40 percent. At the suggestion of someone with tech support, I tried recalibration. It made it to 22 percent this time. I hadn't tried this before because the gauge says it's accurate....
I have an mPower (relatively recent transplant). On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:11:50 +0930, Michele Thredgold wrote: >Hi listers >How long does it generally take to calibrate the battery? I started the >discharge at 4/07 on Sunday evening and it is still going. To start off >with, I left the speech off, even though the Braille display was >functioning and the unit was on. >I turned the speech on last night after it had been discharging for 24 >hours and was still not empty. It is chattering away happily tonight, >another twenty-four hours later. >Put this alongside a gage that says "battery is critical" when the power >status read anything from 80-50 per cent, and you have one very confused >BN user. >This is only the second time I've calibrated the battery in the two >years I've had it and I'm starting to wonder if I should be doing it >more often. >Any advice would be really appreciated. >Thanks. >Michele >___ >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 Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.6/323 - Release Date: 4/24/2006 ___ 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
