Hello Listers,
After I received my upgrade to 6.11, I asked him and Dean
Jackson told me that the BrailleNote battery did not have a brain
as old cell phones once did. He said that keeping the device
attached to a power source when not in use would automatically
disable the battery which would become active again when the
power source is removed. Therefore, I keep my BrailleNote
attached to a power source whenever I'm home. (Andrew Ridden,
will you please clarify this. If in fact the battery is affected
by keeping the unit attached to a power source, please let me
know. Following Dean's information, I've kept my unit attached
to the power source since 6.11 and I've never had a battery
problem.
Also, I never turn my BrailleNote off at home, but I leave it
in the "Main Menu" position when not using it. I use a heavy
duty surge protector between the AC adaptor and the power outlet
in case of a lightening strike during a storm -- although there's
never been a direct lightening strike in my area. I keep my SD
and Compact Flash cards in the unit unless I need to do a reset.
Every thing I create or save is stored on one of these cards. I
don't store anything on my Flash Drive, because I'm afraid of
losing information if it crashes. Besides, I feel there's less
wear and tear on the slots when the cards remain in them, and in
my senility, I always know where the cards are if they're in
their little slots.
Sammie Clay
----- Original Message -----
From: Rhonda Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:15:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] battery drained by storage cards
Your question is a good one. I don't know if leaving the unit
plugged in ruins the battery or not. I work on mine so much,
it's just easier to leave it pplugged in. I generally use a
wireless card, so my battery would drain all the time, <grin>.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:08:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] battery drained by storage cards
oh ok. I just wondered.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I also keep my unit plugged in when at home.
I've also heard this ruins the battery, is this true?
Brandon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhonda Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] battery drained by storage cards
Hi, Brandon:
One of the reasons I don't always take my cards out is as not to
place wear and tear on my slots. Also, I don't store anything
in
my Flash Drive. All of my information is on my compact flash
cards. Of course, I generally leave my unit plugged in, which
many people don't.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:55:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] battery drained by storage cards
I just want to know why would anyone want to keep cards in their
units if
their not using them?
Brandon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lingard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Richard Villa'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"'Braillenote List'"
<[email protected]
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] battery drained by storage cards
Ottawa Canada
Dear Richard:
Yes I have noticed keeping cards in the BrailleNote drains the
battery faster than normal.
Back at the ACB convention this year, Jonathan Mosen commented
to
me that it is best to remove cards when not in use to minimize
battery drain.
Brian
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