Hello, Isaih:
1. Note that the battery itself is really not effected, but
rather the gauge within the mPower which determines when battery
warning messages should be sent out and also tracks the
percentage of battery charge.
2. It helps to put the software mechanism in the mPower in sync
with what is actually happening related to the physical battery
charge.
1. Use your mPower until your battery registers below 80
percent. This will insure that the calibration process starts
with the unit charging at a full charger rate rather than trickle
charging.
2. To actually start the calibration process, from the Main
Menu, press Space with O (function with O) to get into the
options menu.
3. Enter support mode with Space with I, (read with I).
4. Make sure your Ac adapter is plugged into an electrical
outlet and into the mPower.
5. Press R to start the process.
You should see a message on your Braille display which says
"battery calibration I'm charging up my battery!" And there may
be more to this message but this is the gist of it.
Once the battery is fully charged the discharge cycle will begin.
Speech will be switched on and you hear the message "I'm talking
until my battery goes flat", etc. It's a good idea to put the
mPower somewhere so this repeated message won't bother you as it
will continue for many hours. A good way to deal with this is to
turn up the mPower volume to 32 and then plug earphones into the
earphone jack of the unit. This will also help to speed up the
discharge process. Once the battery is fully discharged, a
second charging sequence will start. There will be no continuous
speech during this charge.
Once the final charging is complete, you should see a message
saying that the calibration is complete.
You're done!
Don't interrupt this process if at all possible as it will just
slow things down and may require you to do it all over again.
You won't hurt anything by interrupting it except that you may
not receive the calibration results you want.
The entire process can take around 18 hours, sometimes more
sometimes less depending on the particular unit and battery in
question.
Once the battery calibration is complete, just exit back to the
main menu and continue using your mPower as usual.
----- Original Message -----
From: project1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Voice Note <[email protected]
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:02:37 -0400
Subject: [Braillenote] battery conditioning recommended?
Hi listers! Perhaps, this is an old issue for many of you, but
earlier today when I went to the options menu and proceeded to
check my power levels, the machine told me what the levels were,
but also said that battery conditioning was recommended. What
exactly does this mean? I know I know, I should probably already
know the answer to this, but I'd rather be safe than sorry, so
this is why I ask this question of those of you that know better
than I do what this message means. As I always do, I thank you
in advance for any contribution any of you care to make. Isaih
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