Hi Lisa, You're right; the Status option isn't availy while Exercising the Braille Display. Also, I have no idea exactly how long it takes before the battery is discharged, but as the BN has a battery life of over 20 hours, I imagine it takes quite a while. It doesn't tell you the percentage of discharge, as you pointed out, and I have found no mention in the User Guide as to how long battery drainage should take. However, as I said earlier, I imagine it takes over 20 hours. What I do to re-calibrate my gauge is, when I find out my gauge is inaccurate, I let my BN battery go so flat that the unit shuts itself off, and then I charge it until 100 percent, which brings my gauge back to accurate. HTH. Maria
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Lisa Ehlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:33:48 +1000 (GMT-10) >Subject: [Braillenote] questions about calibrating the battery >Hello Listers, >I have a couple questions about calibrating the battery. >1. I tried calibrating the battery using the exercise display item in the >support information mode. Apparently checking to see how long the battery has >been draining is not possible with the exercise the Braille display option. I >tried pressing space several times and got nowhere. >2. Then I tried calibrating the battery with the I'm talking until my battery >goes flat option. How long is this process supposed to take? I left my BN in >this drain mode for over 14 hours and it had only gotten down to 42 percent. >I quit the process because I didn't know what to do. >3. I think it would be nice if when the user presses space to find out how >long the battery has been in the drain mode it should tell the user what the >percentage is like 42 percent or whatever so the user has a clue how long the >battery has left in discharging. >4. It would be nice if it said somewhere in the User's Guide the average >amount of "^ it takes to calibrate the battery. >Thank you for reading, for your help, and your time. Have a wonderful weekend >everyone. >Lisa >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
