Well, mine is in the same place. except I couldn't seem to get it to recalibrate. I charged it up, and at 99 or 97% it would say battery is critical. After trying the helpful suggestions from this list, I called tech to send it in. It's only 8 months old.
Sue Mangis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 15, 2004 7:44 AM Subject: [Braillenote] Battery observations > Hi, all. It's interesting that, at a time when we've been discussing the > BN's battery, mine should decide to act up a little. I checked it at > bedtime last night, and it was at 40 percent. I was a bit surprised that > it was so high, since the last time I'd charged it was on Monday I > believe. But hey! I wasn't complaining. <grin> Anyway, this morning > while using the stopwatch while exercising, it started saying battery is > critical. At first I thought it was a false reading, but it kept saying it > every minute or so. But it lasted through my 37-minute exercise routine, > and for another half hour after that, before talking until it went flat, > driving it and me crazy. <grin> When I checked it this morning before > going into support mode and letting it talk itself flat, it was at 32 > percent, but died shortly thereafter. The interesting thing I observed was > that, when I plugged it in after it went flat, instead of saying and > displaying "battery test completed", it said and displayed "waiting for the > battery to recharge". Does it show a different message in Keysoft 5, or > does this message indicate something different? In the past, when I've run > a battery down with the talking-until-flat setting from support mode, it > always said "battery test completed" when I turned it back on after > plugging it in. The other thing that was interesting to me is that I'd > just recalibrated the BN last month, and the inaccuracy count showed > something like 4, so I was surprised that it needed recalibrating so > soon. When I looked at what it said under d in support mode, it was > something like 29, so the battery is still good and strong. It did > something like this about a year ago, where it seemed to need calibration > almost as soon as I got the unit back from getting a new battery. So maybe > it just periodically hiccups or something. > > Anyway, these are my latest battery experiences. I think my machine must > have been eavesdropping on this thread and wanted to contribute to it. <lol> > > Peggy > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___ > 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 >
