When I do the talking until my battery goes flat thing, I just turn the volume on the speech waaaaaay down, just loud enough for me to hear if I need to and go do my little things, checking every so often to see if the unit is still talking until it finally stopps. Hth.
Richard > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim O'neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:21:01 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] questions about calibrating the battery >Why not just plug in a headphone. That way it will not drive you or >your husband crazy. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rose Combs >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 2:23 AM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] questions about calibrating the battery >When I calibrate the battery, and my BN returns an inaccuracy count of 1 >instead of 8 or 10, whatever it is, the steps I take are to use it >normally until I start getting battery is low message,. Since that >comes up so often and drives me crazy, when I have had enough, or, if I >can handle it by checking the status periodically I am at about 4% I >move into the support mode menu and send it to the I am talking message, >which I then leave running until it quits and I leave the room and drive >my husband crazy--makes him actually go out and do yard work--grin. >When it stops talking or the display goes blank, I plug it in, wait for >it to display and say test completed and voiloa, it starts charging. >Some may say you have to start running it down with the test from 100%. >I never have and never will, and lest you think I had bad luck with the >battery--my older unit arrived on 1/24/01 and had its original battery >when I sent it in for upgrade 11/11/03 and its power appeared to remain >about the same, I was still getting about the same usage on it as I did >at the beginning. >Rose Combs >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maria >Kristic >Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 5:52 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: re: [Braillenote] questions about calibrating the battery >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 >___ >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 >___ >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 >___ >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
