Hi Sue and Laura, Laura, while you are correct in that there is minimal battery drain even when the unit is switched off because of the real-time clock, you are not correct in saying that the contents of the flash disk will likely be lost if the battery is allowed to go totally flat. This is not the case, and is in fact why the User's Guide recommends that you store your documents on the flash disk and not the KeySoft System disk as the flash disk is non-volitile storage. REgards, Matthew Janusauskas Director of Training Services Pulse Data Humanware, Inc. 175 Mason Circle Concord, CA 94520 Phone: (800) 722-3393 Ext. 204 Fax: (815) 939-3194 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us on the web! http://www.pulsedata.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/23/2004 07:46:23: > Hi Sue, > > Yes, you should definitely give it a full charge before any known long > absence from using the braillenote. The battery will drain even if the unit > is left off. Make sure you remove any compactflash cards, because the > insertion of these devices make the battery drain a bit faster. Also, be > aware that if the battery goes completely flat, you probably will lose all > files stored on the flash disk. so, make sure you make backups of some sort > if there is a possibility that your battery will go completely flat. > > A better alternative would be to try and find some outlet where you could > leave the unit plugged in, if you do not plan on using it. HTH, Laura > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Mangis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "BrailleNote discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:53 PM > Subject: [Braillenote] battery question > > > > Tomorrow is our last day of the summer session. The braille note will not > > be used for a month. I'm concerned about the battery going dead and not > > having a full charge when I recalibrate it. Should I make sure it is > fully > > charged before the vacation? Thanks. > > > > Sue Mangis > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 >
