Hi Dean, Many thanks for your continued excellent responses - much appreciated by myself as a new PD customer!
I guessed that this is what must happen, but what is odd is that if I power PK on without my wireless flash card inserted, I only get the battery messages occurring at around 10% as described in the user guide, so I'm not entirely convinced that I do have another problem with the battery! I have on occasions had the message "Card Not Recognized" when the combined wireless/storage flash card is inserted, and a PK re-boot sorts this one out! I'm wondering if Robert's point which followed yours on this thread may have some bearing, in that it's perhaps best to start up PK with no card inserted? The other thing I was wondering is could I possibly have a faulty card - it's one I bought from PD here in the UK when I bought the system. Cheers. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dean Jackson Sent: 22 November 2004 21:11 To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Battery message Hello Paul, the explanation for the PK saying that the battery is critical when the card is inserted is because the percentage readings and messages, are generated from the current cell voltage, rather than a gauge as on the BrailleNote. when you insert a CF card, the current being pulled from the battery will increase, causing a drop in voltage. However, I believe the problem with the BraileNote battery is a different one, which will need to be looked at and possibly can only be resolved with a battery replacement. Regards, Dean Jackson Customer/Technical Analyst Pulse Data International Ltd. DDI: +64 3 373 6184 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.pulsedata.com __________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Holliman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:22 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Battery message > Hi, > > Interesting that you say you get the problem when you're using a CF card! > I've been getting this problem with my PK, and it's only a couple of weeks > old! I tried re-starting the PK without my Sandisk Wireless CF card > inserted, and didn't get a single battery message! So my question is: is > there a problem when turning on the machine if such a card is already > inserted? Wonder if Robert can reproduce this, as he was having a similar > experience with PK! > > Paul. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sharon S > Sent: 22 November 2004 07:24 > To: Braille Note > Subject: [Braillenote] Battery message > > > Hi, I have noticed that lately I have been getting the battery is critical > message when the gage says that there is still more than 40% left. I have > checked the accuracy and it says that the gage is accurate. It first > happened yesterday when I put in my super disk drive. But it also has been > happening today when I was writing emails and documents. The only thing that > is different today then other times I have been writing documents is that I > have now got in a compact flash card. > > Thanks for any help, > >From Shaz and lick from Lena. > > "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!" > [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 > > > ___ > 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
