I don't have one but a friend of mine does. He's been using it for quite a while now.
On Feb 17, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: > ... First, the verified write mode... Don't know anything about that. > Second - batteries. I bought this because it is supposed to work > with 4 > AA batteries, but my NiMH batteries seem to work on a fresh charge > for a > short while, but if they sit in the device for just a few hours they > can't put out enough voltage. The drive poops out with a #19 error, > which means no hard drive present. Oddly, it's not the #20, "Bad > Batteries" error. But fresh batteries (or using the power supply) fix > the problem, and checking the batteries is recommended in the > manual for > this error. > > These batteries are 1800 mAh Energizer brand, bout about 3 months ago. > Granted - they have seen little use since I got them, and I'm in the > process of completely draining and recharging them for a couple of > cycles to see if that helps (over the last few months they have been > charged, died with no use, recharged, a few times.)But I wonder if the > Compactdrive can run off regular AA alkaline batteries or > lithiums? The > manual states that it is intended to work with NiMH rechargeable, but > never says not to use alkalines. I also wonder if the large HD is > draining more juice than a smaller drive would, and is dropping the > battery voltage during power up and self test... thoughts: - 1800mAh sounds like somewhat low capacity for this kind of device. - a larger capacity hard drive doesn't necessarily take any more power to operate than a smaller one. Sometimes they take less. It depends on the specific drive. - alkaline batteries likely have insufficient capacity to operate the PD70X reliably. I believe John has used AA Lithium disposables in his very successfully, and I know he also uses NiMH 2500mAh AAs successfully as well. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
