[bookport] Re: Odd behavior of latest beta
- From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:38:02 -0400
Walt:
I doubt this behavior had anything to do with the level of the
batteries. There would have been one way to find out; remove one for a
bit and put it back in. It is not uncommon for batteries to become
somewhat unreliable at around 30%, but your description sounds more like
a lockup than anything else. (I can't discuss exactly how a battery will
performat at a certain level, because they are all different.)
Rob Meredith
>>> ka3agm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/29/05 08:20PM >>>
Over the weekend, I was monitoring my batteries (standard alkalines)
pretty
carefully because I knew they were beginning to get a little low and I
was
reading an Audible book, which seems to use up more battery life than
reading a text file for the same length of time. Anyhow, I suddenly got
to
the point where the Book Port was reading, but absolutely no keystrokes
would have any effect. I repeatedly pressed 2, D+F, A+C, etc., but
nothing
happened--the book just kept right on reading. I started pressing keys
randomly at a pretty fast clip and suddenly, the BP just stopped dead
and at
_that_ point, no keystrokes would work. I emphasize that I had not
received
a low battery warning and based on the fact that I had been monitoring
remaining battery life very closely, I would estimate that there was at
least 30%; possibly 35%; of their life remaining when all this
happened. I
removed the batteries and replaced them with a new set and everything
is
working fine again, but this struck me as really strange and completely
unexpected behavior.
--
Walt Smith - Clearwater, FL
ka3agm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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