When I press D E F, I have always only gotten the double beeps. The BP has
never spoken anything. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I
have had mine since January of 2005.
At 08:03 AM 4/18/2006, you wrote:
I'm also encountering problems with the latest firmware when it comes to changing batteries and I've never had this kind of issue come up before. Like Caroline, D+E+F only emits a double beep for me (no message) and even when I know that I've got the batteries swapped in well under 20 seconds, the defaults are always restored and my original settings are not being retained. In more than a year and a half of experience with the BP, this is the first time I've regularly been unable to either save settings using D+E+F or maintain them by means of a quick battery swap.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Congdon" <carolinecongdon@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 10:13 PM Subject: [bookport] Two Questions
Hi everyone. I'm curious about a couple of things.
First, a couple of weeks back before I got my BP, someone wrote to the list saying that each time they replaced their batteries their settings were not retained although they changed the batteries in less than the 30 second time limit. I am also running into this situation, and have both times that I've changed my batteries so far. I hit D,E,F together to save the settings and hear nothing accept for the two beeps indicating that BP has turned off. I hold the unit in front of me without laying it down on a table so that none of the buttons are being pressed and remove the batteries. Before removing the old batteries I have the new batteries in my hand so that I can immediately put in the new set, but as soon as the new set is put in I hear the message "Defaults restored; book Port ready, version 2.2." Am I missing something somewhere? Unlike doing the 2,b command, removing and replacing the batteries even resets my clock to some strange time. I know I'm definitely doing the switch in less than 30 seconds.
My second question relates to the transfer software and batteries. I am admittedly fairly clueless when it comes to power consumption but I've noticed something that seems sort of weird to me. If I have a fresh set of batteries in the unit and connect to the computer there seems to be very little battery loss. However, if my batteries are a bit lower, (tonight they were somewhere between 40 and 45 percent), and I plug in there seems to be a very significant battery drain. I was told after unplugging that my batteries were low and needed to be replaced, and the percentage was reported at 20 percent or so. Is there a particular reason for this or am I imagining things? Thanks in advance.
Caroline
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