A few years ago, I bought the above Braille Display from the "Recycle It" mailing list.
I am not a very good Braille reader at all and made only marginal use of the display. When I bought it, the display had a weak battery that would only hold a charge for maybe half an hour. That was quite sufficient for my Braille reading needs. We moved several times over the last few years and it had been a while since I had used the display at all. When we now arrived in our current apartment and unpacked and attached the display to my computer, I found that it did not work at all. We opened the display and found that the battery was corroded, i.e. had begun to leak a little bit of the battery fluid. fortunately nothing had gotten on the display's mother board and other innards yet. My husband performed a batterectomy and we hoped I would be able to use the display working directly off the wall charger. this is not working,however. The unit sits there and emits complaining beeps and also displays some code on the display.
We are absolutely broke and cannot afford to get the display serviced. Is there something my husband and I can do to fix the problem ourselves?
I have the driver and the Manual in etext format but even though I studied the battery section in the manual, I did not really see anything relevant.
I do not want to dump the Braille display because I find the electronic Braille much easier to read than paper Braille and though the unit was used when I bought it, it seems in good condition except for the battery problem.
I would be thankful for any advice. Thanks bunches,Doris
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