Hi Lisa, I have the m40 and it says the only way to get an accurate reading is to reset the gas guage and battery timer when the Braille Lite is fully charged. It says that takes 4 hours if you let the level get low. So if you have it plugged into a good ac/dc outlet you know it is charging unless there is a power outage. Blind faith! <lol> Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Leonardi To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:39 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ot braille lite Hey, all. Sorry for the off topic post, but I have a question. A few months ago, I got a braille Lite m20. Before that, I had a braille lite 2000. My question is this: How can you tell if the braille lite m20 is charging? With the braille lite 2000, it would show you that it was charging when you looked at the battery level in the status menu. The m20 seems to work differently. The battery level never changes until you reset it, and it doesn't show if it is charging or not. Is there a way to know? Thanks. Lisa