[bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
- From: "Liam Martin" <noatman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:42:04 +0000
Cheryl,
this whole thing is very puzzling. After four hours in idle mode, and with
Spanish yes selected, there has only been a two percent drop in battery
level. At that rate, a pair of batteries would last me a week, where before
it was lasting one day. But my reasoning in trying this new test was kind of
general. I figured that the battery drainage problem had to be caused by a
new feature, and the one I could think of was the Spanish language option. I
did try not setting my clock, but that didn't make a difference in the
drainage rate. Strange that it works for you. Was your clock not set, or was
it set to a wrong date?
Liam
>From: "Cheryl and Dash Lenartiene" <Dashman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
>Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 17:07:12 -0500
>
>Hi Liam,
> That's interesting. Actually, thogh, I hadn't had Spanish turned on.
>I just thought that since I hadn't seen anything on this list that would
>indicate that it had been tested, I would try it.
> That particular option didn't seem to make a difference inmy battery
>drainage issue. However, as weird as it sounds, I think setting the clock
>did. I set the clock yesterday afternoon. It had been running before
>that,
>but with the incorrect date and time. Today, I am seeing significant
>drainage, though the unit has been idle all day. Believe me, I know this
>makes absolutely no sense, but it's what I'm observing.
> I'll just keep testing and reporting like most everyone on this list.
>*grin*
>Cheryl
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Liam Martin" <noatman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 3:37 PM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
>
>
> > Cheryl,
> >
> > I think I figured out the problem. You don't get drainage because you
>are
> > reading in Spanish. I decided to check Spanish yes in the keyboard
>options
> > when I stopped reading two hours ago, and I did not get even a one
>percent
> > drainage. This is unusual. Usually the drainage is so great, two hours
> > would
> > have produced a significant percentage drop in battery level. Most of us
> > are
> > reading in English, which is where the drainage occurs - the English yes
> > option. Others can test this - when stopped reading, choose Spanish yes
> > option.
> >
> > Liam
> >
> >>From: "Cheryl and Dash Lenartiene" <Dashman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Reply-To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Subject: [bookport] Battery drainage and Spanish
> >>Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:13:17 -0500
> >>
> >>Hi everyone,
> >> Well, I'm on my third day with the same set of batteries, and my
> >>battery gauge says 60%. The unit has spoken for 424 minutes, and I did
> >>about 15 minutes of recording last night, which drained the battery by
> >>about 8%. The clock is running, but not set to the correct date and
>time.
> >>I will try setting it and see what happens.
> >> I've noticed a bug when reading in Spanish. If you press the 2
>key
> >>to read continuously, then press the 8 key for status, the BP reverts
>back
> >>to English when it resumes reading. You must stop and start reading
>again
> >>with the 2 key in order for the Spanish pronunciation to re-engage.
> >>Cheryl
> >>
> >
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