[bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
- From: "Cheryl and Dash Lenartiene" <Dashman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:18:55 -0500
Hi Liam,
My clock always reverts to June 9, 2002 (I think 12:00 P.M.) when I
change the batteries. It never reports "not set" as some on the list have
reported. Don't know why the difference.
I would think that the Spanish feature might be a good clue, as well,
except it was in beta 20, and we didn't have the battery drainage issue
then. This is so very strange! I wish we could just pin this down. I'll
try turning the Spanish back on and leaving it on, and see what happens. So
far, with the unit idle since last night, I have dropped from about 55% to
28-33% (it fluctuates when I check it), so I am starting to see the drainage
now, myself.
Cheryl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liam Martin" <noatman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
> 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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