[bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
- From: Joseph Norton <joenorton1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 23:38:05 -0500 (EST)
Well, that was a good idea, but, again, no discernable difference with
clock not set versus clock set. Just wish I had thought up that idea to
test myself. Just goes to show 2 heads can be better than one. Thanks!
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Grant Hardy wrote:
> Joseph,
>
> Can you try operating the unit with the clock unset and see if you then hear
> the buzzing? This will tell whether the clock theory is correct.
>
> Grant
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Norton" <joenorton1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 8:14 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Battery drainage and Spanish
>
>
>> Well, got my telephone pick-up coil back out and listened to the
>> electromagnetic noise from the Bookport with beta 1.20.22 installed.
>> Selected Spanish option and let the unit go to sleep. The buzzing noise
>> characteristic to the earlier firmware without the battery drain was still
>> not present, whether Spanish was set to yes or no. Again, reverted back
>> to 1.20.20 (thanks Larry for that patch) and the buzzing noise was back
>> when the unit was asleep. Again, the Spanish option had no effect on
>> this.
>>
>> On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Liam Martin wrote:
>>
>>> 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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