[bookport] Re: Beta Problem- battery drain
- From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:21:43 +0100
Hi,
Aswell as savng the settings, d, e, and f together do switch off the unit.
Best
-James-
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Beta Problem- battery drain
> Yes, that is something we are looking at.
>
>>>> richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:15:18 PM >>>
> Hi Larry,
> I changed the subject line to reflect the topic you want feedback on.
> I just put in a new set of batteries and will check in a while if that
>
> changes from 100%.
>
> I suspect this has come up before, but could there be a way of turning
> the
> unit off completely rather than just putting it to sleep? A friend
> believes that even the ten seconds that it uses of battery power each
> time
> a key is bumped when it is in the locked mode is wasting battery life.
> I
> am not sure how much that adds up, but I suspect a lot if it is being
> carried in a back pack or brief case when it is being bumped
> frequently.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
> on Tuesday 3/29/2005 12:34 PM LARRY SKUTCHAN said
>>We are having trouble pinning down where the battery drain is coming
>>from. We measured the power usage when the unit powers down, and it
>>appears to be normal. We are going to need your help with this one.
>>
>>Has anyone noticed if perhaps the sleep timer is not working
> properly?
>>
>>Does the battery drain appear to happen while the unit is idle?
>>
>>
>> >>> james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:10:32 PM
>> >>>
>>How are we doing for the new fermware, I miss my unit and would love
> to
>>cary
>>on reading.
>>
>>All the best
>>
>>-James-
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
>>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:07 PM
>>Subject: [bookport] Re: Beta Problem- M P 3 music
>>
>>
>> > We still need more info. Perhaps a sequence that illustrates the
>> > problem, and any error messages. I have 25 3 to 4 minute MP3 files
> in
>>a
>> > folder on a 1GB card, and I can't get anything strange to happen.
>> >
>> > Rob Meredith
>> >
>> >>>> grant_r_hardy@xxxxxxxx 03/29/05 01:56PM >>>
>> > I had about 4 files in the folder, then about 5 folders. I don't
>> > recall
>> > this problem in the previous firmware.
>> >
>> > I look forward to seeing a fix for this, but I think the first
>>priority
>> >
>> > should be issuing a version that fixes this truly annoying battery
>> > problem.
>> > Thanks.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
>> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:34 AM
>> > Subject: [bookport] Re: Beta Problem- M P 3 music
>> >
>> >
>> >> Grant:
>> >>
>> >> We need more information. In short, if you have several hundred
>> > music
>> >> files in a folder, which I don't recommend, navigation and
>> >> starting/stopping is going to be slow. Whether it is any
> different
>> > with
>> >> firmware 1.2.0.21 then with previous versions I don't know. This
> is
>> >> where we need the info. We also would like to know how many files
>> > you
>> >> have in the folder.
>> >>
>> >> Rob Meredith
>> >>
>> >>>>> grant_r_hardy@xxxxxxxx 03/29/05 12:39PM >>>
>> >> I have the exact same problem with music. Rob or Larry, maybe
> you
>> >> could
>> >> look into it. And thanks for pointing this out--I thought it was
>> >> simply a
>> >> problem with my music file.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Barry Scheur" <bscheur@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: "List Bookport" <bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Bookport
>>List"
>> >> <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:07 PM
>> >> Subject: [bookport] Beta Problem- M P 3 music
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi folks; this problem I'm having with Beta 21 is very strange.
> I
>> >> have a
>> >>> 2 G card in the BP, with about 1.5 loaded with music. It is all
>>in
>> >> one
>> >>> folder and has been transferred using the BP Software. When I
>> > start
>> >> a
>> >>> song, it does not begin playing it. Rather, I have to hold down
>> > the
>> >> 1 key
>> >>> through the first beep, which sends it to the beginning of the
>>file
>> >> and
>> >>> then it starts playing. If I just hit the 2 key, it will time
>>out,
>> >> unless
>> >>> I hit the 6 key which will move the seek forward by two seconds
>>and
>> >> begin
>> >>> playing the song.
>> >>> This did not happen with any other version or beta, and it seems
>> > like
>> >> a
>> >>> problem with synchronization of files.
>> >>> Any thoughts?
>> >>> Barry Scheur
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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