[bookport] Re: Beta Problem- battery drain
- From: "Walt Smith" <WSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:48:15 -0500
What do you mean the clock was "unset"? The clock is always set and, I'm
sure, running. It simply may not be providing the correct information. =20
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:32 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Beta Problem- battery drain
Could it be the clock that's causing this? I just realized that I've
had my=20
unit in idle mode with the clock unset for several minutes, and the
battery=20
hasn't drained at all.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Beta Problem- battery drain
> Hi,
>
> Aswell as savng the settings, d, e, and f together do switch off the
unit.
>
> Best
>
> -James-
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> 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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>=20
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