Your friend is almost certainly wrong. I can't see how the type of battery could possibly make any difference insofar as the BP retaining its settings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving Settings when Changing Batteries My friend Brian thinks whether settings are saved has to do with whether you are changing rechargeable batteries or the higher voltage disposable ones. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Cranston To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:11 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving Settings when Changing Batteries This happens to me if I remove the batteries before the double beep that announces the BP going to sleep. If I wait until after the double beep is heard, my settings are usually retained. HTH Sarah -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Irwin Hott Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:08 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Saving Settings when Changing Batteries Hi, when I change batteries all of my settings are lost. I think the documentation says that settings should be retained for 30 seconds or so. It probably takes about 10 to 15 seconds to change the batteries. Does anyone else have this problem?