There is no backup battery. You have about 20 to 30 seconds to make the change without losing settings. You can also press D+E+F all together to save your settings so that you can use more time when changing batteries. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale E. Heltzer" <deheltzer@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: [bookport] Settings lost on battery change As the Subject: line says, *every time I change batteries, I must reset all my options. I *assume I have a bad backup battery; how do I fix this? Thanks. --- Dale E. Heltzer deheltzer@xxxxxxx Don't be humble; you are not that great. -- Golda Meir