[bookport] Re: Strange and worrying problem
- From: Ann Byrne <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:35:40 -0600
Same thing happened here. I finally gave up on my 43% batteries and just
left in the new ones. I am curious what will happen when this set gets to 50%.
At 07:33 PM 3/1/2005, you wrote:
>I had just under 50% in a set of batteries in my
>Bookport. When updating to the latest beta I forgot
>to replace them, so the unit announced: "Battery low.
>Update abort."
>So, I replaced the batteries to a brand-new set and it
>seemed to automatically carry out the rest of the
>update, then returned me to idle mode. Now here's the
>weird part: whenever I put back in those batteries and
>press d+f, it announces "Battery level: 50%", so it
>seems to me that these batteries should be in good,
>working condition. However, whenever the unit wakes
>up with these batteries in place it says: "Battery
>low, update abort" again, as if it hadn't completed
>the update process yet. And as I move through, it
>keeps repeating "Announcements missing". When I put
>back in the brand-new batteries it says "Bookport
>ready" and acts as normal. But when I place the 50%
>ones back in, it's the same thing: "Battery low,
>update abort"..."Announcements missing."
>
>This is very worrying. Any help is appreciated.
>
>P.s. My old batteries could play audio files and read
>books, but any other prompt that it would usually say
>itself is given with "Announcements missing".
>
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