[bookport] Re: Strange and worrying problem

  • From: "Grant Hardy" <grant_r_hardy@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:29:14 -0800

Me too, I guess only time will tell, smile.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Byrne" <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:35 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Strange and worrying problem


> 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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