[bookport] Re: Two Questions
- From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:16:44 -0400
Caroline:
Let me try to answer a few of your questions.
1. Everyone should forget about the myth that there is a 30 second
window in which you can change batteries. This may have been the case
with older units, but this is not the case with newer units. I realize
the manual claimed this for quite a while, but it was wrong and has been
corrected.
2. D+E+F should be working for you, but obviously it isn't. We will
look into this.
3. It is safe to assume that quite a bit more power is consumed when
the unit is connected to the computer then when you are reading a text
file. The specific performance you described is due to the way different
batteries perform when they are getting low.
Rob Meredith
>>> carolinecongdon@xxxxxxxxx 04/17/06 10:13PM >>>
Hi everyone. I'm curious about a couple of things.
First, a couple of weeks back before I got my BP, someone wrote to the
list saying that each time they replaced their batteries their settings
were not retained although they changed the batteries in less than the
30 second time limit. I am also running into this situation, and have
both times that I've changed my batteries so far. I hit D,E,F together
to save the settings and hear nothing accept for the two beeps
indicating that BP has turned off. I hold the unit in front of me
without laying it down on a table so that none of the buttons are being
pressed and remove the batteries. Before removing the old batteries I
have the new batteries in my hand so that I can immediately put in the
new set, but as soon as the new set is put in I hear the message
"Defaults restored; book Port ready, version 2.2." Am I missing
something somewhere? Unlike doing the 2,b command, removing and
replacing the batteries even resets my clock to some strange time. I
know I'm definitely doing the switch in less than 30 seconds.
My second question relates to the transfer software and batteries. I
am admittedly fairly clueless when it comes to power consumption but
I've noticed something that seems sort of weird to me. If I have a
fresh set of batteries in the unit and connect to the computer there
seems to be very little battery loss. However, if my batteries are a
bit lower, (tonight they were somewhere between 40 and 45 percent), and
I plug in there seems to be a very significant battery drain. I was
told after unplugging that my batteries were low and needed to be
replaced, and the percentage was reported at 20 percent or so. Is there
a particular reason for this or am I imagining things? Thanks in
advance.
Caroline
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