[bookport] Re: USB power
- From: Paul Henrichsen <paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:59:33 -0700
Hi, Joseph and list. I saw the same thing with my wife's ipod. Whenever we
used USB to transfer or even to charge since it said it would work that
way, it always seemed to drain the battery faster. We finally connected via
1394 firewire and that solved the problem. Firewire doesn't seem to drain
in the same way that USB does.
At 4/8/2005, you wrote:
>Hi APH and listers:
>
>I know that the BookPort while plugged into the USB port uses a certain
>amount of power from the batteries. However, it occurs to me that the USB
>port can provide all the power needed and it seems odd that the BP
>couldn't take advantage of this instead of draining the batteries for this
>function. My Braille display at work runs completely off the USB port
>without the need for any other external power source. Could this be
>eventually true of the BP if you ever update the hardware?
>
>Thanks!
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