I tried that first. I'm afraid that with rechargables, the battery meter is a pretty pointless gadget, especially for recording. It'd be nice if they could come up with a good way to evaluate rechargables, but they have a flatter discharge curve, so this may not be possible. On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:56:21 -0400, you wrote: >Although a new Book Port user, I would suspect your problem may have been >solved by the reset of the system one gets by simply disconnecting and re >connecting the batteries. This is based on a time when my Book Port was not >functioning and the keypad reset would not work. I got results by simple >momentarily removing one of the batteries. I hate to think that the 52 >percent battery life is meaningless. > >Roy Pfeiffer >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris Hill" <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 3:42 PM >Subject: [bookport] problem with latest beta .7 > > >> Whenever I try to record a memo I get fs pannic, buffer claim. I've >> tried resetting, and checking my card for errors without help. I'm >> about ready to change batteries just to see what happens. >> >> at 52%, but I changed them anyway. I can now record memos again. >> I'll have to watch that. >> >> Hmmm, I've been running rechargables, and they were