[bookport] Re: the d e f command
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:22:15 -0500
The contacts issue is one of the reasons I have elected not to use
rechargeable batterries in the BP. I know many do with no problem but I
figure the less I mess with the contacts, the better. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: the d e f command
> I'm not saying this is a large majority, but more than once I have heard a
> big mention, or at least a concern about bent battery contacts. Thus
either
> having to unbend them back into shape, (eventually this won't last for
ever)
> or worse having to send it back to APH for repair. At some point many
months
> back there was a big discussion about the battery contacts they use now
> verses replacing them with the spring like contacts. Many people were more
> opposed to the spring ones because they not only lose their springiness,
but
> when attempting to unflatten them they can break off more easily.
> Now, my question is if there is some other material or stronger spring
which
> you can actually put behind the contacts we have now in order to better
> support it. Obviously it would have to be something safe or at least
fairly
> heat resistant to be near the battery and circuitry of the machine, but
even
> if it costs a little money, if it can save you from having to be two
months
> without it you are much better off.
> I have not yet had a problem with either the D-E-F command nor bent
> contacts, but if I had to live two months, or even two weeks, without my
> Book Port I would not be very happy.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:46 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: the d e f command
>
>
> > Hi Marvin.
> >
> > I apologize that it took two months to get your Book Port repaired.
> > That is not the norm, and we are working to decrease the time that any
> > unit must be out of its owner's posession.
> >
> > Unfortunately, we do not know that the DEF command was actually the
> > problem. This would most likely have happened even if you hadn't used
> > the command. What probably happened is that the battery contacts were
> > slightly bent and as the unit was booting up after the battery change,
> > the batteries lost contact for a brief time.
> >
> >
> >>>> mjslipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:33:29 AM >>>
> > This is Marvin Kotler. I had a book port for 16 months. In all that
> > time, I used the d e f command without difficulties. Then one time when
> > the batteries were low, I used this command again and the book port went
> > south. I had to send it in for repair and it took two months to get it
> > back. I was told to use the d e f command at my own risk. So, who
> > knows what happened. It is now working again properly; everyone have a
> > happy holidays.
> >
>
>
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