[Reader-users] Battery discharge without use

[Gary Wunder]

Hi Terry. There are two batteries which power the Reader. One is used in the 
camera.  There are two camera batteries so that when one is being charged 
you can use the other. Then there is the battery inside the little computer 
which you charge by attaching the included power chord.

My guess is that the stand, which is not yet available unless I've missed an 
announcement, would be ideal for someone whose hands are shaky. I believe 
good recognition does count on the camera being stable relative to the print 
when the shot is taken.

If you want to talk about the Reader, feel free to call me at 573/268-4245.

Gary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Battery discharge without use


> Hi Gary and others;
> I just joined last week.  I am thinking of buying a KNFB reader at
> convention.  Where can I get access to the manual?  How do you charge
> the battery.  A member of my chapter has one and he had an extra battery
> in his case.  Is there anyone with Epelepsi on this list, using the
> reader.  I would like to e-mail you directly about the ability of
> holding the KNFB reader still or do you use the stand?
> Any intro imfo you can give me will be helpful.  I like the fact that it
> is portable.
> Terry Powers
> powerst at mail.nih.gov
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Wunder [mailto:gwunder at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:39 AM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Battery discharge without use
>
> It was saying "Buy American!"
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David R. Stayer" <davidandloristayer at verizon.net>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Battery discharge without use
>
>
>> Hello i had something like this happen once to me as well.  I reported
> it
>> about a month ago.  It was after reading sojething at a Toyota dealer.
>
>> The
>> reader got hot and turned off.  After about eight hours of being
> plugged
>> in
>> all of sudden it came back to life and has worked since.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader userlist"
>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:39 AM
>> Subject: [Reader-users] Battery discharge without use
>>
>>
>>>I had a strange thing happen I've never seen before.  On Friday I
>>> charged my Reader.  On Saturday morning I turned the machine on
>>> and got the normal message and when it came to the battery status
>>> it said I had 5 percent.  The machine then went off and would not
>>> come back on.  I had an appointment and left the machine,
>>> reconciling myself to the fact I would need help recalibrating
>>> it.  When I returned home some 8 hours later, connected the
>>> machine to ACCORDING power, and two hours later tried to use it,
>>> the machine came up talking.
>>>
>>> Beyond the strangeness, I want to ask if we have made progress on
>>> figuring out what process continues to run during shutdown that
>>> will drain a battery from 100 percent to nothing over night.
>>> I've had this happen twice.  If there are any tests we can run to
>>> help isolate this, please say the word.
>>>
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