Topic: Talestuff emergency charger - how many charges?
euangel
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Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 264
Hey all,
I'm taking my Prism on the road for the first time, and I'm wondering how much battery time a set of 4-AA batteries will be able to add to my Prism us the Talestuff charger. Anyone know?
06-02-2001 12:02 AM
ginmtb
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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 19
Be careful when charging Prism w/low AA's
I have the talestuff charger and ran into a bug when I attempted to charge my Prism when the AA batteries were low. I could no longer recharge my Prism (in the cradle or in the car) and the battery meter never exceeded 70%. I found another thread here where people had the same problem. I had to do a warm reset while in the cradle and then everything worked fine. Otherwise the charger is invaluable. I've sent talestuff an e-mail asking them about this problem.
Mike
06-03-2001 04:29 AM
snippet
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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Texas
Posts: 47
I was one of those with problems using the charger. I got it to charge once, and that was it. After that charge, the light would stay on continuously, but never charged. A change of fresh batteries, using the cradle, nothing worked until I did a reset while on the cradle. I'm wary of using it anymore without testing it further at home.
06-04-2001 12:27 AM
Matthew Nichols
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Registered: Nov 2000
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Posts: 714
Worked perfectly fine for me, its best not to drain the Visor's battery to next to nothing but rather keep keep it trickling the power.
quote:Originally posted by snippet nothing worked until I did a reset while on the cradle.
A simple reset in or out of the cradle solved that problem each time it happened to me. I travel with it regularly with no concerns. One set of batteries provide 3-4 nightly charges but I never completely drain my Prism. When I am not travelling, I keep it in my car with several sets of batteries -- just in case.