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Cheers
Chris!
The
batteries in the Pronto are very susceptible to not being installed right
...
when you drop them in you need to push the battery up against the springs
at the
IR emitter end of the Pronto and then let it drop back onto the charging
terminals. The problem being that sometimes the two additional "sense"
terminals
don't make properly and the battery hence doesn't charge
fully.
That
pretty much covers most of the calls that we get about charging problems
and
generally we don't hear anything more.
Replacement batteries are listed by Philips as a spare part but last
time
I checked (which was about 6 weeks ago) the cost was such that once
shipping and
handling were taken into account it was pretty much the same price as a new
dock!
You
*CAN* use rechargeables but since they don't have the two additional sense
terminals then the Pronto will just see them as normal batteries and won't
make
any attempt to recharge them - they'll have to be charged externally in a
standalone charger.
What I
do with my Pronto is have the charger on an appliance module which is only
turned on from midnight on Sunday night until midday on the first Monday of
the
month - that way the battery isn't well excercised and if it gets low
during the
month (which never seems to happen) I can turn it on from either a
mini-timer or
>from
actually do this with my Fujis and ePods plus Edwards digital camera too
and it
does stop the batteries getting fried by constant
charging.)
Phil
Give Phil a call at letsautomateit
:)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:50
AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Pronto Docking Unit
Battery - Where to get ?
I've been given a docking
unit - but the battery never held its charge that long, and was
thrown.
Anyone know where you
can get a replacement ? And how much ?
Or can you use standard rechargables ?
Cheers
G.
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