From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sat Nov 01 2003 - 15:44:19 PST
on 11/1/03 12:42 PM, Terry Clark at newton_at_mooo.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I recently bought a 120 from eBay. The Newton seems to work fine, as long as
> the mains power adaptor is plugged in, but I don't seem to be able to get it
> going from batteries...
>
> The unit doesn't work with either of two rechargeable packs I have (one came
> with the unit and the other I bought seperately as 'new') nor with a set of
> brand new AA standard batteries. If I put the AAs into my 110 Newton, then
> the 110 works fine. Conversely, if I swap the batteries already in the 110
> into the 120, the 120 still doesn't work.
>
> I've double & triple-checked that the batteries have been put in the correct
> way etc.
>
> The eBay vendor has offered to replace the unit but I thought I'd check if
> anyone else has had the problem or if I've done something 'silly'. I used to
> use my OMP regularly years ago, but I'm a newcomer to using 110/120 Newtons.
That's most likely because the rechargeable cells have reached the end of
their useful life. You could probably find NiCADs of higher capacity and use
them in your Newton. You just have to use a little piece of cardboard to
depress the switch in the middle of the battery compartment to let your
Newton know that those are rechargeable and it will happily recharge them.
Make sure that you completely discharge them before recharging, or they will
develop the infamous "memory effect"...
-Laurent.
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