From: Michael Blazer (m.blazer_at_utoronto.ca)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 19:48:05 PDT
on 10/1/03 8:22 PM, Jim Siburt at jsiburt_at_mac.com wrote:
> I have had the new battery in the eMate on charge for several hours and
> the light is still amber and the bar shows about 1/6th charged. If I
> unplug it says the battery needs charged. Any clues or will a new
> battery take a long time to charge?
>
> I re-checked the battery connections and also held the reset button for
> over 5 seconds.
Jim, I've had this same thing happen on occasion with the not-new but
generally OK battery in my eMate. It usually happens if I've let the
battery run down a lot by leaving the unit unplugged for several weeks. For
some reason the eMate's charging logic thinks the battery is toast, but it
isn't.
IIRC, I think I worked around it by unplugging the charger (from the eMate,
not from the wall) and re-plugging it about 30 seconds later, repeating this
several times until eventually the screen says "charging". (I'm not sure
about the 30 seconds part; my memory is vague on that, but it probably isn't
too crucial.) Once it says "charging", just leave it plugged in and
eventually you'll get the green light and all will be well.
Hope this works for you.
Michael
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