>I've got an old, OS2.0 MP120 (English) that is not 'telling me' when I've =
>got the charger connected (or have it docked). It always displays =
>'Battery' below the charge level scale in the Extras drawer, and in the =
>SleepAid slip. That is, it never indicates 'Charging' or 'Charged' as it =
>used to (and as my MP2ku) does.
To the best of my knowledge 120's have never been able to "talk" that way,
this
is I think an os 2.1 feature and thus only available on MP2K and eMate.
>Also, when I initiate a charge, the battery charge level scale just jumps =
>to indicate full charged. =20
This is normal. The 120 only monitors the battery voltage for this display.
If you start charging a NiCad battery, the voltage very fast reaches what
this battery would have fully charged without the charger attached to it,
hence the MP shows 100%.
>Consequently, I'm no longer confident that it's actually fully charged
The 120 will automatically know when to stop charge. For that it monitors
the voltage and the cell temperature. When the charging is stopped has
nothing
to do with the battery capacity display in Extras.
> and =
> don't think I get an accurate reading of the battery indicator
As soon as you remove the ac adapter (well, about a minute later) the
reading
should be accurate.
> Have I damaged the unit somehow, or is this a known behaviour of older =
> MP120's?
Unless I gravely misunderstood you, this is the expected behavior of all
Newton prior to MP2k / eMate.
Frank
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