Re: [NTLK] Battery drainage

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Mon Mar 14 2005 - 10:30:16 PST

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Konstantinos Theofilis wrote:
> My UMP2000 eats up on batteries veery fast.
>
> In 2-3 days the (alkaline) batteries are consumed :-( And this happens
> with minimal usage (1 hour per day)
>
> And this happens wth every brand of batteries, bought from different
> shops.

The usual culrpit is that your Newton is holding the infrared port open,
waiting for another Newton to connect. You can check and/or fix this by:

-Opening the In/Out Box
-Tapping i->Beam Prefs
-Look at the first setting, 'Receive beams automatically'. Make sure it is
UNchecked.

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