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RE: [disklavier] Hacks, accessories, after-market items

2006-11-07 by Ken Gorman

Hi Jason,

There was some previous discussion about battery life on the Disklavier remote. Below is what Tom Wheeler [tnwheeler@...] wrote back in June.

HTH,

Ken

Tom Wheeler [tnwheeler@...] wrote:

I typically get 2 hours or more on my Mark IV's PDA controller. One possibility for the shorter time that you are getting is that your are allowing the backlight to burn longer than I am. The duration that the backlight is on after each time that you touch the screen can be set within the system settings. Shorter times will give longer battery life.

Incidentally, the Li ion battery used in the Mark IV PDA controller is the same as used in a Sharps Zaurus PDA and these batteries can be order through Amazon.com for about $25:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000088EDF/104-3828949-0580734?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282
I ordered a new battery a few months ago from Amazon and it works fine. However, even after about 17 months ofalmost daily use my old battery was still going strong giving well over one hour of use.

Tom

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jfoodman
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:00 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Hacks, accessories, after-market items

[snip]
- an extended battery for the remote (sorry, 10 minutes battery life
just doesn't cut it, I want it to run for 3 hours!)

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