My advanced player lasts about 29 hours.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: OT question about NLS digital player


> Hi Harvey,
>
> It might be the lightning, but I doubt it.  I had a standard digital 
> player
> for less than 2 years and all of a sudden--after seldom using it in 
> battery
> only mode, when I tried using it for an hour or so, I got the low battery
> indication and the player shut down.  It still worked with the  power 
> cord.
>
> I called the NLS regional library in Albany, NY  and they said they had 
> been
> having "issues with the NLS new digital players and battery life."  The
> battery--according to the built-in manual--is supposed to last about 5
> years.
>
> I sent the standard player back and requested and received an advanced
> player.  I like its additional features, but whether the battery will last
> any longer, I can't yet say--since I've only had the machine for a month
> now.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:02 AM
> Subject: OT question about NLS digital player
>
>
> I am asking this on behalf of someone who doesn't have a computer.  They 
> say
> they were reading a book on battery power with the player unplugged when
> after a clap of thunder the player said, "Battery Low."  They had several
> hours of battery power left before the thunder clap, but lost it all
> afterwards.  Then the next time they charged it up, it drained down to the
> same point when there was again no power.  Could the thunder storm or
> lightning caused this with the player unplugged, or was this purely
> coincidental?  They had the standard player which they sent back for 
> another
> one after this incident.  I think the NLS digital format is the best ever
> offered by NLS, but I find this series of events very strange.  I could
> understand it if the player was plugged in, but not unplugged and on 
> battery
> power.  73.
> Harvey