From: sophana <jobarjo78_at_yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 11:33:25 +0200

I also had problem with this charging algorithm:
I plugged my (may version) flashed recorder to my PC to watch a movie
but I forgot to plug the DC power.
It went out of batteries.
When I plugged it back, I had to wait until it goes in charging mode.
Then I could plug the usb back.
Then every 15 minutes, it goes back off, surely because of this annoying
charging algorithm stopping the charge.

Result, I could not watch the movie. :-( .

I forgot that I could switch back to the original archos firmware!

But this clearly have to be corrected.

Why does it wait for a minute before charging? Is it just for testing
the battery level?
If it measures less than 5v the charging should start immediately don't
you think?

Having an interactive session during the charge or during the usb would
be nice.

David Henderson wrote:

>Would it be feasible to implement an emergency charge feature?
>
>The situation I'm thinking of is when you manage to discharge your batteries
>so far down, that there is not enough power to start charging normally.
>
>This is what normally happens to me:
>
>(JBR off)
>
>Plug in
>
>Boots into charging screen
>
>*Says Not Charging for a minute or so* - In this time the lights are on at
>some point, and the HDD has been known to spin up (I think)
>
>The screen gradually fades away and it turns off before the batteries get
>any juice.
>
>Now would it be possible to have an emergency charge mode (perhaps holding
>F2 at boot or something)
>- No lights or anything on
>- HDD spinups disabled
>- Charging allowed immediately
>- Perhaps time limited or with another limit - so that it doesn't damge the
>box - perhaps reboot into normal charging once there is sufficient power to
>start normal harging
>
>
>Any thoughts anyone?
>
>
>Regards
>
>
>David Henderson
>
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