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Old 01-05-2008, 05:49 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by kakemoms View Post
Alternately: Go into the settings and switch off the automatic power off. The E-ink screen (or the unit) does not consume power until you flip a page, so it does not drain power to keep it "on". I left it for a week with a single page displaying, and there are no memory effects on the screen either (so really no point in the unit switching "off").
The screen doesn't drain power, but other things - the CPU, RAM, etc - certainly do. You'll drain the battery in 4-5 days if you leave the machine switched on.
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