PRS505 Battery Meter

scarter · 04-30-2008, 09:38 AM

Is the battery meter in the PRS505 linear, or is it like the gas gauge in my car - it takes a long time to reach the 1/4 mark, and but then moves toward "E" so fast you can almost see it move... In other words, is there the same amount of reading time between the battery meter indicating full (4 bars) and 3 bars and between 3 bars and 2 bars, etc.?

Ervserver · 04-30-2008, 10:41 AM

I've never let my 505 battery meter drop more than 1 bar but it seems like it takes a long time just to do that

NatCh · 04-30-2008, 11:38 AM

I'd say it's linear, certainly more so than those hinky gas gauges tend to be, but I don't really have anything to support that beyond "it seems that way" to me.

Patricia · 04-30-2008, 04:59 PM

When you are charging, if you disconnect it before the little red light has gone out then the meter is apt to be unreliable.
Also, in the beginning, it takes a few charging cycles before it settles down and becomes accurate.

04-30-2008, 09:38 AM	#1
scarter Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Western Colorado Device: Kindle, Kindle Fire	PRS505 Battery Meter Is the battery meter in the PRS505 linear, or is it like the gas gauge in my car - it takes a long time to reach the 1/4 mark, and but then moves toward "E" so fast you can almost see it move... In other words, is there the same amount of reading time between the battery meter indicating full (4 bars) and 3 bars and between 3 bars and 2 bars, etc.?

04-30-2008, 11:38 AM	#3
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,605 Karma: 926222 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Nook STGR	I'd say it's linear, certainly more so than those hinky gas gauges tend to be, but I don't really have anything to support that beyond "it seems that way" to me. __________________ ΨΦ! "Torg, why do you have emergency pants?" -- Riff

04-30-2008, 04:59 PM	#4
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,527 Karma: 1282094 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	When you are charging, if you disconnect it before the little red light has gone out then the meter is apt to be unreliable. Also, in the beginning, it takes a few charging cycles before it settles down and becomes accurate. __________________ Of making many books there is no end [Ecclesiastes, 12.12]

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04-30-2008, 10:41 AM	#2
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,622 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Sony 505 & HP Touchpad	I've never let my 505 battery meter drop more than 1 bar but it seems like it takes a long time just to do that


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