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Old 03-20-2011, 10:02 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Wordeater View Post
the battery on your 700 an Li-on battery or a Ni-cad battery. The two are not the same animal. Li-on batteries don't develop the 'memory' issue of previous generation rechargeables. I do believe you don't want an Li-on battery to go completely flat however.


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The PRS-700 uses a Li-ion battery. I try not to discharge mine past one bar. I think it has been also suggested that if you plan on storing (not using) your reader for any length of time, the battery should be left at about 2 bars and the reader turned off, not just put to sleep.
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