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Offline Trey Batson

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D8 battery question
« on: July 13, 2003, 10:55:24 PM »
I was reading the D7 manual last night (I don't have a D8 manual) and I noticed they reccomend you take out your AA batteries or dc power if you don't plan on using your deck for a while.  Is this a valid concern over time?  What can this cause?

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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2003, 11:25:59 PM »
Best case, it'll probably drain your batteries.  Worst case they may corrode and leak battery acid in the deck.

Leaving it plugged into AC via the wallwart, you may get a voltage spike which could damage the deck.  (Most cheapo surge protectors and wallwarts don't do diddly to protect gear.)
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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2003, 11:33:20 PM »
Ok cool deal, I was pretty sure it wasn't a life/death issue for the deck.

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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2003, 07:46:26 PM »
The D7/8/100 and the M1 do not have a power on/off switch thus when the batteries are in the unit it is always on.  The display will use up the batteries over time.
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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2003, 08:40:20 PM »
Over a long time.

I leave mine in so I do not have to reset the clock/date every time.
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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2003, 10:59:00 PM »
The manual states the power used to keep the LED screen on is negligible though.

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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2003, 09:29:24 PM »
The D7/8/100 and the M1 do not have a power on/off switch thus when the batteries are in the unit it is always on.

with batteries the hold switch in D8 is the power off switch.
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Re:D8 battery question
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2003, 12:39:44 AM »
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