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From: Peter Ceresole on 14 Jul 2010 07:29 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > I've ot seen that here. Changing the batteries on my Magic Mouse simply > involves it losing conection for about a minute, then it reconects. Gosh. I was too impatient to wait. Thanks. -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 14 Jul 2010 08:10 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:29:12 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> I've ot seen that here. Changing the batteries on my Magic Mouse simply >> involves it losing conection for about a minute, then it reconects. > >Gosh. I was too impatient to wait. Thanks. It's quicker if you click the mouse after putting the new batteries in - wakes it up earlier. Cheers - Jaimie -- Never sleep with anyone crazier than you are.
From: Duncan Kennedy on 14 Jul 2010 10:01 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Coincidentally I've got a relatively new set of rechargables of the > > right kind; the real pain in the bum is that, as far as I can see, if I > > lose the mouse's wireless connection while changing the batteries, I > > need to plug in a wired mouse to reconnect. Which seems naff to me... > > I've ot seen that here. Changing the batteries on my Magic Mouse simply > involves it losing conection for about a minute, then it reconects. > > Incidentally, if you use rechargables you probably won't get a 100% > charge reading - more like low 80's. I guess that's due to rechargables > being 1.2V rather than 1.5V > That is a very good point. In the days when I was travelling by train from Edinburgh to London regularly and working on a 6V Z88, 4 standard alkaline batteries would just about last the journey. 4 rechargeables (4.8v) would hardly make it to Newcastle - certainly not `York. An external box made to hold 5 rechargeables (5 x 1.2 = 6) easily made the full journey. -- duncank
From: Jim on 14 Jul 2010 10:54 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >Incidentally, if you use rechargables you probably won't get a 100% > >charge reading - more like low 80's. I guess that's due to rechargables > >being 1.2V rather than 1.5V > > And most rechargables discharge slowly over a month or two whether you > use them or not, which is why I don't tend to use them in low power > devices like > keyboards. I use them for the Magic Mouse, but mostly because I have a convenient 2*AA USB charger plugged in the back of my Time Capsule. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Elliott Roper on 14 Jul 2010 14:00
In article <1jlmbbh.cxuwvb7mw2szN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > Doesn't sound too far off - I think mine went 10 weeks on the supplied > > batteries. More like three weeks off my knackered old rechargables > > though. > > Coincidentally I've got a relatively new set of rechargables of the > right kind; the real pain in the bum is that, as far as I can see, if I > lose the mouse's wireless connection while changing the batteries, I > need to plug in a wired mouse to reconnect. Which seems naff to me... > > No problems with a laptop, but silly with the iMac. One more thing, especially if you are using alkaline cells is that you can afford to ignore the low battery warning for at least a couple more weeks. I wait till it loses connection before swapping. It has always come back from there. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 |