Battery Life on P550

richlewt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 9

Hi
Just got my P550, have installed TT5 on it and it seems ok. My problem is, if I leave it for a day it wont start using the red on/off button, the only way to bring it back to life is to hit the little reset button, anyone got any advice? (besides sending it back?) :P

EddyStone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 2

I have exactly the same problem with my P350.
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lfour · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 3

First of all, in order to disolve the active sync problem do the following :

Go into ActiveSync on the P350/P550.
Click 'Menu' then 'Add Server Source'.
Add a bogus 1.1.1.1 as a server ... then any letter as the user/pass/domain. Then uncheck those boxes at the end.
Now go back into 'Menu', 'Schedule', and switch to 'Manual' for those options.
You can delete this server afterward from the ActiveSync 'Options' list and it will still retain the Manual setting.

Now, about the battery problems... I have deactivated the setting in the beam that says 'Receive all incoming beams' and it was fixed for 1-2 days. BUT, i have planned an appointment for monday.. And from yesterday, this appointment is show in the today screen..And , from yestarday, i have again the same battery problems...... It seems to me that whatever is running in the background ( Not nessecary a program, even an appointment that is displayed in the today screen) if f*****ng the battery.. I don't think that this is normal.. Do you ???

Viper · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 30, 2004 Posts: 69

It isn't normal, I think the PDA has not been tested enough before being sold, it is poorly designed and just rushed.

I have just tried your active synch manual settings out lfour and it seems to work, thank you.

I think richlewt, there is a safety thing on the PDA, that if the battery is so low it switches the power off completely, so as you don't loose data, that's if the battery was allowed to drain right down if left on standby any longer. Then the only way to activate it then is to reset it.

Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

njwc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 14

SilverScooby · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks Ifor

That's fixed the "activesync coming on in the background and running the battery down" problem.

It hasn't fixed the "on button doesn't switch on from standby, you have to do a soft reset" problem. I found this solution quoted in English on what looks like a Dutch forum:

"If your unit is having problems turning on, you may want to go to Start- Settings - Today and click on the tab that says Items. You will see an option at the bottom that says "Today Timeout". If you take the checkmark out of this box, it should stop the issue from happening. You should not lose any of your information from the soft reset, or from this work around."

lets see if that fixes it!

norm2002 · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:06 am Post subject:

Still thinking of getting a p550 to relace my 168 although this thread has got me worried.

Can someone tell me about the actual battery life while tunning TTN? I plan on using it a lot in walking mode so would like like to know real battery life while running TTN. I have always been disappointed with it on my 168 with it often running out in less than 2 hours. Is 4 hours on the p550 realistic?

Regards

norm

revel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 26

The battery lasts between 4 to 5 hours under constant use which is about right.
The problem seems to be when the P550 is closed down activesync is still running see the thread by ifour to solve this problem.

norm2002 · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:34 am Post subject:

Thanks for the reply. I think I'm going to go for it. I see that a lot of the regular GPS online sellers don't have the p550 in stock. I wonder if this is because of the recall for the problem with locking onto signal.

I guess there may be some sellers who are not returning their stock and will continue selling them.

Is there some way I can check whether that the one I get has this problem? How long should it normally take to lock on when first taken out of the box?

Regards

norm

Border_Collie · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

norm2002 · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

Border_Collie · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject:

I've only used TT. I've tried it walking and got a low battery warning after about 50 minutes, when I believe there was 30% power left. I've read elsewhere that TT is 'power hungry', so maybe it is a TT issue. The ambient temperature will also have an effect of course.
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lfour · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 3

Goodmorning again..

I finally find out a way to resolve the battery problem..

It seems that if you haven't activate the setting that says to close the unit if no action has been made for x minutes when on battery ( this setting exist under battery settings, in the advanced tab ),closing the unit by pressing the standby button does not work correctly.. I have activate the above setting and after that, my battery works normally.. It lasts about 1 1/2 week.. I don't know if this is a MS win error or Mio problem.. Now, the only thing is that when i'm using the unit in the car, i have to use the charger everytime cause without the charger it will close automatically after 3 minutes of inactivity.. Anyway, please, anyone can try it and post the results ???

Regards..!!

Border_Collie · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject:

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