Thanks for the reply, Walter. Quick and detailed as always. My battery life
is much lower than yours and I must now do some more careful testing to
find where the problem lies.
>There is a switch inside the Portadisc behind the battery caddy. It says
>"Charge OFF - ON". Set it to on and you should be able to charge the
>batteries. That switch is in there in case you are using alkalines and
>plug it in, so it won't try and charge alkalines and I know mine was
>shipped with charge off. This info is in the owner's manual.
The switch is on and the Portadisc appears to be charging. When I put the
apparently charged batteries into the Portadisc it shows a full charge.
However, this quickly drops. This happens even if I leave it charging all
night after the green charge light is completely out.
>You should probably verify the condition of your batteries. Maybe try a
>new set. That's way, way too fast a battery usage. At that discharge
>rate the batteries should be very hot to the touch. If they are not,
>they do not have anywhere near 2200mAh in them. It's far more likely
>that you have a problem with the batteries.
I have four new sets of batteries from two different manufacturers and all
give less than one hour of recording. I do use phantom power from the
Portadisc, by the way.
Thank you for finding out that I have an HHb distributor right on my
doorstep but as a result of gruesome past experiences I would be extremely
loath to entrust my precious recorder to a local repair shop. In Brazil
they never have the skills nor the spares for specialised work. In the past
I have twice had to pay to get my cassette recorder back from the repairer
and then had to send it to the States. A friend of mine sent a microphone
to Sennheiser's local people last month and they returned it still
unusable. I'll check out SK Audio Professional Products but with
considerable scepticism.
I need my recorder for a long trip to Amazonia soon and will see how it
goes. If the problems continue and are not the fault of the batteries I
will almost certainly send the Portadisc for repair in the States.
Thanks again for your help.
Jeremy
Jeremy
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