Blas Kisic Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 I'm a big fan of the BETSO SBOX-1N, and I have two of them (they've replaced two Mozegear boxes I had previously.) I'm currently working on a doc with a partner, who owns the same box, and we're a bit puzzled because his box blinks very rapidly, while mine blinks once per second. Both keep time without a problem, and they stay synced through the whole day, but we can't understand why his box doesn't blink once a second after it's been jammed, like mine. We've looked at the settings, and they're both exactly the same. We're at a loss… Any comments or suggestions you may have would be quite welcome. Cheers, BK Quote
codyman Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 I'm a big fan of the BETSO SBOX-1N, and I have two of them (they've replaced two Mozegear boxes I had previously.) I'm currently working on a doc with a partner, who owns the same box, and we're a bit puzzled because his box blinks very rapidly, while mine blinks once per second. Both keep time without a problem, and they stay synced through the whole day, but we can't understand why his box doesn't blink once a second after it's been jammed, like mine. We've looked at the settings, and they're both exactly the same. We're at a loss… Any comments or suggestions you may have would be quite welcome. Cheers, BK The betso box will blink rapidly if you manually set the TC on it. If it jams from another source, it will blink once per second. Quote
Derek H Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 Email Jan, he made the thing. If it's blinking rapidly it's not jammed. At least that's how it's supposed to work.. info@betso.eu Quote
Blas Kisic Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Posted December 11, 2015 22 hours ago, codyman said: The betso box will blink rapidly if you manually set the TC on it. If it jams from another source, it will blink once per second. Excellent, that's what I thought. Thanks so much! BK Quote
MacAulay Flynt Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 I have had only one problem with the Betso box, and yes I changed it to Lithium read out, the battery meter seems to not read at ALL. it just goes dead after 2.5 days. So we change it out every two. Is anyone else having this problem? Quote
Blas Kisic Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Posted December 19, 2015 On December 14, 2015 at 1:24 PM, MacAulay Flynt said: I have had only one problem with the Betso box, and yes I changed it to Lithium read out, the battery meter seems to not read at ALL. it just goes dead after 2.5 days. So we change it out every two. Is anyone else having this problem? Same here. It shows full charge and, when you least expect it, it just dies. BK Quote
janz Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Hello guys, we will take a look at this issue and let you know. Please next time use our info@betso.eu email or better form on our pages:http://www.betso.eu/report-a-problem We can give you quicker support then. Thank you for patience. Kind regards, Jan Zastera BETSO Quote
Blas Kisic Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Posted January 22, 2016 Hello, Jan. I am very happy with the syncboxes. I just wish the Lithium charge display gave me some warning when it's about to die. Have you had a chance to look into that issue? Thanks in advance, BK Quote
janz Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 Hello Blas, it is solved for SBOX-1Ns shipped from now. Thank you very much for this information - you are the first, who gave us this information. It is most probably because almost all users use alkaline batteries. They are much cheaper and because of really small current consumption of SBOX-1N, they can power it for 2 days with no problem. Using lithium batteries is not necessity. Unfortunately there is no easy way how to fix battery monitoring of lithium AA celss on already sold SBOX-1Ns.. Sorry. Have a nice time and sorry for delayed answer. Kind regards, Jan Quote
Derek H Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 Big warning for those trying to use NiMH batteries in the SBOXs... Look at the battery, if the battery label overlaps around the edge of the negative terminal the metal terminal could be recessed just enough that SBOX will lose power when bumped or jostled. You might not even know because it often powers on again but you lose the jam. Works fine with alkaline due to a better negative contact design on most alkaline or lithium for that matter. Hopefully, the next revision of the SBOX will have some sort of spring contact on the door to prevent this from being an issue. Quote
janz Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 45 minutes ago, Derek H said: Big warning for those trying to use NiMH batteries in the SBOXs... Look at the battery, if the battery label overlaps around the edge of the negative terminal the metal terminal could be recessed just enough that SBOX will lose power when bumped or jostled. You might not even know because it often powers on again but you lose the jam. Works fine with alkaline due to a better negative contact design on most alkaline or lithium for that matter. Hopefully, the next revision of the SBOX will have some sort of spring contact on the door to prevent this from being an issue. Thank you, Derek. You are right. Some manufacturers of NiMH cells don't respect AA cell dimensions standards, but it is not problem of all NiMH. We also upgraded battery door of SBOX-1N and it should be really minor problem, but it is good to check it if you buy a new cells. Quote
Blas Kisic Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Posted February 16, 2016 On January 26, 2016 at 2:11 AM, janz said: Hello Blas, it is solved for SBOX-1Ns shipped from now. Thank you very much for this information - you are the first, who gave us this information. It is most probably because almost all users use alkaline batteries. They are much cheaper and because of really small current consumption of SBOX-1N, they can power it for 2 days with no problem. Using lithium batteries is not necessity. Unfortunately there is no easy way how to fix battery monitoring of lithium AA celss on already sold SBOX-1Ns.. Sorry. Have a nice time and sorry for delayed answer. Kind regards, Jan Thank you, Jan. My Lithium batteries last me three to four days, so no complains there. Regards, BK Quote
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