Bluetooth on or off?

I have a V551 and a Palm T5. On the palm forum, they say that having bluetooth on does not effect the battery life until you actually are using it.

Is this the same with the V551? It's annoying to have to turn it on and off each time you need to use it.

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Very good question. I also have a V551 and have heard it uses power if you leave it on. But like you, I find going through the menus to turn it on or off is very annoying.
Is there a way to set up a hot key?

Bob T.

Yes, just set the power on/off page as a shortcut.

From:Baatfam
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> Very good question. I also have a V551 and have heard it uses power
> if you leave it on. But like you, I find going through the menus to
> turn it on or off is very annoying.
> Is there a way to set up a hot key?
>
> Bob T.
>
>
> --
> Baatfam
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I've assigned Bluetooth to my Smart Key, but it's still annoying to have to turn it on and off each time.

doctordun wrote:
> I have a V551 and a Palm T5. On the palm forum, they say that having
> bluetooth on does not effect the battery life until you actually are
> using it.
>
> Is this the same with the V551? It's annoying to have to turn it on and
> off each time you need to use it.
>
>


The BT spec for a headset on the 551 allows the BT interface to stay
awake for a few minutes after use, but BT nods off after that. So, it
depends on how anal one wants to be. Personally, I don't worry about
such a low power device for those few minutes.

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The Bluetooth draws about 40mA when it is turned on, if you are using it or
not.
It will put a major drain on the battery when it is turned on.

PagerboyZ

"doctordun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I have a V551 and a Palm T5. On the palm forum, they say that having
> bluetooth on does not effect the battery life until you actually are
> using it.
>
> Is this the same with the V551? It's annoying to have to turn it on and
> off each time you need to use it.
>
>
> --
> doctordun
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>

My BT is mostly on, because of my BT headset, even when I do not use it, I
do not notice a difference in batt drain. It has gone as long as 3 days
before needing a charge, with BT on, but I usually just plop it on my
desktop charger every night.
"PagerboyZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The Bluetooth draws about 40mA when it is turned on, if you are using it
or
> not.
> It will put a major drain on the battery when it is turned on.
>
> PagerboyZ
>
> "doctordun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > I have a V551 and a Palm T5. On the palm forum, they say that having
> > bluetooth on does not effect the battery life until you actually are
> > using it.
> >
> > Is this the same with the V551? It's annoying to have to turn it on and
> > off each time you need to use it.
> >
> >
> > --
> > doctordun
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Cell Phone Forums: http://cellphoneforums.net
> > View this thread: http://cellphoneforums.net/t176625.html
> >
>
>

Same here. I'm in and out of my car all day long. When I'm in the
car, I put my phone on my motorola car charger/speaker.
Phone rarely ever goes below 1/2 charge




On Wed, 25 May 2005 22:02:57 -0400, "CJD" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>My BT is mostly on, because of my BT headset, even when I do not use it, I
>do not notice a difference in batt drain. It has gone as long as 3 days
>before needing a charge, with BT on, but I usually just plop it on my
>desktop charger every night.
>"PagerboyZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> The Bluetooth draws about 40mA when it is turned on, if you are using it
>or
>> not.
>> It will put a major drain on the battery when it is turned on.
>>
>> PagerboyZ
>>
>> "doctordun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > I have a V551 and a Palm T5. On the palm forum, they say that having
>> > bluetooth on does not effect the battery life until you actually are
>> > using it.
>> >
>> > Is this the same with the V551? It's annoying to have to turn it on and
>> > off each time you need to use it.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > doctordun
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Cell Phone Forums: http://cellphoneforums.net
>> > View this thread: http://cellphoneforums.net/t176625.html
>> >
>>
>>
>

So how do shortcuts work? I noticed on my V330 that you can assign a voice
tag to a shortcut, but there is no info in the manual on how you actually
invoke the shortcut.

Mike Schumann

"BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Yes, just set the power on/off page as a shortcut.
>
> From:Baatfam
> [email protected]
>
>> Very good question. I also have a V551 and have heard it uses power
>> if you leave it on. But like you, I find going through the menus to
>> turn it on or off is very annoying.
>> Is there a way to set up a hot key?
>>
>> Bob T.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Baatfam
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Cell Phone Forums: http://cellphoneforums.net
>> View this thread: http://cellphoneforums.net/t176625.html
>
>

Press the "menu" button followed by the button programmed. I push Menu-9
to go to the BT power page.

From:Mike Schumann
[email protected]

> So how do shortcuts work? I noticed on my V330 that you can assign a
> voice tag to a shortcut, but there is no info in the manual on how
> you actually invoke the shortcut.
>
> Mike Schumann
>
> "BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Yes, just set the power on/off page as a shortcut.
>>
>> From:Baatfam
>> [email protected]
>>
>>> Very good question. I also have a V551 and have heard it uses power
>>> if you leave it on. But like you, I find going through the menus to
>>> turn it on or off is very annoying.
>>> Is there a way to set up a hot key?
>>>
>>> Bob T.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Baatfam
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Cell Phone Forums: http://cellphoneforums.net
>>> View this thread: http://cellphoneforums.net/t176625.html