280c startup trouble

[David Cucuzza]

Yes, in my experience that means the batteries are bad news, and should 
be nowhere near the working 280c. You can find Duo batteries on eBay 
fairly regularly. Good luck.
David Cucuzza

> On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 05:08 AM, David Linker wrote:

> It will not start up with the batteries in place. If I remove the
> battery and plug in the adapter, it starts up just fine. If I plug
> either battery in while it is running, it suddenly stops after a few
> seconds. I tried letting the batteries charge for an hour or two, but
> it would still not start with the batteries in.
>
> Does this indicate that the batteries are the problem?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David Linker