Is there a separate manual for the mobile dock? The tablet manual does not cover the charging of the tablet from the dock battery.
I read somewhere it wont charge past 90%, and I see that when the dock is at 85% and the tablet is at 82% it is not recharging the tablet. But sometimes it does transfer the charge .
That could easily be the case, as the tablet/dock combo preferentially derives its running charge off the dock, meanin that, indeed, the dock does not charge the tablet, but the tablet shouldn't deplete its battery either.
As for your first question: I haven't seen a manual for the keyboard dock, be it separate or contained in other documentation, other than the few flimsy bits in the main manual.
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I've never had any problems with charging before until today I finally found a keyboard dock for my Asus Transformer. I plugged it in and tried to charge it but it was not charging. Then I unplugged the keyboard dock and my tablet itself would not charge. Did docking the tablet cause this problem (maybe the update it installed upon plugging it in) or is it a coicidence that my cable just stopped working. Either way I'm freaking out!
I may have the same issue or a simiar issue before with the charging but later I found out it wont charge when it at a certain percentage. Basicly if the % around 95 then it wont charge but for example you at 70% then it should start charging again. i would say it like a preventative measure to prevent over charging. If that was the case then this should be the reason.
On a side note I recommend dling dual battery widget so you know how much batter your dock have and tablet so you will not be charging it all the time thinking it might be out soon.
If I have the tablet docked to the keyboard, what gets charged when I have the charger plugged in? The dock (since that is the only thing that has an exposed charging port once docked)? Or the tablet? Or both?
Also, when does the dock start charging the keyboard? Anytime it is pluggedin, or only when the tablet reaches below a certain point? Can we change that threshold? Can we force the dock to charge the tablet on the fly?
1. You can see the charging lights on both the dock and the tablet when you plug the dock in with the tablet docked (and they're both low charged). Both get charged, in other words, though if one is charged, only the one that's low gets charged.
2. It's not automatic. If the tablet has a charge over 75%, it doesn't seem like the dock charges it. Once the tablet is below 70% or so, then the dock will start to charge it. If you use the Asus power widget, it shows you when each is charging.
thanks.
What happens if you are docked and you plug the usb cable into the dock and then into the PC?
Can you get MTP card access that way?
Is it possible to control by what percent the dock will charge the tablet, I know the dock will start charging the moment the tablet reaches 69% and it will charge it to 90%, but is there any way to control it, say make it charge by a less amount or at a different percent?
I use both the dock and tablet but im not always connected to the dock and I might reach 40% by the time I connect it to the dock, and I would continue to use the tablet which will really decrease the dock battery really quickly.
No way to do this I'm afraid. At least not with the standard firmware. I don't know if there's a custom firmware which can do this.
By the way, I'm not sure I understand the problem you describe. As far as I can see, you *want* the dock battery to discharge at this point, to ensure you get as much life as possible out of the tablet.
Do you understand that the keyboard, USB port and SD card reader in the dock are powered from the tablet battery, not the dock battery? It's no problem to let the dock battery discharge completely and keep using it.
I've purchased a TF300TG for a month and the package came with both the tablet and the keyboard dock. Initially I did not use the dock as I did not require that much of battery life, but recently I've started to use the tablet connected with the keyboard dock.
The thing that I'm uncertain of is which is faster:
1. charging both the tablet and the keyboard dock separately
2. charging keyboard dock with the tablet connected
Xanity said:
I've purchased a TF300TG for a month and the package came with both the tablet and the keyboard dock. Initially I did not use the dock as I did not require that much of battery life, but recently I've started to use the tablet connected with the keyboard dock.
The thing that I'm uncertain of is which is faster:
1. charging both the tablet and the keyboard dock separately
2. charging keyboard dock with the tablet connected
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Well charging them together is recommended, if you own two charging bricks like i do you can charge both the dock and tablet separately at the same time.
JoinTheRealms said:
Well charging them together is recommended, if you own two charging bricks like i do you can charge both the dock and tablet separately at the same time.
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Sadly I only have one charging brick >< but if charging both of them together is recommended, then I would like to ask something related.
By charging both the tablet and the dock together to 100%, the dock will eventually be squeezed dry by the tablet to 0% while the tablet itself still have plenty of juice left. Do I charge when the tablet notify to charge due to low battery (~14%).
As I read through several forums which stated that letting the battery die completely is not a good practice, is the following method of charging a good method:
1. Charge tablet with dock together to 100%.
2. Disconnect the dock when the dock battery reaches below 15%.
3. Repeat until both the tablet and dock reaches below 15%.
thread. just wondering, can I still use it if the dock battery is empty (when it's attached to the tablet)?
eriol33 said:
thread. just wondering, can I still use it if the dock battery is empty (when it's attached to the tablet)?
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Yes, you can.
Yes but bear in mind, if the battery drops to 0%, you might struggle to get it to charge again
noted. thanks for the hints. I always bring charger with me. I wish I could control the charge when using the dock. for example, let the dock charges when the tablet's battery is near 10% or some sort. oh well.
Yea the tablet always takes priority when charging via the dock, the way it is designed is to make sure the tablet always has the most charge under all circumstances - so when using it docked and on battery, the dock will drain first - when docked and charging from the wall, the tablet charges first / fastest
The way I use mine is I charge them both up full and use it docked until the dock battery is low - then I undock and charge the dock on its own while I use the tablet battery - the dock generally always reaches full charge before the tablet battery runs out, then I can dock again and keep using them both on battery again - that way I get the longest possible use from the tablet before having to charge them both back up from the wall
it's also worth mentioning keeping the tablet docked will run both devices down. It's hardware-related, so best to leave them undocked until you run the tablet to 10% or so. Best results I've discovered.