Hi Kathy; I sure with you well with your m-power. I am going to get a transplant shortly. I sure hope your lemon becomes your sugar baby soon. When they get it working properly, you will not want to let go of it. It will be like your teddy bear or your own child. I love mine. I am losing my sight and am trying to decrease my use of jumbo print. I think the recording feature will help me even more. I love my address book.
Terry Powers from MD -----Original Message----- From: Kathy szinnyey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 7:32 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Twice bitten, very shy Hi, Peggy and all: The first time, I had had the Mpower for about five days. I noticed that the battery seemed to be draining pretty quickly. I honestly now don't quite recall the series of events except that, in a nutshell, I got a battery low warning (not a battery critical warning), so I decided to recharge it after carefully following the directions to do so. After letting it charge awhile, over three hours, I got no response from the device. Couldn't get a response when attempting to reset it, nothing. Another Braille Note owner came over to help me out. The person gently pressed the reset button, and the danged thing actually popped out. So I had no choice but to send it back. The second time I sent it back was because I couldn't get a response from the notetaker when I turned it on. I'd just gotten it back and was working with it. I started a new document and realized I wasn't getting anything on my braille display. I turned off the unit, turned it back on. Nothing. I'd had the device for less than a day. I called tech support and was able to do a reset of sorts but kept getting some weird message about factory test. And some emssage about resetting the time. When I attempted to input any braille, or start speech, or do anything, nothing would happen. So the tech support folks were quite bumfuzzled, so off it went again for repairs. So here I wait, with somewhat baited breath and trepidation. But I do think my case is not so usual. Heck, when I got my Braille Lite (remember those things) back in the 90's, I went through six of them before they got it right! I figure I just have some bad karma with not-takerss. Smile. But I'm still full of hope, and Peggy, try not to worry too much. I figure maybe we're being pioneers and we're helping those who come after us by getting over all these bugs firs. Okay, I have to make lemonade out of these lemons somehow, right? Sorry for the long post, but that's basically how it's been. Kathy Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Peggy Kern To: Braillenote List Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Twice bitten, very shy Kathy, what happened to your mPower that you've had to send it back twice? Peggy <who gets nervous about the upcoming transplant when she hears stories of brand new units having to go back twice already> At 05:33 AM 10/2/2005, you wrote: > Hi, all! I'm Kathy Szinnyey, new to this list and very new to > my mPower BT. I' received my unit in early September and have not > gotten to use it much. I've had to send it back twice already and > am waiting for it to return after my second sending. I've come to > know the tech support folks pretty well! Sad smile. > >I really am looking forward to having a healthy Braille Note Mpower >and learning a lot from you all. > >A special shout-out to my home girl Terrie and to Gail Bryant (no, >Gail, you don't know me, but Gail Bryant was an alternative >name and alter-ego I gave myself when I was 11 years old; very >strange to find a real Gail Bryant on this list!) > >Take good care, everyone! > > >Kathy Szinnyey >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Aldrich > To: Braillenote List > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 4:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Reason for calibrating the battery on the BN > > > Hello all, > > Usually when the older units showed 99 percent after being > charged! I simply used my BN till I got it down to around ten > percent. I then did the calibration process till it ran down. I > then charged my battery in that unit and everything was fine. The > M-power will go to a hundred percent after the unit has been > unplugged. It takes care of calibration if the battery has been > discharged too much so it is better in the newer units. I'd say > simply use your BN or M-power and you won't need to worry much > about calibrating! > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "CATNIP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] > >Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:24:44 -0700 > >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Reason for calibrating the battery on the BN > > >Carl, convoluted isn't the word! Ha. But I always plug my BN > into AC power > >when it's not being used because after I first got it it drained > nearly all > >its battery life just sitting on the shelf and I didn't want to risk that. > >So when my battery said 99% when I unplugged it, believe it or not, but I > >trusted that reading. Now that I asked it about its battery > power it tells > >me it's not calibrated correctly. Ho hum. Fortunately I'm just going to > >wait for my M-power transplant and take my chances with the present BN. > >LOL. > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005 > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote -- No virus found in this incoming message. 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