Hi Don, Well, I had exercised the display, but not upside down. I'll try that. When my unit went in, it was cleaned, and when it returned, the problems till came back intermittently. It cannot hurt to try this just for experimentation! Thanks.
Les -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of don bishop Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:42 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braille cells on the M-Power QT Display Hi Les, When you get a transplant, the braille cells from your original unit are put into the MPower case. So what you end up with is a new MPower with your original display. I had a problem with missing dots recentlly and although it sounds weird, I went into support mode and hit x to exercise the display and then turned the entire unit upside down so the braille cells were facing downward and let it exercise for maybe 1 or two minutes and then stopped. Previous to that I had simply exercised the display for a few minutes but the problem came back. However, after exercising it with the unit upside down, the problem has not returned. The only thing I can figure is that whatever was obstructing the dots was pushed out by the dots pushing out the foreign material apparently permanently. Worth a try! Don On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 08:15:14 -0400, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Kc, Actually, I thought the cells were the same as the unit was transplanted. Now, I do lose dots randomly, but they usually either pop back on their own, or I press the area of the display parallel to the missing dot and it often returns. They are not missing permanently, but I have had intermittnet problems since the transplant was done. While better, it still does occur. I use the advance thumb key a lot, and I do hear a click that doesn't sound normal sometimes, and I then notice a dot missing in a cell. In my case, the pins were replaced, and at one point, one cell was replaced, but the same cell would lose a dot, so in my case, I don't think it's the actual cell itself that is causing the intermittent problem. Les -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kathleen spear Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] Braille cells on the M-Power QT Display Hello everyone, this is KC Spear. As some of you know, when using my BN M-Power, I rely entirely on braille. I know some of you use both braille and speech. Logically, you don't use your braille display for reading and editing as much as I do. My point is that, with the BN Classic, I only had to ask for 1-cell replacemnt. That was done in 2005, when I sent the BN in for a "Transplant." I'm going to need to send the M-Power back, because several cells are missing dots. Has anyone else experienced a problem with the M-Power cells? (I admit to being surprised, because I understood these cells are supposedly better than the ones in the Classic.) KC ___ 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 __________ NOD32 1.1794 (20061006) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ___ 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
