The transplant option made available to BrailleNote Classic models involved taking the original braille display and moving this display into an mPower kit that consisted of a new pcb board, batteries and newer interface connections and new case to accommodate the new options. Many of these braille displays are now approaching nine years of consistent use and the electronics in any display that old will begin to fail. So for clarification, it is not the transplant that is failing but the aging braille display. In some cases we are able to repair these displays but many are at the point were they need to be replaced.
Dominic Gagliano Vice President of Blindness Sales HumanWare, Inc 800-722-3393 Ext 258 Direct: 312-432-1147 FAX: 312-226-6127 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Braillenote Digest, Vol 1832, Issue 1 Send Braillenote mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Braillenote digest..." Today's Topics: 1. re: my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? (blake) 2. my braille note display is not operating can you help please? (ahmed alomran) 3. Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? (Nicole B. Torcolini) 4. Re: Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? (Jahmal Lovato) 5. Re: Tech Question BN BT MP 7.5 Simple Tech hard drive (Nicole B. Torcolini) 6. RE: Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? (Rose Combs) 7. Web based skype on BN (Siena Trigiani) 8. re: jpg attachment (stephen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:33:24 +1300 From: blake <[email protected]> Subject: re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? To: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Message-ID: <20081226003004.icdz18652.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond....@braillenote> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Hi there. No, none of the theories that have been suggested I have found to be correct. What you need to do. 1. Take out all cards, and storage devices. 2. Connect your ac adapter if nearby 3 Ensure the charger gives the appropriate message. That is, ac adapter on. 4 Press the reset and record buttons together until you hear the beep. You can then let them go. If your unit is an np, you will read upon the display, starting keysoft. Good luck, Blake. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected] >To: <[email protected] >Date sent: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:32:27 +0400 >Subject: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? >hi all >first of all, I wish you a happy and nice Christmas. I have encountered a problem and I wish if any body can help in order to solve it. when I turn on my BN the Braille display does not work at all. when I attempt to turn it on from the options menu it says: Braille display is not operating. can any body tell me how to fix it please? >kind and warm regards. >ahmed. >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. >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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:20:01 +0400 From: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]> Subject: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you help please? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <006401c96711$3fda5cf0$6401a...@yourpzoi4n8rpr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" hi all thank you very much for your grate suggestions. in fact, i have Braille note m-power with an old braille display that has been transplanted. the key soft version is keysofte 7.2 build 47. i did a service reset and a hard reset. i deleted the keysoft system as well but nothing has changed. just i am wondering if humanware will fix this problem specially that the display is old it has been used for around six years. kind regards and many thanks again for your help. ahmed. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:44:54 -0800 From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected]> Subject: Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? To: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <c6c31e84f10743bc81550c0db4a28...@d3zcj891> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" It would be interesting to know if transplants have more problems. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:20 PM Subject: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? hi all thank you very much for your grate suggestions. in fact, i have Braille note m-power with an old braille display that has been transplanted. the key soft version is keysofte 7.2 build 47. i did a service reset and a hard reset. i deleted the keysoft system as well but nothing has changed. just i am wondering if humanware will fix this problem specially that the display is old it has been used for around six years. kind regards and many thanks again for your help. ahmed. ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:50:07 -0700 From: Jahmal Lovato <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? To: [email protected], "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Message-ID: <20081226045007.23258.1879.levelstar.m...@icon> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Yes, I think so. My friend has a transplant, and she has had nuthing but problems with her braille display. I have a new one, and my braille display gave out only once in the 4 years that I had had it, and that partly was my own fault. On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:44:54 -0800, Nicole B. Torcolini wrote: >It would be interesting to know if transplants have more problems. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:20 PM >Subject: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you >helpplease? > > >hi all >thank you very much for your grate suggestions. in fact, i have Braille note >m-power with an old braille display that has been transplanted. the key >soft version is keysofte 7.2 build 47. i did a service reset and a hard >reset. i deleted the keysoft system as well but nothing has changed. just i >am wondering if humanware will fix this problem specially that the display >is old it has been used for around six years. >kind regards and many thanks again for your help. >ahmed. >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. > >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 > > >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. > >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 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:22:30 -0800 From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Tech Question BN BT MP 7.5 Simple Tech hard drive To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <e1ba7dcd668b4edfbeb3d90c1db1e...@d3zcj891> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks to those who answered my questions. I have decided to just leave it; one of my USB ports is busted, so I would not be able to use it on the bn even if I did reformat it. Once again, Merry Christmas, or whatever you celebrate. Nicole ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Patrick Houck" <[email protected]> To: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:36 PM Subject: re: [Braillenote] Tech Question BN BT MP 7.5 Simple Tech hard drive Hello Nicole, the only hard drives that will work at this time are F-A-T format. If your drive doesn't work, it's probably a NTFS format. I don't know if NTFS format hard drives can be reformatted to F-A-T, but if it could, you should be able to use it with your BN. Good luck. Sincerely, John > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date sent: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:02:28 -0800 >Subject: [Braillenote] Tech Question BN BT MP 7.5 Simple Tech hard drive >One of my gifts today is a Simple Tech USB hard drive. Before I dare plug it into my bn, does anyone know if it is compatible? If no one knows, should I be afraid to just try it? >Nicole ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:46:48 -0700 From: "Rose Combs" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? To: "'Jahmal Lovato'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "'ahmed alomran'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <00d701c96779$8bd18e40$a374aa...@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Actually, I have had two transplants, both performed in early 2006 and never had problems with the braille displays. Rose Combs [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jahmal Lovato Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:50 PM To: [email protected]; ahmed alomran; [email protected] Subject: Re: Recurring Issue with Transplants was Re: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you helpplease? Yes, I think so. My friend has a transplant, and she has had nuthing but problems with her braille display. I have a new one, and my braille display gave out only once in the 4 years that I had had it, and that partly was my own fault. On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:44:54 -0800, Nicole B. Torcolini wrote: >It would be interesting to know if transplants have more problems. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "ahmed alomran" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:20 PM >Subject: [Braillenote] my braille note display is not operating can you >helpplease? > > >hi all >thank you very much for your grate suggestions. in fact, i have Braille note >m-power with an old braille display that has been transplanted. the key >soft version is keysofte 7.2 build 47. i did a service reset and a hard >reset. i deleted the keysoft system as well but nothing has changed. just i >am wondering if humanware will fix this problem specially that the display >is old it has been used for around six years. >kind regards and many thanks again for your help. >ahmed. >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. > >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 > > >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. > >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 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:34:02 -0500 From: "Siena Trigiani" <[email protected]> Subject: [Braillenote] Web based skype on BN To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi guys, I was wondering if there's a web based version of skype that'll work on the BrailleNote, so that I can at least get on there and text chat with friends. I don't always have the chance go go on skype as I don't always have access to the computer, so if I can get onto a web based version of skype that'd be cool! \ All the best and thanks in advance for any info you may have. Siena. -- http://www.horizonproject.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:39:42 +0000 From: stephen <[email protected]> Subject: [Braillenote] re: jpg attachment To: peter greco <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, Have you tried doing a directory and searching for all including hidden? Another way to check for files is to use utilities, application, choose cmd.exe in the KeySoft System Disk/windows and enter "/k dir/s *.* >dir.txt" at the prompt. This will put a file in the System Disk none folder called dir.txt containing a directory of your whole Flash Disk. Look through that for ".jpg". Regards, Steve. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: peter greco <[email protected] >To: robert cummings <[email protected]>,[email protected], [email protected] >Date sent: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:08:24 +1030 >Subject: jpg attachment >I've received an email attachment with a dot jpg extension. Just >for the fun of it I detached it to the downloads folder. I can't >find it. Where oh where could it be? >Peter. >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: robert cummings <[email protected] >>To: stephen <[email protected]>, >[email protected] >>Date sent: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:44:49 +0000 >>Subject: re: [Braillenote] problem downloading an audio file: >please help >>hi. >>My connection is broadband, but i'm not sure what the speed is. >>I have tried saving the file to my 256MB sd card, but it's the >>same. >>When i tried again to download it again after my original >>message, it got to around 21 % and then just sat there, doing >>nothing but beeping. >>I'm still open to suggestions. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: stephen <[email protected] >>>To: robert cummings <[email protected]>, >>[email protected] >>>Date sent: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:14:06 +0000 >>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] problem downloading an audio file: >>please help >>>Hi Robert, >>>Are you using a dial up connection or broadband? >>>Do you know what speed it is? >>>With dial up it takes something like two and a half minutes for >>>one MB, about 4% of that file. >>>Have you tried downloading it on to another drive like SD or CF >>>card or memory stick? >>>Regards, >>>Steve. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: robert cummings <[email protected] >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Date sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:56:45 +0000 >>>>Subject: [Braillenote] problem downloading an audio file: please >>>help >>>>hi list. >>>>I'm trying to download an audio file from the internet. It is >>>>around 26 MB and there is around 54 MB on my flash disk. >>>>When I select the folder and filename, it started beeping and it >>>>displayed: "Please wait. 0 % complete." But it just kept beeping >>>>and it stayed at 0 % and didn't change. >>>>I've tried loads of things including resets and not luck. Please >>>>help me!!! >>>>Thanks. >>>>PS. my virtual memory was around 32 % when i downloaded the file >>>>and it is set to download audio files, not stream them. >>>>contact/im info: >>>>email: [email protected] >>>>google talk: [email protected] (online >>>>occasionally) >>>>system info: >>>>braillenote mPower bt user running keysoft 7,5 build 29 >>>>words of wisdom: technology: it's great when it works, but >>>>rubbish when it doesn't! >>>>more info will be added as and when required >>>>___ >>>>Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>>>If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>>>copy to the list as well. >>>>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 >>___ >>Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>copy to the list as well. >>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 End of Braillenote Digest, Vol 1832, Issue 1 ******************************************** ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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