Hi Alex, Haha, you can't get away from me anywhere, can you? (smiling)
Seriously, I'm so glad you got it to work. I just wanted to clarify that I have reset my Apex several times after establishing the initial pairing, and it hasn't been affected. I have also reset the iPod by holding the Home andLock buttons, and this hasn't affected the pairing either, but of course you have to remember to turn Bluetooth back on after doing this. So far I have only had to pair the devices once, and that was several weeks ago, but I'm sure I'd have to do it again if I restored the iPod completely or did a more radical reset. Best, Nicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> To: "bn" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:30 PM Subject: [Braillenote] big hint for pairing apex and iTouch devices > Hi all, > Ever since I got my iPod Touch, I have hesitated to carry it with me > because of the need for headphones. I know the apex can act as a > display, but I always thought that pairing initially if either the > iPod or apex had been off would be a huge pain. Thanks to someone over > on the aiphone list, I now know that this is not the case. You can > leave speech off on the iPod and pair, provided bluetooth is on on the > iPod (which does not seem to be a huge battery drain). Do this: > 1. On the iPod, with speech on or off, lock the unit by pressing the > lock button. > 2. On the Apex, enter braille terminal mode and select bluetooth as > the port. Make sure bluetooth is on as the apex sometimes will not > turn it on automatically. > 3. You will see a blank display on the apex. Now unlock the iPod by > pressing the home or lock button. After ten seconds or so, the current > time will appear on the apex. At this point, find the unlock button by > touching the bottom of the screen, flicking, or using thumb keys or > space-4 to move forward by item. Once there, activate it and type in > your security code, if you have one set. You may not be able to see > what you are writing, but just use a number sign and the standard > literary numbers, and do not pause in writing, and it should work. > > I want to stress that, despite my first thoughts, this can be done > completely silently. No need to dig out earbuds for just five seconds, > just pull out the iPod, put the apex in terminal mode, unlock, and > away you go. Of course, if bluetooth is turned off on the iPod, this > will not work; you must have already paired the apex with the iPod > through the Braille option of the VoiceOver settings. Once paired > once, though, the two will remain paired unless you tell the iPod to > forget the Apex or, maybe, if you reset the iPod. I am not yet sure > what happens if you reset the apex. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > ___ > 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 > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5832 (20110130) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5832 (20110130) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ___ 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
