Hi, A user-serviceable battery pack is a great idea and certainly one that I'll lobby for. I don't think I'd trust some of the guys at Radio Shack either, but the guys at specialty battery shops like Battery World should be able to service a BN's battery, no problem.
Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:26 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Recording with the BN There was a time when that would have seemed like a good idea. However, although like many I go to Radio Shack when I need some kind of cables or cable adapters, I have to say that the folks who work there these days wouldn't know a soldering iron from a curling iron, and I wouldn't want them messing with such an expensive device as a Braillenote. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:19 AM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Recording with the BN You may think I am crazy, but why cann't they find a way for a place like Radio Shack to change the batteries for us. It sure would be great. They could order a battery and schedual a battery change while you wait. What a big difference. Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Emma Bennison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:25 AM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Recording with the BN Hi Paul I would like to have these options as well. I would also be happy to do it at my own risk. Batteries have a tendency to die at the most inconvenient times so it would be wonderful not to have to be without the machine for a lengthy period just for the sake of replacing the battery or upgrading memory. Emma -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2004 09:30 To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Recording with the BN I agree with both of these suggestions. I used to routinely upgrade my braille and speak every year. Dean Blazie knew that I could change the chip withut any problems; so he would send it to me whenever I would buy an upgrade. Regarding the battery, I wouldn't mind buying my batteries from PDI. That doesn't bother me, but paying 60 dollars so I can send in my unit overnight and insured just to get a battery replacement is expensive. It would be nice if the battery just had a clip rather than having to solder connections. For those of us who feel we can replace memory or batteries confidently, I'd like to see a way for this to be done. Others could still just send in their units. I don't even mind being told that if I replace a battery or memory that if I do it, I do it at my own risk. That's only fair. But if the batteries could be easily replaced, why not? If one could use a chip puller to replace a chip, why not? I wouldn't even mind if I had to buy a chip replacement tool from PDI. At 12/28/2004, you wrote: >Aside from being able to record with the BrailleNote, I would like to >see >two other changes: > >1. The ability to UPGRADE MEMORY myself without having to SCHLEPP it >and >send it to the ENDS OF THE WORLD to have new memory put in. I do that all >the time with my PC. The assumption that OPENING UP THE EQUIPMENT will >damage it because I am blind is a sad REFLECTION in my view on how >ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY vendors TEND TO TREAT their customers. >2. PUT IN NEW BATTERIES: We have talked about this before, but I doubt >if Pulsedata liked the idea!! I doubt if the batteries in the BrailleNote >is so special such that battery outlets where I live can't find them or be >able to replace them. Batteries Plus FOUND BATTERIES for my Braille Lite >40 and the Braille Lite's technology is behind the present moment in >time. Even watch batteries ARE NOT THAT TOO COMPLICATED to change and are >readily available everywhere. So what evidence is there to suggest tat >BrailleNote batteries CANNOT BE FOUND anywhere else except at Pulsedata?? > >I will concede that not everyone of us likes to dabble into what I have >commented on here, but there are those amongst us who are adept and >adventurous enough to perform these tasks; unfortunately, they can't >because their notetaker has to CROSS MANY WATERS AND DRY LANDS for a >SIMPLE--perhaps easy--battery change as well as the additional of more >memory; that's sad indeed!!! > >Sincerely, >Olusegun > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
