Taking them in reverse, I'm not sure i'd buy the Booksense just for the radio. For one thing, the signal can vary depending on where you are. I can move through my medium sized one bedroom apartment, and get a different signal on a station or not get that station hardly at all. However, there are some handy features for the radio, such as hearing the frequency on demand and setting presets. I can think of some additions to make it better though, such as being able to type in a direct frequency, rather than using the seek feature, if you wanted to go directly to a station. For instance, typing in 1035 to go to 103.5.
Regarding stopping the clock from announcing, the easiest solution would probably be to set the lock switch to "locked" so that no matter what was pressed, the unit wouldn't announce anything. If you hear the clock though and you're holding the unit, you could also press the clock button a second time to silence it in mid announcement. The lock switch is on the right side below the record button and above the reset area. Good luck, Wayne On 9/14/09, David Lepofsky <[email protected]> wrote: > 2 questions: > > > > 1. Is there a way to stop the clock button from talking when pressed, while > the Booksense is turned off? I find that if the Booksense is in your pocket, > turned off, and you bump against something, It announces the time, which I > would prefer to avoid. > > > > 2. For those of you who bought the XT model with the radio, did you find the > radio a worthwhile addition? Is it worth the added price, which is a lot > more than it would cost to just buy a pocket FM radio? > > -- My blog: http://wayneism.blogspot.com My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org
