Sandy, Then we're simply disagreeing over what advertising implies.
in any case, I don't see why they can't engineer in a built-in antenna, everyone else can. but even so, we could simply plug in a wire antenna, much smaller to carry than a second headset, and use the bluetooth headset for audio output (if that were the only problem). Chip -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Licht [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [GW-Booksense] bug report GW Micro never said the Blutooth headphones would work with the radio. The headphones cord is used as an antenna. At 09:19 PM 10/6/2009 -0400, you wrote: >Thank you Raul. > >Please note however, in your email where you addressed "many of these >issues", nothing was said about the frequent lockups I mentioned, nor >the numerous bluetooth problems. > >while your response of noting how new it is I'm sure will eventually >prove correct, and the locking up problem is likely to be fixable in >software, I am concerned about the bluetooth issues, especially since >you didn't address them. I'd like to hear that you guys feel that they >too are fixable in software. > >just to be clear: my BS frequently loses it's pairing with the sony >headphones, and I have to go through the entire pairing again. there >are frequent interuptions in the signal, especially bad with music. > >the sound quality, again especially with music, I find to be very poor >with the sony headset. just to be sure this was the problem, I used a >Dell bluetooth headset, and found the quality to be much improved, >although not nearly as good as using the pc as the bluetooth source. > >A lot of the "lockups" where the BS just beeps when you press a key, or >is completely unresponsive, happen when attempting to pair the >bluetooth headset. > >Many of the controls on the headset are non-functional with the BS; >these are the ones which, on my pc, move you between tracks, pause the >playback, etc. > >and finally, there's the issue of the bluetooth not working with the radio. >I find it silly at best, and just plain unbelievable, that the BS was >advertised as having a radio and bluetooth headset, but they can't work >together, and so I have to go out carrying two headsets, or just not >use the bluetooth at all? This is another issue I was told could not be >solved in software. > > So, I'm sorry to keep asking, but I would appreciate another email, >like the one you just issued (which was helpful and appreciated), but >addressing these particular concerns. > >thank you. > >Chip > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:58 AM >To: Book Sense Discussion List >Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] bug report > >Hello chip. many of the issues you mention here are either already >marked down, or we cannot reproduce them. I'll be sending one email >later which answers many of the topics which have been discussed of >late. One thing to remember is that the BookSense is still relatively >new and so will have some bugs and annoyances which HIMS was not able to address right away. > >Many thanks. > >On 10/5/2009 8:25 PM, Chip Orange wrote: > > Hi Rick and all, > > > > I bought my booksense about a week ago, and tonight's my first time > > on the list. > > > > I'm afraid I can duplicate your issue Rick with the losing of place > > in audio books. > > > > I'm afraid in one week I've already got a lengthy list of problems: > > my most > > severe: the BS locks up on me fairly often. sometimes the keys just > > beep, and sometimes it's completely unresponsive. > > > > in either case it's the toothpick to the brain to get it going again. > > > > it often happens when trying to get bluetooth to work, which often > > gives me trouble in some way. the bluetooth is by far the most > > frustrating feature (and I'm using beta 1.1 software, which I was > > told >improved bluetooth). > > > > I have a suggestion for the radio: the one in my car also has a > > numeric keypad. it allows you to jump directly to a frequency you > > enter on the keypad by pressing some special key first (I think the > > star). I'd like to see this in the radio, as 6 presets aren't much, > > and it's other navigation is slow. > > > > > > oh, when I'm using bluetooth in bed at night, and I go to shut the > > unit off, it plays it's logo sound, quite loudly, through the > > speakers, thus waking up my wife. there seems to be no way to > > prevent this, so I'd like to suggest that if headphones are in use, > > shutdown sends all sound through them. Also, my wife is sighted, > > and complains of a flashing blue LED on the headphones which also keeps her awake. > > Together, the bluetooth is not a recommended option for those having > > a >partner. > > > > thanks. > > > > Chip Orange > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Harmon [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:00 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [GW-Booksense] bug report > > > > Hi, > > > > While listening to an Audible title, Dan Brown's The lost symbol in > > enhanced format the booksense forgot where I left off on 3 different > > occasions while listening. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rick Harmon > > > > --- > > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at: > > http://www.blind-geek-zone.net > > and my web Blog at: > > http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/ > > > > Join the BGZ mailing list by sending a blank email message to: > > [email protected] > > and reply to the confirmation msg. > > > > Contact info: > > Email - [email protected]& [email protected] Skype > > - > > rharmon928 Twitter - RicksterTheGeek and BlindGeekZone MSN - > > [email protected] > > >-- >Raul A. Gallegos >GW Micro Technical Support Team >Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 >Web http://www.gwmicro.com Sandy Licht Turn right, then go straight! Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Amplified Bible) 11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. 12Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. 13Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.(A) 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
