Phil: God only answers one question a day, <smile>! No, just kidding.
Okay, first question. I don't think that you can read the Plextalk user's manual in wordpad because wordpad is essentially "microsoft word light", one of the ramifications of which being that there is a not overly generous file limit restriction in the wordpad program. The Plextalk user's manual is a 325Kb file, which, I believe, far exceeds what you are permitted to open in wordpad. (I take it you asked this question because you don't have microsoft word.) Now, the good news is that the inability to use wordpad is wholly irrelevant and immaterial since, given that you're using a windows computer (never mind what particular version of the operating system), you do have notepad, and the Plextalk comes with a disk containing the manual in plain text (txt) format. (If you can't locate it, I could try to send it to you as an email attachment, but it might not work due to the file size.) You just locate that file on the disk and open it. The "txt" extention automatically causes the file to be opened in notepad. Then, you can search by words or word patterns to quickly find the information you need. Let me briefly run through how this is done. With the document open in notepad, hit "alt f" for find, then, for example, type "sleep", followed by the enter key, then the escape key. Use your up and down arrows to get the context in which the word "sleep" appears. To continue searching for additional appearances of the word "sleep", hit "f3", then escape. Repeat the "up and down arrow" exercise to see the word in context. Now, here's exactly what the manual says about the sleep timer: 6.8. Using the Sleep Timer. The Plextalk contains a built-in sleep timer. You can set it so that the power goes off and the Plextalk shuts down after a specified period of time. This allows you to listen to a book or music, then have the Plextalk shut off automatically. Note the phrase "this allows you to listen to a book or music..."; i.e., no mention of any ability to shut down a recording session after a specified time period. I sincerely doubt that the Plextalk is capable of doing what you want to do here. Let's just say this; if it is, it is an undocumented feature; believe me, using the text searching method outlined above, I read every single sentence in the manual containing the word sleep, and I didn't discover any reference to an ability to time-limit a recording session with the sleep timer. Hope this helps! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Parr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 7:39 PM Subject: Re: Can this be done. > John, I am like the little kid praying to god. God if you will just help > me with this problem, I won't ever ask again. > Actually, I have two questions. I saw in some message you could open the > p t r manual in word pad, is this true. Second, I would still like to know > if one can record with the sleep timer on. I record from n p r each > weekend and I always must set a clock to remind me to stop the recording. > Now remember, these are my last two questions. > > Thanks more then you know, Phil Parr. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: Can this be done. > > >> Phil: >> >> Most definitely this can be done; rather a piece of cake. >> >> Do the following: >> >> Press "5", the menue key >> >> Press "6" three times until you hear "play" >> >> Press pound or enter >> >> If you hear "standard play", press pound again >> >> At this point, use the "2" and "8" keys until you hear the word "time" >> >> At this point, each press of the "6" key takes you forward one minute; >> each press of the "4" key takes you back a minute. If you hold down these >> keys, you are moved forward and backwards in ten minute increments. This >> will be announced as the key is held down. >> >> Thus, if you want to go forward five minutes, once you hear the word >> "time", just press the "6" key five times. I'm fairly certain you don't >> have to hit the pound or enter key after you hear the word "time" in >> order for this navigation protocol to work as I've indicated it should. >> >> The user's guide references are: >> >> 5.3.11 and 6.3.10. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> John >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Phil Parr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:07 AM >> Subject: Can this be done. >> >> >> I record several hours each weekend from n p r and it all ends up >> as one recording. This doesn't bother me but, is their a way to skip >> forward or back in say 5 minute intervals. >> >> Thanks, Phil Parr. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
