That's handy, I'm in Australia though a read of the manual is certainly worth 
doing.

On 27/08/2013, at 9:53 PM, "Jackie Brown" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It can be found on the RNIB Online Shop, where the manual is available for
> download in Word format. 
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jackie Brown
> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Will
> Sent: 27 August 2013 10:06
> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!
> Subject: Re: New Captain GPS Device
> 
> Where read up on it?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 27 Aug 2013, at 09:57, "Jackie Brown" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Dane
>> 
>> I am just borrowing one to review at the moment.  The sound and response
> is
>> considerably better than on the previous model, but I am only at the
>> exploration stage, and haven't been well enough to venture outdoors this
>> week yet.  I will let you know how I fair with it.
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Jackie Brown
>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: 27 August 2013 00:03
>> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!
>> Subject: New Captain GPS Device
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I'm lead to believe that a new Captain GPS device is available, does 
>> anyone know anything about it?
>> 
>> Apparently the new device is considerably larger than the old Captain 
>> Plus but has everything built-in, the speaker and so on, has a much 
>> longer lasting battery etc.
>> 
>> I'd be most tempted to buy this new Captain Model if indeed it does 
>> exist, I use a Captain Plus here and I personally think that the Captain 
>> Plus is the best stand-alone GPS solution available - well the best I've 
>> used at any rate -.
>> 
>> Yes, I had problems with the system at first but these were fixed in 
>> subsequent updates for the software/firmware over the last year.
>> 
>> No, perhaps the Captain Plus GPS doesn't have the sensitivity of an 
>> iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy S4 when it comes to finding satelites but its 
>> not too bad, I'm lead to understand that the hardware is improved upon 
>> in the new model.
>> 
>> 
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