[access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:49:20 +0100
I thought some on the list were saying you couldn't delete programmes until
the HD filled up? Thank God for sanity!! (smile).
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
john coley
Sent: 13 May 2012 11:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
Hi Jackie, who said you couldn't delete a programme? Of course you can, just
press the red button when a programme in the library is highlighted.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:09 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
> Hi Carol
>
> Yes, I now have both and I'm happy too, mainly because it's exactly for me
> as it is for you, old school! (smiles).
>
> In fact, I've now managed to record a couple of programme series from the
> EPG and, for those who said you couldn't delete stuff from the HD, you
> can.
> We tried an experiment last night as I found it staggering that you would
> have to wait for the HD to fill up before you could delete its contents.
>
> We recorded, just for the hell of it, 10 minutes of Channel Five news as
> it
> was just something short and sweet to try out. We were watching something
> else, so set a timer for it. When it started, we got an audible
> announcement while we were watching another channel. After Britain's Got
> Talent ended, which is what we were watching, we went to see if the
> Channel
> Five news had come out, and so it had. Then we went into the library and
> deleted it. Our library was then empty, so I don't understand what people
> mean when they say you can't delete programmes from the HD because the
> instructions and those I followed clearly worked. It says in the manual
> that you can delete recordings and timers.
>
> If I'm missing something, or have got this wrong, then please accept my
> apologies.
>
> So far though, so good.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Carol Pearson
> Sent: 12 May 2012 18:57
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>
> Jackie,
>
> I know all about those days ... but do find it useful to have both
> BrailleNote and Braille hard copy instructions. Because I'm "old school",
> I
> take in more reading hard copy but do like, once I know an instruction
> book
> a little, to use the "Find" of the BN to get where I want to get quickly.
> Make sense! Probably not, but then never mind ... Now we have both and
> I'm
> well happy!
>
> --
> Carol P
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:18 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>
>> Hi Carol
>>
>> Well I'm having one of those days where everything happens and
>> everyone comes at once, so I haven't had any real time to play with my
>> new toy, and have been going round instead putting in wireless keys
>> and ensuring BT works well.
>>
>> I must say that the Apple products were the easiest to do in this
>> regard, (no surprise there then), (smiles).
>>
>> Madleen is very helpful, but the instructions should have made her
>> explanation abundantly clear which they did not I have to say. Never
>> mind, it's more or less sorted now.
>> Still waiting on Braille instructions too, but am using my
>> BrailleSense to read it for now. It's fine, but you can't beat hard
>> copy Braille to really jump about.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
>> Sent: 10 May 2012 11:25
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>>
>> Jackie,
>>
>> From my experience, it seems that, as Madleen so kindly alerted me,
>> you have to plug in the box, then wait for the OK that it wants to
>> proceed with a tune, then you press the blue button and that did work
>> for me eventually! However, if you try pressing the blue button too
>> soon then it doesn't appear to work and, anyway, how do you know when
>> the screen is showing the message anyway? (I would like to have seen
>> the input clearer for us at that stage.)
>>
>> I gather, anyway, that you're now up and running and that's a good
>> thing.
>>
>> Have to set up my first recordings tonight, but we have a problem with
>> our TV (which was there before we set up the
>> box) so we may not get what we want!
>>
>> --
>> Carol P
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:55 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi Carol et al,
>>>
>>> So glad you've raised this as I was going to. Our box arrived
>>> yesterday. We plugged the HDMI cable into the TV and TVonics, and of
>>> course the roof aerial. The problem is that Martin no longer has
>>> enough sight to read anything, but could just about detect there was
>>> some writing on the screen.
>>> I pressed the blue button on the remote, but nothing happened. There
>>> was no speech, and I can't skip through the AV settings on our TV as
>>> I don't know where the AV button is on the telly's remote control.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression, obviously the wrong one, that this
>>> product spoke out of the box once it was plugged in. According to
>>> the instructions - and therein lies a real gripe with me - you plug
>>> in the leads, press the blue button and away you go.
>>>
>>> As for the instructions, I was told a Braille copy of these would be
>>> sent with my box. When it arrived, there were no instructions,
>>> except the standard print variety which, of course, were of no
>>> consequence to ourselves.
>>> We downloaded a Word copy from the RNIB online shop and have put them
>>> onto my BrailleSense until the hard copy Braille instructions arrive.
>>>
>>> Until we get sighted assistance, I think we are stuck to be honest.
>>> We hear the box whirring, but can't go any further. I have a feeling
>>> that, when we turn on the TV, it jumps automatically to the new box,
>>> but it just doesn't speak, and I don't want to go pressing buttons
>>> here and there in case we make the situation worse.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Jackie Cairns
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
>>> Sent: 08 May 2012 15:00
>>> To: Access UK Mailing List
>>> Subject: [access-uk] TVonics Setup Questions
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Well, thankfully my TVonics arrived today and I've tried setting up
>>> as follows:
>>>
>>> My aerial cable (from outside) is in the Aerial in socket, The other
>>> aerial socket has the aerial between box and TV. The HDMI cable
>>> between TV and box as stated in instructions.
>>>
>>> It does not state in the instructions whether you need to tune the
>>> box independently first, before putting on the TV, so we've tried
>>> tuning both ways. On each occasion, we've said OK to tune, since
>>> there doesn't seem to be any other option my friend can see, and the
>>> tuning has just gone on and on ... so we've turned off the power to
>>> the box, given it a good 20 seconds and tried again with TV on, but
>>> still no go!
>>>
>>> In addition, when we first switched on, we pressed the blue button,
>>> as speech didn't automatically come on. We still haven't managed to
>>> get speech on as there seems to be no bypassing the channel search.
>>>
>>> Hopefully someone somewhere can pinpoint where we've gone wrong,
>>> advise of anything else I can do, and we can get up and running very
>>> soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice for this poor novice who's never set up a TV
>>> and box before! <Smiles>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carol P
>>>
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