[blazie-support] Re: BLT 40 Problems

  • From: "Jack Hickman" <Hickman_Jack@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:43:09 -0500

Hi Steve,

I had the battery pack rebuilt and I am still having the problems that I
described in my early posting.  Do you know of anything else I can do to
reset the unit?
Never let who you think you are stand in the way of what you could become.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Clower" <supersteve03@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:47 PM
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: BLT 40 Problems


> You definitely need a battery replacement. My younger brother had a
similar
> problem with a Braille Lite 2000, and once we sent it to Blazie everything
> worked just fine, including the braille display. This happened before the
> Freedom Scientific giant swallowed Blazie Engineering, though.
> Unfortunately that's probably the route you're going to have to pursue.
> Best Regards
> Steve
>
> At 12:20 AM 8/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Hi group,
> >
> >My Braille Lite forty finally gave up the ghost the other day.  I thought
> >it might be the batteries, so I have the pack rebuilt at Batteries
> >Plus.  Well the battery works great now but the Braille display just
shows
> >a lot of garbage.  The speech chip is not working and I have tried to
> >reset the system using the reset at the back of the unit.  Oh yes, when I
> >turn on the machine the Braille display shows garbage and when I turn off
> >the machine the Braille stays on the display.  Am I over looking some
> >little trick in resetting the system or should I just face the music and
> >send it to FS?  One other thing since I have unplugged the battery and
> >reset the system have I lost all of my information that was on the
> >unit?  I have had the ac adapter tested and it is in working
> >condition.  The problems started out with the speech going out and the
> >Braille display soon after that.  The battery life has been getting
> >shorter and shorter over time.  It finally got to the point where the
unit
> >  would not charge at all.  If anybody has any suggestions on what I
might
> > do to revive this machine please let me know.
> >Never let who you think you are stand in the way of what you could
become.
> >
> >Checkout my web site by clicking on the following link:
> >http://home.attbi.com/~jehickman/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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