[bookcourier] Re: new to the list
- From: "Robin Christopherson" <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 13:15:07 +0100
Dear Lynn, Graham, David, Pat, Mary, Steve and all
Thanks so much for your welcome and thoughts. I am up to date on both =
the
firmware and transfer tool and think the firmware errors I get are =
probably
of the same frequency as everyone else. The issue with turning on, and
cutting out, however, hasn't improved with each firmware update.=20
BTW - does anyone know of a source of text versions of titles still in
copyright here in the UK? Of course I am willing to pay. Amazon only =
has a
small number of titles available as ebooks (which, I imagine, could be
relatively easily transferred into plain text), and bookshare.org titles
don't seem to be available to us here in the UK. I'm a big fan of
gutenberg.net and there are tens of thousands of titles there that are
obviously out of copyright but at the same time have stood the test of =
time,
but it would be good to have access to more recent titles too.
Cheers, Robin.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Lynn.Holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 11 May 2004 13:19
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: new to the list
Hi Robin, and welcome to the list.
We have two BC's, none of which have ever had that switch-on problem you
talk about. Mine is out of action at the moment, but I used to have to =
reset
it every few days. But this wasn't much of an issue as it switched on
straight away and it only took a few seconds to tweak the speed, pitch =
and
sleep timer to the way I like them.
Have you tried updating your firmware?
Cheers,
Lynn Holdsworth
Web Developer - www.rnib.org.uk
t: 020 7391 2366
e: lynn.holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx
Life is like a capricious mistress: the more you woo her the more
she despises you. You have to get up and do something more interesting.
Then she'll pelt after you.
D.H.Lawrence
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Christopherson [mailto:robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 May 2004 13:09
> To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookcourier] new to the list
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> Hello all
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> My name is Robin from the UK and I'm newly subscribed. I=20
> have been using my
> Book Courier avidly for a couple of months now and am=20
> presently enjoying
> making my way through the numerous excellent books of PG Wodehouse!
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> I must say, however, that my use of the Book Courier has been=20
> alloyed with a
> large dollop of frustration as my unit seems extremely=20
> temperamental. The
> three main frustrations are turning it on (sometimes I get=20
> nothing out of it
> for literally five or ten minutes of regular pressing of the=20
> on button), the
> fact that it quite often pauses or cuts out when reading,=20
> playing an MP3 or
> even just browsing through the library, and lastly that the=20
> 10 second time
> out is so short that you only have to briefly pause it for=20
> whatever reason
> and you are then back in the indefinite period it takes to=20
> turn it back on.
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> I really like it and am just seeking some feedback from=20
> others as to whether
> this is an issue with my unit or the prevailing behaviour of the Book
> Courier.
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> BTW - I also get numerous firmware errors and occasional unreqquested
> restoring of defaults. =20
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> back to the reseller ASAP?
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