[bookport] Re: a weird experience
- From: "Thomas Lutes" <tlutes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:19:36 -0400
Hi Missie,
A cell phone when turned on will send signals to and receive signals from
the nearest cell, regardless of whether you are using it or not. This is
done to keep the system advised of the location of the cell phone if you
receive a call.
These are two or three short burst of radio signal every five or ten
minutes.
Yes, this could have caused the problem with your BookPort. When very close
to another electronic device, the cell phone signal is strong enough to
cause problems with nearby devices.
Hope this helps.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Missy Hoppe" <melissah@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Book Port" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:29 AM
Subject: [bookport] a weird experience
> Hello, all. I had something really weird happen with my book port this
> weekend, and wanted to write and ask if anyone else has ever experienced
> this phenomena before. I was traveling to my grandparents' house and had
> the bp in my purse as always with the headphones wire sticking out so that
> I could listen. In a separate region of the purse, I had my cell phone
> turned on.
> Twice, within an hour or so, the bp spontaneously restored itself to the
> factory settings and put me back to page 60 in the book I had been trying
> to read. The bp's keypad was locked both times, and I wasn't touching
> anything either time, so something else had to be causing the resets.
> I'm wondering if somehow, the cell phone got a signal of some sort
> thatsomehow transmitted to the bp, causing the resets to happen.
> On the way home that night, I kept the bp more separated from the phone
> and
> all was well. Also, all is well if the phone isn't turned on in the first
> place, so is there any documentation that bp's don't function properly
> when
> in close proximity to cell phones? Just curious as I've never had trouble
> with my bookport before this incident. Any thoughts would be extremely
> appreciated.
> Missy
>
>
>
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