Hi,
Robert Carter
Hmm. I'll try it again and do that. Before, when it came up, that was the only evidence of anything different happening. Eventually that box just disappeared and my computer went along as if I hadn't connected anything to the PC at all.
As for the batteries, I'll try replacing them. I'm using the ones which came with the Bookport. It seems to work fine, but you never know. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: [other] Re: problem connecting Bookport
One more suggestion I would have is to check and possibly replace your batteries. As for that silly autoplay dialog, I just press escape when it comes up and go on my way with the transfer software.
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of boomerdad Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:36 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: [other] Re: problem connecting Bookport
Thanks, Sarah. You know, I tried that and it did do something strange. When I reconnected the Bookport after resetting it, I got a dialog box that said "Autoplay" and had a Cancel button. It stayed there for a bit and then went away.
I think, near as I can tell, that my computer thinks BookPort is an MP3 player ... which it is, I suppose ... but I'm unclear as to how to tell Windows not to treat it like an ordinary MP3 player. I found a check box in the library proprties of the drive that said "Enable Drive" and it as checked, but I feared if I unchecked the box then Windows wouldn't acknowledge Bookport's being connected at all.
<Frustrated> I'm pretty savvy with my computer when it comes to software, but when hardware issues come up I start to glaze over and whimper pathetically. <Grin>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:27 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: [other] Re: problem connecting Bookport
Hi BoomerDad,
Have you tried resetting your BookPort with 2+b? I had your same problem once and this is what fixed it for me.
HTH and good luck,
Sarah
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of boomerdad Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:39 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: [other] Re: problem connecting Bookport
Thanks for the tip; unfortunately it changed nothing.
It seems to see the Bookport as a TTS-MP3 player. Essentially, tha'ts correct ... but nowhere does it say Bookport ... unless I go to Windows Explorer and if I look at the Send To menu, it does list Bookpore (and it says "Bookport") as one of the send-to options. I tried just using that to send a book to Bookport, but it didn't work. <Sigh> Couldn't be that easy. Grrrr... I don't get it. It's like everyone knows about the birthday party but the guest of honor! Everyone in my computer's innards seems to recognize Bookport ... except Bookport Transfer!!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:24 PM Subject: [other] [bookport] Re: problem connecting Bookport
Try rebooting your computer with the Bookport connected.
At 10:53 PM 8/16/2005, you wrote:Hi. I just got my Bookport today and installed the transfer software, but I can't get the transfer software to recognize Bookport. It would seem Windows recognizes Bookport as another drive on my computer; I can even use Windows Exporer to go in and look at the folders on Bookport ... but when I run the Transfer program with Bookport connected via the USB cable, I get the "not connected" sound and can't send any files to BOokport. Any help here is greatly appreciated, because while I enjoy reading the manual with BOokport, it's not exactly what I"d intended to use the device for. <Grin>
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