[gps-talkusers] Re: Blue Logger and Pk's maiden voyage:

hi, i've been doing that for years, i only use one in one ear.
this way you can keep the other ear open.
Chris



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Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:26:13 -0500
Robert Carter <r-carter@xxxxxxx> wrote:

RC> Hi All,
RC> 
RC> Mary Ellen makes a good point about not being able to hear the pk easily 
RC> when walking. I have experimented with small speakers on the shoulder and 
RC> finally went to wearing ear buds. I found to my surprise that the ear buds 
RC> did not keep me from easily hearing what is going on around me. So, this 
RC> may not be for everyone but for me, some cheap ear buds from Radio Shack 
RC> allow me to hear the pk and my surrounding environment with no problem.
RC> 
RC> Robert Carter
RC> 
RC> At 11:18 PM 6/22/2005, you wrote:
RC> >Hi guys!
RC> >Well we had a 2 part maiden voyage this evening with the blue logger and 
pk.
RC> >/first, after I had fed Peggy we took her potsky wotsky up to the dumpster 
RC> >and the blue logger decided to track all over the heavens. This was ok 
RC> >because I met Amy and her dog, Cally and Alan and his cocker, Winnie and 
RC> >so we created a traffic jam on the walking path and everyone wanted to 
RC> >know all about the blue tooth receiver.
RC> >Then we came in, played with the pkand Mom ate dinner and then I took Peg 
RC> >out for her evening park and said, "I can't wait until tomorrow." So I got 
RC> >the blue logger powered up and we walked the route Seeing Eye had mapped 
RC> >out for me which I had copied onto the midro drive where I had to put the 
RC> >gps stuff.
RC> >Anyway, Peg had tons of doggie distractions and was extremely good and we 
RC> >managed to make the proper turn-off and made it home about 20 past 8. 
RC> >Actually we got home at 8:23 and Peg had a big bowl of water and I am just 
RC> >reading e-mail.
RC> >Ok here are my impressions:s
RC> >This is definitely a keeper.
RC> >Unfortunately, I am getting to the age where I don't hear as well as I did 
RC> >when I was a kid and so when there was traffic on one part of the route I 
RC> >had to put the pk close to my ear.
RC> >My only real criticism and I think once I get used to this is when I want 
RC> >a reading of how many satellites I have to use both hands which could be 
RC> >risky in some situations. Otherwise the Blue Logger has definitely picked 
RC> >right up right where its older brother, the Earthmate left off.
RC> >As for the speed in bringing up maps, unbelievable.
RC> >I have not had a chance to create routes yet but hope to do so in the next 
RC> >day or 2.
RC> >
RC> >Anyway I do miss being able to write out the point of interest I want to 
RC> >choose as a destination. Maybe I am simply not doing this correctly but I 
RC> >really used that search string all the time andmiss it.
RC> >You should all be very proud of the changeover, folks at Senderogroup and 
RC> >I hope we can get some really updated pois to match this superb effort.
RC> >I had no problems in copying my user poi from the old Braille Note and was 
RC> >certainly glad not to have to recreate them.
RC> >Thanks for a super product.
RC> >Mary Ellen Earls
RC> >Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
RC> >
RC> 
RC> 
RC> 

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