[gps-talkusers] Re: New to list
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:27:11 -0500
Hi,
yes, you would do a poi search.
READ with F or SPACE with F.
Chris
>Hi Kevin
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>is there a way i could find a place such as a museam or railway station with
>out its full address, ie if I knew what area it was in or do I need the full
>address?
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>Tony
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:08 pm
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New to list
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>Tony,
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>A lot of the difficulties that you are seeing with Address Lookups has
>to do with the way the map suppliers, Tele Atlas decides to draw the
>city lines. There may be certain streets that are considered in the
>city and other streets that may be classified as in the "area" of
>that city. An example would be Stockton versus Stockton Area, which is
>out here in California, USA.
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>I was able to find Chesnut Clove, Edenbridge by doing the following:
>SPACE with S for Address Lookup
>ENTER Region: Southern England
>Emter City: Edenbridge
>ENTER Address Number: ENTER
>ENTER Street Name: Chestnut
>For some reason entering "Chestnut Clove" returns with "no streets
>found matching that name."
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>If there are any other streets or Address Lookups like this, please
>feel free to see if we could find them here.
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>Wow! It sounds like you have a lot to handle there.
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>Actually, there is a CommandSummary among other documentation, which
>can be found in the Information Center. To access this, do the
>following:
>SPACE with H for the GPS Help Menu
>I for the Information Center
>Then SPACE through and press ENTER on the item of choice.
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>All of these documentations canalso be found online at
>www.MySendero.com
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>That is unfortunate to hear that there was an issue with the battery,
>but good to know that you are up and running again.
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>It isnt' possible to use a Bluetooth ear piece directly with the PK.
>However, it is possible when using a Bluetooth dongle. This is
>something that will plug into the 3.5 mm jack on the PK, which will
>allow for the dongle to be pairedd with an ear piece that will allow
>for you to hear the information from the PK in the Bluetooth ear
>piece.
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>I am not sure of where they could be obtained in England, but I found
>them at Radio Shack here in the States.
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>I would recommend the Audio Tutorial, which also can be found at
>www.MySendero.com which gives a really good desmontration/guide of
>the GPS and is generalizeable to any situation.
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>Thanks,
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>Kevin
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>On 12/28/08, tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx <tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Kevin,
>> there are multiple addresses mainly in my local town, but also in London
>> that just come up as no street of that name exists! It could not find the
>> strand in central london, just off trafalgar square, and I know it was
>> spelled correctly, how many ways can you spell it!! lol I have since found
>> it but I do not know what if anything I did diferently! another one is
>> Chestnut close in edenbridge, it repeatedly tells me there are no streets
>> matching that name! they are not new street, houses built in about 1960's!
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>> I am still trying to get used to the multi tasking required to drive a dog,
>> look after two small children and navigate my way around the PK! I just wish
>> I could have a download so that I knew all the commands and key strokes! I
>> am spending most evenings wading my way through manuals on line as there
>> doesn't appear to be a manual available to me for the GPS in any other
>> format, but I am finding it a bit like wading through thick custard! I hae
>> successfully used it for a single route across central london and it was
>> brilliant, so much easier than without, however, following my one day of
>> training there was a fault found with the batteries and it had to return to
>> human ware and I seem to have forgotten much of what I had learned
>> originally!
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>> How do I find a compatible bluetooth head set for it, human ware would not
>> advise me as they said it would cut down my hearing, however, it is driving
>> me mad having a corded headset, just somethi
>> ng else for my dog/cane/child to get caught in!
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>> Any help would really be appreciated
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>> thanks Tony
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 9:14 pm
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New to list
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>> Tony,
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>> Welcome to the GPS-Talks Users list, where anything GPS related is
>> discussed.
>> The GPS system that is mainly discussed here is the Sendero GPS, which runs
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>> three different platforms, the Braille/VoiceNote, Braille/Voice Sense and
>> Windows Mobile devices.
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>> SO, you could have not joined a more relevant list.
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>> Could you provide us with the address that you arre trying to find with as
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>> information possible?
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>> There are a variety of members ranging from novice users, perficient users,
>> advanced users, power users, beta testers, alpha testers and the CEO and CTO
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>> both on this list as well! And, there are potential users.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Kevin
>> Produced on a Nokia N82
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>> -original message-
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New to list
>> From: tbrowngriffin@ao
>> l.com
>> Date: 12/28/2008 2:47 PM
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>> Hi
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>> I'm new to this list and not sure whether there is a more relevant list that
>> I
>> could join, I have recently , in the last few months aquired a braillenote
>> PK
>> with sendero GPS system and am having quite a few problems with getting to
>> grips
>> with using it!
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>> The most frustrating problem I am encountering is when I put in my city and
>> then
>> street address it keeps telling me there is no such street address when I
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>> that there is and that it is spelled correctly, any ideas? Not sure whether
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>> is relevant but I live in the south east of the UK.
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- Customer Support and Product testing
Sendero Group
"The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor
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Mate
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