[gps-talkusers] Re: New to list
- From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:39:59 -0500
hi Steve
thanks for that, i have learned a lot in the last few days with and without the
lists help/sendero page etc, sadly my pk is going back to humanware again as
since they have changed the batteries I have less than three hours standby
following an over night charge and if I am actively using it less than two! it
is very frustrating but hopefully after it's return this time it will be
repaired and fully functioning! You would have thought they would fully test it
before original dispatch!
I am looking forward to getting to grips with it further in the new year.
Having successfully used it once to cross central London before I was that
familiar with it, i am itching to get out and about with it!
I found an interesting way to find unidentified streets which was to do a
search on all streets in that general area and then select the one I needed,
took a while but it worked and it was often down to me mis-spelling the street
name but not always.
I do use the Braille when travelling although often have my hands full with dog
and children, so not always easy to find a free one! I too an proficient
braille reader and I teach but could really do with an additional pair of hands
at times! Fortunately my hearing is very sharp but I too find the traffic noise
etc very distracting which is why I would like to use a blue tooth ear peice.
regards
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Bingham <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gp
s-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:10 pm
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New to list
Hi Tony
One of the problems with the maps used by Sendero
and other GPS systems is that quite often they work on administrative
boundaries
and often use the administrative names for places. For example I searched long
and hard to find Chippenham in Wiltshire. It turned out to be listed under the
local government administrative area of North Wiltshire. You need to know
quite a lot about the area to discover this kind of thing.
I searched for The Strand and eventually found
it under London, England but it does not have the 'The' in its name. So when
the
street name is requested just type in strand. It should offer you four matching
streets. These are all parts of the strand but under the different postcodes it
passes through.
Personally I just use the braille when travelling.
My hearing is not good enough to cope with all the normal noise plus GPS.
Luckily I am a seasoned braille reader and can manage to read with either hand
or both.
If you want help with the british maps feel free to
contact me off list.
Steve
steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From:
tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008
10:39
PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New to
list
Hi Kevin
thanks for that, i still have not found Chestnut close, but will not
worry as I know where that is!
I believe I am still having battery issues, it was returned as I was only
getting 8 hours standby/usage, since they changed both batteries, I do
not think it is really any better, but having had Christmas etc, I have yet
to
sit down and run some tests, if it has to go back again, I will be very
frustrated but these things happen! they did not perform a full test as they
wanted to get it back to me before Christmas but with hindsight, I wish they
had hung onto it for an extra few days! these things are sent to try us! I
will at least have it for a central london trip on friday, so I guess it is
not all bad.
I have now found the command summary and will be digesting it over the
next while, a little light night reading I am sure!
So the bluetooth dongle fits into the ear piece jack? or is it the usb? I
already have a usb one which I used to use for my old laptop so knowing my
luck I will need something different! LOL
Your help is so much appreciated, I am quite competant with my PC and MAc
but the PK is a whole new ball game
20
thanks again
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
Tony,
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.
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."
If there are any other streets or Address Lookups like this, please
feel free to see if we could find them here.
Wow! It sounds like you have a lot to handle there.
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.
All of these documentations canalso be found online at
www.MySendero.com
That is unfortunate to hear that there was an issue with
the battery,
but good to know that you are up and running again.
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.
I am not sure of where they could be obtained in England, but I found
them at Radio Shack here in the States.
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.
Thanks,
Kevin
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!
>
> 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 jus
t 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
> on
> three different platforms, the Braille/VoiceNote, Braille/Voice Sense and
> Windows Mobile devices.
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> SO, you could ha
ve 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
> much
> 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
> are
> both on this list as well! And, there are potential users.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
> Produced on a Nokia N82
>
> -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
> know
> that there is and that it is spelled correctly, any ideas? Not sure whether
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> is relev
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