[gps-talkusers] Re: New to list

Did you try exercising the battery?  I don't know if that would help with your 
situation but it's worth a shot.

I don't know if it is supported in the PK, but O-Chord for options; I-Chord 
for support menu; then with the unit plugged into the mains, R for battery 
recalibration.  If that doesn't work in the pk, I know at least you can get a 
battery voltage reading with V.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New to list


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!
>
>
>
>
> 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,
>
> 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.
>
> SO, you could ha
ve not joined a more relevant list.
>
>
> Could you provide us with the address that you arre trying to find with as
> much
> information possible?
>
> 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
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> 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
> it
> is relev
ant but I live in the south east of the UK.
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>
>
>
> thanks
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> Tony
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