[gps-talkusers] Re: Okay, need help with the Earth Mate

Hello, Sari,
The Earthmate receiver fits into its battery pack. Actually, it sort of lays on top of the battery pack. The battery pack is bigger than the receiver, and it has the belt clip on the bottom. If you have not installed the belt clip yet, the back of the battery pack has four tiny rubber feet to keep it from slipping if it is put on a sloping surface like a car dashboard. The battery door is on the bottom of the pack, and has two of those rubber feet glued to it. If you have the belt clip installed, you must remove it before you can get the battery door open. The bottom of the clip has a small square with some bumps on it. With your thumb, push down on the square, it will move a little. Then, with your other hand, slide the belt clip down, toward the small square. It will move about one eighth of an inch. Then, lift up on the top of the belt clip, and it should come off. The whole thing is plastic, so don't try to use your super-strength on it or something will break. To replace the belt clip, remembering how it was oriented as you removed it, slide it around until the three little feet on the end of it slip into the slots. Then, with the belt clip flat against the back of the battery pack, slide it up until you hear it click. That is the lock engaging, which you dis-engaged when you pushed down on that little square with the bumps on it.

With the belt clip safely out of the way, the battery compartment door is the next thing to tackle. At the top of the battery holder, there is a curved slot with a straight slot very close to it, and just below the curved slot. Put your thumbnail in the curved slot, press slightly down toward the bottomm of the battery holder, and lift the door up. Then, you can remove the door. Don't forget how it is oriented or you will have difficulty getting it back on again. On the lower end of the door are two cut-outs, one on each side, making the door narrower at the bottom. That end goes in first when you are replacing the door.

Now for the battery. When the battery door is off, there is the battery, right in front of you. It is flat, about one quarter of an inch thick, about one inch wide, and one and one half inches long. There is a label on the battery that has slightly raised edges that you can feel with your fingers. The label is closer to the top end of the battery than it is to the bottom end. That piece of information may be important when you are trying to fumble the battery back into its proper position. If you are right-handed, hold the battery pack in your left hand with the palm over the exposed battery. Turn the battery pack over so that the battery is now on the bottom. With just a gentle joggle, the battery should fall out into your hand. You can do this with either handf, it doesn't matter so much. Just try not to drop the battery. On the bottom of the battery there are four small connector wires. They are difficult to feel with a fingernail, but you can. It is best to keep your fingers off those wires and just remember the orientation from what I said about the label. If you are using the battery and it goes flat on you, you can remove it and replace it with four triple-A size batteries, alternate orientation, with the springs at the negative ends.

Ok, so now you know how to get the battery out and hopefully you can put it back correctly and get everything re-assembled properly. Now, if you are using a USB cable, you do not need to go through all this rigamerole. You do not need the battery pack, the receiver gets its power from the USB connector. Just push down on the receiver lock button and slide the receiver back a bit, then up and away. It is a pretty tight fit, so don't get upset if it does not slide easily. Just remember to push down on that lock button or something will surely break.

This E-mail is getting kind of long, so I will stop here. If you need more information, I can continue to discuss the connection method to the USB and serial port in your BN. I have no BN, and will be using my trusty old IBM laptop, but the methods are the same.

Dick Myers

From: "Sarai" <bucc7465@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Okay, need help with the Earth Mate
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:00:36 -0500

Hi,
I've read all documentation in regards to the GPS and to the Receiver. I
now have to much info in my head. *grin* Now, I'm lost with the
receiver. From what I've read, the thing in the middle of the cable
plugged in one by the receiver is the cradle and the other end goes some
where else but I forgot where. Now where does the Earth Mate plug in and
where is the battery pack, is it already in the unit? I can't find any
switches, adapter plugs, or battery doors that the manual was talking
about. I've felt all over. It also said don't do something with the
cradle but I couldn't find any connecters so I'm confused and lost. I'd
appreciate some help. I want to charge this thing up then go out side
and play with all of the commands so I can learn how to do it.
Thanks,

Sarai D. Bucciarelli




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