[gps-talkusers] Re: answering multiple questions

Georgia,
Thanks. I'm saving everyone's messages. *grin*.

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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Georgia Kitchen
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:45 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: answering multiple questions


Hi,

There is a lot to learn with the GPS and it will take time.

 I got mine in March and used it in the car at first.

That is I turned on the gps, placed the receiver  in on the dashboard
and 
practiced the various commands such as

h or dot 2: tells you which way you are heading

dot 1 or a: gives you the address  you are near.
letter s: tells you the speed the car is travellling
c tells you the cityy you are in
space c: tells you details about the area
and so on.

I studied a braile list of the commands that came with the device and 
practiced a few at a time.

I found some addresses of some new places we were looking for, restrants
and 
the such down in Florida. It was helpful for my husband because I could
help 
him in new areas. Traffic is bad in Florida and a gps is a big help.

I started walking around on rather easy routes at first and located 
businesses and streets.

I set a point of interest at the turn I had to make so I knew what
driveway 
to go in to find the building we were staying in. Space dot 3 records a
POI. 
You have to be at the spot you want to be at in order to record  the
turn. Virtual mode is very helpful. It  takes a while to think in terms
of a map 
but  I found out that if you find you are going straight lets say north
on a 
particular street and you want to go south instead you have to turn
twice. 
This puts you going south on that street.


To set the address press space with s here you enter the state such as 
Michigan
hit enter.
Then y you enter city
 such as Detroit, then hit enter
then it says enter street name: put in the name of the street and hit
enter.

Then it says enter number: enter the house number and press enter.

If you want this to be the point of interest hit the letter P.

This can be changed anytime.

If you hit letter a it will tell the address y you are near. Hope this
helps. I am still learning myself.


Georgia

to
I then started using it more places. I was real relunctant about using
it 
with my dog but it works fine even though my dog works on the left. You
may want to try your gps in the car at first or a bus. It takes 
practice.


I  use it on the bus but I plan my trip ahead of time when I am alone so
I 
am sure I know the address of the business I am going to and so forth.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarai" <bucc7465@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: answering multiple questions


>I over looked the sub directories. *grin* I've read the manual twice,  
>along with commands summary and listened to your tutorial, but I'm 
>still  lost. I can't seemed to memorize all of the commands and I'm 
>having  trouble in virtual mode just trying to look around. I also am 
>trying to  figure out how to set my address as POI by using the s cord.

>I also want  to know how you do the cord commands and others while 
>using a dog.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael May
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:34 PM
> To: GPS-talkusers-freelists.org
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] answering multiple questions
>
>
> You all should have noticed that I did not suggest that anyone do 
> something as logical as reading the user's manual, only the tutorial. 
> Read the manual, what a thought!
>
> The Earthmate receiver can go directly on the cradle but that is not 
> the way most BrailleNote GPS users would configure it. We ship the 
> Earthmate serial unit already connected. This means you have the 
> receiver with a 3 foot extension cable to the battery cradle and then 
> a 1-foot cable from the cradle to the BrailleNote.
>
> I think we will avoid the sub directories on the compact flash card 
> for the documentation. Although this is the most logical way to 
> organize the documents, it is quite common for people to overlook the 
> sub directories.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>

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