Chris, Very true, but if you're getting a lot of receiver not detected messages, it's easy to loose track of the receiver status, trying to be sure it's really on. Don On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:13:18 -0400, Chris G wrote: Hi, to turn the blue logger on, press and hold and count 3 seconds. to turn the blue logger off, press and hold for 5 seconds. On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:06:32 -0700 "Don Bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: DB> Just had an interesting experience with the blue Logger bluetooth receiver. DB> DB> My wife just got her MPower transplant and it now has gps v3.3 on it. I had to play with the blue logger a bit of course and found that it can be tricky to tell DB> whether the receiver is on or off. DB> DB> But I did find a very reliable way to tell. The only problem is that you need to be wearing hearing aids for this to work. DB> DB> If you are wearing aids, turn on your t-coil which you normally use for the telephone or whatever. Put the logger receiveer up to your ear. When the DB> receiver is on you will hear sort of a buzzing sound. Press the button and hold for about 4 seconds and then release. The buzz will fade away and stop after DB> a second. Now you know the receiver is off. DB> DB> If you press the button again and hold it for about 2 seconds you will hear the buzz again and if you release the button, the buzz continues so you know that DB> the receiver is on. DB> DB> DB> For the hearing impaired, this is actually better than some receivers which will put out a beep but it is usually so quiet that you really can't hear it with aids. DB> DB> As for those who don't wear aids, I don't know what to tell ya. DB> DB> Don DB> DB> DB> DB> DB> DB> DB> DB> __________ NOD32 1.1267 (20051028) Information __________ DB> DB> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. DB> http://www.eset.com DB> -- Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Dogs that bark at a distance never bite. -English Proverb.