[bookport] Re: A dead bookport
- From: "Jerry Neufeld" <jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:41:07 -0500
Hello Gordon and everyone.
Finally, someone has expressed a view I have held since the myriad
suggestions posted here to allow 24 hours for the BookPort to, I was never
sure what, then try re-inserting batteries etc. I'm sure the suggestion has
been made because for reasons unknown, BookPorts have come back to life
after being laid aside for a time. Perhaps so, but surely not because they
have been allowed to sleep and dream for a day or so. Electronic circuitry
simply does not function this way. I suspect that units that have been
revivified after letting them rest awhile have done so because of some
intermittent problem that makes and breaks contact within the unit.
I didn't want to say anything about this since I knew there would be a storm
of protests. But, I'm glad someone had the courage to speak out. Simply
stated, if a unit like the BookPort fails to function normally at any time,
either during normal use or during battery replacement, the unit has a
problem, perhaps minor, but a problem nonetheless, one that is very probably
going to worsen in time until the unit finds its way back to Louisville,
thence to the Springer people.
Cheers,
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Hardy" <granthardy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:28 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: A dead bookport
Guys, what's this nonsense about waiting 24 hours? I've always wondered.
Well...maybe it isn't nonsense. But if I have, say, a vacuum cleaner that
I plug in and nothing happens, I unplug it, plug it in again and the same
thing happens, and I figure--oh, let's just unplug it, leave it for 24
hours and try again--what can change? Forgive me if this sounds like a
very sarcastic question, but I'm wondering if there's in fact any
technical reason to do this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: A dead bookport
Why not take the memory card out, and remove the batteries. Leave them
out of the BP for 24 hours. Then replace the memory card and batteries.
I really don't think your contacts are bent... not in 3 months.
At 10:46 AM 2/12/2006, you wrote:
HI all.
This to me sounds like a dead bookport thought i'd run this by you all
first.
This morning my bookport batteries needed to be replaced.
I removed the batteries carefuly as I have twice before and when I
inserted the new batteries the correct way, I heard the usual sound as if
the unit was gaining power and no speech.
I did however use the d e and f commands before hand and this has worked
fine on 2 previous ocasions.
I tried brand new alcaline batteries from there packaging and
unfortunately no speech after waiting for 2 minutes and putting the
batteries back in.
The battery terminals don't feel bent and i've had no trouble in the
past.
when I connected the usb cable to the unit to see if it could be
recognized, I recieved the error from windows saying the device is not
functioning correctly or has malfunctioned.
I'm wondering why do these units have problems like this just changing a
couple of batteries only having the unit for less then 3 months and this
happens.
I think the unit definently has a fault and I know others have
experienced similar issues.
I hope the next generation of bookport actually uses springs in the
battery compartment and not those flaky metal connectors that bend so
easily according to others.
I'll await further info from the list but i'll ship my unit back today to
the library who is lending it to me and they can ship me a replacement
unit.
Sandy Licht
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