Perhaps the word wrong here is a bit misleading. I am not trying to say
that the book port works any differently than it did when I first got
it. All I and others are trying to say is that it is not a true lock and
and if the button keeps getting pressed in some kind of case, it will
drain battery power. Granted, it is perhaps as good as it can be and it
does prevent the book port from doing other things which might occur when
other keys might be pressed if there were no lock, but it still is not a
perfect lock. For example, my mini disk recorders have a lock and when
you slide the lock switch into the lock position, pressing the keys do
nothing at all. You know the unit is locked because the slide switch is
in the locked position. Unfortunately, if you use a button press on the
book port to lock the unit, you will never know if it is locked unless you
either hear a beep or put on headphones to see what, if anything is being
read. Perhaps a slide switch or power switch would be better if this
could be arranged.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Sarah Cranston
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:46 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Lock Beep doesn't seem to be working
Exactly. That is why there is nothing wrong with it.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barrett, Don
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:45 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Lock Beep doesn't seem to be working
Yes, it has to wake up to do the locked beep.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sarah Cranston
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:42 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Lock Beep doesn't seem to be working
The BookPort has always worked this way. When it's locked and a key is
pressed, it wakes up and then goes back to sleep in ten seconds. Mine did
this in July of 2003, and it still does. I don't think there's anything
wrong, it's just the way it works.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:37 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Lock Beep doesn't seem to be working
Which is my point. The buttons beep regardless of whether Lock Beep is set
on or off, so I don't think it's working correctly, is it?
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Neal Ewers
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:26 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Lock Beep doesn't seem to be working
Walt, Sorry if I am repeating things you know, but I don't remember the
first part of this thread. as I understand it, when lock is turned on and
you press a key, the book port wakes up. The beep afterwards is the book
port going back to sleep just as it would when you finished reading. So,
the bottom line is that if the unit is in some kind of case which keeps on
pressing keys, the book port will continue to turn itself off and on. I
guess this is a bit better than having it begin to read and never stop
until the 2 key happens to be pressed again. By the way, mine has done
this since I first purchased it.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:43 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Lock Beep doesn't seem to be working
This has been the situation for so long that I honestly can no longer
remember when it worked right, but there is no difference in performance
of my BP whether I have Lock Beep turned off or on. In either case, when
the unit is locked and I press a key, it beeps after several seconds. I
guess it's one of those things that I simply never took conscious notice
of and as a result, I honestly can't say when this behavior may have
started, but it's been a long, long time.
--
Walt Smith
Clearwater, FL
