[bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
- From: Paul Henrichsen <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:29:05 -0700
Actually, I don't even set it most of the time. I just thought it would be
nice if it could be set as it was with the roadrunner.
At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
> >From my perspective, all this worrying about losing or not losing the time
>just doesn't get me especially worked up. I wear a watch; anyone I'm around
>wears a watch; I'm never far from a radio or television. In the overall
>scheme of things where the Book Port is concerned, it's simply not that
>important to me. If the device had never included a clock, I wonder how many
>would ever have missed it to begin with.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Henrichsen" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:13 PM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>
>
>Yes, but if you are listening to an audible file or some other mp3 file,
>you won't get the warning at all until your reading just stops and you get
>a read error. Then the batteries go completely dead. There is no time to
>save the time. This has happened to me twice at least.
>At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>
> >That's why you have the low battery announcement, so you can change it on =
> >time.=20
> >
> > >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/21/04 05:05PM >>>
> >Yes. But what good is d e f if your battery goes dead<grin>?
> >I sure wish we could set this from the transfer tool.
> >At 10/21/2004, you wrote:
> >
> > >Pete:
> > >
> > >Pressing D+E+F does preserve the current time/date.
> > >
> > > >>> ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/21/04 03:53PM >>>
> > >Here are two suggestions for preserving the time/date, in addition to
> > >the other settings which can be preserved as Dale points out below:
> > >
> > >1. The BP Transfer software itself could grab the time/date from
> > >the computer upon connection. I vaguely remember APH staff saying that
> > >the hardware did not support this, but I'm not sure.
> > >
> > >2. If pressing the D-E-F key combination also saved the current
> > >time/date and the user quickly changed batteries, the time/date would be
> > >very nearly correct. I wouldn't mind losing 15 seconds or so - One
> > >wouldn't even notice this since the clock is only accurate to the
> > >nearest minute, and most people usually replace the batteries within a
> > >day/month/year!
> > >
> > >-- Pete
> > >
> > >From: "Dale Laser" <drlieser@xxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: [Bookport] Saving BP Settings
> > >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:46:00 -0500
> > >
> > >The d-e-f command saves the voice settings. Obviously, keeping the =
> >time=3D20
> > >rolling would require power, so that is not maintained.
> > >
> > >Dale
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