[bookport] Re: Sleep Timer Definitely Doesn't Work in Beta 22
- From: "Grant Hardy" <granthardy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:02:34 -0800
You said you didn't set the clock? The sleep timer depends on the clock.
Press and hold the 2 key for 1 beep. If "Clock not set" is heard, you won't
be able to use the sleep timer until you set the clock.
Grant
----- Original Message -----
From: "ptorpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:33 PM
Subject: [bookport] Sleep Timer Definitely Doesn't Work in Beta 22
> Since there has been so much talk about the sleep timer possibly not
> working, but no definitive data, I decided to perform the experiment.
> 1. Using the latest beta with fresh (rechargeable) batteries
> installed, the Bookport said "default restored" after installing the
> batteries.
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> 2. I set the following settings:
> - volume, pitch (80), and speed (7)
> - Sensitivity = 5
> - Sleep Timer = 5
> - Note: I did NOT set the time and date (I want to see if these
> batteries drain overnight to confirm reports by others or not)
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> 3. Using a stop watch, I hit 2 to begin reading a Daisy book from
> Bookshare. The sleep timer continued reading until I stopped reading
> (using the 2 key) after 10 minutes. I performed this experiment twice,
> and the reading would have continued after 10 minutes if I hadn't
> manually stopped reading, even though the sleep timer was set for 5
> minutes.
>
> 4. I went into the settings menu after each experiment to verify
> that the sleep timer was set for only 5 minutes.
>
> Summary: This is definitely broken.
>
> -- Pete
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