Peggy It depends upon the type of reset. Activation and pairing survives an ordinary reset with no keys held down. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:00 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Is it necessary to activate the bluetooth receiver? Well, except that I'd forgotten to activate mine after a reset, and it worked fine, which is why I asked the question. <smile> Peggy http://kernsac.livejournal.com http://facebook.com/kernsac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:28 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Is it necessary to activate the bluetooth receiver? > Hi, > It is only necessary if the GPS program can't find the receiver. Some > resets keep the receiver paired, but not active. > When you call a business and you are on hold, that is the same as having > the device and the receiver paired. > When they take you off hold and actually talk to you, that is the same as > activating the receiver. > If they cut you off, that is the same as removing the pairing. > So, if the receiver is paired but not active, you have it on hold and it > cannot talk to the device. > Activating just allows information to flow back to the device. That is > the analogy I use to make sense of all of it anyway. I hope that helps. > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:14 PM > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Is it necessary to activate the bluetooth > receiver? > > Hi, all. Every time I've had to do a reset, just out of habit I've gone > in and activated my Holux receiver. But this evening I forgot to activate > it after a reset, and it worked just fine. So what does activating do, > and is it necessary? > > Peggy > http://kernsac.livejournal.com > > http://facebook.com/kernsac > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4306 (20090804) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation > mode): > http://senderogroup.com/email.htm > > Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to > gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with “unsubscribe†in the Subject. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4307 (20090805) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4307 (20090805) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4307 (20090805) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation > mode): > http://senderogroup.com/email.htm > > Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to > gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with “unsubscribe” in the Subject. > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4307 (20090805) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4310 (20090805) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with “unsubscribe” in the Subject. To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with “unsubscribe” in the Subject.