try leaving the battery out for about an hour. Chase Crispin http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:32:33 +0100, Mike Busboom wrote: >What would you suggest that I do during the interim? A normal reflash >did >not rectify the situation. > >Thanks and best regards, > >Mike > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of PAMELA RADER >Sent: Monday, 04 February, 2008 02:29 PM >To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Frustrating problems with RSS reader > >We don't recommend doing that. It is best to reflash in that kind of >situation. In the future, the way the unit is reflashed will be >different, >so the hard drive will get partitioned. > > > >Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT >American Printing House For The Blind >1839 Frankfort Ave. >Louisville, KY 40206 > >PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 > > >>>>chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx 02/03/08 10:46AM >>> >How do you disfragment the Icon's hard drive like you were talking >about? >I have always wondered how you do the skandisk utility that the sync >program >talks about. >If your Icon or Braille Plus isn't in disk drive mode, here is what you >get >from the >sync program. >Arror. We could not find your Icon or Braille Plus. Please make sure >that >it is >connected through disk drive mode, and connected to the PC. If it still >isn't working, run the >sandisc utility to check for arrors. > >On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 16:10:41 +0100, Mike Busboom wrote: > > >>Hello Mike, >> >>My name is Mike Busboom, and I am a Braille Plus owner and user. On >>December 12, you wrote to me in response to a lingering problem with >>downloading and reading RSS content offline. I was only able to read >>material if I was actually connected to the Internet. >> >>I have tested my Braille Plus at a variety of open WLAN access points, >>and I >>am sorry to report that the problem persists. Once I download content, >>I >>can still only read it if I have an actual connection to the Internet. >>Back >>in December, you told me that I could send you my OPML file and you >>would >>have a look at my problem. Attached, you will find both the OPML file >>and >>my rss.db file. I have reflashed several times, but this has not >>helped. I >>also went back to an earlier version of the Braille Plus software but >>unfortunately, the problem persists. I was able to listen to content >>offline for several months, so I know how the unit is supposed to behave >>under normal circumstances. I am wondering if a disk defrag would help. >>Though this is off the wall, perhaps, I have noticed that my unit >>doesn't >>always access the hard drive as reliably as it does the mini SD drive. >> >>Thanks, Mike, for any help you may be able to render. >> >>Mike >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MICHAEL MCDONALD >>Sent: Wednesday, 19 December, 2007 08:27 PM >>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Frustrating problems with RSS reader >> >>It sounds like you are loosing your internet connection before downloads >> >>are >>completed or you have a problem feed that is causing your downloads to >>not >>move forward. >> >>The Temporary Failure in Name Resoultion message is occuring because you >>aren't connected to the internet and the article isn't cached. When you >>move to an article, it should say 'article cached' if it was >>successfully >>cached. >> >>To test if you are loosing your connection try opening a non-cached >>article >>after you hear the finished downloading tone on a default feed like CNN. >> >>If >>you get 'Temporary Failure in Name Resolution', then you probably lost >>your >>connection. If the article reads fine then you are probably have >>problems >>with one of the feeds. If this is the case then you could try to update >>that feed by itself and see if it works. If you have added too many >>feeds >>to try individually I can help you send me an OPML file, so I can check >>which feed is causing problems. >> >>Mike >> >>>>>mike@xxxxxxxxxx 12/14/07 01:11PM >>> >>Hi. >> >>For the last couple of days, I have had difficulties reading articles >>which >>I have downloaded through the RSS client. I normally download articles >>and >>podcasts, turn off wireless once the download has completed, take the >>Braille Plus with me and read the articles offline. >> >>Whenever I try doing this now, I get the following message: >> >>URL Open Error 2: Temporary Failure in Name resolution >> >>If I want to read the articles, I have to have wireless turned on and be >>connected via WLAN to the Internet. >> >>The second problem I am having is with the podcasts. I am told that I >>have >>a specific number of podcasts that need to be downloaded. However, when >> >>I >>tell the Braille Plus to grab the podcasts, I get the sound that is used >> >>to >>notify me when all the downloading has been completed. The notification >>tones come only some ten seconds after I have pressed OK to initiate the >>download and none of the podcasts is actually downloaded to my unit. >> >>Since neither rebooting nor resetting the Braille Plus worked, I am >>assuming >>I will need to reflash. I have the files I will need for the reflash, >>but I >>need to know the procedure for accomplishing it. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Mike >> >> >> >> >> > > >