I am glad you are getting a Braille+. I really enjoy mine. There is no difference that I know of. The Icon and Braille+ use the same drivers, and the synchronization program, and there really isn't much else on the CD. I didn't know there were tutorials on the CD. I didn't even get a tutorial on mine. All of the tutorials are the same,. No, you don't have to read the manual on line. Here are the ways to read the manual. Press help anytime on the Braille+/Icon, and it will open the manual. Order a Braille manual from Levelstar. This manual is identical to the one on the Icon/Braille+, but it is in Braille. It costs $30.00. Lastly, there is a manual on the CD. When you install the sync program, it will install the manual. If you don't install the sync program, you can find it on the cd in a manuals folder, I think. Yes, the Levelstar and APH trainings are archived. To find the Levelstar Archives, go to: http://www.accessibleworld.org/ and click on the Levelstar Archives link under the Archives heading. The APH trainings are found at: http://www.aph.org/webcast The Levelstar trainings don't happen during the day, but the APH ones do. The Levelstar trainings are at 6:30 P.m mountain, 7:30 P.M central, etc, assuming that you live in the United States. Chase Crispin Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog: http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com e-mail: chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx APH Training Videos on Youtube are also linked to at: http://tech.aph.org/mm -----Original Message----- From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:39 PM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] New user with questions Hi, everyone. I will be getting my icon braille plus, hopefully, tomorrow. What is the difference between the cd that comes with the icon and the one that comes with the braille plus? Are the tutorials on the braille plus cd different than the ones I downloaded from the level star site? Also, I was hoping I could find a manual that I could read off line, but all I could find was one online. Is there one on the cd? Lastly, are the training sessions archived anywhere? They usually happen in the day time when I can't attend. I'm sure I'll have lots more questions once I get going. Thanks. Paul Henrichsen paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx Kurzweil 1000 Technical Support Engineer (800) 894-5374 Press 5 then 2 or: (888) 995-9905 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 2879 (20080215) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com