[optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold

  • From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:12:05 -0500

I keep the intensity at around 12 o'clock, unless my hand is cold; then I 
turn it up.

I keep the threshold very low most of the time, because it is easier to 
distinguish the lines of letters better.

Evan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:02 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold


>I usually max the intensity but don't need a lot of threshhold on most
> things.
>
> In God We Trust,
>
> Carolyn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gordon Kent" <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:28 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold
>
>
>> Yes, I almost always have the intensity turned to max.  And yes, the key
>> is
>> to press medium lightly on the aray.  It's not braille.
>> Gord
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:00 PM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Intensity versus Threshold
>>
>>
>> Richard,
>> Since you don't have a manual, the intensity knob is the top knob, and 
>> the
>> threshold is the one below it. Turning these to the right increases their
>> effect. In the previous post, you can turn the top knob all the way to 
>> the
>> right, and turn the bottom knob gradually from its leftmost position,
>> until
>> you get the results indicated in Jim Bliss's post.
>>
>> Mary
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