[Reader-users] Fw: Can't get the camera to turn on

[Beth Wright]

Thanks.  It was the slider switch.  Save those instructions, everybody. 
They really hit the spot!

Beth Wright
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson at bellsouth.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: Can't get the camera to turn on


> 1.  Make sure camera battery is charged, properly seated, and camera 
> battery cover properly locked down.
>
> 2.  Make sure USB stub on backplate is firmly connected to camera, upper 
> right corner of side of camera on nearside of camera opposite lense side). 
> One
> other thing to check, is slide switch on backside of camera opposite 
> lense, on the lower left quadrant, slid down toward bottom of camera as it 
> sits in case?
>
> 3.  Bring up system, and press "soft reset" (the felt textured circle) on 
> the the bottom of the PDA, on the left side when in shooting position. 
> Try turning on
> camera after system reinitializes.
>
> W. Nick Dotson
>
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:17:17 -0500, Beth Wright wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Beth Wright" <beth.wright at mindspring.com>
> To: <reader-users at mfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 5:10 PM
> Subject: Can't get the camera to turn on
>
>
> > Hi.  I'm having problems getting the camera on  my reader to turn on.
> > When I push the little recessed button, the camera part seems to turn on
> > and the lens pops out, but the second chime, the louder one, doesn't go
> > off and I don't get the message telling me that the camera is on.  When 
> > I
> > press the button again, the lens door closes, but I don't hear the chime
> > indicating that the camera is off.  Both the camera and the PDA 
> > batteries
> > are all charged up.  I think it may have something to do with the
> > connection between the PDA and the camera.  I've had it since September,
> > and haven't run into this problem until today.  Anybody got any helpful
> > hints, or should I just wait till next week to call my dealer for tech
> > support?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Beth Wright
>
>
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> W. Nick Dotson
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> Senior Support Engineer for Kurzweil 1000
> and K_NFB Reader
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