[Reader-users] Charging the Reader

[Gary Wunder]

That plug is removable for easier storage.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD Townsend" <1587 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader userlist" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Charging the Reader


> Hi:
>
> I have no hearing problems but I have never heard the sounds from
> the unit's charger.
>
> I did have my charger come apart - the plug came off and I slid
> it back.   Is it supposed to do so?
>
>
> JD Townsend
> Helping the light dependent to see.
> Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]"
> <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov
>>To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user
> list"<reader-users at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:19:12 -0400
>>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Charging the Reader
>
>>Hi Barbara;
>>I unplugged the chord from the reader while it was still in the
> serge
>>protecter and still can not hear anything.  Could it be that I am
> using
>>a serge protecter not an outlet?  The reader is charging, because
> it
>>tells me the charge when I turn it on.  Is yours from the NFB?
>>I do have a mild hearing problem, but I put it right to my ear
> and
>>nothing.
>>Terry Powers
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Barbara Loos [mailto:beloos at neb.rr.com]
>>Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 6:49 PM
>>To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Charging the Reader
>
>>Terry, I was talking about when the cord is plugged into both the
> wall
>>and
>>the box, but the cable coming from the other end of the box is
> not
>>plugged
>>into the reader.  That is when the box makes the steady sound.
> It has
>>been
>>a long time since I have read that part of the documentation, but
> I
>>think
>>that is mentioned in there.  Did I answer what you were
> wondering?
>
>>Barbara Loos
>
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]"
> <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov
>>To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
>><reader-users at nfbnet.org
>>Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:46 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Charging the Reader
>
>
>>> Barbara;
>>> I unplugged the ac adapter from the reader and could not hear
> anything
>>> coming from the box.  That is where mine got disconnected
> yesterday
>>when
>>> I was looking for the reset.  Did you mean, when you unplug it
> from
>>the
>>> outlet?
>
>>> Terry Powers
>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Barbara Loos [mailto:beloos at neb.rr.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:54 PM
>>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>>> Subject: [Reader-users] Charging the Reader
>
>>> I'm wondering about the reader's charger.  One thing I find very
>>useful
>>> is
>>> what the box part of the charger does.  Since, once in a while,
> the
>>cord
>
>>> connection to my reader is a bit loose, I can listen to what the
> box
>>> does to
>>> make sure it is connected.  I know that one can turn the reader
> on and
>>> it
>>> will say whether or not it is connected, but, since mine can get
> loose
>>> when
>>> I'm setting it down from having done that, I find it most useful
> to
>>> listen
>>> to the box.  If the connection isn't firm, the box makes a
> continuous
>>> steady
>>> sound.  If the connection is snug, but the reader isn't
> altogether
>>> charged,
>>> the box is silent.  If the connection is tight and the reader is
> fully
>>> charged, it makes a high-pitched sound with sliding tones.  I'm
> not
>>sure
>>> why
>>> the connection is like that, but am glad I can at least confirm
> what
>>is
>>> happening, so I don't accidentally run the battery down.
>
>>> I've heard others on the list comment on the cord connection
> from time
>>> to
>>> time.  I wonder if anything can be done to correct this other
> than
>>what
>>> I'm
>>> already doing.
>
>>> Barbara Loos
>
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