[Reader-users] A Few Questions About Starting The Reader

[Dave Wright]

Hi there Pam,
Please feel free to give me a call and I'll do what I can to assist you. You 
can find my number listed below.


   Best Regards,
   David Wright
Mobile: (832)518-0707
Email: dwrigh6 at gmail.com

http://www.knfbreader.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Drake" <pamdrake at drakelroy.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:38 PM
Subject: [Reader-users] A Few Questions About Starting The Reader


> Hello, List!
>
> My Reader arrived yesterday and I immediately phoned my dealer to let him
> know it had arrived.  He was unavailable, so I left a message and have not
> yet received a return call.
>
> .  I have been unable to get any reaction whatever from my Reader, no 
> matter
> what key I press.  .  As
> the dealer appears to be away, I am on my own for the present.
>
> I am wondering whether the problem might be that my flashcard has not been
> installed.  There is a card in the box, but I can't figure out just where 
> to
> insert it.  I have listened thoroughly to the tutorial and checked the 
> text
> documents, but can't identify the openings and jacks.  I certainly don't
> want to do anything to damage the unit.  Also, I am not using the unit as 
> a
> phone for the present time so I'm wondering whether I should connect it to
> the computer and check to see whether the software has been installed.  Of
> course I plan to activate it, but I thought that non-activation allowed 
> the
> unit to function, albeit in a limited manner.  Or, could my battery be 
> just
> plain dead?
>
> I am also concerned I might have ever-so-slightly dislodged one of the
> polarizer in an attempt to find the battery pack.  The little piece of
> plastic was not totally removed but I did notice the sticky back.  Having
> said that, I have done my level best to make sure I aligned the loose,
> sticky portion  as carefully as possible.  The alignment seems fine to me,
> but with all
> this discussion of the polarizers I figure I'll try to read, then if I 
> have
> a problem <or even if I don't> I'll print out the polarizer instruction
> guide and have a sighted friend check my handiwork as soon as possible. 
> As
> contact with sightlings in our immediate household on a regular basis is
> rather infrequent, I'm hoping I get good reads before I have to have it
> checked.  Of course we can call someone; but we have no idea what friends'
> schedules are, and our neighbors, either elderly or just not computer 
> savvy,
> might
> make a big mess with this one.  <smile>
>
> I would appreciate any information listers may have to help me on my way.
> Meanwhile, I'll keep working with the keys and looking for something I 
> might
> have missed in the documentation.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Pam
>
>
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