Hi where is the vox tape available from as I bought the cobolt unit and as soon as the year guarantee passed it packed up dont know if I had a bad one or they are just crap as I was very careful with it and never droped it and always kept it in the pouch supplied away from magnetic fields or rf I hope this other unit is more sturdy I would be grateful on other peoples feedback on these two products. best wishes everyone Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] VoxTape talking tape measure manual
Hi all, I don't think anybody has previously posted the manual for this tape Voxtape from Caretec. This is the slightly more expensive one that uses a single AA battery. It has some advantages over the Cobolt, but appears to use the same sprockett technology to read the tape. Note they say you should use the spring loaded rewind system to avoid errors, I often find unless the tape has been allowed to rewind solidly into the case that it's a sixteenth off. some differences are; has on/off button; Current measurement can be set to zero so that moving the tape gets you the difference between last and current measure. has seperate buttons for measuring with and without case, not a toggle. The speech sounds very much like the Cobolt unit but of much lower quality. This was probably done to save power thus allowing the use of the AA cell. A good giggle is to be had as they say there is a 1 year warranty on the speech output. We assume this means no warranty on the tape! Neither of these tapes has what I want, an ability to enter a measurement and then "find" it. Find below, in the message body, a text rendering of the print manual. which is apparrently the only thing they provide on a single sheet of paper. It scanned very poorly and took my assistant David a lot of proofing. I don't know which I would buy if I wanted one, neither of them makes me really happy. Tom CARETEC: Stubenbastei 1 A-1010 Wien (Austria) Tel: (00431) 513 80 81-0; Fax:-9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.caretec.at USER'S MANUAL VOX-Tape - talking tape measure Description of the device Put the device in front of you so that the front side with the keys is facing you. On this side of the device you will find two rows with 5 keys (two in the upper row and three in the lower row). On the bottom side of the device you will find the ribbed lid of the battery compartment and on the reverse of the case a clip for attaching it to your belt. On the left side of the case you will find the tape end, which can easily be accessed and pulled forward. On the upper, round end of the device (inclined towards the right), you will find a ribbed button to retract the tape. It should always be retracted this way, otherwise it may lead to inaccurate measurements. CAUTION: If the tape is extended more then 1 foot (30 cm), take care when retracting the tape to avoid injuries to your hand. Right behind this retraction button, you will feel some small holes, housing the outlet of the loudspeaker. Please do not cover them or it may lead to a bad speech output. Description of the keys Upper row Right key: Press once: turn the tape on / measurement Hold: turn the tape off Left key: Press once: measurement with case Hold: metric or imperia1 system Lower row Right key: Press once: add value to memory hold: change volume Middle key: Press once: retain current value hold: set to zero or standard measurement Left key: press once: recall total value in memory hold: delete memory How to start Pull the lid of the battery compartment to the right and open it. Put one 1.5 V battery in the compartment, with the smooth side negative of the battery to go in first. Close the lid of the compartment until it locks in place, a signal tells you that your VOX-Tape is ready for measuring. Turn the tape off The VOX-Tape will automatically shut off after 90 seconds. If you want to turn it off before that, just keep the right button of the upper row pressed for at least 2 seconds. Release the button after you hear the second beep. You will then hear a signal telling you, the tape has been switched off. Measurement Press the upper right key to switch the tape on. You will hear a signal, showing you that the tape is ready for measuring. If the tape was not retracted properly, VOX-Tape will announce “error - tape is not in the caseâ€. Press the ribbed button on the upper round side of the tape until the tape is totally retracted and try the whole procedure again. 1. press the upper right key and a short beep will tell you that the tape is ready for measuring 2. pull the tape end forward as far as required 3. press the upper right key again and the tape will announce the exact length Measurements with the case Sometimes you will need to carry out measurements including the case of the tape measure (e.g. within door-frames or inside closets), VOX-Tape offers you the possibility to do so at the press of a button. Take a measurement as mentioned above. If you want to know the value with the case, just press the upper left button instead and the tape will announce the value measured "with caseâ€. If you want to hear the same measurement without case, press the upper right button (as you would at an ordinary measurement), Metric/Imperial system With VOX-Tape you can take readings according to the metric or the imperial system. Press the left key of the upper row for at least 2 seconds and you can change between "metric system" and "imperial system". Retain current value/standard measurement VOX-Tape enables you to retain a value independently from the standard memory function. After the tape announces your measurement result, you can retain this value by pressing the lower middle key. The tape announces “current value retainedâ€. Now you can retract the tape and still recall this last value by pressing the upper right key. To delete this value, press the lower middle key again and you will hear the announcement "current value released". Now you are able to carry out normal measurements again. Reset to zero / standard measurement After you have taken a measurement, press the lower middle key until you hear the second beep sound. Release the key and VOX-Tape will announce “reset to zeroâ€. At your next measurement, the tape will only announce the difference between these two values. This function enables you to compare different measurements more easily. To leave this function, press the lower midd1e key until you hear the second "beep", release the key and the tape will announce “standard measurementâ€. Memory VOX-Tape also possesses a memory function. Measurements can be added to memory to enable total measurements up to 37.3 miles (equals 60 km). Carry out a measurement as described above. If you want to add this value to the memory of the tape, press the lower right key and the tape will announce “added to memoryâ€. Recall memory You can recall the content of the memory at the press of a button. Press the lower left key and the tape will announce the total value in the memory (“total value in memory isâ€). If so far no value has been added to memory, the tape will announce "memory clear". Delete memory To delete all the values in the memory, hold the lower left key until you hear the second beep sound. Release the key and the tape will announce “memory deletedâ€. Technical data / Warranty |Dimensions |3 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 5/8 inches / 84 | | |ounces incl. battery | |Measuring units |metric and imperial system | |Measuring accuracy |resolution of 1/16 inches | |Measuring length |16 feet | |Power supply |1 x AA Mignon Battery (1.5V) | |Warranty |1 year on the speech output | CARETEC GmbH Stubenbastei 1 A -1010 Wien, Osterreich Tel: (+431) 5138081-0 Fax: (+431) 5138081-9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.caretec.at [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
