I don't consider that there is any danger of frying anything by leaving a card in.
If it is going to fry it will fry. We all look for a possible reason when something goes wrong and try to tie the occurrence against something we may or may not have done. I therefore wouldn't at all be surprised that someone will come on the list and say don't do it because I did and ... Maurice ________________ Maurice Sloane HumanWare NZ Phone: +64 3 384 4555 Direct Dial +64 3 940 2223 Mobile: +64 21 528 374 Email: [email protected] Website: www.humanware.com -----Original Message----- From: alice dampman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 10:58 a.m. To: Maurice Sloane; [email protected] Subject: Re: Leaving Cards in the PK Thanks, Maurice. What about the danger of frying something...battery, data, card, PK, anything upon starting up the PK? And is the removal of cards at any reset recommended? Thanks again! Alice [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice Sloane" <[email protected]> To: "alice dampman" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: RE: Leaving Cards in the PK Hi Alice, I don't consider that it is necessary to remove cards from the PK when the unit is switched off. Years back, with the BrailleNote Classic, some of the Compact Flash cards seemed to draw quite a bit of current when the machine was off and this could lend to excessive battery drain so we recommended that cards be removed, but later CF cards don't seem to have this issue. In the final analysis, the proof of the pudding is always in the eating, so if you leave a CF card in and it doesn't reduce the battery capacity when the unit is switched off, just keep doing it. If you have a card that does make things go "pear shaped", don't leave it plugged. Maurice ________________ Maurice Sloane HumanWare NZ Phone: +64 3 384 4555 Direct Dial +64 3 940 2223 Mobile: +64 21 528 374 Email: [email protected] Website: www.humanware.com -----Original Message----- From: alice dampman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 10:39 a.m. To: Maurice Sloane; Rhonda Stogner; Alex Hall; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31 Hi, Maurice, While you're on the subject of cards, can you answer my question about removing them from the PK? In case you missed that message, here it is again: Do you all remove your cf cards from your PK every time you turn the unit off? If so, why? Is it to save the battery, or to save the data on the card from being fried, or to save the PK from being fried, what? I know it is adviseable to remove cards from the PK before resets, but every time you switch on and off? I mean, if it is better to do that I'll do it, but it is rather a nuisance, especially because the PK case offers no storage for the little cf cards. Thanks. Alice [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice Sloane" <[email protected]> To: "Rhonda Stogner" <[email protected]>; "Alex Hall" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31 Rhonda, If you use the Ambicom 54G card with the PK it is likely to lock the unit. This is something we have found in our testing and is the reason that we don't recommend this card for use with the PK. HumanWare still has stocks of the earlier Ambicom 1100 card and these work well with the PK. Maurice ________________ Maurice Sloane HumanWare NZ Phone: +64 3 384 4555 Direct Dial +64 3 940 2223 Mobile: +64 21 528 374 Email: [email protected] Website: www.humanware.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rhonda Stogner Sent: Thursday, 2 April 2009 3:23 p.m. To: Alex Hall; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: re: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31 I can tell you that the downloading of books also depends on the wireless card you use. My husband still uses the Ambicom 1100. The G 54 seems to take longer. Since I mentioned the card, I have a question. According to Humanware Customer Services, the Ambicom is used for the classic and Pk. They say you cannot use it in the mPower. I'm wondering where this information comes from, since my husband uses the Ambicom card for his mPower. The answer to question two is that you don't want to delete the folder. If you're downloading in a Daisy format, it's best to name the folder after the book name. Don't delete any of the files until you have read the book. Blessings, Rhonda Stogner > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Alex Hall <[email protected] >To: "shannon" <[email protected]>, [email protected] >Date sent: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:13:58 -0400 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31 >I cannot answer your second question as I use brf, not daisy. >The site take very long, though, but that is Bookshare's fault; >no other site has slowed down since b31 came out, just that one. >I am glad we can access the site, but it is still frustrating to >wait at least 30 seconds for each page to load or re-load after >you download a book. >Have a great day, >Alex >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "shannon" <[email protected] >>To: <[email protected] >>Date sent: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:59:14 -0400 >>Subject: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31 >>Hi, I have a couple questions concerning the latest built using >the braillenote 32. When downloading books from bookshare, it >seems to take a very long time, does anyone else have that >problem and if so is there anything we can do about it? Also, I >download a book then wanted to delete said book and all its >files. I was asked if I wanted to remove the folder and all its >contents, and I answered yes. Not only did it remove the folder >with the book in it, it totally removed the my books folder, so >it removed the main folder and all its sub folders. 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