For what it's worth, I experience the same failure of my Apex to display anything when I turn it on after removing the adaptor with Apex fully charged. It happens perhaps 70 percent of the times I recharge the battery. I do not recall the same problem with the mPower BT unit.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <[email protected]> To: "Braille Note Mailing List" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] An Issue Regarding Keyboard BehaviorAfterTakingApex BT off Wall Outlet Power My husband and I both find it necessary to perform a reset quite frequently after charging. Anyone else find this? It doesn't really matter unless you're grabbing the BN quickly to go off to a meeting ... and then get in late and have to do a reset with no headphone. (Won't do that one ...) -- Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: <[email protected]> To: "Braille Note Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:56 PM Subject: re: [Braillenote] An Issue Regarding Keyboard Behavior AfterTakingApex BT off Wall Outlet Power > Thanks Evelyn. I guess this tells me it isn't a > universal issue. The > trouble is that there are so many settings that can > differ from one user > to another. Heck, it could depend on whether you leave > wireless turned > on(which I don't) or have speech turned on (which, again, > I don't). I > pretty universally have a memory card inserted, and that > could influence > how the Apex comes up. Wish I could pin this down. The > one good thing is > that I know how to fix the issue easily and quickly; it's > just annoying. > > Thanks, > Jerry > > > > evelyn weckerly <[email protected]> > 02/24/2011 02:06 PM > > To > [email protected], [email protected] > cc > > Subject > re: [Braillenote] An Issue Regarding Keyboard Behavior > After TakingApex BT > off Wall Outlet Power > > > > > > > Hi, Jerry, > > That's weird. I've never had that happen. Usually > though I > don't turn it on to use it right after unplugging it. I'm > usually wanting to move it somewhere else to use it. > Still, I > don't ever recall that happen to me when I have started > it after > unplugging it. > > Evelyn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: "Braille Note Mailing List" > <[email protected] > Date sent: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:00:25 -0500 > Subject: [Braillenote] An Issue Regarding Keyboard > Behavior After > TakingApex BT off Wall Outlet Power > > Reading Joseph's fine list of bugs reminded me of one of > my > favorite > long-standing ones. For me, this one has been present > since I > bought my > Apex BT a year ago, and I can't believe I haven't > mentioned it > before. I > wonder if others have noticed it. It may not always > happen, but > it often > does. > > 1. Plug your Apex into a wall outlet overnight to give > it a full > charge. > > 2. Pull the power from the Apex and wait a while for it > to > finish its > display about the AC adapter not being connected. Note > that I > typically > have speech turned off, so I just get the braille display. > > 3. Turn on your Apex. Try hitting w to bring up the word > processor or b > to bring up the book reader. Nothing happens. > > Actually, what often happens for me is that I turn on the > Apex > and quickly > type space with o, c, w. This is supposed to get me to > where I > can turn > wireless on or off, but I get the stopwatch instead. > > > I have discovered that if I now turn the Apex off and > then turn > it on > again while holding down dot 8, the keyboard behavior > returns to > normal > 100% of the time. Have others noted this, and is it one > of those > annoyances that would be really nice to have fixed? > > Regards, > Jerry > > Nothing in this message is intended to constitute an > electronic > signature unless a specific statement to the contrary is > included > in this message. > > Confidentiality Note: This message is intended only for > the > person or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. 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