Patrick,
The volume control issue is already on the drawing board to be addressed.
I suspect HIMS will be producing devices specific to other languages down
the road.

Are you running version 1.0 or 1.1 of the firmware.  The powering off
problem is not usual.  Raul stated recently that they can't duplicate the
issue and there have been very few reports of this behavior.  If it
continues, or if it is specific to one book, perhaps you could give GW Micro
a call or contact support directly.  I know they want to sort out why this
is happening to a few devices.
One other thing you might try is a factory reset.
Hold down the number 4 key, press the reset button and keep holding the 4
key for until you hear the boot up sound.

Enjoy,
Richard

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Turnage [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [GW-Booksense] A new user's observations

I just got the BookSense last week and have a few observations. Forgive me
if they've already been made. I'm interested in public comment.

1. Multilingual capabilities-- As one user suggested Neospeech does not have
many options.
2. The volume in the Voice options of global options should adjust the
speech volume not the system volume. I mean it's in the voices submenu. You
can adjust the system volume by using the volume up and volume down keys.
3. I'd love to see a hotkey for switching the storage card from flash disk
to SD card. What about pressing and holding the key that switches programs?

 4. My unit powers off while reading it shouldn't do that unless I have
activated the sleep timer. I've disabled power management, it should only
shut off the unit if it's not reading and there is no activity.

What sold me on this device is the ability to play protected WMA content,
eventually, that opens up a whole world of possibilities that will never be
possible on the Stream in it's current hardware configuration due to a
missing clock.

I used the Stream for a long time and see that the BookSense has allot of
really great potential. I realize that the issues this device is having is
an issue that any 1.0 device will have. The VR Stream had issues just like
these when it was a 1.0 release. 

Patrick




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