Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:50:23 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS?
>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 01:10:47 -0500 >From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Well... I've joined the Libretto GPS group! Got a Garmin eMap off EBay >for > > $116 + $8 shipping and an aftermarket combo power/data cable for $20 + >$5 shipping. I had Delorme Street Atlas... so I took a spin around the >city the other day and listened to SA give me instructions (a couple 'turn >right' instructions when it was marked to turn left on the map... but what >the heck) on the route. < < > > >Fun. You will notice that it gives the NEXT instruction just after you >completed this one. So it may seem ti be contradicting itself when it is >just chatty before and after a turn. Which may not be a trun at all, just a >name change on a road!< Heh... yeah... It's quite informative. I live in an area where there are no strait roads at all... unusual for suburban sprawl in the USA. But I noticed a few places where the road came to a Y, the signs were not very visable, and SA had no suggestions for which branch to take. But it's so easy to see when you've strayed from the marked route. I see where it is set to notify you when you stray a set distance from the route too. > > be nice if I could get the screen to blank out by hitting a key. > > > >Why do you want this? Glare at night? I didn't think about that, but you're right. It was a typical not-to-bright winter day there other day here in Florida. So I could see the screen pretty well. But in the summer, if it's like California, it's impossible to see the screen most times in the day. I just thougt I might just as well turn the screen off, and tap the keyboard to get the directions spoken. I'd have to pull over, and put my head in some NFL style monitor blinder box to be able to review the play playback. I would agree, and your question leads me to a solution I intend to use myself! > >Best I can suggest is make a shortcut on your desktop to "Blank Screen.scr" >WITH the quotes, or browse to the file Blank Screen.scr in windows. Then >modify the shortcut properites with a hotkey like Ctrl+Alt+B to activate it >now. Then somehow get Windows to fully blank ( power off ) your screen. I >think it does if Windows is in charge of the monitor but not if the hairy >light bulb is...< That sounds good. When I installed W98 recently, I clicked off the selection to install screensavers. That file must have been in that group of installation options, as it's not on my system now. I'll go offline and see if I can install it. Good suggestion Pres! >Libretto seems to have hidden Fn key numeric keypad but lacks the other >Toshiba hardware control features like Fn+F5 to toggle internal/external >monitor. > >By the way. Street Atlas is hotkey Ctrl+Alt+S in my machine! Heh... That IS doable... but might be a bit touch driving a car! Thanksfor the tips Pres. Matt _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
