Re: an orbit reader/iPhone question
Thank you s much, Karen. Someone else on the list suggested turning the Orbit Reader Plus on first. It worked. I will be using this unit mostly when traveling. But I wanted a smaller and more compact unit And Hims Inc. stopped making the best Braille display ever by discontinuing the BRAILLEEdge 40. I love Braille and the Orbit's a neat little devicedd Peace & Blessings, Pastor Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 > On Feb 25, 2022, at 8:17 PM, Karen Poulakos wrote: > > I received my Orbit Reader 20 Plus this past Christmas, and have just begun > to get comfortable with it. My main purpose for it is for use with my iPhone > when traveling, for answering email and texts. I was having the same issue. > Having the phone's screen locked before turning the Orbit Reader on or off > worked for me only some of the time. > > I finally decided that I was getting really confused by the files that came > on the SD card, and, since I'm currently only using my Orbit Reader with my > phone, I didn't really need the SD card. So I just took it out of the unit, > and left it out. Now everything is working correctly with my phone. > > If, and when I decide to learn to work with the SD card, I'll pop it back in, > or better yet, get a blank one, and give it another try. > > Karen Poulakos > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Duane Steele > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:17 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: an orbit reader/iPhone question > > Hello friends, > > I have purchased an Orbit Reader 20 Plus, and all attempts To keep it paired > with my iPhone 8 For more than a short time fail. I have contacted technical > support and followed the instructions in the manual to the letter. If I keep > the unit in "sleep" mode, it stays connected. However, after turning it > completely off, though it recognizes the ORBIT reader, and in settings it > says the unit is connected, there is no response. I am told By technical > support to just unpair and re-pair the unit. Really? every day, and even > twice a day? Orbit Research, from which I bought the READER directly, offErs > no other advice. I'm about ready to just give up and send it back. But first, > I turn to some of you who might know how to solve my connection problem. > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > > Peace & Blessings, > Pastor Duane L. Steele > Phone (276) 730-5194 > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2A07CB65-4AE0-4846-9574-AB43383A9516%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007801d82aae%24955dfaf0%24c019f0d0%24%40poulakos.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or mode
RE: an orbit reader/iPhone question
I should probably add that I am using my Orbit Reader 20 Plus, with the older SE. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 7:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: an orbit reader/iPhone question I received my Orbit Reader 20 Plus this past Christmas, and have just begun to get comfortable with it. My main purpose for it is for use with my iPhone when traveling, for answering email and texts. I was having the same issue. Having the phone's screen locked before turning the Orbit Reader on or off worked for me only some of the time. I finally decided that I was getting really confused by the files that came on the SD card, and, since I'm currently only using my Orbit Reader with my phone, I didn't really need the SD card. So I just took it out of the unit, and left it out. Now everything is working correctly with my phone. If, and when I decide to learn to work with the SD card, I'll pop it back in, or better yet, get a blank one, and give it another try. Karen Poulakos -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Duane Steele Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: an orbit reader/iPhone question Hello friends, I have purchased an Orbit Reader 20 Plus, and all attempts To keep it paired with my iPhone 8 For more than a short time fail. I have contacted technical support and followed the instructions in the manual to the letter. If I keep the unit in "sleep" mode, it stays connected. However, after turning it completely off, though it recognizes the ORBIT reader, and in settings it says the unit is connected, there is no response. I am told By technical support to just unpair and re-pair the unit. Really? every day, and even twice a day? Orbit Research, from which I bought the READER directly, offErs no other advice. I'm about ready to just give up and send it back. But first, I turn to some of you who might know how to solve my connection problem. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Peace & Blessings, Pastor Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2A07CB65-4AE0-4846-9574-AB43383A9516%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007801d82aae%24955dfaf0%24c019f0d0%24%40poulakos.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web
RE: an orbit reader/iPhone question
I received my Orbit Reader 20 Plus this past Christmas, and have just begun to get comfortable with it. My main purpose for it is for use with my iPhone when traveling, for answering email and texts. I was having the same issue. Having the phone's screen locked before turning the Orbit Reader on or off worked for me only some of the time. I finally decided that I was getting really confused by the files that came on the SD card, and, since I'm currently only using my Orbit Reader with my phone, I didn't really need the SD card. So I just took it out of the unit, and left it out. Now everything is working correctly with my phone. If, and when I decide to learn to work with the SD card, I'll pop it back in, or better yet, get a blank one, and give it another try. Karen Poulakos -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Duane Steele Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: an orbit reader/iPhone question Hello friends, I have purchased an Orbit Reader 20 Plus, and all attempts To keep it paired with my iPhone 8 For more than a short time fail. I have contacted technical support and followed the instructions in the manual to the letter. If I keep the unit in "sleep" mode, it stays connected. However, after turning it completely off, though it recognizes the ORBIT reader, and in settings it says the unit is connected, there is no response. I am told By technical support to just unpair and re-pair the unit. Really? every day, and even twice a day? Orbit Research, from which I bought the READER directly, offErs no other advice. I'm about ready to just give up and send it back. But first, I turn to some of you who might know how to solve my connection problem. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Peace & Blessings, Pastor Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2A07CB65-4AE0-4846-9574-AB43383A9516%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007801d82aae%24955dfaf0%24c019f0d0%24%40poulakos.com.
Re: an orbit reader/iPhone question
With each display I have had, I always turn the display on first, and then the iPhone. I haven't encountered this problem until I recently decided I wanted a smaller display for carrying with me to use my phone. With the Orbit reader, the sleep mode feature's a good idea for instant use. However, when the Reader's off overnight, or, when I shut it off completely, it may, when turning on, say it's connected, but it doesn't work. The Orbit research people merely remind me to do what's in the manual, and, with regard to it recognizing the iPhone's connection, they just say forget the device and re-pair it. Your suggestion's a good one. Thanks. > On Feb 25, 2022, at 2:21 PM, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Before turning the Braille display off or on, it is vital to lock the iPhone > screen. Have you always done this? > Harry > >> On 25 Feb 2022, at 19:17, Duane Steele wrote: >> >> Hello friends, >> >> I have purchased an Orbit Reader 20 Plus, and all attempts To keep it paired >> with my iPhone 8 For more than a short time fail. I have contacted technical >> support and followed the instructions in the manual to the letter. If I keep >> the unit in "sleep" mode, it stays connected. However, after turning it >> completely off, though it recognizes the ORBIT reader, and in settings it >> says the unit is connected, there is no response. I am told By technical >> support to just unpair and re-pair the unit. Really? every day, and even >> twice a day? Orbit Research, from which I bought the READER directly, offErs >> no other advice. I'm about ready to just give up and send it back. But >> first, I turn to some of you who might know how to solve my connection >> problem. Thanks in advance for any assistance. >> >> >> Peace & Blessings, >> Pastor Duane L. Steele >> Phone (276) 730-5194 >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2A07CB65-4AE0-4846-9574-AB43383A9516%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/950992E1-7146-4A34-9A19-84E25A77E8F0%40icloud.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/82A7EA36-C180-4482-A7DD-E55EFE5053FD%40gmail.com.
Re: an orbit reader/iPhone question
Before turning the Braille display off or on, it is vital to lock the iPhone screen. Have you always done this? Harry > On 25 Feb 2022, at 19:17, Duane Steele wrote: > > Hello friends, > > I have purchased an Orbit Reader 20 Plus, and all attempts To keep it paired > with my iPhone 8 For more than a short time fail. I have contacted technical > support and followed the instructions in the manual to the letter. If I keep > the unit in "sleep" mode, it stays connected. However, after turning it > completely off, though it recognizes the ORBIT reader, and in settings it > says the unit is connected, there is no response. I am told By technical > support to just unpair and re-pair the unit. Really? every day, and even > twice a day? Orbit Research, from which I bought the READER directly, offErs > no other advice. I'm about ready to just give up and send it back. But first, > I turn to some of you who might know how to solve my connection problem. > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > > Peace & Blessings, > Pastor Duane L. Steele > Phone (276) 730-5194 > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2A07CB65-4AE0-4846-9574-AB43383A9516%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/950992E1-7146-4A34-9A19-84E25A77E8F0%40icloud.com.
an orbit reader/iPhone question
Hello friends, I have purchased an Orbit Reader 20 Plus, and all attempts To keep it paired with my iPhone 8 For more than a short time fail. I have contacted technical support and followed the instructions in the manual to the letter. If I keep the unit in "sleep" mode, it stays connected. However, after turning it completely off, though it recognizes the ORBIT reader, and in settings it says the unit is connected, there is no response. I am told By technical support to just unpair and re-pair the unit. Really? every day, and even twice a day? Orbit Research, from which I bought the READER directly, offErs no other advice. I'm about ready to just give up and send it back. But first, I turn to some of you who might know how to solve my connection problem. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Peace & Blessings, Pastor Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2A07CB65-4AE0-4846-9574-AB43383A9516%40gmail.com.