[access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
- From: "Mann, Madleen" <Madleen.Mann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:35:44 +0100
You can delete them Jackie whenever you want to but it won't start to
Autodelete what was asked on the day when we wrote this until the
harddrive is full
Madleen Mann
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jackie Cairns
Sent: 13 May 2012 11:49
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
I thought some on the list were saying you couldn't delete programmes
until
the HD filled up? Thank God for sanity!! (smile).
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
john coley
Sent: 13 May 2012 11:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
Hi Jackie, who said you couldn't delete a programme? Of course you can,
just
press the red button when a programme in the library is highlighted.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:09 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
> Hi Carol
>
> Yes, I now have both and I'm happy too, mainly because it's exactly
for me
> as it is for you, old school! (smiles).
>
> In fact, I've now managed to record a couple of programme series from
the
> EPG and, for those who said you couldn't delete stuff from the HD, you
> can.
> We tried an experiment last night as I found it staggering that you
would
> have to wait for the HD to fill up before you could delete its
contents.
>
> We recorded, just for the hell of it, 10 minutes of Channel Five news
as
> it
> was just something short and sweet to try out. We were watching
something
> else, so set a timer for it. When it started, we got an audible
> announcement while we were watching another channel. After Britain's
Got
> Talent ended, which is what we were watching, we went to see if the
> Channel
> Five news had come out, and so it had. Then we went into the library
and
> deleted it. Our library was then empty, so I don't understand what
people
> mean when they say you can't delete programmes from the HD because the
> instructions and those I followed clearly worked. It says in the
manual
> that you can delete recordings and timers.
>
> If I'm missing something, or have got this wrong, then please accept
my
> apologies.
>
> So far though, so good.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of
> Carol Pearson
> Sent: 12 May 2012 18:57
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>
> Jackie,
>
> I know all about those days ... but do find it useful to have both
> BrailleNote and Braille hard copy instructions. Because I'm "old
school",
> I
> take in more reading hard copy but do like, once I know an instruction
> book
> a little, to use the "Find" of the BN to get where I want to get
quickly.
> Make sense! Probably not, but then never mind ... Now we have both
and
> I'm
> well happy!
>
> --
> Carol P
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:18 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>
>> Hi Carol
>>
>> Well I'm having one of those days where everything happens and
>> everyone comes at once, so I haven't had any real time to play with
my
>> new toy, and have been going round instead putting in wireless keys
>> and ensuring BT works well.
>>
>> I must say that the Apple products were the easiest to do in this
>> regard, (no surprise there then), (smiles).
>>
>> Madleen is very helpful, but the instructions should have made her
>> explanation abundantly clear which they did not I have to say. Never
>> mind, it's more or less sorted now.
>> Still waiting on Braille instructions too, but am using my
>> BrailleSense to read it for now. It's fine, but you can't beat hard
>> copy Braille to really jump about.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
>> Sent: 10 May 2012 11:25
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>>
>> Jackie,
>>
>> From my experience, it seems that, as Madleen so kindly alerted me,
>> you have to plug in the box, then wait for the OK that it wants to
>> proceed with a tune, then you press the blue button and that did work
>> for me eventually! However, if you try pressing the blue button too
>> soon then it doesn't appear to work and, anyway, how do you know when
>> the screen is showing the message anyway? (I would like to have seen
>> the input clearer for us at that stage.)
>>
>> I gather, anyway, that you're now up and running and that's a good
>> thing.
>>
>> Have to set up my first recordings tonight, but we have a problem
with
>> our TV (which was there before we set up the
>> box) so we may not get what we want!
>>
>> --
>> Carol P
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:55 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics Setup Questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi Carol et al,
>>>
>>> So glad you've raised this as I was going to. Our box arrived
>>> yesterday. We plugged the HDMI cable into the TV and TVonics, and of
>>> course the roof aerial. The problem is that Martin no longer has
>>> enough sight to read anything, but could just about detect there was
>>> some writing on the screen.
>>> I pressed the blue button on the remote, but nothing happened.
There
>>> was no speech, and I can't skip through the AV settings on our TV as
>>> I don't know where the AV button is on the telly's remote control.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression, obviously the wrong one, that this
>>> product spoke out of the box once it was plugged in. According to
>>> the instructions - and therein lies a real gripe with me - you plug
>>> in the leads, press the blue button and away you go.
>>>
>>> As for the instructions, I was told a Braille copy of these would be
>>> sent with my box. When it arrived, there were no instructions,
>>> except the standard print variety which, of course, were of no
>>> consequence to ourselves.
>>> We downloaded a Word copy from the RNIB online shop and have put
them
>>> onto my BrailleSense until the hard copy Braille instructions
arrive.
>>>
>>> Until we get sighted assistance, I think we are stuck to be honest.
>>> We hear the box whirring, but can't go any further. I have a
feeling
>>> that, when we turn on the TV, it jumps automatically to the new box,
>>> but it just doesn't speak, and I don't want to go pressing buttons
>>> here and there in case we make the situation worse.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Jackie Cairns
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
>>> Sent: 08 May 2012 15:00
>>> To: Access UK Mailing List
>>> Subject: [access-uk] TVonics Setup Questions
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Well, thankfully my TVonics arrived today and I've tried setting up
>>> as follows:
>>>
>>> My aerial cable (from outside) is in the Aerial in socket, The other
>>> aerial socket has the aerial between box and TV. The HDMI cable
>>> between TV and box as stated in instructions.
>>>
>>> It does not state in the instructions whether you need to tune the
>>> box independently first, before putting on the TV, so we've tried
>>> tuning both ways. On each occasion, we've said OK to tune, since
>>> there doesn't seem to be any other option my friend can see, and the
>>> tuning has just gone on and on ... so we've turned off the power to
>>> the box, given it a good 20 seconds and tried again with TV on, but
>>> still no go!
>>>
>>> In addition, when we first switched on, we pressed the blue button,
>>> as speech didn't automatically come on. We still haven't managed to
>>> get speech on as there seems to be no bypassing the channel search.
>>>
>>> Hopefully someone somewhere can pinpoint where we've gone wrong,
>>> advise of anything else I can do, and we can get up and running very
>>> soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice for this poor novice who's never set up a TV
>>> and box before! <Smiles>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carol P
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