[gps-talkusers] Re: using pois
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:23:57 -0400
Hello,
Welcome to the list.
My answers will be below your questions.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:47:57 +0100, Michael Weaver
<weavermicha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hello!
>My name is Michael and I am a new subscriber to this list and still
>fairly new to GPS systems for the Blind.
>I have had the Braillenote GPS for a short time and have a few
>questions.
>If I remember correctly Space with dot 3 records a poi. How do you
>recall a POI you have created when doing a route either on foot or in a
>vehicle as space with F only seems to allow you to find POIS generally
>and putting in a distance is no use if you are for example in town and
>you want to get home.
1. change the category to user
2. you can also go into the poi editor by pressing E then
You can scroll up and down the list and set the user pois as your
destination or virtual positions space with D and Space with V
respectfully.
P>I can set addresses for a journey for example if I was in town and I
do
>Space with S and type in my home address, it is trying to bring up a
>point of interest for a bus stop for example.
>Another question is is there a way of preventing unecessary information
>when travelling a route?
>Dad seems to think I might be getting too much info when I walk a route
>ie stuff I might have passed and it seems to repeat the information
>which might be behind me instead of concentrating on the route ahead.
I think you are talking about lookaround mode.
You can turn that off by pressing space with M then L.
>The third question is if the Braillenote battery runs flat, will I lose
>my GPS reciever when I have to reset and charge it?
>I ask because when I look at the Bluetooth connections, my reciever is
>not found.
>The reason my battery went flat on my BN was because I went away for
>about 3 days, well maybe 4 from Friday to Monday,. I had the Braillenote
>fully charged and switched off but it was still flat when I came back as
>I left it unplugged.
Yes, it will loose it's bluetooth connection if the battery does go
flat.
All you need to do is turn on the receiver and search for devices,
pare and activate your receiver.
>Hope someone can answer these questions.
>
>
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Chris Grabowski
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