[Dtb-talk] DTB Player Sleep Button Problems

[Lynn Evans]

Thanks for the info. I guess I will need to do some experimenting on my own 
to find out how many minutes it will take until the machine actually powers 
off.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1 at gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] DTB Player Sleep Button Problems


> That's a part of the design from what I understand.  It's done that way to
> avoid having to restart the unit if the user happens to be awake.  The
> volume is lowered so that when the unit does shut down a few minutes 
> later,
> it doesn't disturb the user.
>
> Pratik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynn Evans
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 10:52 PM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] DTB Player Sleep Button Problems
>
> I am using the standard player. The sleep function seems to be  working 
> ok.
> I do notice when the player does shut down after the time limit it 
> decrease
> volume and the player does not really shot down until a few minutes later.
> If I press the play function within a minute the player will start back up
> again.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: mbriguglio at nypl.org
>  To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
>  Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 3:50 PM
>  Subject: [Dtb-talk] DTB Player Sleep Button Problems
>
>
>  Hello:
>
>
>
>  A patron states that, though he sets the NLS Standard DTB player to stop
> after 45 minutes (using the crescent-shaped Sleep Button, pressing it 
> three
> times) he has never succeeded in using the function. He wakes up hours
> later, and the book seems never to have stopped playing. He would like to
> know whether any other DTB users have experienced this problem. He also
> wonders whether changing the volume, or using any other buttons after he 
> has
> set the Sleep button would affect the setting, or cause it to be changed.
>
>
>
>  Any thoughts on this issue would be most appreciated.
>
>
>
>  Marietta Briguglio
>
>  Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, NYC
>
>
>
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