well, i didnt have to turn on my fm transmitter either, and not to say
anyone is wrong, but i discovered you can use the headphones and auxilary
for the fm radio or whatever, at the same time, I didn't think you could
but yes, you can
the headphone volume is turned way way down or at least mine was, but then
again i have the myfi receiver and the home little halfcircle they call
the stand
some stations actually are good at telling what song is what but then
again not sure that i listen to the same things most other people do
and for those that were on my blind-xm list, the list is no longer do to
me almost losing the battle to keep linux on this garbage computer, so
unfortunately, list related stuff was gone
for those who were on it from this list, and i know at least one person
was, you may want to spread the word that i lost everything including that
matt
pro is to con as progress is to congress
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, John Miller wrote:
> you do *not* need the menu to turn on the FM transmitter, just disconnect
> any audio cables hooked up already weather it's to a stereo receiver or the
> headphones, and it will turn on automatically. I've had mine for a year and
> a half.
> As I said on a list where people were getting childish over it so I left,
> they can't make everything speak and bitching about it doesn't do any good
> so you have to either live with it or not have 90% of what I'm sure you
> already have. If you work hard enough with somehting, there is very little
> out there you can't use 90+ percent of and the XM receivers I've had, and
> have now, are no exception to that. In fact, 1 I could do everything and I
> didn't use 90% of it. I just didn't get the song title on the display, if
> you listen, you can 9 times out of 10 figure it out anyway. I sure hope this
> discussion isn't going to get as bad here as it did on that other list, I
> left that list because of discussions like that twice, the second time being
> for ever. I didn't have time to delete close to 500 messages a day,
> hopefully that won't happen here.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:33 AM
> Subject: Re: off topic xm and serious
>
>
>> Matt,
>>
>> Since you've only had your receiver for two weeks, do you even know what
>> functions the menu has? Granted, you can perform the absolute basics
>> without going into a menu, but there are lots of things that absolutely
>> require you to use menus. For example, you need to go into menus to set
>> up
>> a timed recording. You also have to use the menu if you want to set the
>> frequency for the built-in FM transmitter, or even turn it on.
>>
>> It's certainly true that we don't absolutely need speech, but it sure
>> would
>> be nice to be able to operate our appliances with the same ease as sighted
>> people do. It's like so many other things: we can get along without them
>> if
>> we have to, but I get kind of frustrated when I pay money for something
>> and
>> can't take advantage of half the features because I can't read the
>> display.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "matt v" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 10:31
>> Subject: Re: off topic xm and serious
>>
>>
>>> not sure about one using speech, but i don't think you have to do much
>>> with menus as i have had mine for 2 weeks but never gone into a menu
>>>
>>>
>>> pro is to con as progress is to congress
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Richard Fiorello wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi;
>>>> Is a receiver available with speech for menus? How extensive is the
>>>> menu
>>>> system and how often to you really have to get into it?
>>>> Richard
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "matt v" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:38 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: off topic xm and serious
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> well i have the myfi receiver which isn't of course adapted with speech
>>>> like some people on a certain list i won't mention, are whining about,
>>>> but
>>>> it is easy to use, it has direct keypad entry, and other than that, i
>>>> really don't mess with menus so i don't know even what i'm missing
>>>> and well, some people will tell you you cant use the myfi in a home kit,
>>>> well, at least 2 of us on this list are, one of them is me so..you know
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> pro is to con as progress is to congress
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Richard Fiorello wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone;I accidentally ran across a broadcast of a congressional
>>>>> committee interviewing the chairman of xm and serious concerning the
>>>>> proposed merger. Sounds like this is far from a done deal but it could
>>>>> be
>>>>> interesting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any particular units that are more user friendly and have
>>>>> superior
>>>>> performance? Any specific things to look for?
>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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