Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS

[cris]

Thanks all to your suggestions.  The dectalk express I bought is used.  I
bought it from someone on the internet.  Connecting it to the line-in of the
sound blaster helped a lot.  Now I can hear it loud and clear.
Unfortunately, the person who sold it to me lost the software, so I can't
run it to check the frameware.  If anyone on this list has the software, I
will extremely appreciate it if he/she would send it to me on
mribrahim.ali at verizon.net
Cheers to you all
----- Original Message -----
From: <jacobs at surferie.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS


> Hi
> First thing I'd do is check my express speaker. You can do this by
plugging
> headphones into it. Does the volume problem still persist? Normally the
> express is quite loud on headphones when the volume is on max. If it's
not,
> then its a pretty safe bet its not your speaker. If it is your speaker,
> contact whoever you ordered it from and either have the replace the
speaker
> if they can or replace the unit. Alternatively, get a low-cost external
> speaker and plug it in to the headphone jack.
> Second problem could be improperly loaded firmware or corrupt flash rom.
In
> either case all that needs to be done is to flash the firmware. It should
be
> provided on the disk that came with your express. Install this to a dos
> partition and read the file upgrade.txt for firmware update instructions.
> Note the firmware upgrade should be done in pure dos, not a dos box from
> windows.
> HTH
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:53:16PM -0400, cris wrote:
> > Dear listers,
> > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux.  However, the
> > sound is barely audible.  It can not be battery problem because even
with
> > the external power on, the sound is still low.  Is there a way of
resetting
> > this box to produce louder sound?  Even when I turn the volume to Max,
> > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room.  I am
sure
> > that I have not lost my hearing yet.  Do I need a software to reset the
> > Parameters?  Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
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