[optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold

  • From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:54:03 -0500

I can't imagine keeping the Intensity that low. Guess I should try it again 
and see how it does.

In God We Trust,

Carolyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:12 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold


>I keep the intensity at around 12 o'clock, unless my hand is cold; then I
> turn it up.
>
> I keep the threshold very low most of the time, because it is easier to
> distinguish the lines of letters better.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:02 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold
>
>
>>I usually max the intensity but don't need a lot of threshhold on most
>> things.
>>
>> In God We Trust,
>>
>> Carolyn
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gordon Kent" <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:28 PM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Intensity versus Threshold
>>
>>
>>> Yes, I almost always have the intensity turned to max.  And yes, the key
>>> is
>>> to press medium lightly on the aray.  It's not braille.
>>> Gord
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:00 PM
>>> Subject: [optacon-l] Intensity versus Threshold
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard,
>>> Since you don't have a manual, the intensity knob is the top knob, and
>>> the
>>> threshold is the one below it. Turning these to the right increases 
>>> their
>>> effect. In the previous post, you can turn the top knob all the way to
>>> the
>>> right, and turn the bottom knob gradually from its leftmost position,
>>> until
>>> you get the results indicated in Jim Bliss's post.
>>>
>>> Mary
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