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- Page 1 Lightwriter SL40 Connect User Guide ® SL40 CONNECT dedicated to communication...
- Page 2 Lightwriter. ® Lightwriter is a registered trademark of Toby Churchill Ltd. Toby Churchill Ltd reserves the right to make reasonable changes or modifications to the products, materials and services at any time without notice.
- Page 3 SIM card may be more economical. See Fitting a SIM card for information about changing the SIM card in your Lightwriter. Your Lightwriter also comes with the Toby Churchill Ltd Technical Support numbers in the Contacts activity. You can send us an SMS message or call us for help.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Welcome to your Lightwriter ..............6 Accessories ......................8 Charging your Lightwriter ..................10 What the keys do ....................11 Turning on your Lightwriter ...................15 Talk ..........17 Remote ........49 Speakiing ......... 17 Recording ........49 Typing ..........18 Using ..........51 Predictions and word stores .... 20 Things you can do ...... -
Page 6: Welcome To Your Lightwriter
Welcome to your Lightwriter The Lightwriter SL40 Connect is a text-to-speech communication aid with a difference. It makes typing and talking quicker and easier, but also lets you: • speak using high quality Acapela voices. • make audio telephone calls and send SMS messages using the built-in phone. - Page 7 Partner Display Remote Code Transmitter Loudspeaker Charging Memory Socket Stick Port Charging Light External Headphone Microphone Socket Socket Mounting Points SIM Card Slot Quick Tip Your Lightwriter may have protective films covering both displays. You should remove them before using your Lightwriter.
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Page 8: Accessories
What’s in the Box ? There are a number of additional accessories included with your Lightwriter, which let you use and customise your communication aid. Check that all of these are in the box with your Lightwriter Charger - Use this to charge your Quick Tip You should Lightwriter’s battery. - Page 9 Additional Accessories SIM Card - If you want to use your Lightwriter’s built-in phone to send SMS messages and make audio calls, you will need a SIM card. See Fitting a SIM Card in the Phone activity for more information. A dedicated range of robust accessories are also available for the Lightwriter.
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Page 10: Charging Your Lightwriter
Charging your Lightwriter Before turning on your Lightwriter for the first time, you should plug in the charger. You will need to leave your Lightwriter on charge for 12 hours before it is ready to be used. Your Lightwriter should then be fully charged for 8 hours every night so that you always get a full day’s use. -
Page 11: What The Keys Do
What the keys do As well as the letter keys for typing and talking, your Lightwriter has a few other keys to let you use all of the activities. For information on changing how your keyboard works, for example using a hold or delay time on the keys or changing the layout, see the Setups activity. - Page 12 Back and Next keys Press these keys to move around menus and lists. When typing, the Back key will also delete the last character you have entered. Remember that you can delete the whole line at once with On/C. To edit text, press Shift-Back or Shift-Next to move the cursor left or right without deleting anything, indicated by the arrows icon: You must have Navigation Lock turned on in the Setups activity to do this.
- Page 13 Menu key Pressing the Menu key will always show you all of the things you can do in the current activity. For example, it will let you edit, delete, or save items such as notes and SMS messages. Shift-Menu can also be used anywhere to see the quick setups menu. This lets you change your Speech Volume and Display Brightness.
- Page 14 Punctuation and Accent keys Your keyboard may have additional punctuation, letter, or accent keys for your language. Adding punctuation to your text may make your speech clearer. Press Shift first to select the items shown in red. To make typing quicker, your Lightwriter will automatically add a space after .
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Page 15: Turning On Your Lightwriter
Turning on your Lightwriter After charging your Lightwriter it will be ready to use. To turn it on press the On/C key. Your Lightwriter will take a few moments to start up. If you do not use your Lightwriter or press any keys for a short time, it will turn off the displays and go into Suspend mode. - Page 16 Activities This is the Activities Bar. It is the most important screen on your Lightwriter; everything on your Lightwriter is accessible from this main menu. Pressing the Activities key will always return you to the Activities Bar. Talk Phone Contacts Notebook Remote Alarms...
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Page 17: Talk
Talk The most important thing your Lightwriter does is speak the words you type. For this you need to use the Talk activity. Anything you type will appear in the top half of the screen, and also on the out-facing partner display for your communication partners to read. Quick Tip If your communication partner cannot read everything you have typed, you can adjust how much text is visible on the... -
Page 18: Typing
Typing • Capital Letters - To type a capital letter, press Shift before selecting a letter key. When Shift has been pressed this icon will appear: If you want to type multiple capital letters, for example BBC or UNICEF , you can turn on Caps Lock by pressing Shift twice. - Page 19 • Punctuation - Commonly used punctuation and symbols are shown on the number keys in orange; to use them, simply press Shift followed by the number key. Punctuation used to end a sentence, for example . ? and !, will automatically be followed by a space. To enter punctuation and symbols which are not shown on your keyboard, press Shift-Pick to see the symbol picker.
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Page 20: Predictions And Word Stores
Using predictions and word stores As well as simply typing the text you want to speak, your Lightwriter has some different ways to help you speed up your communication. • Predictions - Your Lightwriter Quick Tip will automatically remember the Predictions and other typing words you use and the way you aids are also available in the... - Page 21 Quick Tip • Phrases - You can also save and use short Dictionary words, phrases, abbreviation pieces of text as phrases. expansions, auto-corrections, and To save a phrase simply speech exceptions can also be added, type it in, press Menu, edited, or deleted in the Words Stores and select Save as section of the Setups activity.
- Page 22 Abbreviations should not be the same whole phrase or word as the beginning of a word. If to was (e.g. Toby Churchill), press the abbreviation for Toby Churchill Menu, and select Create instead of tc, every time you start to an Abbreviation. Type in...
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Page 23: Things You Can Do
Things you can do with your text Press Menu to see all of the things you can do with your text on the Talk line. • Save as Phrase - This will save your current Talk line as a phrase. You can see your phrases by pressing Pick when you are typing. -
Page 24: Phone
Phone You can now communicate with more people using your Lightwriter’s built- in phone. It can be used to send SMS messages and make audio calls, check your SIM balance, and listen to voicemail messages. Quick Tip You will see the name of the network you’re connected to above the menu in the Phone activity. - Page 25 Make sure that your Lightwriter is turned off. You can use Power Off in the Setups activity for this. Your SIM card may be damaged if your Lightwriter is left on. Turn your Lightwriter over on a table or flat surface, so that the keyboard is face down and the screens are facing away from you.
- Page 26 Quick Tip Handle SIM cards with care. Do not touch the gold-coloured contacts, let the SIM card get dirty, or let it come into contact with metal objects. Once your SIM card is all the way in to the SIM holder, lower the holder back down so it is flat and slide the metal catch back towards you.
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Page 27: Phone Indicators
Phone Indicators The phone icon on the Activities Bar has a signal indicator, which will tell you a lot about your Lightwriter’s built-in phone. Your Lightwriter needs to be connected to a network to be able to send SMS messages and make audio calls. -
Page 28: Balance Check
New SMS Messages - If you can see an SMS icon underneath the network bars, you have received a new SMS message. The number tells you how many new messages are in your Inbox. Unread messages will be marked with an * in your Inbox. The phone light can also tell you about the status of your built-in phone. -
Page 29: Pin Codes
PIN Codes If you are using a SIM card with the PIN code turned on, you will be asked to enter it whenever you turn your Lightwriter or built-in phone off and on again. You will need to enter this code to use the Lightwriter’s built-in phone. -
Page 30: Sms Messages
You can use the built-in phone to send short pieces of text as SMS messages, to anyone, anywhere. Send an SMS message In the SMS activity select Send SMS. Type in your message. All of the typing aids you are familiar with in the Talk activity will also work when writing your SMS, for example predictions, phrases, and the symbol picker. -
Page 31: Inbox
Inbox Your Inbox contains all of the SMS messages you have received. The most recent ones are shown first, and any new messages will be marked with an *. Move between messages using the Next and Back keys and press Do to view one. -
Page 32: Outbox
• Delete SMS - This will permanently remove the SMS message from your Inbox. Once you have confirmed that you would like to delete the message, this cannot be undone. • Save as Note - Save the text of the SMS message you are viewing as a note. - Page 33 • Use Details - This will give you 3 ways of using your SMS message: - Call Contact. Make an audio call to the person the SMS message was sent to. Choose a phrase to start your call with and press Do. - Add Contact.
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Page 34: Audio Calls
Audio Phone Audio Phone lets you make telephone calls on your Lightwriter to speak to anyone, wherever they are. To start making calls, select Audio Phone in the Phone activity. Making an Audio Call To start a new phone call, select Call from the Audio Phone activity. Choose a contact to call, or select Enter Number if you want to type in a number not saved as a contact. -
Page 35: Missed Calls
will be returned to the activity you were using once the call has ended. If you do not want to receive any audio calls or SMS messages for a short time, you can turn on Busy Mode in Phone Settings. This will automatically reject any incoming calls, so you are not interrupted. -
Page 36: During A Call
Ending a Call Press On/C or the Activities key to end a call. If you accidentally leave your Lightwriter in a call, the call will automatically be ended if no keys are pressed for the amount of time selected in the In- Call Timeout setting. - Page 37 Loudspeaker off in Phone Settings, and use headphones to hear the caller instead. Nothing will be heard through the Lightwriter’s loudspeaker. Your call partner can hear any ambient sounds and vocalisations using the built-in microphone. If you find the Lightwriter’s built-in microphone inconvenient to use, you may also use an external microphone instead.
- Page 38 • Notes - This will let you speak anything stored in the Notebook activity. It can be useful to prepare longer pieces of text which you may want to speak during a call. Remember, it is important to break up your text with punctuation, to make it easier to speak.
- Page 39 Shift-Menu Quick Setups Just as pressing Shift-Menu to see the quick setups menu when using the other activities on your Lightwriter lets you adjust the Speech Volume and Display Brightness, during an audio call pressing Shift-Menu will let you adjust the following setups: •...
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Page 40: Voicemail
Voicemail You can connect to your voicemail service to see if you have any new messages by selecting Check Voicemail from the Audio Phone menu. Your voicemail number should be set up automatically, but you can change the number in Phone Settings if you need to. Once you have connected to your voicemail, Quick Tip follow the instructions given by the network. -
Page 41: Call History
Call History Details about your calls, including the contact name or number, date, time, and duration, are recorded in Call History. There are three sorts of calls stored here: • Missed Calls - Incoming calls which were declined or not answered. •... -
Page 42: Phone Settings
Phone Settings Select Phone Settings within the Audio Phone activity to see a number of setups which change the way your built-in phone works. Setting Description Values Name Answer Enter the phrase you would most often like to use when Phrase 1 you accept an incoming call from a number saved as a contact. - Page 43 Advanced Phone Settings Busy Mode Turn Busy Mode on to stop all incoming calls and SMS On, Off messages. You may want to use this if you do not want to be interrupted. You will still be able to send SMS messages and make audio calls.
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Page 44: Contacts
Contacts This activity is like a phone book. You can use it to store the phone numbers or other contact information for the people you know. Adding a new contact In the Contacts activity, select Add New. Type in the name for your contact. Make sure that the name is unique, as you can only store one number for each name. -
Page 45: Things You Can Do
Things you can do with your contacts Once you have selected a contact, press Menu to see a list of things you can do with it. • Edit Contact - You can edit both the name and the number for a contact. Select one and use Shift-Next and Shift-Back to edit the existing name or number. -
Page 46: Notebook
Notebook You can use the Notebook activity to store, edit, and speak longer pieces of text. You might want to prepare some speech before an appointment or just use it to store other text and information. The memory is large enough to hold your first novel. -
Page 47: Browsing
Browsing your Notebook To find a particular note, just start to type the title. All notes which start with those letters will appear; use Next, Back, and Do to select the note you want to view. The double underline shows the piece of text that will be spoken when you press Do. -
Page 48: Things You Can Do
Things you can do with your notes Once you have selected a note, press Menu to see a list of things you can do with it. • Edit Note - Edit the text of your note. Remember to use Shift-Back and Shift-Next to move around your text. -
Page 49: Remote
Remote The Remote activity lets you store infrared codes on your Lightwriter, so you can control appliances, toys, and some control systems around your home. You can store up to eight different commands. Please note that your Lightwriter will not be able to record some high- specification equipment, for example more complex audiovisual systems. - Page 50 When you are ready to record the code, press Do to continue. Your Lightwriter will prompt you when you need to press the button on your remote. Your remote control needs to be held within 1cm of the code receiver on the front-right of your Lightwriter.
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Page 51: Using
Using your codes You can select and transmit one of your codes by using the Number keys 1 to 8, or by using Next, Back, and Do. Your Lightwriter will beep to tell you that the code has been transmitted. Make sure that the remote code transmitter is pointed at the equipment you want to control. -
Page 52: Alarms
Alarms You can set four alarms on your Lightwriter to remind you of events, appointments, or even to wake you up in the morning. These can be set up to a week in advance. Once an alarm has been activated, it is automatically deleted for you. - Page 53 Set the day for your alarm by using Quick Tip Next and Back to scroll through the days of the coming week. Press Do to You can press Pick when select the day. setting your alarm to change the hours, minutes, and day back to the current time.
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Page 54: Things You Can Do
Things you can do with your alarm Press Menu on a highlighted alarm to see all of the things you can do with it. • Edit Alarm - This will let you change the time, day, sound, or reminder text for the alarm. Select which one you would like to edit; you will be shown what the alarm is currently set to. -
Page 55: Setups
Setups The Setups activity has a number of setup options which let your personalise your Lightwriter. The setups have been arranged in to eight groups so you can easily find the one you want. The name of the highlighted group is shown on the bottom-left of the screen. Sounds Speech Displays... -
Page 56: Volumes
Sounds For each of these setups you will be offered a list of 14 different sounds to choose from. Remember you can press Shift-Do to hear the sound before you choose it. Setup Name Description Values Buzz Sound This is the sound produced when you press the Buzz Chime key. - Page 57 • Speech Volumes Setup Name Description Values Speech Adjusts the volume of your main speaking voice in the Talk and Notebook activities. You can also quickly change the Volume Speech Volume in the quick setups menu by pressing Shift-Menu on any screen. Prompt Adjusts the volume of the voice used when you press Volume...
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Page 58: Speech
Speech These setups let you adjust how your voice works on your Lightwriter. The Speech Rate and Prompt Rate setups are displayed as blocks to indicate the speed of your voice. Fill in more of the blocks to make your speech faster by pressing Next, or press Back to make it slower. - Page 59 • Phone Speech Setup Description Values Name Speech Adjusts when the words you type in an audio call are Word, Mode spoken. With all of these options, pressing Do will still Sentence, always speak all of your text. Whole Word - Speaks each word when you type a space after it. This is recommended for making audio calls.
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Page 60: New
Word Stores and Language There are three groups for these setups, Word Stores, Language, and Predictions. You can add, edit, and delete the word store items which you use in the Talk activity, and also change the language which you are speaking in and the way your predictor works. - Page 61 Speech Speech exceptions change the way a word is Add New, Edit Exceptions pronounced in your current language. To create Word, Edit a speech exception, first type in the problem Exception, word that is being misspoken, and then enter Delete an exception for the word.
- Page 62 • Predictions Setup Description Values Name All Prediction Setups are Advanced Predictor Choose Hide if you do not want to use predictions in the Show, Display Talk, SMS, Audio Call, or Notebook activities. When you Hide are typing, you will see two lines of text instead. Prediction Choose whether your Lightwriter should automatically On, Off...
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Page 63: Displays
Displays These setups let you change how screens are shown on the two Lightwriter displays. Setup Description Values Name Display Adjusts how bright your displays are. You can also quickly change the Display Brightness in the quick setups Brightness menu by pressing Shift-Menu on any screen. Note – your Lightwriter’s battery may last longer if your screen brightness is lower. -
Page 64: Keyboard
Keyboard It is important that you feel comfortable when you are using your Lightwriter’s keyboard. These setups let you adjust how the keys are laid out and how they work. If you have difficulty hitting keys accurately or holding your hand steady, Key Hold and Key Delay may help you to use your Lightwriter more easily. - Page 65 Advanced Keyboard Setups Caps Lock Caps Lock lets you press the Shift key twice in the On, Off Talk activity to be able to enter multiple capital letters. Pressing Shift again will return you to normal typing. Turn Caps Lock off if you only want Shift to let you enter one capital letter.
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Page 66: Power
Power These setups provide different ways to turn off your Lightwriter. Setup Name Description Values Suspend Sets the length of time your Lightwriter will wait for a key Time press before automatically going in to Suspend mode. minute, Keep the Suspend Time short to save battery power. 2, 5, 10 Press On/C to wake up your Lightwriter when you want minutes... -
Page 67: Information
Information This lets you set and save information on your Lightwriter. You should create a new backup once a week to make sure all of your information is saved. It is important to set the right time and date for alarms to work correctly. Setup Name Description Values... -
Page 68: Shortcuts
Shortcuts Some of the most commonly used setups are easily accessibly in the Shortcuts activity. Select this group from the Activities Bar to find these four setups: • Suspend Now • Silent Mode • Speech Volume • Busy Mode For more information on these, see the Setups activity. Remember, you can also press Shift-Menu on any screen on you Lightwriter to see the quick setups menu. -
Page 69: Memory Sticks
Lightwriter, and ensure that your files are kept safe should anything happen to your Lightwriter. The memory stick supplied with your Lightwriter is recognisable by the Toby Churchill logo. It is easier to keep a separate memory stick especially for your Lightwriter. -
Page 70: Configuring
Configuring your memory stick The first time that you use a new memory stick with your Lightwriter, some folders will be created on your memory stick which will contain all of the files copied from and to your Lightwriter. Any other data which you have on the stick will not be moved or deleted. -
Page 71: Things You Can Do
Things you can do with your memory stick • Notes - You can use your memory stick to copy text documents to and from your Lightwriter. This allows you to keep your files safe, as well as to edit files on your computer and then put them onto your Lightwriter to be spoken. - Page 72 • Restoring - If anything goes wrong with your Lightwriter, you can use This will replace your backups to restore all of your previous data. everything on your Lightwriter. All of the predictions, notes, SMS messages, contacts, phrases, and other items that you have added to your Lightwriter since the backup was created will be lost.
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Page 73: Your Keyboard
Your Keyboard It is important that you feel comfortable when you are using your keyboard, as this is how you control your Lightwriter. You can use a different keyguard or select a different layout for the keys to make it easier to use. It is also important that you keep the keyboard clean, as the keys may become sticky or unresponsive over time. - Page 74 Standard Keyguard Flush Keyguard Deep Keyguard You can change your keyguard in a few minutes. You may need someone to help with this if you find precise hand movements difficult. To do this, you will need the screwdriver and the keyguard release tool provided with your Lightwriter toolkit.
- Page 75 Removing a keyguard Place your Lightwriter on a table or flat surface, and turn it off using Power Off in the Setups activity. Using the screwdriver supplied with your Lightwriter, undo the two screws either side of your keyboard. Keep these safe as you will need them again.
- Page 76 Replacing a keyguard Select a new keyguard and line it up with your Lightwriter’s keyboard. You can see which way around your keyguard goes as the wider On/C key slot is on the top-left of your keyboard. Holding the bottom of the keyguard, gently push the top of the keyguard in underneath the user display.
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Page 77: Changing Your Keyboard Layout
Changing your keyboard layout To change the layout of your keys, you first need to change the Keyboard Layout setup in the Setups activity. You can choose four different layouts for your language, with different orders for the letter keys, and the function keys on the left or right of the keyboard. - Page 78 Once you have chosen a layout with Keyboard Layout in the Setups activity, you need to move the keys around on your keyboard immediately. Remove the keyguard by following steps 1 to 4 in Changing your keyguard. Remember to keep the screws safe as you will need them again.
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Page 79: Cleaning Your Keyboard
Cleaning your Keyboard If your keys become sticky or unresponsive, it may be that your keyboard needs cleaning. This is easy to do and should only take a few minutes. Remove the keyguard by following steps 1 to 4 in Changing your keyguard. Remember to keep the screws safe as you will need them again. -
Page 80: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting If you have any problems with your Lightwriter, the Troubleshooting guide may be able to help you. If you still have a problem, please contact your supplier or the Toby Churchill Ltd service department. Problem Cause Solution Lightwriter is frozen or... -
Page 81: Memory Sticks
Troubleshooting for memory sticks Problem Cause Solution Memory stick Memory stick Use the memory stick supplied with your won’t fit into the too big Lightwriter instead. memory stick You can buy an extension cable for your port memory stick. My memory stick Memory stick If there is not enough free space on your won’t work with... - Page 82 Troubleshooting for your built-in phone Problem Cause Solution I can't send or Phone turned Check that Phone Power in the Setups receive SMS activity is On. messages or SIM card not Your Lightwriter must have a SIM card fitted to make audio calls fitted be able to use the Phone activity.
- Page 83 Increase Phone Speech Volume in the The caller can't Phone Speech hear me Volume too low Setups activity. Noisy If you are in a public place or somewhere environment noisy, try turning off the Microphone setup in the Phone Settings activity to make your Lightwriter clearer.
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Page 84: Phone
Icon Guide On Screen Activity Icons Keyboard Icons Alarms Activities Key Talk Activity Activity Buzz Key Phone Setups Activity Activity Shift Key Audio Call Shortcuts Silent Mode Icon Activity Signal Sound Indicator Setups Lightwriter External Icons Volume Busy Mode Battery Light Setups Phone Light Speech... -
Page 85: Index
Index 123 Key ......... 13, 18, 39 Battery Light ......7, 10, 66 Busy Mode ......27, 43, 68 Abbreviation Expansions ..22, 23, 60 About your SL40 ........ 67 Buzz Key ........12, 57 Sound....Accents ......12, 14, 19, 65 See Sounds, Buzz Volume .... - Page 86 Delete First Run Wizard ........ 67 Abbreviation Expansion .... 60 Forward as SMS ........ 23 Alarm ........52, 54 Forward in SMS ......... 45 Auto-Corrections ....... 60 Forward SMS Backups ........67 from SMS Inbox......31 Call History ....... 41 from SMS Outbox ......
- Page 87 Menu Phone Indicators ....... 28 Alarms ........54 Phone Key Click Volume ......Audio Call........37 .... See Volumes, Phone Key Click Call History ....... 41 Phone Light ....... 7, 28, 29, 36 Contacts ........45 Phone Numbers ....30, 34, 44 Main ......
- Page 88 Save as Note ........67 Phone ........59 Inbox ......... 32 Speech Rate ........58 Outbox ........33 Phone ........59 Screwdriver ......8, 25, 74 Speech Setups ........58 Second Conversation ......23 Speech Volume ..See Volumes, Speech Send SMS .......... 30 Speech Volumes ........
- Page 90 The latest pdf version of this User Guide can be downloaded from www.toby-churchill.com USER40C2EN...
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how do i turn off transport mode in my sl40 without inserting the charger?
You cannot turn off Transit Mode on the Lightwriter SL40 Connect without inserting the charger. The charger must be plugged in to exit Transit Mode and turn the device back on.
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