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Re: OSD character fonts

Kiwi Geoff — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:52:13 GMT

... Hi Jerry, Try this page, for a description of the various displays: http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_36_nz/kiwi_osd/example.htm#shots ... The bottom of the

OSD character fonts

jerryrst — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:36:11 GMT

Hello all, I seem to remember that a description of the characters displayed by the kiwi osd was published somehere. Could a member be so good as to point me

Re: What Adaptor Do I need?

Michael Wheatley — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:10:20 GMT

You need an RCA x BNC adapter or a cable with the appropriate ends. PFD Systems sells gold plated adapters. If you build your own cables it would be good to

Re: What Adaptor Do I need?

thevinenator — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:16:12 GMT

bill, judging from your description, you probably need the KIWI-BNC which is male RCA to male BNC. put a request for one via our web page and i'll get one out

What Adaptor Do I need?

Bill Stein — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:13:33 GMT

I recently purchased one of the last KIWI-OSD video time inserters from PFD Systems. Also, I have a Super Circuits PC-164CEX-2 video camera. The video output

Re: GPS are growing old

Gerhard Dangl — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:32:35 GMT

Hello Peter, ... of course, you are right. But the point of discussion was the internal power source for the real time clock (RTC) inside the GPS after

No more KIWI-OSDs

thevinenator — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:28:39 GMT

It is sad to say that I am completely out of KIWI-OSDs. The last one was sold today. For any of you who have not been keeping up with current events, I direct

Re: GPS are growing old

thomas.flatres — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:26:32 GMT

Sorry but it seems that in my preceding message there was not the link Hello Gerhard and Geoff It is perhaps the way Here is a link to a document from

Re: GPS are growing old

Peter Dunckel — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:26:14 GMT

Hello all - You don't need a battery to retain data! There are differing types of memory, volatile and non-volatile. Volatile requires battery back up.

Re: GPS are growing old

thomas.flatres — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:57:09 GMT

Hello Gerhard and Geoff It is perhaps the way Here is a link to a document from Panasonic where one is able to find a little calculation for a capacitor of 0.2

Re: GPS are growing old

Gerhard Dangl — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:01:30 GMT

Hello Thomas and Geoff, ... what about the use of a Goldcap? Because up to date RTC technology needs only few microamps I can imagine that a Goldcap could do

the last remaining 8 KIWI-OSDs

thevinenator — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:23:19 GMT

Valued Customers, I have gathered all the leftover components from the last production run and have put together eight (8) KIWI-OSDs. These OSDs are identical

Re: GPS are growing old

thomas.flatres — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:06:23 GMT

Hello Geoff I've also sent my results to Tim Piercy and here is his answer:

Re: GPS are growing old

Kiwi Geoff — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:05:19 GMT

... Yes I agree Thomas, my oldest Garmin GPS now takes a long time to get a first FIX after being powered OFF for a long time. Perhaps the "take home message"

GPS are growing old

thomas.flatres — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:49:32 GMT

Hello all Here are the test results on two GPS 18LVC One was bougth in 2004 the other in 2007 Process: The GPS has been fed during 24 hours starting on