Does it read for several minutes or do you have to keep pressing a button for it to continue talking?
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Hi Robyn, It reads per page and then it states to turn the page and then is when you press the button again it is really a great toy my grandson loves this toy, it is cuddle and my grandsons follow along with the words in the booklet as it reads the words to the story, I am very glad I bought it for my grandsons and my grandaughter I bought the purple one Violet same as Scott she loves it and will sit by herself and will have Violet read to her per page and would try and say the words with Violet even tough per page you need to press the button again it is worth it the results this toy gives hope my answer was helpful
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Hi Robyn, It reads per page and then it states to turn the page and then is when you press the button again it is really a great toy my grandson loves this toy, it is cuddle and my grandsons follow along with the words in the booklet as it reads the words to the story, I am very glad I bought it for my grandsons and my grandaughter I bought the purple one Violet same as Scott she loves it and will sit by herself and will have Violet read to her per page and would try and say the words with Violet even tough per page you need to press the button again it is worth it the results this toy gives hope my answer was helpful Hi Robyn, It reads per page and then it states to turn the page and then is when you press the button again it is really a great toy my grandson loves this toy, it is cuddle and my grandsons follow along with the words in the booklet as it reads the words to the story, I am very glad I bought it for my grandsons and my grandaughter I bought the purple one Violet same as Scott she loves it and will sit by herself and will have Violet read to her per page and would try and say the words with Violet even tough per page you need to press the button again it is worth it the results this toy... » Read More Hi Robyn, It reads per page and then it states to turn the page and then is when you press the button again it is really a great toy my grandson loves this toy, it is cuddle and my grandsons follow along with the words in the booklet as it reads the words to the story, I am very glad I bought it for my grandsons and my grandaughter I bought the purple one Violet same as Scott she loves it and will sit by herself and will have Violet read to her per page and would try and say the words with Violet even tough per page you need to press the button again it is worth it the results this toy gives hope my answer was helpful « Show Less
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Absolutely. You just hold in the button on the side and talk. Release to hear.
812421
no. it is a set time,i sometimes shut it off if i'm still around. a simple push of the button
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It has a 'pause' button in the center (for music). For phone conversations, I'm not sure - I don't have the instructions anymore - but I think the 'pause' button becomes 'mute' when used with a phone. Don't hold me to that. If I find the instructions later today I'lll follow up.
199058
You have to hold down the button. Also the manual says not to run it continuously for more than 1 minute at a time, which seemed odd to me.
1911119
The indicator will stop blinking after you listen to it. If you delete it its gone, if you leave it, the message counter goes up one but blinking stops.
678240
I just tried it and it only stays on for about a minute. After that you have to hit the start button to continue.
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Only one person can talk at a time but both the other units will hear. The way they work, when the button is depressed it is in transmit mode and when released it goes into receive mode. So if two people are pressing the buttons at the same time they will not be able to hear what the others are saying.
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I think on the package it tells you you hold the button down for so many minutes and it will switch from one mode to another mode or switch it off. It works for me. I give it out as a Christmas gift this year and I tested it and it work fine before I wrapped it up.
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It will spin down and standby automatically after about 5 minutes whether you want it to or not. For me it is a problem because it takes several seconds to come back online when you try to read or write to it. There is no way to change this behavior.
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You have to hold it down for like ten seconds for a reading. Never had a problem with it sticking.
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On # 1 I believe the volume is up to loud. can't tell you on #2, I never use the read button, sorry. I have 4 of them for the family and we have no problems.
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No - it doesn't work very long - I had it less than 3 months and barely used it when it completely stopped working. When it did work, it didn't work well for reading.
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I have yet to pause long enough for it to matter, but so far I haven't noticed that it does. I know that it gives you the option of manually pausing it with just the press of a button, as it asks me that when I am done with my run. Sorry I haven't got better info this time around!
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You need to read your manual. You have to hold the button down a certain amount of time. Had the same thing happen until I read the manual.
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You dont hold it, but if you click it, talk then reclick to stop talking then yes.
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The back light stays on for only a few seconds. There is setting in the menu to control it a bit. The reading stays on for a long enough time until battery saving shuts the unit down. I have never had a problem with these issues. I does have a continuous measuring mode.