Microvision ROV

by Microvision

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001UC9724
• Item model number: MS2200-Bluetooth
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 1, 2009

Product Description

Bluetooth Barcode Scanning for Blackberry or other Laptop/PC Models

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Microvision ROV, June 17, 2010

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J. Perry (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microvision ROV (Office Product)

This product does save time BUT, I use it on a mac using Delicious Library 2 (This was based on their recommendation) in which lies the problem. It's works extremely well after you connect it as a bluetooth device through the macs "setup bluetooth device assistant" then you can launch the Delicious 2 app and activate the bluetooth scanner. That is simple, straight forward and easy to do, the first time. After a few minutes of scanning the scanner disconnects from the computer most of the time in mid-scan of a book shelf or what ever pile of bar coded media you have. You have to rescan for the device on your mac, set it up as a bluetooth device/browse AGAIN, shut down delicious library and relaunch to recognize the bluetooth connection AGAIN and continuing from where you left off. I even went to the out-dated support site to double check drives and firmware to no benefit. I'm not sorry for the purchase. I does eliminate tons of cataloging and typing BUT, I have to link it two to three time in a half hour of time spent with this thing to get 40-50 books entered. Not a Mac friendly as advertised.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Additional software required for Mac compatibility, August 12, 2010

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Laurie L. (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microvision ROV (Office Product)

Like an earlier reviewer, I bought this bluetooth ROV scanner for use with Delicious Library 2. I, too, use a Mac (OS X 10.6.4). Configuring the device to operate with Delicious Library 2 was relatively easy; however, unlike the earlier reviewer, I quickly lost all patience having to return to my computer every few minutes to reconfigure and resume scanning. After switching to Readerware (a less visually appealing book cataloging program but more amenable to Library of Congress call number sorting), I haven't experienced the repeated shut-down/reconfiguration problem with Microvision's ROV scanner. Unfortunately, I DID have to FIRST purchase/download Microvision's Serial Magic Pro software for an additional $70 to make the bluetooth device compatible with both Mac OS X 10.6.4 and Readerware. So far, so good... but I've spent far more money and time than I'd intended to make this scanner work with my Mac as advertised. (BTW, Serial Magic Pro's installation did NOT prevent the scanner from continuing to disconnect while using Delicious Library. Alas.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works well for Book Scouting w/ PDA, February 5, 2011

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Jim2010 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Microvision ROV (Office Product)

This item easily connects to a PDA via Bluetooth. So i can scan books without cables. I haven't had any issues with the unit. Make sure the PDA or computer you are using has Bluetooth. The first PDA I tried using this with didn't have Bluetooth.