[access-uk] Re: t-vonics hard drive upgrade highly recommended
- From: Mark Magennis <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:19:19 +0100
Hi Eleanor,
NCBI will not be selling, supporting or endorsing this box since it is not
Saorview approved and the manufacturer is no longer there to provide any after
sales service.
Mark
On 5 Sep 2012, at 15:17, Eleanor Burke wrote:
> Hi Aeden
> Will you be passing on this information to NCBI so that blind people can
> avail of this system in Ireland. I would love to have one but I do not have
> your technical skills to purchase from RNIB and to go ahead and configure.
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aedan O'Meara" <aedanomeara@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 3:03 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: t-vonics hard drive upgrade highly recommended
>
>
>> Hi Mo again,
>> This topic reminds me that I have a serious question re the time displayed
>> by the Irish system on this TVonics dtr500g HD in that it is an hour out, it
>> is as though the unit is showing GMT. I read in the instructions that you
>> could select different countries when the unit has scanned the UHF band on
>> initialising. However, I have tried re-tuning but I am not offered a combo
>> box in which to select different regions as indicated in the instructions.
>> Would anyone know if there is any time adjustment possible.
>> Other than this the unit is working fine on the Irish system including the
>> proper display of the teletext.
>> Kind regards
>> Aedan.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> Mobeen Iqbal
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 1:28 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: t-vonics hard drive upgrade highly recommended
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Many thanks for your feedback! Just to clarify, the boxes give 250 hours
>> time with a 500 GB drive, so that'll increase to just over 1000 hours
>> recording time with a 2TB drive. I just wish as you say the information on
>> hours remaining was announced by the box, though when you're running low on
>> space and get down to around 18 hours the box does announce you're running
>> low verbally. so at least there's some warning from the speech.
>>
>> all the best,
>>
>> Mo.
>>
>>
>> On 05/09/2012 13:15, John Land wrote:
>>
>> Hello Ibrahim, (and anyone else who may be interested), Mo Iqbal has
>> just upgraded two Z500's for me with tb2 hard drives. You have to choose
>> the drives carefully to give minimal heat output, as there are no vents in
>> the unit's case, and no internal fan, despite a port on the back facia.
>> However both units are working fine (so far) and give hr117 capacity approx.
>> Mo has done a very good job, and found ways to get arround all the problems
>> he came across. The Z500 performs exactly the same as the dtr500hd, with
>> the same idiosyncracies! (i.e. fast foreward, and fast rewind are disabled
>> on playback of radio progs, and some timer recordings only record for min2,
>> even when there are no conflicts). But this is the best machine with speach
>> we are going to get, probably for the next five years I'm afraid. To access
>> hours used, and hours remaing, press the "library" button, and the
>> information will appear on the screen. If you can't see the screen,, Tough
>> Sh1t!!!
>> John
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>> <mailto:ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 10:31 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: t-vonics hard drive upgrade highly
>> recommended
>>
>> Hi Julie.
>>
>> Was this mo by the way? Please reply off list if you wish
>> to, however I seem to remember him advertising such a service but I never
>> looked in to it because I have the Z500HD which is a bugger to get in to
>> because of its design apparently.
>>
>> All the best, Ibrahim.
>>
>> From: julie rodaway <mailto:guidingpaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 10:08 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] t-vonics hard drive upgrade highly
>> recommended
>>
>> Anybody contemplating having this done should not hesitate.
>> I sent mine to a member of this list who subsequently upgraded this for me
>> to a two terabyte hard drive. The upgrade went without any hitch and was
>> carried out quickly and effeciently. As was pointed out, the voice no
>> longer stutters and the drive doesn't seem to freeze. The price was
>> reasonable and all my recordings were transferred onto the new drive at my
>> request.
>>
>>
>> Try it for yourself and I'm sure you won't regret it.
>>
>> Kind regards, Julie.
>>
>>
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