Re: Urgent - How to Adjust Iriver IFP899 Recording Levels - Terrible Overall Setup Experience
- From: "Rick and Pauline" <daltontwo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:03:17 -0500
Hi all,
The IRiver 799 and 899 are virtually identical. The essential settings which
are most useful are accessible, and are the same for both models. The only
difference I am aware of is the cases, which vary the location of the jacks.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Wood
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Urgent - How to Adjust Iriver IFP899 Recording Levels - Terrible
Overall Setup Experience
I'm sorry. I don't have an Iriver! Theyk really sound like something that
would be good to have, but I was just commenting as to the technical nature of
the product.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Quan
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Urgent - How to Adjust Iriver IFP899 Recording Levels -
Terrible Overall Setup Experience
What's the difference between all the iriver ifp's: 780/790/799/890; is it
a apacity thing and is there a place where I can go and read more about them?
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Wood
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Urgent - How to Adjust Iriver IFP899 Recording Levels -
Terrible Overall Setup Experience
It sounds like the IRiver is very technical. With all the problems and
complications, it sounds like it could drive anyone to drink!
----- Original Message -----
From: Mika Pyyhkala
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 8:51 PM
Subject: Urgent - How to Adjust Iriver IFP899 Recording Levels -
Terrible Overall Setup Experience
Hi,
I recently got an Iriver IFP899, and I cannot figure out how to set the
recording level and the monitoring level, are these two different things?
Also I have had a terrible experience as a blind person getting the
unit configured. I was able to record mono voice files using the built in mic
myself just by reading and listening to some podcasts and talking to 1-2 other
Iriver users.
However, I was not able to:
*Set the device to Line In/External Microphone mode;
*Tell it I wanted to record in stereo, and set sampling rate, etc.;
and
*Set the recording levels.
I also tried to get three different sighted people to help me with it:
Experience 1, Roommate: Could not figure out how to set the device to
record in line in mode. Even after you set this in the control menu, there are
additional modes that you must select which were not obvfious;
Experience 2, Radio Shack: I took the device to a local Radio Shack
where I have bought some electronic equipment. They looked at it, and also
were not able to set it to line in recording mode. Again, they made
adjustments in the control menu, but there is some other place in the interface
where you must switch it from internal mic to line in external mic mode;
Experience 3, Roomates Girlfriend: Finally I got the manual out, and I
worked on it with my roomates girlfriend. After a frustrating series of steps,
we were able to get it to switch to line in mode, though we don't know really
how we did it. She followed the instruction manual, and read the screen, and
still it took several tries and the process was not clear. I asked her "what
the trick was," and she didn't know.
Still we are unable to set the recording levels, and it is recording
very softly for both a bi noral mics, as well as a power microphone. My
roomates girlfriend was unable to see anything in the screen talking about
recording levels.
Given that 3 sighted people of average or greater intelligence could
not figure out how to make a simple change on the device (changing it from
internal mic to external source/mic recording) I would suggest that the user
interface leaves a lot to be desired.
I was surprised that so many blindcasters like the Iriver given this.
It seems like maybe you could get it to work, but you would have to sit down
with an intelligent sighted person perhaps for 2-3 hours, and map out all the
menus and memorize how many key presses are needed for the functions you need
to do.
I suppose the device is somewhat accessible if after you configure it
you don't need to make any changes.
But if you buy one of these (now you must get it on Ebay because the
IFP899 is discontinued) you may need to spend a good deal of time with a
sighted person getting it set up. And the later models are even less
accessible? And you will probably need to find a person who is good with
gadgets and reading manuals that are unclear.
If I am missing something please let me know. I suppose there is a
good market for someone to make a top to bottom tutorial for the blind on the
Iriver.
Have other people who are blind had a similar problem getting this
device configured, or am I missing something and in fact there is some
straightforward way for me to adjust all of these settings.
Thanks...
I'll now go and read the manual some more, or have a drink :).
-Mika
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