[bookcourier] Re: new to the list

  • From: Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:33:50 +0100

Hi Robin,

Have you updated to the latest firmware?  If not, please visit 
http://www.bookcourier.com as there has been new firmware since we sent you 
the unit.  You will find out how to update on the product support link.

All the best

At 13:08 11/05/2004, Robin Christopherson spake these words of wisdom
 >Hello all
 >
 >My name is Robin from the UK and I'm newly subscribed.  I have been using my
 >Book Courier avidly for a couple of months now and am presently enjoying
 >making my way through the numerous excellent books of PG Wodehouse!
 >
 >I must say, however, that my use of the Book Courier has been alloyed with a
 >large dollop of frustration as my unit seems extremely temperamental.  The
 >three main frustrations are turning it on (sometimes I get nothing out of it
 >for literally five or ten minutes of regular pressing of the on button), the
 >fact that it quite often pauses or cuts out when reading, playing an MP3 or
 >even just browsing through the library, and lastly that the 10 second time
 >out is so short that you only have to briefly pause it for whatever reason
 >and you are then back in the indefinite period it takes to turn it back on.
 >
 >I really like it and am just seeking some feedback from others as to whether
 >this is an issue with my unit or the prevailing behaviour of the Book
 >Courier.
 >
 >BTW - I also get numerous firmware errors and occasional unreqquested
 >restoring of defaults.
 >
 >Does any of this sound similar to your experience or should I be shipping it
 >back to the reseller ASAP?
 >
 >Thanks for all your help, Robin
 >Robin Christopherson
 >Web Consultancy Manager
 >t: 01926 465599
 >m: 07900 503935
 >e: robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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