[bookport] Re: tdk external speaker, what a great thing!
- From: Clarence Whaley <clarence@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:39:15 -0500
I agree that it is great. However, I ordered from Amazon and have had mine
since Monday or so of last week. Amazon is definitely faster. The price
for the mono was $12.99.
Marlaina, great description.
At 05:05 PM 8/9/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>I promised to share my thoughts about the TDK external speaker which I
>bought from
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7913192799
>
>It arrived just moments ago, and I love it!
>
>the BookPort fits beautifully into the little net pocket in the back. I
>removed the CD holders (I'll explain that process in a bit here), and routed
>the short cable which runs from the speaker through them thereby converting
>the keepers from CD keepers to chord keepers. The speaker is great; it
>works with the case zipped open or closed.
>
>Let me try to describe the case a bit more. It is made of a sort of nylon
>like material, with a semi hard shell. There are double sort ov vinyl
>feeling strips that serve as trim for both halves of the case. The front is
>indicated by a TDK logo of some sort which is raised and easily detectable.
>
>The zipper opens from 6 o'clock anti clockwise.
>
>When you open the case, the speaker will be on the left. The speaker is
>itself encapsulated in foam, with a foam ridge around its perimiter. The
>chord for the speaker is located at the bottom right corner.
>
>There are 3 pages of cd envelopes, 2 per page each double sided thereby
>holding 12 cd's. I removed those. To do this, I opened the pages to the
>center where their keepers, 2 plastic clips, were visible. You will feel 2
>nob like protrusions. Place your thumb and index finger on either side of
>the clip toward the loop end, or put your fingers beneath the top of the
>clip and pull toward you. You will hear a click, then just lift up on the
>clip. Do the same with the second clip, and you can remove the cd sleeves.
>Before I clipped the clips closed again, i simply routed the chord from the
>bottom right through the clips, moving the plug up to the top right and
>close to the BookPort.
>
>On the right side of the case now is a net pocket, into which the BookPort
>fits beautifully. There is also room for ear buds and extra batteries, if
>you so desire.
>
>to turn the speaker on, you open the battery compartment with a latch ,
>located at the lower left corner of the speaker. You simply press toward
>you and lift up and the battery compartment pops open. You will then find a
>switch that moves up and down located to the left of the battery furthest
>from you. Up is on, down is off. And that is it.
>
>TDK added 2 sets of hook and loop arms which if you hook them together, will
>allow you to stand the case up on a counter or tabletop; I am thinking about
>cutting those off, but haven't decided yet. Anyway, the sound quality is
>great, and I am delighted to have purchased this.
>
>When I posted, I said I could not vouch for the seller, as I had never done
>business with them before. I now can, as they stayed in touch with me
>throughout the entire transaction. They were great, and this solves some of
>my concern and wish for a BookPort case with a speaker. I gave the seller's
>web site above, but the email address is:
>
>billionsofbargains@xxxxxxxxx
>
>and her name is Yolanda Hamilton.
>
>I hope this detaled info might help some who were still looking for a
>BookPort external speaker solution.
>
>Happy Reading!
>
>Marlaina Lieberg
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