[access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:42:02 +0100
I have to say I have had very little trouble with my t-vonics box. I do get
stuttering speech sometimes, but can live with that. Occasionally when I
turn it on nothing happens. When this occurs, if I press the channel up key
two or three times, it works just fine.
I only have around 58% signal strength, but that does not cause me any
problems. So generally I am very pleased, and all recordings I have made
have come out well.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Yusuf
Sent: 09 July 2012 12:50
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
Ibrahim, I'm not going to try and convince you not to send your TVonics back
to the RNIB, that's obviously your choice. All I can say is that mine has
behaved itself very well since I bought it a couple of months ago. I've had
upwards of 12 pages worth of recordings and I don't think I've had to do a
reset at all. Admittedly I've had to turn it off and on a couple of times
due to speech issues. It sounds like yours is a faulty unit.
Yusuf
On 09/07/2012 09:45, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote:
> Hi Carol.
>
> After my box crashed on me on no less than 4 occasions this morning,
> not to mention giving me hell with the speech with its stuttering and
> jittering, I'm sending this back to the RNIB for a full refund. I cant
> trust the box to record anything without worrying about the potential
> for hard drive failure, and that's not my idea of spending the better
> part of 200 quid so goodbye TVonics, it was nice knowing you.
>
> All the best, Ibrahim.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Carol Pearson
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 9:30 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
>
> Ugh! I didn't like reading that as the thought of paying out for a new
> hard drive for this very new item doesn't appeal.
>
> I suppose there's no way of testing the drive in the TVonics either,
> is there?
>
> I haven't had other problems and recordings have all been fine.
>
> Oh, what to do???
>
> RNIB staff: Have you any thoughts here, please?
>
>
>
> Carol P
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Mobeen Iqbal" <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:04 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
>
>> Hello Carol.
>>
>> This is probably due to a failing hard drive. The hard drives used in
>> these machines were cheap hitachi drives, i've already had one
>> behaving strangely. My box wouldn't offer me the option to format or
>> to record. I have replaced the hard drive in the unit with a better
>> drive made by seagate, formatted it and have had no further problems,
>> no crashes, etc. Because the voice runs from the hard drive, if there
>> are any errors on the drive or if its failing, it can cause you to
>> experience crashes/freezing. I can replace the drive for you if you
>> wish, please contact me off list and we can go from there. I'd
>> recommend it to be honest, because if you do a lot of recording and
>> the drive fails it would've been pointless you recording all those tv
>> shows to watch later!
>> all the best,
>>
>> Mo.
>>
>>
>> On 07/07/2012 12:52, Carol Pearson wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We have a fairly regular saying at home which is "Amy's on strike".
>>> This simply means that she fails to speak, often after booting up,
>>> when we first go to use her. Of course, we find ways round,
>>> sometimes needing to reboot the box again; but I wonder if anyone
>>> else is finding this problem and if you have a better solution than
>>> a bit of hit and miss and, finally, if you've concluded what's going
>>> on and why!
>>> Carol P
>>>
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