Hi Ibrahim.
Just to let you know that I have purchased the DTRZ500HD
tvonics box from the Internet for £100,and I'm very
pleased with it. It is nice and small and you can get to
all the sockets very easily as they are spaced out better
than the DTR 500HD. For example, on the DTR 500HD, if you
have to use the scart socket it is practically impossible
to use the USB socket. And the one on the right hand
side, you can only use if you prop the box up.
I have had dealings with Bunwells and both Ian and Denise
are very helpful indeed. There is a company called
Electronic World in Wembley who at the moment have the
DTRZ 500HD in stock for £100 but you have to collect it.
Their phone number is as follows. 0845 539 9993.
Someone on the list said that it does not have an HDMI
socket. I can assure you that the one I have does. If you
or anyone would like any further information please do
not hesitate to contact me.
Kind Regards, Bill.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim
Gucukoglu
Sent: 09 July 2012 17:34
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
Hi Yusuf.
While this unit is going back to the RNIB, there is an
alternative model which might suit me better, that is to
say the
DTR-Z500HD which does also have the speech functions as
an option. I've been in touch with a company called
Bunwells who not only know about the capabilities of
these TVonics recorders with regards to accessibility,
they'll also set up the units with speech ready for the
customer and the price is some £50 cheaper than the RNIB.
I've been told that Bunwells will be expecting stock of
the
DTR-Z500HD within the week so I might buy one from them
instead once I've returned this faulty unit.
All the best, Ibrahim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Yusuf
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 12:50 PM
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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