[bookport] a question and a review
- From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:26:43 -0700
First, the question. How long does the date and time stay set if the
batteries are removed? Now to the review. There are lots of things I
like about the new bookport. The only problem I have had is withthe
device locking up. This usually happens with MP3 files, whether going
too fast through the file or sometimes just switching from file to file.
This will sometimes cause the bookport to lock up and sometimes it will
just cause the voice to become distorted. If you then wait for the 10
seconds for the bookport to cycle and turn off, sometimes the voice will
come back. Sometimes the bookport will be playing an MP3 file, after
which you can do nothhing and the file continues to play. If you hold
down the #2 key sometimes this will stop, sometimes the voice stops but
then you cannot do anything else and have to take the batteries out for a
second. (The 2B combination does not seem to change this. I notice that
there are still some file erors which occur, but it seems that if you
simply stop playing the file and restart it the error goes away. Of
course, I am thrilled about the speed shift, since I used to read
everything at double speed. The one interesting thing about the device
locking up that is different is that now when it locks up it stops at the
place you were, whereas it used to stop at the place you started from
when you began to use it. I was also interested to note the page number
setting, although since it gives me page numbers in MP3 files I know have
no page numbers, I do not really trust it. Those are my feelings and
experiences. I hope this helps somebody. I did find the transferring of
the upgrade files a bit difficult but I finally got that done. In my
opinion, these changes have simply increased the usefulness of this
device. Now that I can speed up MP3 files, I can use CDEX or something,
download the CD to mp3 and convert it. Yes, it does take a long time,
but since I am going to be reading the file at double speed I will take
the time. Thanks for reading this. Kurt
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