Nice to see your name, Paul as we once met at a Scottish Exhibition. Interesting you have the same problem. However, I have one or two other ideas to try. >I have had the same problem with my new Bookport. I am waiting for an >exchange from Hagger. > >Paul > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Julia Cosgrove (Mrs.)" <j.cosgrove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:15 PM >Subject: [bookport] Re: ['bookport] Re: ('bookport) - MP3 now white noise > > >> Hello Walt >> >> >I wonder if the Book Port volume was turned up too high. Normally, I >> >> This did occur to me. However, although the MP3s were a lot louder than >the speech, they were not distorted. It was only after a while that this >happened. I did try turning the volume down both on the keypad and in the >settings but to no avail. I tried a .wav file too and this was also very >distorted whistles and sounds, but the MP3s I would say were more like white >noise. >> >> >wouldn't expect this to produce white noise so much as extremely >> >distorted, extremely loud music through the system. Did the white noise >> >occur even if the Book Port was not running; that is, if you stopped the >> >> When I stopped the file, the white noise stopped. >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julia Cosgrove >> >(Mrs.) >> >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:57 PM >> >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >Subject: [bookport] (bookport) - MP3 now white noise >> > >> >Hello >> > >> >I had my new Book Port in the middle of July for my birthday. It is a >> >lovely machine. I loaded in quite a lot of files to read on holiday and >> >also some MP3s. The stereo sound of the MP3s was good and very much >> >surprised us. >> > >> >Unfortunately, one evening when I plugged the Book Port into a friend's >> >speaker, the MP3s all changed to white noise. I did notice that, at the >> >end of some of the files, where it fades out, the sound of the music was >> >there although at half speed or something similar. Just before this, I >> >had deleted some memo files and I wonder if this had something to do >> >with it. >> > >> >I tried taking the batteries out for a few seconds but this did not >> >work. I also tried reloading the MP3s, with music checkd or unchecked >> >and also through IE but to no avail. This also seemed to affect my .doc >> >files which would then not read. I have since reinstalled the .doc >> >files which now work. >> > >> >Any suggestions? >> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.5/67 - Release Date: 09/08/05