focus on the file in file explorer. go to the program menu and select rename Hold down the right arrow to get to the end of the name. add a .mp3 to the file name and press ok. it should now open. ----- Original Message ----- From: denise avant To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 2:57 PM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Nbc nightly news current solution: hello, if someone has successfuly renaned the nbc nightly news so as to have it playing, can you send me the instructions for doing it. when i opened the folder under file explorerer i saw one file there which cannot be opened as it's not recognized. i'm just wanting to know i am going to the correct spot, and will rename the correct item. thanks. Larry Lumpkin <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: It won't play unless you add an extention of .mp3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" To: Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Nbc nightly news current solution: >I followed the below instructions and it said no feeds were found. I > dropped off at the com and got 12 podcast listings one of which wa msmbc > nightly news. I chose that one and still no go. I can get it to download > but unless I change the extention it will not play. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Guido Corona" > To: "David Poehlman" > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:15 AM > Subject: Re: can't send to discuss:Re: [icon-discuss] Re: Nbc nightly news > current solution: > > > Is the RSS application pointing to the correct URL for NBC? > > http://podcast.msnbc.com/audio/podcast/msnbc-nightly.xml > > What happens when you deliberately update just that feed while you have an > active internet connection able to receive/update other podcasts? > > G. > > > Guido Dante Corona > IBM Research, > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) > Austin Tx. > Phone: 512. 838. 9735. > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able > > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who > were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who > questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise." > [David Poyer, The Command] > > > > > "David Poehlman" > 02/01/2008 06:54 AM > > To > Guido Corona/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > cc > > Subject > can't send to discuss:Re: [icon-discuss] Re: Nbc nightly news current > solution: > > > > > > > ah, this is the problem G, when we do that, it comes up empty. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Guido Corona" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:44 PM > Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Nbc nightly news current solution: > > > Optionally, to listen to the NBC Nightly news on the ICON or Braille > Plus, open the RSS application, navigate to podcasts, and downarrow to > NBC Nightly News. > > G. > > > Guido Dante Corona > IBM Research, > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) > Austin Tx. > Phone: 512. 838. 9735. > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able > > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who > were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who > questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise." > [David Poyer, The Command] > > > > > "David Poehlman" > Sent by: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 01/31/2008 02:29 PM > Please respond to > icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To > > cc > > Subject > [icon-discuss] Nbc nightly news current solution: > > > > > > > To listen to nbc nightly news podcast, download it as a podcast, open file > > > explorer, nand navigate to the podcasts\nbc nightly news folder/current > issue. press the context key, choose rename and put a .mp3 at the end of > the file name or rename the whole thing if you like. > > > > > >