Re: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

Are you sure the player wasn't playing anything? Did you have a book paused or something? It could be a defective player. I would definitely report it to your regional library. It may be addressed in a firmware update, and you may not have to replace the player. Either way, NLS needs to know a

Re: zen ston and nls player

Your NLS player will play BARD and MP3's. Only cartridges are officially supported though. You can purchase blank cartridges and load your MP3's and books from BARD onto them. Using thumb drives or any other USB attached drive with the USB port on the side of the player to play books or MP3's

RE: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

The BARD Talk web site does tell you what the latest firmware level is and how to check the level you have on your player. It also provides a link to the NLS site, which you can check in case the BARD Talk site isn't totally current yet. I suspect you have the latest firmware though. Last I knew,

RE: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

Last I checked that was the latest level of the NLS player firmware. Just to be sure, I went to the BARD site myself and checked. It is still the latest level of firmware. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...

Re: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

There is no special book shelf firmware, and if you'd had the latest version of the firmware, you shouldn't have had to do anything. Here's what it says at the BARD Talk FAQ at http://www.bardtalk.com/faq.php: 4. How can I access the player's bookshelf feature and why is this not mentioned in

Re: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

ase. And so I had to download the Bookshelf firmware and install it on the player. In spite of the fact that they tell you this on their website, it's not always true. I'm telling you this from my own personal experience, that's what I had to do. John. - Original Message -

RE: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

I may be missing your point since you didn't include the message you're responding to, but my understanding of how the NLS player works, and the way I want it to work, is that if I'm listening to a book then I want it to play until I turn it off or I enable the sleep mode. I don't want it to shut o

RE: Looking For Some Information Concerning NLS Player

a zip folder that's called, DTPM_latest_software.zip. Inside that folder, is another file that's called, upgrade. I never opened the folder to see what kind of files are in it, but I got it from their firmware web page. My best regards. John. - Original Message ----- From: "C

RE: question about playing Bard books on computer

Yes, if you download any books to your PC, you'll need to put them on a blank cartridge, a USB flash drive or some other USB attachable drive that you can plug into your NLS player. Note that only a blank cartridge is officially supported by the NLS, but other flash drives do work. You can find out

RE: what is the best media player out there?

Have you tried Foobar2000? -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 1:33 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: what is the best media player

RE: the best audio file to use when ripping a cd with cdex

Since both WAV and FLAC are lossless, I think it depends more on what you want to do with the files. FLAC will be a bit smaller than WAV. Every media player, hardware or software, that supports lossless formats, will play WAV files, but that isn't quite true for FLAC yet. If, for example, space is

RE: the best audio file to use when ripping a cd with cdex

I would assume so, since according to Wikipedia: FLAC is suitable for everyday audio playback and archival, with support for tagging, cover art and fast seeking. FLAC's free and open source royalty-free nature makes it well-supported by many software applications. FLAC playback support in portable

RE: NLS BOOK QUESTIONS

I'm guessing that the books you've downloaded from BARD so far just happen to have been older books that were converted from tape. These books won't have the DAISY markups that newly recorded books will have. I'm just guessing. There shouldn't be any difference between the books you get on cartridg

Re: NLS BOOK QUESTIONS

I'm going off of my memory here, but I believe I've also seen commercial recordings and older tape recordings where NLS has gone back and inserted some markups to facilitate navigation by chapter or heading. I've also seen older books which have been rerecorded in the new digital format complet

Re: NLS BOOK QUESTIONS

The same principle would work, but instead of splitting the tracks with an audio editor they're using the DAISY standard to mark the different chapters and headings. I haven't done this myself, or used any of the DAISY tools, but this is still a manual effort, and NLS has to cut over to doing t

Re: NLS BOOK QUESTIONS

I'm not sure either. Does the advanced player have some navigation settings? I don't see any on my standard player. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 5/18/2010 3:06 PM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Robert, Settings? What settings are you talking about? The only controls that my NLS player has

Re: NLS BOOK QUESTIONS

lling to bet that I'm not the only one that feels this way. If you can't move back and fourth freely, it defeats the perpis of reading any book. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Se

RE: Winamp question

I'm running Winamp 5.572, and I do see AVI as a supported file type. It's listed in the Winamp preferences in the file types list. When I click on an AVI file in Windows Explorer, Winamp is the media player that comes up and plays it. Did you install the lite or standard version of Winamp? I don't

RE: Winamp question

Hello list: My experience with WMP is that I can't move backwards (used to be able to move forward in a file or track)..but don't believe that even works anymore..unless I use that "slide" thing you were talking about. Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Christop

RE: Winamp question

;s, but I'd like to know where the CD ripper is in Winamp. If you can tell me that, you'll be a big help to me! Oh, and thinks in advance too! My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent

RE: MP3DirectCut Version 2.12 is now Available

Yes, but a lot of products that support multiple formats have Mp3 in their name or are referred to with the term MP3, so I thought this was a perfectly good question, although I do see from it's web site that it's pretty obvious it only works with compressed MP3 files. -- Christopher chalt...@gma

Re: What program plays or converts mp4 files

Ditto for Switch. Googling on Switch Audio Converter should get you there. I could pull up a URL later if needed. BTW, the free version of Switch will handle MP4 files. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 5/27/2010 12:29 AM, Roden wrote: Hello! you can use WinAVI. You can search Google fo

RE: WMP11 no sound was: Winamp question

From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:30 PM Subject: RE: Winamp question > Wow, I just brought up WMP 11 for the first time in a while, and I > can't play anything with it! I tried a few MP3 files, it sai

Rockbox, cable boxes and TiVo [was "RE: getting speech on my ipod"]

One thing to remember is that Rockbox is written and maintained by audiofiles who want to get the most out of their portable media players. I don't know that cable boxes and satellite receivers have that same kind of passionate interest in them. We're also fortunate, as a blindness community, that

Re: Rockbox, cable boxes and TiVo [was "RE: getting speech on my ipod"]

ry to figure out Hank Smith marketing executive. Melaleuca INC. the wellness company - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:54 PM Subject: Rockbox, cable boxes and TiVo [was "RE: ge

Power from USB [was "RE: Laptop speakers question"]

I guess I have a different take on all of this. Contrary to what someone said early in the thread, the USB port was definitely designed to provide power to attached devices. Otherwise, the specification wouldn't have included this in the first place. In Wikipedia's definition of the Universal Seria

RE: Power from USB [was "RE: Laptop speakers question"]

e of my USB ports. I had it sat to DC. The kind of reading I got was: 1.5 volts in to 135 MA. I know that the reading I got is correct because, this thing was built to scientific specks. I use it to bias the tubes in my vintage amplifiers when I think they need to be rebiased. My best regards. John

RE: Power from USB [was "RE: Laptop speakers question"]

Ah well, I'm not going to tell anyone what he has to use his USB port for, and it's none of my business if someone chooses not to charge his cell phone with their USB port. I do hope though that people reading this thread don't get the wrong impression though. There are standards on how the USB por

RE: HOW USB PORTS WORK

Interesting John, but some of what you say is contrary to what I'm finding on the web. For example, I'm reading that USB development didn't start until 1994. I'm also finding multiple sources where they say that USB can provide up to 5 V and 500 MA. I'll include some links and paste some text below

RE: DVD with MOV files

I'm not sure what OS you're talking about Jim, but I'm guessing it's Windows. You can use Switch on the Mac to convert MOV files to another format, but it doesn't look like you can do this with Switch for Windows. You can read more about Switch for the Mac and you'll find a download link at http://

RE: On or Off topic, I'm not sure.

Both of my sons play soccer, and they each have since they were four years old, so I've been standing on a soccer side line every weekend for about the last 20 years. In that time, I've learned a little bit about soccer! Also, the whole house is a buzz right now with soccer and world cup talk. The

Latest Winamp [was "Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono"]

You can get the latest Winamp from winamp.com. Just look for the link "Download Winamp 5.57 Media Player". The direct URL to the download page is http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en. Look for the download link below the header "Download Winamp Media Player 5.57". Note that this is the standar

RE: Ripping audio from video.

I use Switch from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html. There's a free and a Plus version, but I've never needed anything but the free version. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of

Off topic posts [was "RE: internet 8"]

Are you the moderator of the list Tom, and if so, were you speaking as the moderator? If that's the case, then I'd suggest you identify yourself as such when making such a statement. Otherwise, you might just be taken as a moderator want to be and either ignored or criticized. That's just my advice

Re: Off topic posts [was "RE: internet 8"]

needs to upgrade JAWS. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:00 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Off topic posts [was "RE: internet 8"] Ar

RE: Administrative Information

21, 2010 1:26 PM Subject: Administrative Information > Ladies and gentlemen, > > The message posted by Christopher Chaltain a few hours ago > states perfectly the purpose for this list and he says it > much better than I can. > > I do not intend to insult or be critical o

RE: Playlist converter.

There's Switch, which is free, and Switch Plus which isn't. When you download Switch you get a free trial of Switch Plus which lasts for about two weeks. If you don't upgrade to Switch Plus then the program will revert to Switch, and you'll lose the features in Switch Plus. I don't use the feature

Re: Question About File Extention Name

I can look it up later, but I'm pretty sure I've used Switch Audio Converter to convert these file types into MP3's. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 6/24/2010 10:58 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi TOm! You can check out the following link about this: http://filext.com/file-extension/M

RE: Question About File Extention Name

Switch Audio converter will definitely convert M4A's to MP3's. Check out http://www.nch.com.au/switch/kb/747.html. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, Jun

Re: Have Downloaded "Switch"..Now What?

No, Switch can't do that. I use Sound Taxi for that. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 6/25/2010 10:11 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Another ghing. Can Switch remove drm restrictions from wma files? Andre -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-

Re: removing protection

I agree RIAA's measures have gotten Draconian. I also think it's wrong that we have to use Goldwave or Sound Taxi to exercise our fair use rights to the music we've purchased or acquired legally. However, almost as long as cassette tapes have been around, there have been prohibitions against co

RE: removing protection

l that I need to put into mp3 files. It's a long job. I'm hoping I can find someone who wants all those reels, cassettes, and vinyl of music and old radio when I'm done with them. Howard - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio

RE: Have Downloaded "Switch"..Now What?

I noticed this with one of the more recent versions of Switch. I get around it by using the JAWS cursor to click on the right button or the programs different hot keys. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-a

RE: SDHC card question

I never knew there even was a write protect tab on SD cards! Using Bing, I found the following web site http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080118142914AAzkjb3 and information (ANS) SD Micro adapters or SD disk's are exactly the same as the old 3.5inch floppy disks. Every SD disk comes w

RE: SDHC card question

stion You mentioned SD disks. Do you mean SD disks or SD cards? -- Currently in Lansing Michigan , Wind: "Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check?" Created by Weather Signature v1.32 . http://www.weathersig.com - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chalt

RE: SDHC card question

t recommend using a 32 gig, for some reason. Take care! -- Currently in Lansing Michigan , Wind: "Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check?" Created by Weather Signature v1.32 . http://www.weathersig.com - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: &q

Re: Winamp questions

If you Google for "MP3 tags text" you'll get a few options. I don't know how any of them work or how accessible they are, so you may want to just wait and see if anyone has any suggestions. If not though, you may want to give some of these tools a try. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 7

Uninstalling Switch and Revo Uninstaller [was "Re: Problems With Switch"]

I've always assumed that whether you ran the program's own uninstaller or went through Add/Remove Programs, you were basically running the same code, i.e. the code the application registered with Windows as the uninstall routine. Either way, I use Revo Uninstaller from http://www.revouninstalle

Re: Uninstalling Switch and Revo Uninstaller [was "Re: Problems WithSwitch"]

. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:29 PM Subject: Uninstalling Switch and Revo Uninstaller [was "Re: Problems WithSwitch"] I've always assumed that whether you ran the p

Re: What is the best way to change formats to mp3?

I used to use Replay converter. I don't have it on this machine, so I can't give you any more information than that right now. It isn't free. I still have an older version of Replay converter on another system, but I pretty much switched over to using Switch exclusively for this now. -- Chris

Re: scripts for winamp

I use the media library in Winamp with JFW 11 all of the time, although I'm generally just accessing the local media content and podcasts. I don't have a lot of success with the rest of the remote media content. I'm also not aware of any scripts for JAWS that make accessing this content any bet

Re: scripts for winamp

dcasts, so I won't be able to give you any specifics until the weekend. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 7/15/2010 8:45 PM, hank smith wrote: how do access the podcast feature in winamp? I have been trying to play with that fore months - Original Message - From: "Christo

RE: File Conversion Question

Using Bing to search for "aif file extension", I see that AIF is an uncompressed file format. I don't have any experience converting from one lossless file format to another, but I wouldn't think you'd get too many artifacts introduced, if any, and of course, WAV files would be more universal, so I

Re: updating rockbox on my iriver h320

Yeh, I think it's pretty straightforward. I do it on my H20 and e280 all of the time. I'd suggest just following the instructions in the manual for your player using the steps for a manual install. Basically, you're just unzipping the Rockbox software and the voice menus to your player. -- Chri

RE: Before You Buy an iPod Touch

Following some pointers from Dane, I found the site http://www.apple.com/accessibility/itunes/ipodtouch.html which is Apple's accessibility site devoted to the iPod Touch. On this page it says: "The same VoiceOver screen reader made popular on the Mac and the iPhone is now a standard feature on iP

RE: Before You Buy an iPod Touch

hoping that Customer Service will let me exchange my Touch for the accessible model. No reason that they shouldn't. I'll pay the difference of course. When posting, I was just hoping to save others the inconvenience of a similar scenario, that's all. >> >> Larry >> &g

RE: H1 Handy Recorder: New Portable Stereo Recorder Announced

Using Bing and looking at the web pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroSD, I find that the size of the SD card is 24 × 32 × 2.1 mm and the size of the micro SD card is 15 mm × 11 mm × 1 mm. I'd say the SD card is about the size of a larger US

RE: is there any version of webbIE for win32?

I've run WebbIE on my Windows XP Pro 32-bit version with no problems. The web page says the installer works on XP, vista and 7. I'd suggest redownloading to see if that takes care of the problem. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [m

RE: Problem With Switch (It Insists That I Buy It)

I've been running the free version of Switch for quite some time, and I haven't ever been asked to upgrade to the paid version, so unfortunately I can't help you with that. Except for DRM protected files, the free version of Switch has been able to convert everything I've asked it to, but this is p

RE: Problem With Switch (It Insists That I Buy It)

Switch (It Insists That I Buy It) hmm, is that a Problem? I was under the impression that it wasn't a free piece of software anyway. On 26/08/2010, at 9:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > I've been running the free version of Switch for quite some time, and I > haven't ever bee

RE: Internet Radio on Mobile Devices

It's not my guide, and I don't have an iPod, but I did follow the link, and Ootunes is mentioned. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 4

RE: Airport Express Again

The way I understand it is that it's using your current wifi network, so if you already have a wifi router than you just need an Airport plugged in near your stereo system. A page with a good review and high level instructions can be found at http://www.audioreview.com/Airportcrx.aspx. -- Christop

RE: I think they fixed YouTube

The only way I could get it to work was to tab down to some control after the subscribe button and just before the mute button. JFW didn't say anything when I got to this control. Once I tabbed to this control, I turned off the JFW cursor with insert+z, and then the arrow keys worked as described b

RE: CD BURNING

I would think you could do this with Windows XP, Vista or 7, without any 3rd party application, although I haven't done this myself. A web page explaining how to create data and music CD's in Windows XP is at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/bridgman_august13.mspx . I'm guessin

JFW 12 public beta [was "RE: I think they fixed YouTube"]

in advance. My best regards. John. ----- Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 5:33 PM Subject: RE: I think they fixed YouTube > The only way I could get it to work was to tab down t

JFW 12 and Windows 7 [was "RE: I think they fixed YouTube"]

orced" to go to Windows 7 in order to run it; certainly hope this is not the case! But to get back "on topic"..Chris; am glad you could find a way to get it to work for you! Will have to get it another try and see what happens! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From

RE: converting a large file

I use Switch from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html to do exactly this. I've been using the free version for quite a long time, but I think you now get a free trial of Switch Plus which you can downgrade to the free version after the trial period. Note that AVI to MP3 conversion is in the fre

RE: Apple with Voiceover

Except that VoiceOver is a full fledged screen reader, and Narrator doesn't claim to be a complete access system for the blind. You wouldn't pay for VoiceOver updates. I'm not sure how Apple charges for OS updates. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun

RE: Winamps audio playback capabilities

Looks like the message David was responding to was removed, so I'm not sure what the original problem was, but I use the media library in Winamp all of the time. I don't find that there are any problems with JAWS and the media library when dealing with podcasts and local media. It's a different sto

RE: re podcatcher clients

I use Winamp as my podcatcher. The main reason I went with Winamp is because I wanted to use the same program to retrieve my podcasts and manage them on my portable multi-media players. I wouldn't recommend Winamp for this unless you're already using it as a media player or to manage your media lib

Re: Burning issue

I hate to mention this, since I'm sure you've already checked this, but are you sure you're selecting the right drive? I know on my system, between the card reader, the printer and so on, I have half a dozen removable drives listed. I sometimes just have to go through them one at a time to fin

RE: nfl games

Go to https://audiopass.nfl.com/nflap/secure/loginform, sign in and then follow the link "Click here for Low Bandwidth Version" at the bottom of the page. You'll get a table of all of the week 5 games and you can select the home or away team's broadcast. Once the player comes up, you won't be able

RE: Recording Live Audio Streams

You can use Windows XP or Windows Media Player to burn a CD. Some good instructions on just using Windows XP's built in functionality can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/bridgman_august13.mspx . -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com > -Original Message- > F

Re: Batch file conversions in Sound Taxi

I haven't done exactly what you asked for, but I have gone into a directory of WMA files, selected all dozen or so of them and then let Sound Taxi convert them. The version I have converts about 8 of them at a time. I don't have sound Taxi on this system, so I'll have to wait until later to se

Burning CD's with Windows XP [was "Re: Recording Live Audio Streams"]

someone on here would care to enlighten me on how this is done? Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:54 AM Subject: RE: Recording Live Audio Streams You can use

RE: juice podcatcher under windows 7?

Have you followed the instructions at http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-make-juice-22-work-in-windows-vista/. At that web site they say these instructions also work for Windows 7. BTW, I use Winamp under Windows XP myself. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com > -Original Message- > From: pc-

RE: Live audio streams for NFL?

Using Bing I found http://www.freefootballradio.com/. I just pay for Audio Pass myself, so I can't speak for the accessibility or legality of such a site. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On B

RE: Live audio streams for NFL?

ake sure no one is put at risk. I'm sure the lister meant no harm, so I hope this won't be taken personally. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 11:32 AM To

RE: MP3 players pre-loaded with Rockbox

I haven't ordered a Rockbox loaded MP3 player from Accessible Electronics, but I have used Rockbox on the Sansa E200 series of MP3 players. I'd definitely give it a favorable review. You'll have a MP3 player with talking menus, great sound quality and it won't set you back a lot financially. I'm no

RE: Winamp Library

I use it with JAWS to manage my library and my portable MP3 players. I also use it to subscribe to my podcasts. I'm a pretty basic user though, and I don't know anything about iTunes or smart play lists. I would say it's usable but not elegant. You have to do a lot of tabbing and use the F6 key to

RE: Audiobooks, where to get them for free?

Thanks for the information Steve. I did think it was funny that after the author said they wouldn't clutter up the list with a discussion on why Audible uses DRM they then went into some pretty silly analogies involving chairs, burgers, tables and so on. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Or

RE: Apple TV

I believe it also streams anything you can playing iTunes, which would include audio as well as video. It has an HDMI and an optical audio output, so you can also connect more than just your TV. Finally, it runs VoiceOver, so you can control what you want to listen to from the Apple TV box and not

RE: introduction to internet broadcasting

I don't understand. Why would you think anyone doesn't want you to write an introduction to internet broadcasting? I never saw any such sentiment on the list. Did you get some messages off list? If you did, my advice would be to ignore them. Remember that the opinions of one or two people don't con

RE: Running Out of Battery Power with Today's Digital Recorders

What kind of battery does the Plextalk Pocket player have in it? Are you able to use a different charger and get more than 26% charge on your Plextalk Pocket? If it's a lithium ion battery and it runs for quite a while on a 26% charge then the charge sensor may need a recalibration. Try letting it

Re: Running Out of Battery Power with Today's Digital Recorders

ion battery and when I charge it with the usb charger plugged into the wall, I get 100 per cent. Only when i use the external batery it charges it to about 26 per cent and then the external batery is low. Alexandra - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "&#x

Re: lost my windows sounds

I assume your screen reader is still pumping out sound. What about your media player? Any trouble with that? I wonder if your default audio output device got changed somehow. Am I reading your message correctly; are you running Windows XP SP3? Do you have an on board sound card in addition to y

Re: A dtb question

I'd suggest checking out the BARD Talk web site. The FAQ page in particular talks about things to watch out for when using a USB thumb drive with your NLS player. The URL to the FAQ page is http://www.bardtalk.com/faq.php. --

Re: Winamp and library.

It may be logical, but that doesn't make it correct. There are radio and TV stations available in Winamp, and you don't need to upgrade to Winamp Pro to access them. They aren't installed by default, so when installing Winamp, you'll have to make sure you check on line services or whatever they

Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter. You could attach an FM transmitter to your PC and then broadcast the music from your PC and pick it up on your stereo, assuming you have a FM receiver as part of your stereo. I don't have one myself, but I'm sure others can ch

Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter. You

Re: lost my windows sounds

and are you talking about all sounds or just Windows sounds that you get when you maximize a window or close an application? Is your screen reader still working? Can you still play music? When you go into Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds, check to make sure that your sound scheme hasn't change

Re: lost my windows sounds

So when you go into Sounds, you're double checking that you've got sounds set up for Windows startup and shutdown, right? If you make any changes, you're saving them and making sure the updated or new sound scheme is the one that's active, right? I assume so, so this is pretty strange. -

Re: hope for pandora

I see Hope has a volume control. Does this alter the volume independently from the overall system volume control? Can I control the volume of my station in Hope without changing my JAWS or system volume? Christopher chal

Re: lost my windows sounds

Bud, I also suppose you tried different sounds with no joy? You used the preview button or what ever it is to make sure you can hear the sounds and there's nothing wrong with the .wav files. Did you try listening to the .wav files directly with WMP or Winamp? Also, when you go into your volu

Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

overal HD size please. When you say an external drive would be slow do you mean when playing or just when initially retrieving? Thanks again Colin -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 07 January 20

Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 08 January 2011 21:01 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi I was thinking it would be slow whenever you were copying files over to or from the USB drive over that 1.1 USB connection. I'm not sure if the access rate ove

Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora (Roger R. Cusson)

The original question was pruned from the thread below, so I'm not sure what the original question was, but I remember reading that it might be possible to use Pandora if you have a proxy gateway in the US. I seem to recall that I was going to respond to the earlier post stating it would only w

Re: USB Power

If one of the USB connections is only used for power, I wonder if one of those cheap AC to USB power connectors would work. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -

Playing DVD's [was "Re: Hopefully Not "off-Topic""]

How could you possibly think this is off topic for this list? :-) I would suggest using a better subject line though. If I'd been checking this from another PC, I probably would have skipped over a subject that doesn't say anything but "I hope this isn't off topic." You probably wish I had che

Re: Playing DVD's [was "Re: Hopefully Not "off-Topic""]

opher: Thanks; wasn't sure (since this is mostly an "audio" list..if "video"..would be "on Topic! (don't want to get in trouble with our moderator--smile! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio D

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