Re: Revisiting nls digital player
i don't create a special folder for the bard books. I just create a folder with the name of the book that will b in t. - Original Message - From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 7:02 AM Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 57°F Wind:Calm Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 . http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Revisiting nls digital player
I have the same player you do. when I hold down the play until it announces bookshelf I then hit the forward button until it gets to the last book. It identifies the audio folder just as a audio book. It does not announce the names of the folders within the audio+podcasts folder. - Original Message - From: Dave McElroy WA6BEF d...@drakelroy.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 1:00 PM Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player I was following the inscructions from this list. Somebody said that if you wanted to play mp3's you had to create two folders, one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. So I did. The nls books showed up beautifully but the other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Revisiting nls digital player
I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 57°F Wind:Calm Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 57°F Wind:Calm Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
Another question on this vein, on the Stream one must manually shift from the $dtb folder to the other places where data is stored before it can be accessed. How is this done on the nls player? All I have is bookshelf where the dtb books are stored. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 57°F Wind:Calm Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
I was following the inscructions from this list. Somebody said that if you wanted to play mp3's you had to create two folders, one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. So I did. The nls books showed up beautifully but the other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
Dave, the book shelf should see your audio+podcasts. It should show it as audio files. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Another question on this vein, on the Stream one must manually shift from the $dtb folder to the other places where data is stored before it can be accessed. How is this done on the nls player? All I have is bookshelf where the dtb books are stored. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 57°F Wind:Calm Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 82°F Wind:ESE-110° at 6mph All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $5 bill. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
Dave, with only 1 book, it shouldn't matter. Is the book in mp3 files? earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 57°F Wind:Calm Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 82°F Wind:ESE-110° at 6mph All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $5 bill. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Revisiting nls digital player
Well, I'm not sure what to say. I don't recall seeing any instructions that involve a $DTB folder on the NLS player. If I saw any such instructions, I either assumed the person knew what they were talking about, were talking about another player (such as the Victor Stream, which I don't have) or I just didn't pay too much attention since it was already working for me. BTW, I don't know that using a $DTB folder doesn't work. If you want to try what works for me you can. Otherwise, maybe someone else can help you. As I said before, I don't use a $DTB folder. Both on my blank NLS cartridge and my USB flash drive, I extract my BARD books directly into their root directories. This means I get one folder per book, and these folders are in the root directory. I also have an Audio+Podcasts folder in the root directory. I drop my MP3's into this folder. I have a standard player, so when I hold down the play/pause key I end up in my bookshelf, and I can use my forward and rewind keys to select the user's guide, any of the books I have and Audio Files. It sounds like you have the advanced player, so you can get to the user's guide with the info key. If I select the Audio Files entry in my book shelf, I hear the first MP3 start to play. Now I can use the forward and rewind buttons to move through that MP3 file and jump to the next file in the folder. Like I said this works for me. I too am following instructions I got from another list, plus a little bit of trial and error. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:01 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player I was following the inscructions from this list. Somebody said that if you wanted to play mp3's you had to create two folders, one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. So I did. The nls books showed up beautifully but the other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or Audio+NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Well, just for grins, I moved all of the books on my blank NLS cartridge (which obviously isn't really blank) into the $DTB folder, and everything still worked, i.e. I had no trouble getting to each book and getting to my MP3's in the Audio+Podcasts folder. Therefore, I'm not sure what to tell you and why your player isn't working. Also, I'm pretty sure I tried this, but I don't think you can get to the flash drive if you have a cartridge plugged in. What version of FW do you have on the player? You have to be on one of the last two releases to get the Bookshelf function. The latest release is 2.1.3. You can get to this on the standard player by hitting the sleep key 10 times with nothing plugged in. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: Christopher Chaltain [mailto:chalt...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:43 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm not sure what to say. I don't recall seeing any instructions that involve a $DTB folder on the NLS player. If I saw any such instructions, I either assumed the person knew what they were talking about, were talking about another player (such as the Victor Stream, which I don't have) or I just didn't pay too much attention since it was already working for me. BTW, I don't know that using a $DTB folder doesn't work. If you want to try what works for me you can. Otherwise, maybe someone else can help you. As I said before, I don't use a $DTB folder. Both on my blank NLS cartridge and my USB flash drive, I extract my BARD books directly into their root directories. This means I get one folder per book, and these folders are in the root directory. I also have an Audio+Podcasts folder in the root directory. I drop my MP3's into this folder. I have a standard player, so when I hold down the play/pause key I end up in my bookshelf, and I can use my forward and rewind keys to select the user's guide, any of the books I have and Audio Files. It sounds like you have the advanced player, so you can get to the user's guide with the info key. If I select the Audio Files entry in my book shelf, I hear the first MP3 start to play. Now I can use the forward and rewind buttons to move through that MP3 file and jump to the next file in the folder. Like I said this works for me. I too am following instructions I got from another list, plus a little bit of trial and error. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:01 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player I was following the inscructions from this list. Somebody said that if you wanted to play mp3's you had to create two folders, one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. So I did. The nls books showed up beautifully but the other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or Audio+NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one
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Hi Christopher and list: Just curious as I've just gotten my standard version of the NLS player (probably not the best place to bring this up at length)..but how does one come by information such as what you gave about..pressing the sleep button ten times tells you which version of the machine you have? Forgive me for veering off-topic just a little..but I am following this thread with interest as I'm anticipating learning as much as I can about my new NLS digital player! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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I have a $dtb folder on my cartridge because I let the Humanware Companion transfer my books. I also have an audio+podcasts folder on that cartridge and have no trouble. earlier, Christopher Chaltain, wrote: Well, I'm not sure what to say. I don't recall seeing any instructions that involve a $DTB folder on the NLS player. If I saw any such instructions, I either assumed the person knew what they were talking about, were talking about another player (such as the Victor Stream, which I don't have) or I just didn't pay too much attention since it was already working for me. BTW, I don't know that using a $DTB folder doesn't work. If you want to try what works for me you can. Otherwise, maybe someone else can help you. As I said before, I don't use a $DTB folder. Both on my blank NLS cartridge and my USB flash drive, I extract my BARD books directly into their root directories. This means I get one folder per book, and these folders are in the root directory. I also have an Audio+Podcasts folder in the root directory. I drop my MP3's into this folder. I have a standard player, so when I hold down the play/pause key I end up in my bookshelf, and I can use my forward and rewind keys to select the user's guide, any of the books I have and Audio Files. It sounds like you have the advanced player, so you can get to the user's guide with the info key. If I select the Audio Files entry in my book shelf, I hear the first MP3 start to play. Now I can use the forward and rewind buttons to move through that MP3 file and jump to the next file in the folder. Like I said this works for me. I too am following instructions I got from another list, plus a little bit of trial and error. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:01 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player I was following the inscructions from this list. Somebody said that if you wanted to play mp3's you had to create two folders, one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. So I did. The nls books showed up beautifully but the other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or Audio+NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 82°F Wind:SE-140° at 6mph Sex on television can't hurt you... unless you fall off. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hello listers, A great place to get info about the Nls players is the Bardtalk home page at: http://www.bardtalk.com/index.php HTH. Frank Brown To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Ah, good point Frank. You didn't include the messages you were replying to, but I think this is the same thread talking about how to play MP3's on your DTBM. As anexample of the good information you can get from the BARDTalk web page, it says the following: 10. Can I move a thumb drive with NLS books between my third party reading device and my DTB player and have it work with both? Answer: Yes. The NLS dtbm will locate any NLS books on your thumb drive regardless of the folder names in which they are placed. If your third party reading device requires the NLS books to be in a certain folder, you should place them branching off that folder if you plan to listen to them using both the dtbm and your third party reader. For example, if your third party reader is a Victor Reader Stream, you would place the NLS books in subfolders below $VRDTB on your thumb drive so you could listen to them on both the NLS dtbm and your Stream. Remember that bookmarks including your current reading position are stored on the individual device and will not transfer when you switch the media between reading devices. 11. Where do I put MP3 files I want to listen to on my DTB player? Answer: Create a folder on your thumb drive or a writable cartridge called: audio+podcasts. Note, when creating this folder, use the + sign between audio and podcasts. Additional folders may be created under that main folder. Mp3 files will be played sequentially based on their file names. the NLS dtbm will not announce the names of the files because it does not have a built in text to speech engine. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Frank Brown Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 4:10 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player Hello listers, A great place to get info about the Nls players is the Bardtalk home page at: http://www.bardtalk.com/index.php HTH. Frank Brown To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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As Frank mentioned in an earlier post, the BARDTalk web site at http://www.bardtalk.com/index.php is a good source of information and should probably be your first jumping point for almost everything. The BARD Talk Mailing List is also a source of good information, although when I was on it, you got a lot of chaff with the wheat as well. to join this list, send a blank email to the following email address: bardtalk-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Information on this list is also covered on the BARDTalk web site. Finally, you'll get some information from your local library and there's some information on the NLS web site. -- 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: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player Hi Christopher and list: Just curious as I've just gotten my standard version of the NLS player (probably not the best place to bring this up at length)..but how does one come by information such as what you gave about..pressing the sleep button ten times tells you which version of the machine you have? Forgive me for veering off-topic just a little..but I am following this thread with interest as I'm anticipating learning as much as I can about my new NLS digital player! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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tom, You learn about the accessible means of geting the serial number from the PC-Talk list. NLS head Cylkie has not directed that documentation for the digital player be updated, so staff is not updating the player's documentation at this time. Kelly On 4/2/10, Frank Brown fb0...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hello listers, A great place to get info about the Nls players is the Bardtalk home page at: http://www.bardtalk.com/index.php HTH. Frank Brown To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Aw yes..forgot about that Bard Talk site! I remember saving it in my favorites when our list moderator mentioned it; need to go check it out as it sounds like it has a wealth of information to be found there! Tom Kaufman (aka Tomcat) To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Boy do I feel silly. I looked at the directory name again and what? It said audio_ not audio+podcasts. Dumb or what? Thanks all. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 11:43 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm not sure what to say. I don't recall seeing any instructions that involve a $DTB folder on the NLS player. If I saw any such instructions, I either assumed the person knew what they were talking about, were talking about another player (such as the Victor Stream, which I don't have) or I just didn't pay too much attention since it was already working for me. BTW, I don't know that using a $DTB folder doesn't work. If you want to try what works for me you can. Otherwise, maybe someone else can help you. As I said before, I don't use a $DTB folder. Both on my blank NLS cartridge and my USB flash drive, I extract my BARD books directly into their root directories. This means I get one folder per book, and these folders are in the root directory. I also have an Audio+Podcasts folder in the root directory. I drop my MP3's into this folder. I have a standard player, so when I hold down the play/pause key I end up in my bookshelf, and I can use my forward and rewind keys to select the user's guide, any of the books I have and Audio Files. It sounds like you have the advanced player, so you can get to the user's guide with the info key. If I select the Audio Files entry in my book shelf, I hear the first MP3 start to play. Now I can use the forward and rewind buttons to move through that MP3 file and jump to the next file in the folder. Like I said this works for me. I too am following instructions I got from another list, plus a little bit of trial and error. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:01 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player I was following the inscructions from this list. Somebody said that if you wanted to play mp3's you had to create two folders, one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. So I did. The nls books showed up beautifully but the other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or Audio+NLS cartridge. Now when I hold down the play/pause key and go into the Bookshelf, I can go to any of the books I've downloaded, the user's guide or the Audio+Podcasts folder, which shows up as a single book. Each MP3 in that folder is like a different chapter in that book. I do not have a $DTB folder anywhere, which is why I'm thinking we may be talking about two different things and why I'm a bit confused. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:42 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Revisiting nls digital player Hmmm. Should I place the book as a sub folder under audio+podcasts? Wonder if that would make it show up? Maybe I'll try that. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:02 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Revisiting nls digital player I don't know why you are having your problem but I can tell you that you named the audio+podcasts folder correctly. earlier, Dave McElroy WA6BEF, wrote: Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4995 (20100402) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security
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Well these things are funny that way *(you leave one thing out..and it just don't do what you want it to)..not to worry, Dave..things happen; stuff like that has probably happened to us all at one time or another! Tom Kaufman (aka Tomcat) To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have created two folders, the one being $dtb and the other audio+podcasts. $dtb works great but I can't access the book on the other folder. Did I name it improperly perhapse? The bookshelf just shows the six books I've gotten from the site. Thoughts? Many thanks. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lois Goodine Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessible XM radio receiver Thanks for your input, tim, concerning my XM receiver problem. Yesterday I did some fooling around with things and discovered the problem is with my antenna. I have an extra one here so I put it in the system and the receiver worked well. So I have ordered a new antenna and a longer cable. Think I'll be okay now, for awhile at least. Lois Goodine. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4985 (20100330) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
