Hello. The message you responded to in no way signifies that the audio
book method can't be or won't be changed. It simply means that this is
currently the way the BookSense handles files in the media player. We
are looking into updating the way it plays mp3 audio books so it seens
the entire book as one book regardless of how many files are in it.
Many thanks.
On 9/14/2009 3:17 PM, Keith Gillard wrote:
**Wow I didn't know that! If I did, I likely wouldn't have urchased the BS.
So, propriatory firmware does not speak well towards the possability of
having the resume/bookmark feature modified to work on a folder with
multiple fies after one leaves the folder.
**Nore does it give me hope that the BS will see multiple files as one book
like the Stream.
You could also open a folder of music and press the 7 key for 2 seconds or
longer to save the playlist.
Now you can use the menu to go to the select playlist function and go to the
last playlist in the list and press the OK button on it.
If the firmware is working correctly, the list of music or files should
begin to play and you can then use the right and left arrows to move between
tracks.
I say "if" because I found that in the beta versions of the firmware, the
playlists will not play so I went back to version 1.0.
**I find the playlist feature does work on my XT.
Rod
**Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: EVAN REESE
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:36 AM
Subject: [GW-Booksense] Question About Moving Among Tracks
Hey Guys,
I really do like the Book Sense a lot, but there's one thing that seems a
bit illogical to me: When I'm in the Music folder, I can't move among tracks
with the left and right arrows. I have to be *on* the Music folder, not *in*
it. When I'm inside the Music folder, I can up and down arrow to hear the
titles of tracks when I'm not playing one. But when I hit Play, the left and
right arrows just ding at me. I thought the machine was malfunctioning at
first, but when I called GW Micro, Mike told me that that is how it's
supposed to work. (I've read most of the manual, but either that was not
clearly stated, or--more likely--I missed it, thinking that it would work
the way I think it should.) I can only use the left and right arrow keys to
move among tracks when I'm sitting *on* the Music folder, but not when I'm
inside it. However, when I'm inside the Music folder, the up and down arrows
give the various movement options, One Track, "Five Tracks, and First and
Last Track. So if the up and down arrows give the movement options,
shouldn't the left and right arrows move through the tracks according to the
spoken options while inside the Music folder? That seems only logical to me.
Why give the movement options in a situation when the user can't use them?
It seems more reasonable to assume that when you choose a movement option
inside the Music folder, then the Book Sense should move among the songs by
that option when you hit the left or right arrow key.
What do you all think? Am I the oddball here, or is this something they
should alter? I understand that for reading books, you may not want to skip
around from book to book the way you might with songs. But maybe some people
would, I don't know. For music, though, the current setup seems slightly
strange to me. Is the way the Booksense works the same way other devices
work, such as Streams or I-Pods? Or do they work more the way I think the
Book Sense should? If they all work the way the Book Sense currently does,
then I guess I'll get used to it, although I think it is counterintuitive,
as well as less useful. Is this something that has already been discussed
here? Apologies if this is old ground. I'm completely new to portable
devices of this kind, as if you couldn't tell from the above.<smile>
Thanks for any feedback.
Evan
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Raul A. Gallegos
GW Micro Technical Support Team
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Web http://www.gwmicro.com
