Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 00:42:01 -0600 From: "Adam Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000
With the remote thing i got a utility called libremote that makes the mouse buttons control winamp so i just close the like and push the right mouse button for next song and the left mouse button for previous song and do other stuff depending on the combination of clicks. it works pretty well for me. -Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 12:44 AM Subject: RE: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 06:34:40 +0000 > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > > >Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:54:54 +0800 > >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >>>I've used a 100ct with the built-in sound card running into my car > >stereo via the tape deck. It's noticeably flatter than playing a CD on my > >car stereo, but OK for my tastes. > > >> > > >>How readable do you people find the Libby's screen in such a situation? > >(Or is the libby's screen not used and you use some form of remote?) > > Glasses sonny! :-) Ones that sit down on the old schnozz... > > > > >At night it's great of course... but operating the Libby moving in a > >car/truck ought to be illegal. A long time ago I saw a remote interface > >for WinAmp being sold. I'm sure many are available by now. > > > >Actually, there are remote program/plugins for Winamp that let you control > >it from a PalmPilot or a HP48/49 series graphics calculator > > We're hitting the same wavelength here... only for these thought? I never > got far enough to see if there's any IR remote/software available that would > work on the Lib. I'd put my money on it though being one who was betting > MP3s to become a big thing back in '96-'97 when I got my first WAV -> MP3 > converting software. > > >(themselves running some remote control software), both of which are quite > >readable in bright daylight ... I was just curious if you people had found > >a way of making the Libby screen readable in bright daylight. > > That's the problem. Actually, depending on how the angle the light is > coming through the windows, and just bright it is, the screen can in fact be > visable to some degree. > > I checked Man&Machine's working URL and wrote asking what kind of > modifications they did. They said they opened up the LCD and made > modifications to increase the light, and added a glare filter to the front > of the LCD. I wrote back asking for more specifics. You don't think they > actually disassemble the LCD and put something inside? They probably mean > they disassemble the lid, and add bulbs and hardware to make more light... > no? > > > >Though if I set the system to start playing a playlist of my 500-600 MP3s > >before I start driving, I could drive days without having to lift the Lib's > >lid. > > > >Good god, how big is the HDD?!?! > > MP3s are tiny! That's what's so great... you can download them in 1/10th > the time it would take to download a WAV file.... and they're MUCH more hifi > than other compression schemes. I widdled my MP3 folder to put the entire > Mircosoft Streets CD on this 6.4GB Toshiba HDD (6.6GB??) for travelling.... > so now 648 MP3 files take up abpout 2.4GB. > > >Speaking of which what precautions do you people recon should be taken > >regarding shockproofing for such applications? > > I'm not that into extensive modifications to the truck if I don't have to. > I just sit the Lib on the seat next to me. Works great at night. No > problems with bounce at all. > > Ttam > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
