Hi Folks:

May first is targeted to be the next major release of Rockbox.  There has 
been major changes in the way in which speech will be accessed.

For anyone interested:  do not install the latest builds of rockbox on your 
Iriver.  If you do, your speech will not work.

Cheers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: Mp3 player purchase.


>I didn't think Iriver targeted these to be high end recorders to put 
>optical
> in and out both on.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Mp3 player purchase.
>
>
>> Nektarios, you wrote:
>>
>>> I am able to find an iriver h140. Isn't that an older model though? I
>>> mean older than the 340? Are there esential differences between the
>>> two? Is rockbox supporting the h140?
>>
>> Yes, it is an older modell, but an even better one in my oopinion. It
>> has optical in and out, which the 300s don't have. However, it can't
>> play video files, this is only possible with the 300s. Also, the 300s
>> have a display which is turned off after one hasn't pressed a key on the
>> 300 for some time. The next key press doesn't do anything except
>> reactivating the display. At least it works like this with the original
>> iRiver firmware. Rockbox supports the 140 very well. Jonathan Mosen did
>> a review of the 140 with Rockbox.
>>
>> By the way, Rockbox now also works on the iAudio X5, which another
>> member of this list recommended. IAudio players are available here in
>> Europe too. But my favorite is the iRiver 140. With the X5, one has to
>> use a docking station for a couple of things. For instance I believe,
>> that the USB port of the machine is on the docking station. Also the
>> iRiver has a built-in mic preamp, so that one can use normal stereo mics
>> with it. However, I do not know whether Rockbox supports this feature.
>>
>>   <*** Michael Lang ***>
>>
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