RE: what's a good program for playing dvd's?

[Hamit Campos]

Once you get it working VLC is pretty good. If you have Win 8 pro and wanna
spend the 9 bucks, Windows Media Center is good too.

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of randy
tijerina
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:02 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: what's a good program for playing dvd's?

Hi folks...Randy here..what's a good programme for playing dvd's?

Re: best Ipod Touch Dock

[Dane Trethowan]

Because that’s exactly what they are, the demand for Docks has slackened given 
the cordless freedom that Bluetooth and other Wi-Fi offerings can achieve that 
Docks cannot.


> On 25 May 2016, at 10:31 AM, Singing Sparrow  wrote:
> 
> why do you say they are a dying race?
> 
> 
> On 5/24/2016 7:12 PM, Brent Harding wrote:
>> I like my old Klipsch iGroove. I got one of these devices off amazon that 
>> turns the 30-pin into airplay, it was called the Lario HD Music Receiver. It 
>> seems like this thing is almost a knockoff of the now discontinued Auris 
>> Skye, to the point that if I download that app instead, it is compatible for 
>> setup as much as Lario's app. I wish Klipsch did make something more 
>> up-to-date because I use this thing with a Winamp plugin called remote 
>> speakers as well, and it's a high bar for quality to try to reach in the $80 
>> range half-off deal I got on Woot back when for the iGroove. It would've 
>> been worth the $150/160 range it retailed for though.
>> 
>> - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" 
>> 
>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: best Ipod Touch Dock
>> 
>> 
>>> iPod Docks are a dying race so you should be able to get some nice bargains 
>>> out there.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Remember that most iPod docks are of the older 30 pin connector style so 
>>> you may need a Lightning connector adapter depending on what model of IOS 
>>> device you're using.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best iPod Dock still seems to be the B Zeplin Air but they don't come 
>>> cheap.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Course we're talking about powered docks here and not portable docks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 25/05/2016 3:30 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
 What is the best Ipod Doc out there Brand, Model and Price and where can a 
 person order it.
 
 
 
 On 5/24/2016 11:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
> Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.
> 
> The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might 
> come off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover 
> anti clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.
> 
> The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B 
> Powered Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the 
> shape of a cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, 
> middle button is your pause button, up and down control volume, the 
> slightly indented bottom button is your source - toggles between USB and 
> Aux-In mode - and very top button is for power.
> 
> I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle 
> but very desirably so in my opinion.
> 
> I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I 
> hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set 
> yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 
> speaker system so started doing research to find a good price which paid 
> off immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on 
> the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been 
> reserved until I can arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind 
> telling you all that the pickup day can’t come quickly enough.
> 
> 
>> On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
>> finally arrived today.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the 
>> two
>> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB 
>> port.
>> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
>> speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised 
>> it
>> immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my 
>> audio
>> devices as mm1.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
>> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side 
>> of
>> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
>> which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically 
>> press
>> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication 
>> where
>> they are located.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I 
>> have
>> not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery 
>> door
>> from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
>> 

Re: best Ipod Touch Dock

[Singing Sparrow]

why do you say they are a dying race?


On 5/24/2016 7:12 PM, Brent Harding wrote:
I like my old Klipsch iGroove. I got one of these devices off amazon 
that turns the 30-pin into airplay, it was called the Lario HD Music 
Receiver. It seems like this thing is almost a knockoff of the now 
discontinued Auris Skye, to the point that if I download that app 
instead, it is compatible for setup as much as Lario's app. I wish 
Klipsch did make something more up-to-date because I use this thing 
with a Winamp plugin called remote speakers as well, and it's a high 
bar for quality to try to reach in the $80 range half-off deal I got 
on Woot back when for the iGroove. It would've been worth the $150/160 
range it retailed for though.


- Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: best Ipod Touch Dock


iPod Docks are a dying race so you should be able to get some nice 
bargains out there.



Remember that most iPod docks are of the older 30 pin connector style 
so you may need a Lightning connector adapter depending on what model 
of IOS device you're using.



Best iPod Dock still seems to be the B Zeplin Air but they don't 
come cheap.



Course we're talking about powered docks here and not portable docks.




On 25/05/2016 3:30 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
What is the best Ipod Doc out there Brand, Model and Price and where 
can a person order it.




On 5/24/2016 11:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom 
might come off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn 
the cover anti clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab 
will drop out.


The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other 
B Powered Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 
buttons in the shape of a cross, 2 buttons either side control 
track back and forward, middle button is your pause button, up and 
down control volume, the slightly indented bottom button is your 
source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top button 
is for power.


I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being 
subtle but very desirably so in my opinion.


I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers 
and I hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your 
speaker set yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to 
get the B A7 speaker system so started doing research to find a 
good price which paid off immediately, I was able to find a place 
that had one model left on the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the 
original price so that’s been reserved until I can arrange to go 
and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup day 
can’t come quickly enough.



On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer 
 wrote:


Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 
speakers

finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected 
up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the 
USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the 
active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer 
recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in 
my audio

devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their 
size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left 
side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the 
speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale 
indication where

they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit 
which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the 
battery door
from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of 
the tab

broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite 
astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs 
as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be 
very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only 
way I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  
And the

sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is 
interested.




Regards



Andre







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Re: best Ipod Touch Dock

[Brent Harding]

I like my old Klipsch iGroove. I got one of these devices off amazon that 
turns the 30-pin into airplay, it was called the Lario HD Music Receiver. It 
seems like this thing is almost a knockoff of the now discontinued Auris 
Skye, to the point that if I download that app instead, it is compatible for 
setup as much as Lario's app. I wish Klipsch did make something more 
up-to-date because I use this thing with a Winamp plugin called remote 
speakers as well, and it's a high bar for quality to try to reach in the $80 
range half-off deal I got on Woot back when for the iGroove. It would've 
been worth the $150/160 range it retailed for though.


- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: best Ipod Touch Dock


iPod Docks are a dying race so you should be able to get some nice 
bargains out there.



Remember that most iPod docks are of the older 30 pin connector style so 
you may need a Lightning connector adapter depending on what model of IOS 
device you're using.



Best iPod Dock still seems to be the B Zeplin Air but they don't come 
cheap.



Course we're talking about powered docks here and not portable docks.




On 25/05/2016 3:30 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
What is the best Ipod Doc out there Brand, Model and Price and where can 
a person order it.




On 5/24/2016 11:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might 
come off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover 
anti clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.


The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B 
Powered Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the 
shape of a cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, 
middle button is your pause button, up and down control volume, the 
slightly indented bottom button is your source - toggles between USB and 
Aux-In mode - and very top button is for power.


I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle 
but very desirably so in my opinion.


I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and 
I hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set 
yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 
speaker system so started doing research to find a good price which paid 
off immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on 
the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been 
reserved until I can arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind 
telling you all that the pickup day can’t come quickly enough.



On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer 
 wrote:


Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up 
the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB 
port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the 
active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer 
recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my 
audio

devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side 
of

the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically 
press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication 
where

they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I 
have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery 
door

from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as 
seem to

be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I 
can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And 
the

sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is 
interested.




Regards



Andre







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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Dane

Got it sorted thanx!

Pricy but the most amazing set of speakers I have ever owned.

Just keep in mind they're desktop speakers.  They're not made to fill a whole 
room.  I've heard criticism about that.  My feeling is though that you buy a 
set of speakers for the purpose you want to use them.  I tested them with a 
sweep generator program and they go down to about 50 Hz when they start to fall 
off.  Amazing for such small units!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:38 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come 
off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti 
clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.

The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B Powered 
Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a 
cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is 
your pause button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom 
button is your source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top 
button is for power.

I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle but 
very desirably so in my opinion.

I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I 
hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set 
yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 speaker 
system so started doing research to find a good price which paid off 
immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on the floor 
for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been reserved until I can 
arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup 
day can’t come quickly enough.


> On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
> speakers finally arrived today.
>
>
>
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
> active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
> recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
> shows up in my audio devices as mm1.
>
>
>
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
> speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
> physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
>
>
>
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
> I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
> battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
> part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
>
>
>
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
> seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
> to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
> only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
> would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.
>
>
>
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Andre
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Fanus

Yes two separate speakers.  They connect by usb  to your computer directly so 
you do not need to use an external digital to audio converter for them.  The 
connections are all at the back on the underside of the speaker.

They run from their own power supply so they are not portable in that sense of 
the world.  But it should be quite easy to travel with them although they are 
quite heavy!

André

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:22 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Hello Andre
I assume there are two speakers to have stereo sound? So are both connected via 
bluetooth simultaneously? Did you get it here in SA?
Regards
Fanus


From: André van Deventer
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:40 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: B speakers arrived finally

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers finally 
arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active 
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it 
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio 
devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker which 
is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have 
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door from 
closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab broke off!  
Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to be 
the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very 
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can 
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the sound 
is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Got the rest of the tab out!  Very simple actually you simply have to open the 
battery compartment!

Very handy little control indeed.  All the functions work with fobar 2000 which 
is what I am primarily use.

Still can't get over the sound of these little speakers!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:01 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it immensely 
to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile indication, and 
because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use those controls. Plus, 
with the remote you can move among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy 
little unit.
Mary


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> On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
> speakers finally arrived today.
>
>
>
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
> active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
> recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
> shows up in my audio devices as mm1.
>
>
>
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
> speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
> physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
>
>
>
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
> I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
> battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
> part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
>
>
>
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
> seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
> to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
> only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
> would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.
>
>
>
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Andre
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

[Dane Trethowan]

Sorry I got the model number of the Degen wrong, it is in fact an 1103 
but put a DE in front of the 1103 so the model number should read DE-1103.





On 25/05/2016 4:18 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
To put things into perspective, the little Degen radios are incredibly 
powerful - wasn't long ago that such power would have to come from a 
tabletop - and we're talking small portable here.



They're not on the same scale as your Sangean ATS909X or the Eton 
Satellit but at a quarter of the price of those two radios? Well 
they're damn good value for money.



The AM of the 1103 has some slight image rejection issues but again, 
we're talking about a radio under $100 which is hotter than a fire 
cracker.



The audio isn't first class through the internal speaker but certainly 
not the worst and there's plenty of good audio to be heard through the 
headphones socket or the line-out jack.



The 1103 can even be connected to an external antenna through the jack 
provided if you feel that way inclined.





On 25/05/2016 3:56 AM, Evan Reese wrote:
I found several Dejen radios on Amazon for well under $100, but not 
the D-1103. Nothing for Kido 1103.
It's pretty amazing what you can get for less than $100 these days, 
especially when I consider that I grew up with short wave in the 
1970s. Things have come a long way since then..

Evan

-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

There are a lot of Shortwave radio sets out there which are blind 
friendly but the trick to getting a blind friendly shortwave set is 
to be prepared to learn how to use it.


The cheapest around which is an all-round good performer would be the 
Degen D-1103 sometimes known as the Kido - hope I got the spelling 
right - 1103, the set has been around a good while and as far as I 
know is still available for well under $100.


The radio covers all the Shortwave bands along with Medium-wave and 
Long-wave bands, has SSB tuning should you want it and performs well.


There are a few tricks to this radio but overall the interface is 
extremely well laid out.


One of the things I like about the radio is the analogue feel to the 
tuning, yes it has a knob for tuning the radio with the added tester 
year feel of each band wrapping around.


For example you select a band and start tuning using the dial, when 
you come to the upper or lower end of the band - depending on your 
thing direction - the radio doesn’t just go to the next band rather 
it wraps around to the end and continues tuning.


The 1103 has a numeric keypad though its a little strange to get used 
to at first as all the numbers are from left to right.


Buttons are easily identifiable, keypad buttons are small round 
buttons whilst function buttons are rectangle in shape.


These radios were being sold by the giant discount Aldi Supermarket 
chain in Australia up until recently.


I have a document which describes how to use the radio and its many 
functions which I was involved in compiling if anyone would be 
interested, email me and I’ll send along a copy or - if demand is 
great enough - I’ll put up a Dropbox link.



On 25 May 2016, at 12:24 AM, Singing Sparrow 
 wrote:


Does anyone have any good recomandations for a radio in the subject 
line? that is blind friendly? if so what is the brand, model, and 
price and where can a person buy it?






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Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

[Dane Trethowan]

To put things into perspective, the little Degen radios are incredibly 
powerful - wasn't long ago that such power would have to come from a 
tabletop - and we're talking small portable here.



They're not on the same scale as your Sangean ATS909X or the Eton 
Satellit but at a quarter of the price of those two radios? Well they're 
damn good value for money.



The AM of the 1103 has some slight image rejection issues but again, 
we're talking about a radio under $100 which is hotter than a fire cracker.



The audio isn't first class through the internal speaker but certainly 
not the worst and there's plenty of good audio to be heard through the 
headphones socket or the line-out jack.



The 1103 can even be connected to an external antenna through the jack 
provided if you feel that way inclined.





On 25/05/2016 3:56 AM, Evan Reese wrote:
I found several Dejen radios on Amazon for well under $100, but not 
the D-1103. Nothing for Kido 1103.
It's pretty amazing what you can get for less than $100 these days, 
especially when I consider that I grew up with short wave in the 
1970s. Things have come a long way since then..

Evan

-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

There are a lot of Shortwave radio sets out there which are blind 
friendly but the trick to getting a blind friendly shortwave set is to 
be prepared to learn how to use it.


The cheapest around which is an all-round good performer would be the 
Degen D-1103 sometimes known as the Kido - hope I got the spelling 
right - 1103, the set has been around a good while and as far as I 
know is still available for well under $100.


The radio covers all the Shortwave bands along with Medium-wave and 
Long-wave bands, has SSB tuning should you want it and performs well.


There are a few tricks to this radio but overall the interface is 
extremely well laid out.


One of the things I like about the radio is the analogue feel to the 
tuning, yes it has a knob for tuning the radio with the added tester 
year feel of each band wrapping around.


For example you select a band and start tuning using the dial, when 
you come to the upper or lower end of the band - depending on your 
thing direction - the radio doesn’t just go to the next band rather it 
wraps around to the end and continues tuning.


The 1103 has a numeric keypad though its a little strange to get used 
to at first as all the numbers are from left to right.


Buttons are easily identifiable, keypad buttons are small round 
buttons whilst function buttons are rectangle in shape.


These radios were being sold by the giant discount Aldi Supermarket 
chain in Australia up until recently.


I have a document which describes how to use the radio and its many 
functions which I was involved in compiling if anyone would be 
interested, email me and I’ll send along a copy or - if demand is 
great enough - I’ll put up a Dropbox link.



On 25 May 2016, at 12:24 AM, Singing Sparrow  
wrote:


Does anyone have any good recomandations for a radio in the subject 
line? that is blind friendly? if so what is the brand, model, and 
price and where can a person buy it?






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Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

[Evan Reese]

I found several Dejen radios on Amazon for well under $100, but not the 
D-1103. Nothing for Kido 1103.
It's pretty amazing what you can get for less than $100 these days, 
especially when I consider that I grew up with short wave in the 1970s. 
Things have come a long way since then..

Evan

-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

There are a lot of Shortwave radio sets out there which are blind friendly 
but the trick to getting a blind friendly shortwave set is to be prepared to 
learn how to use it.


The cheapest around which is an all-round good performer would be the Degen 
D-1103 sometimes known as the Kido - hope I got the spelling right - 1103, 
the set has been around a good while and as far as I know is still available 
for well under $100.


The radio covers all the Shortwave bands along with Medium-wave and 
Long-wave bands, has SSB tuning should you want it and performs well.


There are a few tricks to this radio but overall the interface is extremely 
well laid out.


One of the things I like about the radio is the analogue feel to the tuning, 
yes it has a knob for tuning the radio with the added tester year feel of 
each band wrapping around.


For example you select a band and start tuning using the dial, when you come 
to the upper or lower end of the band - depending on your thing direction - 
the radio doesn’t just go to the next band rather it wraps around to the end 
and continues tuning.


The 1103 has a numeric keypad though its a little strange to get used to at 
first as all the numbers are from left to right.


Buttons are easily identifiable, keypad buttons are small round buttons 
whilst function buttons are rectangle in shape.


These radios were being sold by the giant discount Aldi Supermarket chain in 
Australia up until recently.


I have a document which describes how to use the radio and its many 
functions which I was involved in compiling if anyone would be interested, 
email me and I’ll send along a copy or - if demand is great enough - I’ll 
put up a Dropbox link.



On 25 May 2016, at 12:24 AM, Singing Sparrow  
wrote:


Does anyone have any good recomandations for a radio in the subject line? 
that is blind friendly? if so what is the brand, model, and price and 
where can a person buy it?






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Re: cd mp3 boom box with Ipod Doc.

[Dane Trethowan]

You're not going to get an iPod Dock in a boombox with a CD Player as 
far as I know.



Now if you were to think differently in the form of a Tabletop system or 
a Compact Micro system then things change.



I have a Sangean DDR63 Tabletop which has a CD Player - plays MP3/WMA 
files from CD and from everything else - has FM/DAB+ radio - the latter 
band only available outside the United States - Internet Radio, USB/SD 
Card playback etc.



Sangean make slightly cheaper models where the feature set changes, 
another of their models plays CD's - same specifications as mentioned 
above - and has AM/FM radio, USB/SD Card Playback etc.



I regard these models highly as they're in audio tuned wooden cabinets 
along with acoustically separated speakers so they sound absolutely divine.



Pioneer make some nice compact micro systems - compact micro systems 
look similar to boomboxes though they're more powerful given the fact 
they're AC powered -, they have a model with CD Player - plays MP3/WMA 
files along with DVD Playback - FM radio, iPod Dock, plays music fron a 
home network, is Airplay compatible, plays music from a USB memory stick 
and so on.





On 25/05/2016 3:31 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
What I am looking for is a boom box that has a cd player, that can 
play mp3 cds, am fm radio tape deck built in Ipod doc for the Ipod Touch.


Do you know the Model of the TDK boom box and the price perchance?


On 5/24/2016 11:28 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Don’t know whether TDK are still selling there Boombox, think that 
might meet much of your requirements.


Panasonic still make a CD/Radio Cassette Boonbox with an Aux-In port 
so perhaps you could use that with a Dock attachment for your iPod 
Touch.



On 25 May 2016, at 12:26 AM, Singing Sparrow 
 wrote:


Does anyone know of a good cd/ mp3 boom box that has an Ipod Doc? 
for use with an Ipod Touch? can also have am fm radio and tape deck 
cd player needs to be able to play mp3 cds.





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Re: best Ipod Touch Dock

[Dane Trethowan]

iPod Docks are a dying race so you should be able to get some nice 
bargains out there.



Remember that most iPod docks are of the older 30 pin connector style so 
you may need a Lightning connector adapter depending on what model of 
IOS device you're using.



Best iPod Dock still seems to be the B Zeplin Air but they don't come 
cheap.



Course we're talking about powered docks here and not portable docks.




On 25/05/2016 3:30 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
What is the best Ipod Doc out there Brand, Model and Price and where 
can a person order it.




On 5/24/2016 11:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom 
might come off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn 
the cover anti clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will 
drop out.


The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B 
Powered Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in 
the shape of a cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and 
forward, middle button is your pause button, up and down control 
volume, the slightly indented bottom button is your source - toggles 
between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top button is for power.


I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being 
subtle but very desirably so in my opinion.


I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers 
and I hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your 
speaker set yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to 
get the B A7 speaker system so started doing research to find a 
good price which paid off immediately, I was able to find a place 
that had one model left on the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the 
original price so that’s been reserved until I can arrange to go and 
pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup day can’t 
come quickly enough.



On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer 
 wrote:


Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up 
the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB 
port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the 
active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer 
recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in 
my audio

devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left 
side of

the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale 
indication where

they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit 
which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the 
battery door

from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as 
seem to

be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way 
I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  
And the

sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is 
interested.




Regards



Andre







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Re: cd mp3 boom box with Ipod Doc.

[Singing Sparrow]

What I am looking for is a boom box that has a cd player, that can play 
mp3 cds, am fm radio tape deck built in Ipod doc for the Ipod Touch.


Do you know the Model of the TDK boom box and the price perchance?


On 5/24/2016 11:28 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Don’t know whether TDK are still selling there Boombox, think that might meet 
much of your requirements.

Panasonic still make a CD/Radio Cassette Boonbox with an Aux-In port so perhaps 
you could use that with a Dock attachment for your iPod Touch.



On 25 May 2016, at 12:26 AM, Singing Sparrow  wrote:

Does anyone know of a good cd/ mp3 boom box that has an Ipod Doc? for use with 
an Ipod Touch? can also have am fm radio and tape deck cd player needs to be 
able to play mp3 cds.




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best Ipod Touch Dock

[Singing Sparrow]

What is the best Ipod Doc out there Brand, Model and Price and where can 
a person order it.




On 5/24/2016 11:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come 
off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti 
clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.

The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B Powered 
Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a cross, 
2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is your pause 
button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom button is your 
source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top button is for power.

I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle but 
very desirably so in my opinion.

I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I hadn’t 
forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set yesterday, I’ve 
finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 speaker system so 
started doing research to find a good price which paid off immediately, I was able 
to find a place that had one model left on the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the 
original price so that’s been reserved until I can arrange to go and pick it up and 
I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup day can’t come quickly enough.



On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer  
wrote:

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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Radiotunes, list of Radiotunes Apps plus supported Hardware and Software Players

[Dane Trethowan]

   If you're a user of radiotunes or you're thinking about tapping into 
the amazing audio quality that Radiotunes offers then the below guide 
may be of some help, it lists the support Radiotunes Apps for Android, 
iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone etc along with supported hardware and 
software players.

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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come 
off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti 
clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.

The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B Powered 
Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a 
cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is 
your pause button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom 
button is your source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top 
button is for power.

I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle but 
very desirably so in my opinion.

I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I 
hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set 
yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 speaker 
system so started doing research to find a good price which paid off 
immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on the floor 
for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been reserved until I can 
arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup 
day can’t come quickly enough.


> On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
> finally arrived today.
> 
> 
> 
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
> speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
> immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
> devices as mm1.
> 
> 
> 
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
> which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
> 
> 
> 
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
> not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
> from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
> broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
> 
> 
> 
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
> be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
> disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
> describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
> sound is wonderfully clear.
> 
> 
> 
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: cd mp3 boom box with Ipod Doc.

[Dane Trethowan]

Don’t know whether TDK are still selling there Boombox, think that might meet 
much of your requirements.

Panasonic still make a CD/Radio Cassette Boonbox with an Aux-In port so perhaps 
you could use that with a Dock attachment for your iPod Touch.


> On 25 May 2016, at 12:26 AM, Singing Sparrow  wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of a good cd/ mp3 boom box that has an Ipod Doc? for use 
> with an Ipod Touch? can also have am fm radio and tape deck cd player needs 
> to be able to play mp3 cds.
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

[Dane Trethowan]

There are a lot of Shortwave radio sets out there which are blind friendly but 
the trick to getting a blind friendly shortwave set is to be prepared to learn 
how to use it.

The cheapest around which is an all-round good performer would be the Degen 
D-1103 sometimes known as the Kido - hope I got the spelling right - 1103, the 
set has been around a good while and as far as I know is still available for 
well under $100.

The radio covers all the Shortwave bands along with Medium-wave and Long-wave 
bands, has SSB tuning should you want it and performs well.

There are a few tricks to this radio but overall the interface is extremely 
well laid out.

One of the things I like about the radio is the analogue feel to the tuning, 
yes it has a knob for tuning the radio with the added tester year feel of each 
band wrapping around.

For example you select a band and start tuning using the dial, when you come to 
the upper or lower end of the band - depending on your thing direction - the 
radio doesn’t just go to the next band rather it wraps around to the end and 
continues tuning.

The 1103 has a numeric keypad though its a little strange to get used to at 
first as all the numbers are from left to right.

Buttons are easily identifiable, keypad buttons are small round buttons whilst 
function buttons are rectangle in shape.

These radios were being sold by the giant discount Aldi Supermarket chain in 
Australia up until recently.

I have a document which describes how to use the radio and its many functions 
which I was involved in compiling if anyone would be interested, email me and 
I’ll send along a copy or - if demand is great enough - I’ll put up a Dropbox 
link.


> On 25 May 2016, at 12:24 AM, Singing Sparrow  wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any good recomandations for a radio in the subject line? 
> that is blind friendly? if so what is the brand, model, and price and where 
> can a person buy it?
> 
> 
> 

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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Fanus]

Hello Andre
I assume there are two speakers to have stereo sound? So are both connected via 
bluetooth simultaneously? Did you get it here in SA?
Regards
Fanus


From: André van Deventer 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:40 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org 
Subject: B speakers arrived finally

Hi all

 

For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.

 

Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
devices as mm1.

 

The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.

 

There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.

 

The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
sound is wonderfully clear.

 

Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.

 

Regards

 

Andre

 

 



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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Mary Otten]

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it immensely 
to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile indication, and 
because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use those controls. Plus, 
with the remote you can move among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy 
little unit.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
> finally arrived today.
> 
> 
> 
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
> speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
> immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
> devices as mm1.
> 
> 
> 
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
> which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
> 
> 
> 
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
> not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
> from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
> broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
> 
> 
> 
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
> be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
> disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
> describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
> sound is wonderfully clear.
> 
> 
> 
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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cd mp3 boom box with Ipod Doc.

[Singing Sparrow]

Does anyone know of a good cd/ mp3 boom box that has an Ipod Doc? for 
use with an Ipod Touch? can also have am fm radio and tape deck cd 
player needs to be able to play mp3 cds.

Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.

[Singing Sparrow]

Does anyone have any good recomandations for a radio in the subject 
line? that is blind friendly? if so what is the brand, model, and price 
and where can a person buy it?

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tell me anything. I can see hackers now thinking 
of ways of using this "Improvement" too their 
advantage. Thanks... but no thanks!


At 03:28 AM 5/23/2016, you wrote:

Hi Dane
Kortana will be much more intelligent this year. 
For example examining your mails for 
appointments and being able to notify you about these.


Brian

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[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] PÃ¥ vegne af Dane Trethowan

Sendt: 22. maj 2016 23:17
Til: PC Audio Discussion List 
Emne: Windows 10 and Cortana

Hi!


I'm surprised Cortana hasn't been mentioned here 
at all, for those who don't know Cortana is the 
search facility in Windows 10 which combines 
Voice Recognition to search for and accomplish tasks.



I use Cortana from time to time but for some 
reason I don't feel as comfortable using Cortana 
on my Windows Desktop as I do using Google on one of my Android devices.



In my view Google products have a strangle hold 
on the Voice Recognition game but having said 
all that its early days for Cortana and we're 
going to see a lot of development in this area 
from all sorts of players and perhaps we'll even 
see Apple with their SIRI catch up in this area too.



I've been able to have Cortana open Apps on my 
computer, tell me the time and current 
temperature in different locations and have 
Cortana open various web sites but I haven't 
really been able to get much further than that.



I tried to have Cortana send an eMail but I was 
told I didn't have an eMail account configured 
which isn't quite correct, I use Mozilla 
Thunderbird on the Desktop PC and - whilst 
Cortana has no problem whatever in opening 
Thunderbird when commanded - it must rely on an 
Outlook Email account or something similar set up, that's my assumption anyway.



Surprisingly I haven't been able to get Cortana 
to "Call" numbers and this struck me as very odd 
given I have Skype, a Microsoft product 
installed on the system.  When I asked Cortana 
to "Call 123 4567" I was told that, "Sorry, I 
can't call anyone on this system".



So there we are, my few cents worth on 
Cortana.  Besides the voice recognition features 
is the search feature from the keyboard which I 
just wouldn't be without and of course I've been using this since Windows 7.





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