Hi Dane No, it's not a problem. It uses a standard Teak internal drive which is used in many appliances these days.
If I felt like trying I'm sure i could fix it myself it I acquired the drive. So Im not worried about parts. Gordon On 27 Sep 2011, at 18:08, Dane Trethowan wrote: Accidents happen to the best of us, a similar thing happened to my Ibook as you may remember, I lost balance, I fell one way and the Ibook flew another <smile> The question is now does the Plextalk take a standard CD ROM drive? If not then parts may be a problem given what happened in Japan earlier this year. On 28/09/2011, at 2:44 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi Dane > > Yes, that's as I thought. I really must start playing around with these > things a little more. I must also get my Plextalk fixed as it's been damaged > by an unfortunate accident. > > I was making a recording a while ago which involved climbing a ladder to gain > access to the deck of a ship moored in permanent dry dock. Well, I got > safely to the top, as did the Plextalk. I made the recording and it was on > the way down that the accident happened. A friend of Lynne's offered to > carry the Plextalk down for me. Out of politeness, I accepted her offer and > let her do it. Well as she got on to the ladder, we heard a scream and then > an unpleasant crash. She was alright, she didn't fall. But apparently she > isn't have a secure enough hold on the Plextalk and it took the shortcut ride > to reach the bottom. > > > Although it was in its bag, when I got it back, along with her profuse > apologies and her many offers to replace it, it soon became obvious to me > that the machine had suffered significantly for its shortcut ride. The CD > drive within the player is non-functional. I'm guessing that the head has > become misaligned and it won't read the disks accordingly. > > So, I have that to repair now. I'm sure it's fixable, it just probably needs > a new CD drive installing. > > Anyway, I'm babbling. > > Gordon > > > On 27 Sep 2011, at 16:51, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Yep, to erase the track or file that's currently playing, presss the "Erase" > button which is located above the Power on/off/lock switch, file stops > playing and H1 prompts "Erase file?" press the round record button on the > front of the unit, file will then be erased. > > > > On 28/09/2011 1:48 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >> Hi Dane, sorry for the delay. >> >> I had a bit of a memory lapse, and when I pulled the H1 out of its case >> after coming out of hospital I found to my horror that I couldn't remember >> how to drive the darn thing. >> >> So thanks for the reminder, it was the power/lock switch I couldn't >> remember. But I'm also a bit forgetfully confused as to the procedure for >> erasing from the H1. I had thought that the procedure was to press that >> while the thing you want to erase is playing, and then press the record/stop >> button to confirm. But when I tried it just now it didn't seem to work. >> >> There's a hell of a lot I need to retrain with, and not just regarding H1. >> But the H1 is my focus at the moment. >> >> Gordon >> >> >> On 18 Sep 2011, at 08:56, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >> Okay well firstly given that the Zoom H1 doesn't have any editing controls - >> well not yet at any rate - as part of its built in control set then you're >> going to have to do a little editing possibly on your computer so let's go >> through a few basics that may help make that task somewhat easier. >> >> Remember that the big round button on the front is your "Record/stop" toggle >> if you like, turn the recorder on and its in "Standby" mode, press the round >> button and recorder starts recording. >> >> Press the round button again and recorder stops recording and returns to >> "Standby". >> >> Press the round button again and the recorder starts recording to a new >> file, each new file is numbered in a sequence starting from 01. >> >> Now whilst in a recording you can "Mark" a particular position in a file and >> these markers are recognised by audio editors such as Sound Forge, Amadeus >> Pro and similar. >> >> To set a mark press the "Play" button on the right hand side of the >> recorder, from top to bottom the itmes on the right hand side are input >> jack, input up/down, fast forward, play, rewind and the small indented erase >> button, below that is the power on/off/lock slider switch. >> >> >> >> On 18/09/2011 5:48 PM, Gordon Smith wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> This is going to sound incredibly dumb. But I need a bit of help, from the >>> blind person's perspective with regards using the H1 digital recorder. >>> >>> My only excuse is that I am physically and mentally battered just at the >>> moment, because of all this darn medical stuff, drugs and physical ailments. >>> >>> Lynne can give me a helping hand from the perspective of somebody with >>> vision. But if anybody could possibly give me a description of the >>> controls I'd be grateful. I need to make an on-location recording in >>> hospital tomorrow, and although I can edit the files when I get home, it >>> would undoubtedly help if I have some manipulation capabilities with the >>> machine itself. >>> >>> So if anybody could help me I'd be very grateful. >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> >>> >>> ======================================= >>> >>> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free >>> >>> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >>> pages located at >>> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >>> either of the following websites: >>> >>> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >>> >>> Or: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >>> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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