egd;302696 Wrote: > Well, i got mine today and have to conclude it is definitely not ready > for the general consumer. In fact I'm sure they'd conclude it is a > piece of crap and return it to the retailer, coming away very unhappy! > > > - it didn't do what it was advertised to do i.e. other than see the > album cover (sometimes) for the currently playing song I couldn't > interact with my library at all. > > - the firmware would not upgrade via wireless. After reading forum > posts I realised that it was possible to update via SD card. Luckily I > had an SD card adapter and was able to use a micro-SD card from my PDA > for the job. If I hadn't had that I'd still be screwed! > > - the damned thing has dead pixels > > - the battery life is extremely poor > > given it is still under heavy development, perhaps it would be > worthwhile posting a sticky topic to help new users figure out what > needs to be done to get it working rather than expect them to wade > through umpteen forum posts in the hope of an answer. > > All in all a very disappointing experience thus far.
I just got my controller this week and my experience is 180 degrees from yours. - full interaction with my library, music services and internet radio. - update over network worked flawlessly - no dead pixels - battery life has been great for me. I have the dim set to the shortest length. I've yet to run it down below 2/3 full even after a couple of hours of off and on use. - build quality on mine has none of the issues you mention in a later post. No squeeks, etc. I couldn't be happier. In fact, my wife asked why we didn't get one earlier. Only complaint is it looks like it will be easy for gunk to work its way between the buttons and the case/wheel. I'm unsure what firmware shipped on mine as it worked out of the box. Sounds like you may have gotten a dud; sucks, but it happens. I'd ship it back and get another. -- twylie Thecus N5200 -> transporter -> Krell KRC2 -> 4 x nuforce 8b -> Von Schweikert VR-4 Gen III Thecus N5200 -> SB3 -> Monarchy DIP -> Monarchy Super DIP -> Monarchy 18b -> AES 845 monos -> Sonus Faber Concertos / Audio Physic Sparks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ twylie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47755 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
