Hi, Oh no it doesnt. I bet they don't wanna host the intire world's streaming load. Smile And some libraries have a super bad transfer speed. Like the Danish one. Grin But to be honest this baby now is quite some years old, so what can we expect? But it reports bad connection quality, where all other units shows lots of signal.
Best regards Brian -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Gary Schindler Sendt: 1. maj 2017 16:44 Til: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Emne: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation In addition to what you said about the slow download speed of the Victor stream second generation, I feel that the chip for the wireless receiver could be more sensitive. Another thing I believe is that the internet streams seem to go through a server controlled by Humanware for the most part. If there is a problem for some reason with there server, the machine locks up even though you are connected to your router. that being said, it seems to be the best all around device in it's class for the money! -----Original Message----- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation Hi! I just bought one of these units and would like to make comment on my purchase. Firstly I think that the unit does a brilliant job for what it is in most respects. The sound from the internal speaker is a little muffled however - having already heard a VR Stream - I was already prepared for this, a bit of an annoyance one might say so to overcome this I use a small BUniden hand-held amplified battery speaker I've had for years, cost me $25 about 7 years ago, pity the Stream doesn't have Bluetooth but I guess a product can't have everythint. Now I don't know whether this is my unit in particular but I have noticed that the downloading of data seems to be incredibly slow compared to other devices I have on my network, I used the "Check for Updates" function and - according to that - the firmware is up to date, well at least the data does get downloaded I guess. There's a hell of a lot of functionality packed into the VR Stream box and a lot of this - such as the Internet Radio, podcasts and so forth - I won't bother using - given I already have better solutions for that sort of thing - but for those who don't the VR Stream provides a great entry level to the world of Internet Radio and Podcasting. Getting online with the Vision Australia library was a snap so I downlaoded a couple of books. Again, I have other Apps and so forth which I prefer to use myself but the Stream is convenient for reading, no doubt about that even though I read all my newspapers these days straight from the web site its good to know I have a reliable backup. -- ********** "Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if you were going to live forever"
