Is this expected at the beginning of June? Thanks.
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Jeff Samco wrote: > Plextor anticipates releasing in June a new firmware version for the > Plextalk PTR1. I know a number of you have already seen the list of firmware > enhancements at the Plextalk website. However, I thought it would be > helpful to post this for all the rest of us. This list came from the > American pages at www. Plextalk.com. > Jeff Samco > IRTI > Grass Valley, California > --- > Summary of features in new Plextalk firmware, June 2004 > > * Easy Fast Rewind and Forward Feature Added > When you press and hold fast rewind and forward for a while, it continues > fast rewind/forward > until you press the play key. > * Low Battery Warning Feature Added > With the existing firmware, when the battery gets low the unit automatically > shuts > down without any warnings to prevent any recording or memory failures. With > the new > firmware, users will receive a one minute low battery warning , this way, > users can > choose to plug the unit into an electrical outlet or stop the recording > before the > unit automatically shuts down. > * Capacity Announcement Feature Added > The existing firmware announces the recordable time when a user wants to > know the > data space. However, a data space in GB or MB is useful instead of > recordable time > since many users are using high capacity memory cards. New firmware will > guide the > remaining data volume in MB instead of recordable time as well as data > volume of > title. > * Time Jump Navigation Feature Added > The time jump is added in the navigations. You can select one or ten minutes > jump > by 2 or 8 key and jump 4 or 6 key to quickly reach a specific page. > * Selecting waiting sounds or a tone > With new firmware users can select 3 difference waiting sounds (Musical > waiting sound > a single tone or No sound). > * Changed The Playback Behavior > The existing firmware automatically jumps to the beginning of a new title > when a > current title comes to an end. New firmware does not jump to the beginning > of a new > title, user must do it manually to prevent overwriting the original > recordings. > * Enhanced MP3 playback on the memory card > The existing firmware can not play MP3 files in the PC card. New firmware > allows > playback of MP3 files in the PC card > * Changed MP3 or CD-DA playback navigation > With the existing firmware, a user can go back to the previous music track > by pressing > key 4. The new firmware moves to the beginning of the track like standard CD > players. > * Fast Rewinding and Fast Forwarding sound level > With current firmware, the Fast Rewind and Fast Forward features create a > noise sound. > Thanks to our customers feedbacks we were able to make changes and with the > new firmware > these features will now have a calm sound level. > * No Voice Guide When changing The Main Volume Level > According to the users� feedbacks, it is not necessary to guide the playback > volume > while playing the disc. New firmware will not feature a volume level guide > when reading. > * Corrected Guidance For 5GB PCMCIA Type II Hard Disk Card > The existing firmware can only recognize 2GB cards for recording since the > calculation > comes from the limitation of maximum one audio file capacity as 2GB. New > firmware > will guide the whole available recording time and the remaining capacity. > * Page and Heading Number Guide For Recording or Editing > The existing firmware does not have page or heading guide numbers for when > the pages > or headings are marked. New firmware will offer these features. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
