If I remember correctly, the new firmware will offer a choice as to how the unit rewinds. Anyway, now, it doesn't make any difference whether you use the card or a CD, it rewinds the same way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:48 PM Subject: Re: PTR1 rewind function
> Just like Kevin's message and your message below, I have brought these > issues directly to this list and directly to Mr. Nemoto's attention via > e-mail as well as Plextalk's e-mail tech support. To date, I've not received > a single acknowledgement of my suggestions usefulness or otherwise, and of > course nothing in terms of a simple: "We're working on that or we'll take > that under consideration." then again, a couple of the features of the > upcoming firmware, to my knowledge, are a result of suggestions made by > users on this list. Maybe now that we have some Plextalk people on the list > who seem to be listening closely, hopefully we'll at least receive > acknowledgement of our small yet greatly annoying PTR1 hassles. Hope this > doesn't start a slew of complaints, or should I say creative criticism. > > Some of you are yet to discover that when listening to a daisy book on PC > card, I'm using the Toshiba 5 gig, the mechanism will become stuck and you > will need to pull the battery out of the unit to be able to turn it back on > and get the audio back. Hopefully you will not lose your daisy files. Just a > little warning. Don't get me wrong, being able to use the Toshiba card is > without a doubt my favorite feature of the PTR1 since I can essentially > carry a small library contained in a card the size of a credit card--really, > really neat. I just wish there were more stability in the PTR1. Again, since > my PTR1 disaster last week, and since I now have nothing to lose as my PTR1 > is now at factory defaults, looking forward to what the end of July brings > us. > > J Garcia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dnkeys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 5:39 PM > Subject: Re: PTR1 rewind function > > > > Hi, > > Just a thought. > > I think it has something to do with moving parts of a large file in and > out > > of memory. Again, just a thought. > > Something else as well. > > Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you press rewind or fast forward > > that the system actually goes the wrong direction for a short time. > > I was listening to a song and I pressed and held rewind, for a few seconds > > the ptr1 played rapidly in the forward direction before actually rewinding > > and at the point where the rewinding actually started the unit kind of > > popped several times, I mean that it was a audible popping sound in the > > speaker not something in the unit. > > Also, this happens weather or not it is a CD, CF Card or a Hard Card. > > > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "J Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 5:31 PM > > Subject: Re: PTR1 rewind function > > > > > > > Scott, > > > > > > I too hate the forward/rewind mechanism in the PTR1. I'm wondering if > > those > > > who use compact flash cards have to wait for this mechanism to engage. > > After > > > all, a CF card doesn't have any mechanical parts, so I'm thinking > > forwarding > > > and rewinding will happen instantly. For those that use a CF card with > the > > > PTR1, Is This true? > > > > > > J Garcia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Scott Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "PTR1 LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:10 PM > > > Subject: PTR1 rewind function > > > > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > I am doing a lot of studying at the moment and I have found the PTR1 > > > invaluable. > > > > > > The only thing is that when trying to rewind back and forth through > > recorded > > > lectures, it takes an age. It starts off quite slowly, then it stops > for > > a > > > couple of seconds (or so it seems) and then starts again, a bit faster. > It > > > keeps stopping and then going on for a bit, then stops again. Drives me > > > nuts! > > > > > > Sometimes,I have seen no logical pattern to it, it rewinds continuously > > > without stopping. I would like it very much if I could work out how to > > make > > > it rewind and fast forward without all these irritating stops and > starts. > > > > > > I think this may have been covered a while back, but as usual I didn't > > take > > > any notice because it wasn't affecting me at the time. I suspect that > > this > > > phenomena is normal and has something to do with the phrase timings or > > > something like that. > > > > > > If anyone has any suggestions, tips or just good old consolation, then > do > > > let me know. Many thanks for just being there. > > > > > > With Respects ... 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