Re: Sansa Clip Setting Needed

2017-02-06 Thread Georges Zaynoun 

Ok thank you as always.
Original message:

Hello Georges,



I would be able to get to your question sooner if you wrote to me
directly for help with your player instead of writing to an email
group because I answer mail from customers on a priority before going
through the rest of my email messages. Now for the answer to your
question.



Yes, of course.



Go into settings, playback settings, prevent track skipping, select
yes, and click the select button.



Remember where this setting is located so you can later reverse it.



Laz



On 2/5/17, Georges Zaynoun  wrote:

Is there a setting in this device that makes it play only one file and
not play all files as in a playlist? Thanks.



--
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Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN
Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11






--
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Bluetooth devices, and accessories
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Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com
Phone: 727-498-0121
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Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11

Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

2017-02-06 Thread Dane Trethowan 
Now that solution of having two Echo systems for stereo would be a super 
one sonlically as well as literally given the shape of the Echo.




On 7/02/2017 8:07 AM, John Gurd wrote:

No, the Echo isn't stereo but not at all bad for a momo speaker. It would be 
nice if two together could act as a stereo pair like Sonos devices do but 
that's not the case. I haven't looked into the Tap (I don't think it's 
available in the UK yet) but if it is as good as suggested I might. I just 
assumed it would be portable but inferior in audio quality even to the Dot. 
Obviously I assumed wrong so I'll check it out just from Nosiness. I don't 
really need yet another speaker just yet. :)

John


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 06 February 2017 17:38
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

to your last comments about "The Pipes" first? Impressive, absolutely 
impressive.

I had the Echo on my table behind my bed - shelf actually - and I listened to a few 
Classic Albums I came upon on Spotify, the tone was quite pleasing and something I 
could easily relax to but no, not as wonderful as my B A7 and I didn't expect 
it to be either.

I think the Echo plays in mono so it was a damn good performance indeed if 
that's the case.

Battery Base for the Dot? Makes all the sense in the world given that the Dot 
can stream to Bluetooth speakers and headsets, I wonder why the Echo won't do 
Bluetooth streaming both ways, you can stream to it of course but you can't 
stream from it.

I'm thinking about whether or not to buy a Tap, in a review I read over the 
weekend it was compared favourably to the Bose Soundlink Mini and I had been 
thinking about getting the current version of the Bose so perhaps its best to 
kill some b irds with a stone and just get the Amazon Tap? Will think about it.



On 7/02/2017 3:04 AM, John Gurd wrote:

I'm just catching up with this thread. Just to make it clear, the Dot does not 
have a built-in battery. That's interesting you can get a battery base for it 
(I didn't know that) but I personally don't think it would be worthwhile. The 
Dot is fine for speech and books and even casual radio but I wouldn't spend 
much time listening to music on it. I've never connected it to external 
speakers. The Echo is much better for music but it is still not as good as my 
Bose  Soundlink Mini or Creative Roar. I noticed the Echo is very susceptible 
to positioning: on a table away from a wall it is quite mid-rangey with little 
base, on a carpeted wooden floor the base is very good but it's speech is too 
base heavy. I have it on a table near a wall and it sounds reasonably good.

Apart from the Hive skill, the following are the ones I found of most use. The 
Guardian newspaper because it is very generous with the unabridged articles it 
provides and they can be accessed in categories. I was using the Telegraph 
occasionally but I removed it as suddenly the few available articles are now 
truncated to the first few paragraphs. The National Rail skill is very basic 
but great for quickly getting the times and status of a single pre-set up 
route. I've enabled Radio Player as well as the TuneIn Skill and have sometimes 
found radio stations that for some reason TuneIn won't find. I've dabbled with 
the Magic Door game which is a basic Interactive Fiction with sound effects and 
although it's quite amusing I ultimately found it a bit limited. I've just 
enabled the International Space Station skill and enjoy finding out where it is 
at any given moment and when it will pass Glasgow next as well as news about 
what the astronauts are doing. Alexa has a lot of hidden talents herself but 
you have to work quite hard to find them and doing so is very hit and miss.

Oh, and just for you, Dane, I asked Alexa to play the Pipes. The first
time I got the Pogues instead and the second I got the Pipes of the
Royal Tank Command playing Chariots of Fire of all things. It didn't
last long as military bands are definitely not my thing. I'm not keen
on the Scottish Pipes on their own although there is a very excellent
pipe-based rock band called the Red Hot Chile Pipers. Sadly, Alexa
will always think you want the more famous Peppers. :)

John

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Clifford Blackwell
Sent: 04 February 2017 20:05
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

You can purchase a battery base for the Dot.  I haven't wanted to spend the 
extra money on this though so I can't verify how well it works.
- Original Message -
From: "Dane Trethowan" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa



Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20
questions, Mystery Radio Theatre

RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

2017-02-06 Thread John Gurd 
No, the Echo isn't stereo but not at all bad for a momo speaker. It would be 
nice if two together could act as a stereo pair like Sonos devices do but 
that's not the case. I haven't looked into the Tap (I don't think it's 
available in the UK yet) but if it is as good as suggested I might. I just 
assumed it would be portable but inferior in audio quality even to the Dot. 
Obviously I assumed wrong so I'll check it out just from Nosiness. I don't 
really need yet another speaker just yet. :)

John


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 06 February 2017 17:38
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

to your last comments about "The Pipes" first? Impressive, absolutely 
impressive.

I had the Echo on my table behind my bed - shelf actually - and I listened to a 
few Classic Albums I came upon on Spotify, the tone was quite pleasing and 
something I could easily relax to but no, not as wonderful as my B A7 and I 
didn't expect it to be either.

I think the Echo plays in mono so it was a damn good performance indeed if 
that's the case.

Battery Base for the Dot? Makes all the sense in the world given that the Dot 
can stream to Bluetooth speakers and headsets, I wonder why the Echo won't do 
Bluetooth streaming both ways, you can stream to it of course but you can't 
stream from it.

I'm thinking about whether or not to buy a Tap, in a review I read over the 
weekend it was compared favourably to the Bose Soundlink Mini and I had been 
thinking about getting the current version of the Bose so perhaps its best to 
kill some b irds with a stone and just get the Amazon Tap? Will think about it.



On 7/02/2017 3:04 AM, John Gurd wrote:
> I'm just catching up with this thread. Just to make it clear, the Dot does 
> not have a built-in battery. That's interesting you can get a battery base 
> for it (I didn't know that) but I personally don't think it would be 
> worthwhile. The Dot is fine for speech and books and even casual radio but I 
> wouldn't spend much time listening to music on it. I've never connected it to 
> external speakers. The Echo is much better for music but it is still not as 
> good as my Bose  Soundlink Mini or Creative Roar. I noticed the Echo is very 
> susceptible to positioning: on a table away from a wall it is quite 
> mid-rangey with little base, on a carpeted wooden floor the base is very good 
> but it's speech is too base heavy. I have it on a table near a wall and it 
> sounds reasonably good.
>
> Apart from the Hive skill, the following are the ones I found of most use. 
> The Guardian newspaper because it is very generous with the unabridged 
> articles it provides and they can be accessed in categories. I was using the 
> Telegraph occasionally but I removed it as suddenly the few available 
> articles are now truncated to the first few paragraphs. The National Rail 
> skill is very basic but great for quickly getting the times and status of a 
> single pre-set up route. I've enabled Radio Player as well as the TuneIn 
> Skill and have sometimes found radio stations that for some reason TuneIn 
> won't find. I've dabbled with the Magic Door game which is a basic 
> Interactive Fiction with sound effects and although it's quite amusing I 
> ultimately found it a bit limited. I've just enabled the International Space 
> Station skill and enjoy finding out where it is at any given moment and when 
> it will pass Glasgow next as well as news about what the astronauts are 
> doing. Alexa has a lot of hidden talents herself but you have to work quite 
> hard to find them and doing so is very hit and miss.
>
> Oh, and just for you, Dane, I asked Alexa to play the Pipes. The first 
> time I got the Pogues instead and the second I got the Pipes of the 
> Royal Tank Command playing Chariots of Fire of all things. It didn't 
> last long as military bands are definitely not my thing. I'm not keen 
> on the Scottish Pipes on their own although there is a very excellent 
> pipe-based rock band called the Red Hot Chile Pipers. Sadly, Alexa 
> will always think you want the more famous Peppers. :)
>
> John
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Clifford Blackwell
> Sent: 04 February 2017 20:05
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
>
> You can purchase a battery base for the Dot.  I haven't wanted to spend the 
> extra money on this though so I can't verify how well it works.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Dane Trethowan" 
> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
>
>
>> Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20 
>> questions, Mystery Radio Theatre etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
>>>

Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

2017-02-06 Thread Dane Trethowan 
to your last comments about "The Pipes" first? Impressive, absolutely 
impressive.


I had the Echo on my table behind my bed - shelf actually - and I 
listened to a few Classic Albums I came upon on Spotify, the tone was 
quite pleasing and something I could easily relax to but no, not as 
wonderful as my B A7 and I didn't expect it to be either.


I think the Echo plays in mono so it was a damn good performance indeed 
if that's the case.


Battery Base for the Dot? Makes all the sense in the world given that 
the Dot can stream to Bluetooth speakers and headsets, I wonder why the 
Echo won't do Bluetooth streaming both ways, you can stream to it of 
course but you can't stream from it.


I'm thinking about whether or not to buy a Tap, in a review I read over 
the weekend it was compared favourably to the Bose Soundlink Mini and I 
had been thinking about getting the current version of the Bose so 
perhaps its best to kill some b irds with a stone and just get the 
Amazon Tap? Will think about it.




On 7/02/2017 3:04 AM, John Gurd wrote:

I'm just catching up with this thread. Just to make it clear, the Dot does not 
have a built-in battery. That's interesting you can get a battery base for it 
(I didn't know that) but I personally don't think it would be worthwhile. The 
Dot is fine for speech and books and even casual radio but I wouldn't spend 
much time listening to music on it. I've never connected it to external 
speakers. The Echo is much better for music but it is still not as good as my 
Bose  Soundlink Mini or Creative Roar. I noticed the Echo is very susceptible 
to positioning: on a table away from a wall it is quite mid-rangey with little 
base, on a carpeted wooden floor the base is very good but it's speech is too 
base heavy. I have it on a table near a wall and it sounds reasonably good.

Apart from the Hive skill, the following are the ones I found of most use. The 
Guardian newspaper because it is very generous with the unabridged articles it 
provides and they can be accessed in categories. I was using the Telegraph 
occasionally but I removed it as suddenly the few available articles are now 
truncated to the first few paragraphs. The National Rail skill is very basic 
but great for quickly getting the times and status of a single pre-set up 
route. I've enabled Radio Player as well as the TuneIn Skill and have sometimes 
found radio stations that for some reason TuneIn won't find. I've dabbled with 
the Magic Door game which is a basic Interactive Fiction with sound effects and 
although it's quite amusing I ultimately found it a bit limited. I've just 
enabled the International Space Station skill and enjoy finding out where it is 
at any given moment and when it will pass Glasgow next as well as news about 
what the astronauts are doing. Alexa has a lot of hidden talents herself but 
you have to work quite hard to find them and doing so is very hit and miss.

Oh, and just for you, Dane, I asked Alexa to play the Pipes. The first time I 
got the Pogues instead and the second I got the Pipes of the Royal Tank Command 
playing Chariots of Fire of all things. It didn't last long as military bands 
are definitely not my thing. I'm not keen on the Scottish Pipes on their own 
although there is a very excellent pipe-based rock band called the Red Hot 
Chile Pipers. Sadly, Alexa will always think you want the more famous Peppers. 
:)

John

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Clifford 
Blackwell
Sent: 04 February 2017 20:05
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

You can purchase a battery base for the Dot.  I haven't wanted to spend the 
extra money on this though so I can't verify how well it works.
- Original Message -
From: "Dane Trethowan" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa



Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20
questions, Mystery Radio Theatre etc.



On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:

Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have
good battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
Tom

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?


On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:

Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:25 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

Now that I’ve had mine up and running for a

Re: Sansa Clip Setting Needed

2017-02-06 Thread Laz 
Hello Georges,

I would be able to get to your question sooner if you wrote to me
directly for help with your player instead of writing to an email
group because I answer mail from customers on a priority before going
through the rest of my email messages. Now for the answer to your
question.

Yes, of course.

Go into settings, playback settings, prevent track skipping, select
yes, and click the select button.

Remember where this setting is located so you can later reverse it.

Laz

On 2/5/17, Georges Zaynoun  wrote:
> Is there a setting in this device that makes it play only one file and
> not play all files as in a playlist? Thanks.
>
> --
> Georges Zeinoun
> Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN
> Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11
>
>


-- 
Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones,
Bluetooth devices, and accessories
http://www.talkingmp3players.com/
Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com
Phone: 727-498-0121
Skype: lazmesa
Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr

RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

2017-02-06 Thread John Gurd 
I'm just catching up with this thread. Just to make it clear, the Dot does not 
have a built-in battery. That's interesting you can get a battery base for it 
(I didn't know that) but I personally don't think it would be worthwhile. The 
Dot is fine for speech and books and even casual radio but I wouldn't spend 
much time listening to music on it. I've never connected it to external 
speakers. The Echo is much better for music but it is still not as good as my 
Bose  Soundlink Mini or Creative Roar. I noticed the Echo is very susceptible 
to positioning: on a table away from a wall it is quite mid-rangey with little 
base, on a carpeted wooden floor the base is very good but it's speech is too 
base heavy. I have it on a table near a wall and it sounds reasonably good.

Apart from the Hive skill, the following are the ones I found of most use. The 
Guardian newspaper because it is very generous with the unabridged articles it 
provides and they can be accessed in categories. I was using the Telegraph 
occasionally but I removed it as suddenly the few available articles are now 
truncated to the first few paragraphs. The National Rail skill is very basic 
but great for quickly getting the times and status of a single pre-set up 
route. I've enabled Radio Player as well as the TuneIn Skill and have sometimes 
found radio stations that for some reason TuneIn won't find. I've dabbled with 
the Magic Door game which is a basic Interactive Fiction with sound effects and 
although it's quite amusing I ultimately found it a bit limited. I've just 
enabled the International Space Station skill and enjoy finding out where it is 
at any given moment and when it will pass Glasgow next as well as news about 
what the astronauts are doing. Alexa has a lot of hidden talents herself but 
you have to work quite hard to find them and doing so is very hit and miss.

Oh, and just for you, Dane, I asked Alexa to play the Pipes. The first time I 
got the Pogues instead and the second I got the Pipes of the Royal Tank Command 
playing Chariots of Fire of all things. It didn't last long as military bands 
are definitely not my thing. I'm not keen on the Scottish Pipes on their own 
although there is a very excellent pipe-based rock band called the Red Hot 
Chile Pipers. Sadly, Alexa will always think you want the more famous Peppers. 
:)

John

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Clifford 
Blackwell
Sent: 04 February 2017 20:05
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

You can purchase a battery base for the Dot.  I haven't wanted to spend the 
extra money on this though so I can't verify how well it works.
- Original Message -
From: "Dane Trethowan" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa


> Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20 
> questions, Mystery Radio Theatre etc.
>
>
>
> On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
>> Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have 
>> good battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
>> Tom
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
>>
>> And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?
>>
>>> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:
>>>
>>> Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
>>> Tom Kaufman
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:25 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
>>>
>>> Now that I’ve had mine up and running for a little longer than 24 
>>> hours I’m probably in a better position to reply to this eMail than 
>>> I was Yesterday.
>>> Firstly a note to anyone in Australia or outside the US or UK who 
>>> may be thinking of going down the Echo path, is it worth it? Well 
>>> yep, I reckon it is and even better is the fact that setup requires 
>>> no hacks or cracks to be applied as was previously the case.
>>> Your Echo will still think you’re somewhere else - Mine thinks I’m 
>>> in Seattle - but I can still get standard time for my local 
>>> location, this can be set easily in settings, in my case I chose the 
>>> Australian time zone and the NSW Eastern Time region, works fine!
>>> If you’re in Australia then probably one of the best places to get 
>>> an Amazon Echo is from eBay, they sell for as little as around $100 
>>> Australian depending on the model you want.
>>> I had my Echo 24 hours after I ordered it, the eBay store I bought 
>>> from dispatched the