I am planning on using one of the creative units I mentioned earlier with the 6 gig drive in the car, about 800 tracks, should keep me happy! The other benefit...
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Des Gibbons
Des@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:17 am
Emmmm, theres also a car stereo with mp3 cd decoding built in either in development or in production, can't remeber any details now, it was a while ago I came...
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Andy Powell
andy.powell@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:28 am
Can I suggest you take a look at the HanGo PJB-100 ( www.pjbox.com) it uses a 4.8 gig hard drive. It's supposed to be a portable but you can get the bits for...
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nick.broughton@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:57 am
Try www.empeg.com A bit pricey perhaps, but nice. Nick ... From: andy.powell [mailto:andy.powell@...] Sent: 01 February 2000 08:33 To: ukha.d Cc:...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:10 am
After the comments yesterday, I tried my appliance module, and it doesn't seem to have local control. With a 40W lamp plugged in, operating the lamp's switch...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:12 am
... http://www.empeg.com , IIRC. Too pricey for me, but maybe some richer folks might go for it ;-) Nigel...
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Steve Morgan
steve@...
Feb 1, 2000 12:39 pm
Try again, but On-Off-On in quick succession. Steve. ... From: Nigel Orr [mailto:nigel.orr@...] Sent: 01 February 2000 09:14 To: ukha_d@egroups.com ...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 1, 2000 2:14 pm
... I think I tried that, actually I probably went through most of the morse alphabet ;-) If it does work though, is there a similar way to turn the appliance...
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Steve Morgan
steve@...
Feb 1, 2000 2:27 pm
No, one of the (several) drawbacks of local control on an AM12 is that local control is on-only! Why they couldn't put a button on like a TM12, I've got no...
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Jon Whiten
jon@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:30 pm
This could be a generic problem as I too am seeing this with a 2w halogen desk lamp. Regards, Jon ...
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Tony Colliver
t_c@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:47 pm
I'm no fan of Micro$oft, but have you had a look at this: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/default.asp If the claims are correct it would seem...
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Richard Malcolm-Smith
rich@...
Feb 1, 2000 11:53 pm
... They compared the xing codec.. 'nuff said... Superficially the WMA does sound better, but there is a lot of noise in the background that you dont notice at...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:10 am
... I presume you mean 20W ;-) There is probably a spec somewhere that gives the minimum current for local control. I have 2 25W lamps plugged in, and need to...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:14 am
... It depends what you want it for. MP3, at higher rates, provides acceptable sound quality for most people to listen to on a reasonable stereo. I would be...
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Keith Doxey
keith.doxey@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:36 am
Nigel, The modifications I pointed you at the other day mention ENABLING Manual ON/OFF with a pushbutton. It looks like you replace the jumper that it tells ...
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Keith Doxey
keith.doxey@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:46 am
I heard about something from Microsoft, similar to MP3 BUT..... The downloaded file was "keyed" to the machine downloading it based on information it extracted...
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paul gordon
paul_gordon@...
Feb 2, 2000 7:07 pm
... If Moore's law holds true, that'll be about 6 years away then... And it'll have 20 Terrabyte disk drives, but by then we'll have portable MP7 players so...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 3, 2000 9:08 am
... I don't _think_ you gave a URL for them- do you have the address? I have hunted through all your replies, but I can't find it! Do you have any URLs for...
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Keith Doxey
keith.doxey@...
Feb 3, 2000 9:19 am
<PANTO MODE> Oh Yes I Did :-)) </PANTO MODE> Sent:Mon 31/01/2000 09:45 Subject:[ukha_d] Local control modification Received by me at: 09:47 But maybe it got...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 3, 2000 9:39 am
... <PANTO> 'It was behiiind me' </PANTO> OK, I had missed it, because it had a different Subject: line (doh!) Mea maxima culpa! Thanks, Nigel...
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Raymond
Reb.barnett@...
Feb 3, 2000 10:43 am
Whilst X10 modules are in season: I've put a lamp module to the strenuous task of running a 60W lamp. Last week the bulb blew (in quite a big way) which took...
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Keith Doxey
keith.doxey@...
Feb 3, 2000 10:58 am
Let me guess..... Is the lamp in question is mounted with cap DOWN ? If so, it will almost always pop the fuse when it blows. this is because, as the filament...
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adrian.lucas@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:26 am
Are the fuses in the lamp modules "special" (high-speed?) or just standard 2A plug top fuses? If the former, wher do you buy them? Adrian Lucas ...
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Keith Doxey
keith.doxey@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:55 am
They are normal plug top fuses, I remember blowing on once and thinking how lucky I was that the triac survived. Just because the fuse blows doesnt mean the...
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Mark McCall
mark@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:04 pm
... http://www.geocities.com/ido_bartana M....
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:41 pm
... More info at http://www.purediva.com, manufactured by MGI- http://www.mgisoft.com No mention of any suppliers other than Dixons, which isn't so...
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Mark McCall
mark@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:05 am
I think I've identified a new medical condition. Pronto Panic Syndrome. Anyone else suffered this? Symptoms as follows...you loose you pronto for an extended...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:40 am
... 2A I would expect they are 'normal' fast ones (usually marked F) rather than slow (T for Time delay) like mains fuses. There are also faster ones (FF?),...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:31 pm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns2224195 might be of interest to some of you- similar idea to http://www.replaytv.com that someone mentioned a...
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Raymond
Reb.barnett@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:57 pm
... Spot on Sherlock. So what you say/advise makes sense. Maybe I'll buy some more fuses then, especially since I'm now running low on spare X10 modules ;-)....