[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players

[Greg Kearney]

Macintosh and Linux will reformat drives removing the U3 software as  
they do so.


Gregory Kearney
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On 14/02/2010, at 9:24 PM, Lynn Evans wrote:

> I have heard reports from the BARD talk mailing list of folks having  
> to downlad programs to remove U3, to takingthe drive back to the  
> store and having store people remove U3.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>
>
>> Interesting. My Sandisk has U3 on it (and I can't get rid of it)  
>> and it seems to cause no problems. I anxiously await those  
>> cartridges, though.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn at comcast.net 
>> >
>> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>>
>>
>>> However there has been no problems reported with the cartridges.
>>> Flash drives have been problematic in that some like the Kingston  
>>> data traveler has worked well with the NLS pliers. Wile others  
>>> that have U3 on them or aver a divider do not work well and the  
>>> crap  the manufacturers' pit on them must be removed first.
>>>
>>> Visit the BARD talk website at www.bardtalk.com
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Aldrich" <jajkaldrich at gmail.com 
>>> >
>>> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:38 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> You are limited in content according to the size of cartridge.  A  
>>>> two gig will hold more than a one gig cartridge.  One can get  
>>>> quite a bit of material on a 4 or 8 gig thumb drive.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric SS" <sseric57 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:33 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Huge thanks to everyone for how to move between books.  Not sure  
>>>>> why this
>>>>> was not included with the on-line manual.
>>>>>
>>>>> It sounds as though I may obtain a blank cartridge to put my own  
>>>>> SD card in.
>>>>> Is that provided by NLS and comes after the player or something  
>>>>> I can
>>>>> purchase somewhere.  Any size limits on cards or thumb drives or  
>>>>> number of
>>>>> books you can put on one of those media?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to everyone for their help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric SS
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>>> ] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Lynn Evans
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:56 PM
>>>>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>>>>>
>>>>> The instructions below are for the advanced NLS player.
>>>>> For the standard player use the forward and rewind keys to move  
>>>>> through the
>>>>> book list pressing play again to select the book.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>>>> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 1:30 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hold down the PLAY key for a couple of seconds and you'll be in  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> bookshelf. You can navigate it by hitting the Previous and Next  
>>>>>> keys. When
>>>>>
>>>>>> you're on the book you want, hit PLAY again and the book will  
>>>>>> start
>>>>>> playing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric SS" <sseric57 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:45 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If this is off topic, forgive me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just received a player yesterday.  I have reviewed all  
>>>>>>> instructions and
>>>>>>> the built-in manual.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As I do not yet have a cartridge, I am reading with a USB  
>>>>>>> thumb drive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My question is should I be able to have more than one book on  
>>>>>>> a drive?
>>>>>>> When
>>>>>>> I turn on the unit it tells me there are two books and the  
>>>>>>> information
>>>>>>> option confirms that, but I cannot jump out of the first book.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Eric SS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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