[il-talk] Digetal cartridges

[Steve Jacobson]

Dave,

Let me add a couple of things.  The cable to download to the cartridge is also available from APH, I believe for $5.  
These cables are also available from electronic stores and are apparently called extension cables.  Please note they are 
different than the cables that come with the VR Stream and BookSense for connecting Jump Drives.  

One issue with buying an off-the-shelf cable is that there is not a lot of space around the USB plug mounted in the 
cartridge.  Some off-the-shelf cables have the right ends but the end that connects to the cartridge is too large on the 
outside.  If possible, verify it will work before buying or order from a source that knows the cable will fit.

I was one of the lucky people who purchased a jump drive that was not compatible with the NLS player.  It appears that 
most drives work, though, but note that some are not compatible.  Try to buy one that you know someone else has 
already used.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:48:55 -0500, David Meyer wrote:

>This past Saturday, a question came up concerning digetal cartridges.
>Presently, you can purchase a 2 gigg cartridge for $11.00 from the American
>Printing House for the Blind.  If you decide to go that route, you will need
>a USB cable with a male end and a female end.  A cable can still be
>purchased through Independent Living Aids for around $10 or so.  If you have
>the regular digetal talking book machine, I believe this is the only way you
>will be able to store books that are downloaded from the bard web site.  If
>you have the advanced player, you can use a thumb drive to run digetal
>talking books.  It plugs into the side of the player.  If you have the
>advanced player, a thumb drive is in my opinion, the way to go, as there is
>less hardware and the drive is a bit cheaper than the price of a cartridge
>and a cable.  

>A couple of weeks ago I purchased a 4-gigg thumb drive from Radioshack for
>around $15.  I have not tried to run anymore than three books at a time.
>What I do know is that the digetal talking book player can handle three
>books with no difficulty.  The way you would access the three books is to
>hold down the play key for an extended period of time until you get to the
>prompt, "bookshelf."  You would then use your navigation buttons to cycle
>between the available books.  I don't know if the regular player has an
>available book shelf where one might access more than one book.


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