The onus should be on the RNIB to replace faulty hard drives, not us.
Cheers
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Burke
Sent: 08 July 2012 09:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
Well that is not a good start for TVonics now in Administration, if people
are going to have to start replacing their hard drives within one or two
months of obtaining the equipment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mobeen Iqbal" <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:04 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
> Hello Carol.
>
> This is probably due to a failing hard drive. The hard drives used in
> these machines were cheap hitachi drives, i've already had one behaving
> strangely. My box wouldn't offer me the option to format or to record. I
> have replaced the hard drive in the unit with a better drive made by
> seagate, formatted it and have had no further problems, no crashes, etc.
> Because the voice runs from the hard drive, if there are any errors on
> the
> drive or if its failing, it can cause you to experience
> crashes/freezing.
> I can replace the drive for you if you wish, please contact me off list
> and we can go from there. I'd recommend it to be honest, because if you
> do
> a lot of recording and the drive fails it would've been pointless you
> recording all those tv shows to watch later!
>
> all the best,
>
> Mo.
>
>
> On 07/07/2012 12:52, Carol Pearson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have a fairly regular saying at home which is "Amy's on strike".
>> This
>> simply means that she fails to speak, often after booting up, when we
>> first go to use her. Of course, we find ways round, sometimes needing
>> to
>> reboot the box again; but I wonder if anyone else is finding this
>> problem and if you have a better solution than a bit of hit and miss
>> and,
>> finally, if you've concluded what's going on and why!
>>
>> Carol P
>>
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