Ibrahim, I'm not going to try and convince you not to send your TVonics back to the RNIB, that's obviously your choice. All I can say is that mine has behaved itself very well since I bought it a couple of months ago. I've had upwards of 12 pages worth of recordings and I don't think I've had to do a reset at all. Admittedly I've had to turn it off and on a couple of times due to speech issues. It sounds like yours is a faulty unit.
Yusuf On 09/07/2012 09:45, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote:
Hi Carol. After my box crashed on me on no less than 4 occasions this morning, not to mention giving me hell with the speech with its stuttering and jittering, I'm sending this back to the RNIB for a full refund. I cant trust the box to record anything without worrying about the potential for hard drive failure, and that's not my idea of spending the better part of 200 quid so goodbye TVonics, it was nice knowing you. All the best, Ibrahim. -----Original Message----- From: Carol Pearson Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike! Ugh! I didn't like reading that as the thought of paying out for a new hard drive for this very new item doesn't appeal. I suppose there's no way of testing the drive in the TVonics either, is there? I haven't had other problems and recordings have all been fine. Oh, what to do??? RNIB staff: Have you any thoughts here, please? Carol P ---- 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 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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