[access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
- From: "Bill Chilcott" <maybill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:15:23 +0100
Hi Eleanor. I just downloaded the latest firmware and the tts files from
www.tvonics.com.
You will find the links at the bottom of the web page. Hope this helps.
Regards, Bill.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Burke
Sent: 11 July 2012 17:52
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
Did you put the speech software on it yourself Bill?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Chilcott" <maybill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:20 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
> Hi Ibrahim.
> Just to let you know that I have purchased the DTRZ500HD tvonics box from
> the Internet for £100,and I'm very pleased with it. It is nice and small
> and
> you can get to all the sockets very easily as they are spaced out better
> than the DTR 500HD. For example, on the DTR 500HD, if you have to use the
> scart socket it is practically impossible to use the USB socket. And the
> one
> on the right hand side, you can only use if you prop the box up.
> I have had dealings with Bunwells and both Ian and Denise are very helpful
> indeed. There is a company called Electronic World in Wembley who at the
> moment have the DTRZ 500HD in stock for £100 but you have to collect it.
> Their phone number is as follows. 0845 539 9993.
> Someone on the list said that it does not have an HDMI socket. I can
> assure
> you that the one I have does. If you or anyone would like any further
> information please do not hesitate to contact me.
> Kind Regards, Bill.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Ibrahim Gucukoglu
> Sent: 09 July 2012 17:34
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
>
> Hi Yusuf.
>
> While this unit is going back to the RNIB, there is an alternative model
> which might suit me better, that is to say the
> DTR-Z500HD which does also have the speech functions as an option. I've
> been in touch with a company called Bunwells who not only know about the
> capabilities of these TVonics recorders with regards to accessibility,
> they'll also set up the units with speech ready for the customer and the
> price is some £50 cheaper than the RNIB. I've been told that Bunwells
> will
> be expecting stock of the
> DTR-Z500HD within the week so I might buy one from them instead once I've
> returned this faulty unit.
>
> All the best, Ibrahim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yusuf
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 12:50 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike!
>
> 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
>>>>
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