Vorbis - Nov 2003 - Re: Questions about your Neuros (was: [faq?] Portable players supporting ogg vorbis)

Daniel Déchelotte (maitre_yodan@club-internet.fr) wrote:
> Hi Greg,
I'm cc'ing the list because I'm sure these questions will be of use
to
many other people.
> Yeah, I also find it hard to resist, but there is still one bit that
> concerns me: this huge and not so good-looking black backpack. How big is
> it actually? I am suspecting it's huge because I can't find any
side
> picture of the Neuros. Would you be extremely kind and make a picture of
> yours?
Well, a picture won't give you the size either, unless I put it next to
something of known size (like a ruler).  I do have a digicam, but I
think my wife's got it right now.

The Neuros with the hard drive attached is 13 cm long, 8 cm wide and 3 cm
tall.  If I'm holding it in my hand, I can't hold much else.  It could
fit in a good-sized pocket.  It seems to weigh somewhere around 8 ounces
(240 g), by comparing it to some cans in the kitchen, but I'm pretty
bad at guessing weights.

Yes, it's much larger than the "new" players that are arriving on
the
market now (I saw some of them in a store here).  But I bought mine for
use in a car, so the size is not an issue for me.
> Another question for you: the big backpack is for the hard-drive. But what
> about the small one? Is it the flash memory? Does that mean that the slick
> silver player _has_ to be in one of the two backpacks to be of any use?
That's correct.  The player itself (the silver part) has no fixed
storage, so you must have it attached to either the hard drive
"backpack"
or the smaller Flash component that can be clipped to a belt.


-- 
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I missed the initial mail about this, but I'll throw in my 2 cents.  I 
bought a Neuros several months ago, as soon as future Vorbis support was 
announced.  I've had good and bad experiences with them.
        As far as size, a deck of cards is a good reference.  It is slightly 
deeper, but is no heavier (perhaps even slightly lighter), with the 
128MB flash backpack.
        It is the coolest player I've owned.  The playback is great, and the
FM
radio is very nice.  The HiSi feature is fantastic -- I've ID'd many 
songs with it, while out on the road... I tend to use it in my car, even 
when I listening to the radio, just so I can hit the HiSi. :)

        I'm not really sure Neuros was ready to put this player out into
mass
production though.
        I've had a lot problems with the device freezing when I plug it into
the computer.  I have to reboot the device a lot, annoying but not life 
threatening.
        The battery life isn't the most spectacular either.  I bought the
car
adapter pretty quickly after getting it... I had to.

        I've had a lot of trouble with the beta version of the Vorbis
support.
  I don't have it installed at the moment, to be honest.  So I'm still 
waiting for the official firmware release.

        I'd still recommened the product in a heart beat. ;)

Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Daniel Déchelotte (maitre_yodan@club-internet.fr) wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Greg,
> 
> 
> I'm cc'ing the list because I'm sure these questions will be of
use to
> many other people.
> 
> 
>>Yeah, I also find it hard to resist, but there is still one bit that
>>concerns me: this huge and not so good-looking black backpack. How big
is
>>it actually? I am suspecting it's huge because I can't find any
side
>>picture of the Neuros. Would you be extremely kind and make a picture of
>>yours?
> 
> 
> Well, a picture won't give you the size either, unless I put it next to
> something of known size (like a ruler).  I do have a digicam, but I
> think my wife's got it right now.
> 
> The Neuros with the hard drive attached is 13 cm long, 8 cm wide and 3 cm
> tall.  If I'm holding it in my hand, I can't hold much else.  It
could
> fit in a good-sized pocket.  It seems to weigh somewhere around 8 ounces
> (240 g), by comparing it to some cans in the kitchen, but I'm pretty
> bad at guessing weights.
> 
> Yes, it's much larger than the "new" players that are
arriving on the
> market now (I saw some of them in a store here).  But I bought mine for
> use in a car, so the size is not an issue for me.
> 
> 
>>Another question for you: the big backpack is for the hard-drive. But
what
>>about the small one? Is it the flash memory? Does that mean that the
slick
>>silver player _has_ to be in one of the two backpacks to be of any use?
> 
> 
> That's correct.  The player itself (the silver part) has no fixed
> storage, so you must have it attached to either the hard drive
"backpack"
> or the smaller Flash component that can be clipped to a belt.
> 
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