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Offline timP

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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #180 on: January 23, 2004, 06:01:51 PM »
the battery pack has 4 interchangeable aa's, it comes with the 4 rechargeables...
It's nice to have those fresh ones, and 4 backups in the bag...... should give me 20+ total hrs...
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #181 on: January 23, 2004, 09:32:40 PM »
If I had to pick between this and a JB3 right now, what would be my best option?
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #182 on: January 23, 2004, 10:12:52 PM »
Well right now the JB3 is recording a little more reliably through the digital in, although neither of them are perfect...
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #183 on: January 24, 2004, 12:43:05 AM »
Quote from: John Kelly on January 23, 2004, 10:12:52 PM
Well right now the JB3 is recording a little more reliably through the digital in, although neither of them are perfect...

I suppose YMMV depending on the exact setup, but my JB3 setup has been bit-perfect through about 70 hrs of recording now.  Completely reliable IME.
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #184 on: January 24, 2004, 03:12:02 AM »
yeah, unfortunately, you gotta get a jb3 and test it with your rig. it works fine in some setups, but not at all in others
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #185 on: January 24, 2004, 02:44:11 PM »
Ok, do you know if any major retail stores still have them?
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #186 on: January 25, 2004, 09:34:55 PM »
havent seen em retail for about a year. buy.com has them, but they are expensive, and I dont know about their return policy if you just arent happy with it...
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #187 on: January 26, 2004, 05:57:00 AM »
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #188 on: January 26, 2004, 09:18:02 AM »
Hooked the Archos up to the MiniMe over the weekend and fed it about 5 minutes of 16/44.1.

The thing locked up to the MiniMe immediately and I was able to record to it using my picturebook as a control source.  Unfortunately my results were consistent with everyone else's.  Audible glitches in one or both channels at intervals of ~19 seconds.  I will be using EAC to do a wave compare to find out the exact interval and number of glitches, but based on what everyone else has found I think we know what the results will be.

I'd be happy to do any testing of future firmware releases, so whoever has a good dialog open with Archos, be sure to let them know that we have a crew that will be happy to work with them.  Based on what we're finding I'd say we are doing a little more rigorous testing than their QA group so they should probably take us up on that.

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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #189 on: January 27, 2004, 08:50:44 PM »
Anyone heard back from the firmware guys yet on the Gmini 120?
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #190 on: January 28, 2004, 08:24:23 AM »
I just got this email last night:

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Dear Mr. Sobel,
Thank you for the detailed information about the Gmini 120 and .wav
recording. We are looking into this problem and seeing if there is a
software solution. I cannot give you any definite answers about a possible
update to the OS. Please hang in there, while we see what is causing this.
Sincerely,
Curtis Broderick
Quality Engineer
Archos SA
Paris France

Jamie - is this the same person you've been in contact with?
I've got his email now, so hopefully communications will be quicker, as any emails I send don't have to go through the standard tech support.  

I'll continue to post any news...
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #191 on: January 29, 2004, 08:31:38 AM »
So for shits and giggles I copied a 24-bit WAV to my Archos via usb assuming that when I played it I'd get an error of some sort and life would go on.  Big mistake.  It locked up the machine rendering all buttons useless for several hours.  I had to wait for the battery to die before I could use it again.

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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #192 on: January 29, 2004, 10:49:07 AM »
Couldn't you just turn it off & back on?
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #193 on: January 29, 2004, 10:54:59 AM »
I keep making killer little recordings via line in...
stealthed it at 2 punk shows and just been taping other stuff for fun and it all sounds great, the levels are good enough that I don't clip, no worry aout tape..just let it roll...anyway, no one wants it to be bitperfect more then me.............
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Re:Archos Gmini 120
« Reply #194 on: January 29, 2004, 11:17:37 AM »
Quote from: mirth on January 29, 2004, 10:49:07 AM
Couldn't you just turn it off & back on?

nope... to power it off you hold the 'X' button for 10 or so seconds... try'd that and got no response.

I also tried hooking it up to my computer, because generally the moment it detects a usb connection it drops whatever it is doing and goes into USB mode... that didn't work either.  It just hung.

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