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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #105 on: October 01, 2005, 04:23:19 PM »
yeah, mines the same way with the charging, i have yet to see a "charging complete" after many times of doing what mikey is talking about....
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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #106 on: October 01, 2005, 04:43:21 PM »
Ah, I understand better now. Thanks for clarifying.
This the route I should follow when I get my MT?

My pleasure.

I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do, though.  I know next to nothing about rechargable batteries, so I have to wonder if it's possible that I'm making things worse and conditioning the battery to operate for the ~20 seconds it takes to boot and shut the unit off after it's got the full battery icon.

Hopefully someone with more knowledge than mine can offer some advice.

usially these devices charge in  parallel with operating from ext soars
the battery dont discharge while it charging .
the charger inside charge at least until the voltage come to 4.3 v (3.7v battery) , usially your device will show full after 90% of capacity
and would complete the charge after few hours.
the lithium ion dont have memory so you can discharge the battery and charge it even it didn't come to the end , its better not to push the battery for 100% and keep it atleast20-30% before charge , it would increase battery life.
what might be happen that when you disconnect the charger and the mt goes to internal battery the voltage drop immediately to 3.7 under load
if you connect the charger it will continue to charge it again antil the voltage will rise to 4.3 again, since this is a very cheap device it might be lying on the condition of your battery ,but usially the full mark would be about 90% so it not so drastic mistake .
the strange thing that the unit didn't power up until the battery was little bit full is might be that the battery was under the minimum voltage
which maybe must  to been seen by mt for powering up- might be they made it for safety that you at least can save the file while you have  external battery ( soars ) faller - or just a bug like all the  other bugs you have :-)

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #107 on: October 01, 2005, 04:57:22 PM »
Also it looks like this company did all its firmware and the chip.
http://www.portalplayer.com/

Does microtrack use a portalplayer chip or are they just doing the software? They have some different models but portalplayer is used in the ipods, at least the hard drive ones. I don't know what is in the nano.
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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #108 on: October 01, 2005, 07:14:41 PM »
Also it looks like this company did all its firmware and the chip.
http://www.portalplayer.com/

Does microtrack use a portalplayer chip or are they just doing the software? They have some different models but portalplayer is used in the ipods, at least the hard drive ones. I don't know what is in the nano.


The nano got a portal, which surprized some industry analysts.  Most flash based devices have a SigmaTel chip.

http://macuser.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/news/78028/ipod-nano-teardown-priced-at-90.html
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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #109 on: October 02, 2005, 03:12:13 AM »
Can the fact that we have to reboot the darn device to make it recognise the L/M/H switch and other settings be considered a bug?
I guess so.
It makes you wonder who designed the thing, what they used as example, what they used as requirements and what kind of world they live in. (you still think rebooting is practical?)

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #110 on: October 03, 2005, 05:40:25 AM »
- no level monitoring on pause/stop   

While recording you can push the "NAV Wheel" to pause the recording, so actually the MT has a PAUSE mode.

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #111 on: October 03, 2005, 09:20:08 AM »
- no level monitoring on pause/stop   

While recording you can push the "NAV Wheel" to pause the recording, so actually the MT has a PAUSE mode.

But does the level monitoring continue? I don't think it does.

I wish they could have come up with a better button for pause. For those times when you need it unlocked to adjust levels, it is much too easy to hit the nav button and have the recording stop.

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #112 on: October 03, 2005, 06:10:56 PM »
Any news on the new firmware?


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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #113 on: October 03, 2005, 06:55:18 PM »
I've been checking here: http://m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.drivers

not there yet.

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #114 on: October 03, 2005, 07:05:25 PM »
I sent a question to M-Audio and the confirmation email I got back saying my question was in queue had some links to their site that answered some questions I've seen raised here...sorry if this has been mentioned before...not too sure how I feel about these answers...looks like input monitoring will never be available via SPDIF.


No Input Monitoring from the S/PDIF (digital) input

Q: Can I monitor the input signal while recording from the S/PDIF input?

A: No. Input Monitoring is only available when using the MicroTrack 24/96's analog inputs.


Device doesn't boot completely when connecting the power supply while off

Q: When the MicroTrack is off and I connect it to the power supply, it doesn't boot up completely. Is this normal?

A: Yes, the MicroTrack will boot into "charge mode" when connecting to the power supply while it is off. If you want to use the MicroTrack while it is charging, please first disconnect the power supply, power up the MicroTrack completely and then re-connect the power supply. You should now be able to use the device normally.

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #115 on: October 03, 2005, 08:39:13 PM »
Q: When the MicroTrack is off and I connect it to the power supply, it doesn't boot up completely. Is this normal?

A: Yes, the MicroTrack will boot into "charge mode" when connecting to the power supply while it is off. If you want to use the MicroTrack while it is charging, please first disconnect the power supply, power up the MicroTrack completely and then re-connect the power supply. You should now be able to use the device normally.



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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #116 on: October 03, 2005, 08:45:50 PM »
When in charge mode, you can just press the 'del' button and it will reboot into normal mode. No need to unplug.

At that point, you can power the unit off.  I'm wondering if it charges when off?


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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #117 on: October 03, 2005, 09:07:20 PM »
If so, this is a serious limitation that I was hoping did not exist with this unit.  I guess I'm not going to invest in one after all.

Edit:  Stuff about metering problems when recording digital in via s/pdif deleted.

Microtrack meters work with signal from minime.

« Last Edit: October 03, 2005, 10:22:03 PM by Freelunch »

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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #118 on: October 03, 2005, 09:08:32 PM »
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Re: Microtrack Bug Report
« Reply #119 on: October 03, 2005, 09:18:13 PM »
since I need metering on the recorder

Why?  You could set up an SVU-1 meter for monitoring.
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