Hi List,

I have an 8 gig Toshiba and I have tried it with both NLS books and mp3 
files and it works perfectly.  Be sure to ask for a drive that does not have 
U3 formatting or a meter.  According to the BARD website, most of the 
unformatted and drives without meters should work.  Even if you get a U3 
compliant drive and unformatted the special U3 section, some people do not 
get positive results.

One additional thing: the headphone output is indeed stereo, so the machine 
could double as an efficient though grossly oversized mp3 player.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John J. Jacques" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: off topic: external disk drive and nls player


Hi all, I have a 4 gig drive and I have 30 books on it.  The player see's
them just fine.  Apparently some drives work better than others.  I got
the 4 gig drive from Wally world for $12.

73:
J.
John Jacques
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