My understanding is RF&D uses a special coding for their digital recordings.
A person must send the player in to RFB&D to have them place the code onto
the player you want to use.
Please correct me listers if I have this incorrect.
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From: "David Poehlman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] digital players
: does it play rfbd stuff?
:
: On Mar 30, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Sun Sounds of Arizona wrote:
:
: I read with interest the discussion of the Viktor reader and digital/
: daisy
: playback in general. I discovered something I wanted to share with this
: list.
:
: In researching the Viktor on the RFB&D web site, I noticed that they
: offered
: other digital devices as well. The one that interested me personally
: the
: most was the Telex Professor. It isn't a pocket portable, but seemed
: like a
: very useful and comprehensive machine. I was dismayed to see though
: that
: RFB&D wanted $349 for it. Then you add in the joining fee, and the
: first
: year fee, and you are looking at a cost of $450. So, I decided to
: check out
: the machine from the Telex website. What to my surprise ... they had
: the
: Professor, plus three other such machines available. Here's the part
: that
: makes me angry. Telex only charges $249 for the Professor and there
: is no
: overhead fees. When I called Telex, I was informed that although
: Telex is
: normally a wholesaler and doesn't generally do retail sales. they
: make an
: exception in the case of their "talking book" machines. She sold me the
: machine, no muss no fuss, I got it a week later. The gouging price
: of RFB&D
: really steams me not to mention there over zealous copyright protection
: scheme, they should be ashamed.
:
: Now, for those who care: I have been using this machine for a week.
: What a
: great machine it is! It plays DAISY discs, MP3 disks, commercial audio
: Cd's, NLS cassettes, and commercial stereo cassettes. The extra
: thing that
: attracted me though was the totally accessible A M FM stereo radio. Not
: only can you directly tune to any frequency, and also scan the band,
: but if
: you aren't sure what you are listening to, you can push a button and it
: tells you what frequency you are currently on. (neat) It also remembers
: where you left off on both digital, daisy, and commercial
: recordings. Just
: like in other players, you can set lots of book marks in DAISY and MP3
: material, and pre-sets for the radio stations. It has a sleep timer
: and 10
: hours CD play time on it's rechargeable battery pack. Every button is
: tactile marked, and there are tones and voice prompts as you use the
: features as well. I must admit, I haven't gotten this excited about a
: machine in a long time. No, it isn't a pocket portable so isn't any
: good on
: a bus ride, but it is as portable as any medium sized boom box so is
: great
: around the house and yard. Plus it has nice speakers so I don't have
: to use
: headphones if I'd rather not.
:
: Just thought I'd share in case someone is interested.
:
: Bill
:
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