Yeah, no question the cartridge is the most convenient way to go, Russ. I
now have both, just in case. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
Century.
>I made the mistake of buying a flash drive not knowing what would and would
> not work on the nls player. When I connected it to the player, I got a
> long
> delay, a cartridge error and then the books would play. This flash drive
> has a usage meter on it. I think that is the reason for the cartridge
> error. Since then, I bought a cartridge and cable and it works great now!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 4:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
> Century.
>
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> What kind of thumb drives? Some work well with the player and others do
>> not. NLS recommends Kingston data travelers. At first, I tried what I
>> had
>> here. Don't recall the brand but it didn't work. So I bought a 2-gig
>> data
>> traveler and it works perfectly. I don't think it's imperative that the
>> books be in separate folders as far as the machine is concerned. It's
>> just
>> that it makes deleting a book much easier that way. As for the cartridge
>> error, I think that's just the message you'd get with any storage device,
>> cartridge or thumb drive.Lou
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Heiser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 4:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
>> Century.
>>
>>
>>> Hello Martain,
>>> I have a thumb drive for my N L S player it is an 8 gig drive.
>>> My friend bought a 16 gig thumb drive for his N L S player.
>>> He downloaded 3 N L S books, unzipped them and copied them to his thumb
>>> drive under a folder books.
>>> I wonder if the folder structure is the problem?
>>> Most of the time, when he puts the thumb drive in to the player, it does
>>> not
>>> seem to see it as the player says Cartridge error as though there is not
>>> a
>>> cartridge in the player.
>>> Have any ideas for the cartridge error message?
>>> Thank you.
>>> Bob Heiser
>>> K9BOB
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:16 AM
>>> Subject: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
>>> Century.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I got a little box from my regional library last Friday
>>>> containing one of the NLS digital players. One of the librarians
>>>> there in Oklahoma City emailed me what I needed to sign up for
>>>> the NLS bard site and I got the authorization to download on
>>>> Monday.
>>>>
>>>> The February "QST" is apparently not ready for
>>>> distribution yet, but I did download "QST" for January which I
>>>> already had on tape to see what it is like and also to
>>>> demonstrate the new technology for my local radio club. It all
>>>> worked beautifully. The audio is perfect for voice. This is the
>>>> cat's miaow, isn't it.
>>>>
>>>> I discovered that the NLS players remember your place in
>>>> more than one book. I had downloaded a different Talking Book
>>>> from bard and had read up to Chapter 4 in that book. I expected
>>>> to loose my place there when I not only removed the thumb drive
>>>> but removed the book that I had put on it and put in the "QST"
>>>> on the same drive.
>>>>
>>>> Last night, I removed the "QST" from the thumb drive and
>>>> replaced it with the other Talking Book again and discovered
>>>> that the player still rememberred it was at the beginning of
>>>> Chapter 4. Pretty neat!
>>>>
>>>> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
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