I loaded up the flash drive with 4gb of ole time radio shows to listen to on
the nls player. I do get the cartridge errer each time I connect it to the
player. My cartridge is full of books.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
Century.
> 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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