On 16 Nov 2003 12:19:22 -0800, (GoogolPost)
wrote:

Ouch... that's nasty...

Have you tried accessing the player through the M-Crew software? How
about adding new albums as ATRAC's onto it?

SNIP

As a result I've got a Keycorp 12" monitor sat
here doing nothing, if you're interested....?!

GP.

Yes, the first indication that it was buggered was that the M-Crew
software hung and then wouldn't let me compress the latest added CD.
Then I realised that it was claiming that the first 170 CD's were in
PCM format, when I knew they weren't. When I played them I got white
noise, so the player clearly believed that they were PCM and was
trying to play them as such.

The latest added CD's play fine, but I cannot convert them to ATRAC
from M-Crew because the button is greyed out for some reason.

I may be able to delete all the albums (one by one, because M-Crew
won't let me) and then start again, but as you can imagine I am not
confident about doing that. I figure that right now I've got a good
chance of getting a refund and doing something else. Leave it any
longer and I'll be into getting it repaired (which won't work, because
it seems certain it's a software bug).

There are some motherboards out there without fans, and they can be
powered by external solid state transformers. The Shuttle box I am
getting does have a fan, but it is very quiet. The box will be tucked
away (several feet from the speakers) so I'm hoping it's not a big
problem.

I don't need the monitor thanks - I'm hoping to pick up a decent size
flat telly shortly after Crimbo...

--
Tim Hobbs