High Randy,
No, if you need a flash drive, you will have to buy one.
I found in my experience, that having a cartridge that was made just for the
NLS player, works best.
You can get them from:
http://www.aph.org
But the only thing is, you'll have to wait until next month.
They have them on back order.
Also keep in mind, you will need a USB extension cord in order to plug those
cartridges in to your computer to put anything on them.
Hope this helps.
My best regards.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Tijerina" <rtijeri...@satx.rr.com>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book
player?
wow. this is new to me. bare with me on this technology folks. will my
Library send me a flash drive? My talking book player only came with the
cord itself. Not a USB connection.
At 06:58 PM 4/4/2010, you wrote:
High Randy,
Below this message, are instructions on how to do this and a link for
where to get the updates.
My best regards.
John.
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The Bookshelf Upgrade
You might want to download several books or magazines to a flash drive and
then listen to any of them in some random order. To do this, your player
must contain a software upgrade that includes the ability to "bookshelf"
books. Here are the steps needed to upgrade a library digital book player
to the latest software:
Obtain the latest software from the NLS web site:
http://www.loc.gov/nls/DTBM/ . There appear on the web page two links. I
suggest you try the first link. If this does not work, return to the page
and download the second link.
After you click the link from the web site and download the file to your
computer, extract (unzip) this file onto a flash drive (thumb drive,
etc.) so that the directory "upgrade" appears in the "root" directory of
the drive. This procedure is exactly the same as you use to download a
book.
Turn on the player.
Insert the flash drive containing the software into the USB port of the
player.
The player will announce "Upgrading your player's software."
Wait until the upgrade is complete and the player restarts (about 10
seconds), then remove the flash drive.
The upgrade will only occur if the player's version is older than the
version of the software on the cartridge; reinserting the cartridge will
not repeat the upgrade.
You now can erase the files from the flash cartridge that you downloaded
to undertake this upgrade and use the flash cartridge to download books
and magazines.
To employ the bookshelf feature, turn the player on. Press and hold the
Play/Stop button until you hear the narrator announce the activation of
the bookshelf feature. Continue to hold down the Play/Stop button and
press either the FF or the RW arrow-shaped key to either side of the
Play/Stop button. As you push and release these keys, the player will
announce the next title on the flash drive. Once you get to the end of
the titles saved on the drive, you must utilize the other direction key to
toggle back through the titles. In other words, you cannot continue to
use only the FF or the RW key to toggle through the titles in a
circuit-type action. Release the Play/Stop button when you reach the item
to which you desire to listen.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Tijerina"
<rtijeri...@satx.rr.com>
To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 7:43 PM
Subject: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book
player?
Friends, I received my digital talking book player. it's a remarkable
piece of machinery.
I've never seen anything like it in my life.
I'm curious though where do you go to get updates for the machine?
i have a usb plug that I normally use to connect my stereo to the
computer. Can it be used?
or do I have to call the library to get whatever I need?
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