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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: New MemberRe: New Member
From: David McIntyre <plugh_at_mudbarn.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:08:03 -0700 The hardware has some pretty poor quality control. Many who have opened their unit have found broken/cold solder connections, bent battery contacts, shorted connections, etc. Some retailers have stopped selling the product line because of a high return rate. That said, bad units usually show their colors early, giving a chance for a relatively painless in-store return. If you're handy with a soldering iron, you can usually fix your own unit fairly quickly and easily due to the many online resources for disassembly instructions. The architecture is about as open inside the unit as it is for the firmware that allows rockbox to exist. It's quite the hacker-oriented piece of hardware. On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 09:06:52PM -0400, rockbox_at_roundcheck.com wrote: > I am another new Archos recorder owner. > > I had read that the FM version had a lot of reliability problems. Can anyone > confirm this? > > The recorder is very nice, as far as I am concerned. > > > -- David McIntyre plugh_at_mudbarn.com http://www.mudbarn.com PGP Key fingerprint = CAB5 A73A 43FA 19E3 449D 20B8 25D7 FA84 8847 D6A7 http://www.mudbarn.com/~plugh/plughinfo.txt for geek code, pgp key, etc.Received on 2003-08-17 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |