INFO: NOMAD II @ Emusic.com $50.00 [Part 2]

[ss284]

hey 7 lords can you recap on what you saw/read? Im at the office right now, And i dont know the newsgroup server name.


I stil havent gotten mine!!!


Steve

 

[bjc420]

I got mine a couple of weeks ago -
I love it -- works great!

 

[ss284]

!@#$!@#$!@#$!@$##@!$@#

I WANT MY DAMN NOMAD 2 !!!!!! STUPID CREATIVE MANUFACTURING DELAYS!!!!
THEY BETTER GIVE ME A 64 MEG VERSION!! then i will be happy

but still, BURN CREATIVE BURN! (EMUSIC TOO)


Steve

 

[Scyber]

It is pretty sad to see someone so upset about a delay in a product that they are getting for free. I think that perhaps you better take a deep breath and calm down there.

Scyber

 

[Setral]

Been Busy, didn't have time to post. Got a Tracking email on Weds, its Scheduled for Friday. I can't wait, then I can definately say TGIF

 

[Croton]

ss284
chill out. just because the item is delayed does not mean you deserve a 64 MB nomad II. be patient like the rest of us.

 

[Big_Al]

yea, grow up.

al

 

[EVAdashOni]

Darn...
I still haven't gotten a Shipping Notification. I ordered on the May 27th. Hopefully I'll get an email later today...


-
EVA-ONi
http://www.eva-oni.com

 

[Ribbet]

If, like us, you're still awaiting your $50 EMusic Nomad II, here's what EMusic told us today (7/17/00):


"Creative Labs has now informed us that we should expect the remaining shipment of Nomad II players on the 25th of July.

Our fulfillment center will then begin shipping the players out immediately."


Looks like another week's wait. (BTW, our confirmation came on 5/26.)

 

[emanon]

Well, my Nomad II finally showed up today. I quickly discovered that the VOLUME DOWN button on the player is broken - it does not decrease the volume, and sticks in if pressed too hard. Fortunately, the volume on the remote works. I wrote to them and described the problem; time to find out what kind of support they offer for these promo freebies!

 

FYI: The new firmware for the Nomad II was released today:

http://www.nomadworld.com/support/drivers/welcome.asp?reg=0&OS=Win2k&prod=nomad2&Select=Get+Files&x=61&y=16

It now supports WMA. Hopefully long filenames too?

 

[SqUiRm]

hey, Can u still get this deal? if not is there ne other good deaks on this player out right now?

 

[phlashphire]

SqUiRm,
The deal ended along time ago... actually ended 2 days after it was offered -around 5/27/00.

I'm gonna get mine today!!! Woohoo!

 

[SqUiRm]

hey would someone please sell me there Nomad II ??? i will pay 2x as much! Please E-mail me at BiGKiD4762@aol.com thanx!~

 

[Avatant47]

The only deal that I've found on the Nomad II is with http://www.brandsforless.com and http://www.computers4sure.com. Using the $20 off from brandsforless and their free shipping offer, you can get the Nomad II 0MB (means it comes empty) for $80. Ever since missing this $50 deal, I can't bring myself to purchase the Nomad II for anything less... er more.

 

[CloudV]

Crap, I seem to have misplaced my install disc, and I uninstalled the program to troubleshoot some problems I was having. Does anyone on a fast connection have the installation file for the Nomad Manager? Nomadworld only has the update and not the full install. I can't switch out mp3s without it. ;_;

If you can help please let me know.

 

[Buzzard]

THANKS for the heads-up, dwell. I was a bit skeptical when I read on the nomadworld page that wma "provides unsurpassed audio quality, with CD-quality sound in half the size of an MP3 file". Well, I listened to my first .wma file at 64kbps and it sounded pretty good, I must say.

And yes, it looks as if long (or at least longer) filenames are supported. I transferred a file and didn't get the truncated filename with the ~ tilde. It didn't display the entire filename because it couldn't fit on the display, but that's fine. It also seems as if wma files are uploadable.

 

[Tran23]

yea, WMA is kinda cool. Is there a way to encode WMA through media player? I can't find it.
edit: found it, its the "copy music" button under the CD Audio tab. Is there a way to convert wavs? or is it only from audtio CDs?

 

Don't forget to reformat your SmartMedia when you flash to version 2.00 of the firmware. Long filename support needs a reformat. I think WMP 7.0 can rip, encode and transfer in one shot. Dunno for sure.

BTW, the 2.00 firmware adds some additional stuff, like resume. Anyone else see anything new?

 

[CloudV]

Ahhh! I'm tearing my room apart looking for the stupid install disc so I can reinstall the nomad manager. Man....

 

[Eggycider001]

anyone receive a new batch yet (nomad II)

 

[ZeroHour]

Tran23, You can download the Windows Media Encoder 7 Beta and should be able to convert .wav and probably lots of other formats to .wma. Also as a replacement for the Manager, I think Sounic Foundry's Siren Xpress can do the same job...I know the Siren Jukebox 1.5a supports the Nomad II and it rips and encodes .wma & .mp3.

 

[office boy]

Seems funny that even though i got the original mail, and my address was verified bleh bleh... I have not gotten another mail from them...

 

[SUOrangeman]

I've been playing with the 2.00 firmware and WMP7 a little today.

I encoded on CD to WMA from disc (128k, 44k both maxed for WMP7). WMP7 said it couldn't "copy" the movie digitally. So it did it via analog means. The resulting files were very low volume-wise as they could barely be heard a max volume on the Nomad ][ and on my computer.

I tried the same with WinAmp, but it would directly write from CD to WMA. But, it claims that it can encode WMAs to 160k, 48k.

The file transfer does work with WMP7, but you really need to create a new play list with the files you want to go on it. You just cannot pic and choose individual files ... as far as I could tell.

-SUO

 

[fr]

CloudV, check your ICQ.