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I have used NDBM and Doppler for my Podcasts.  When I tried to add "A Different Kind of Oldies Show" NDBM said, "Sorry, that feed couldn't be loaded."

I then added it to Doppler, which accepted it with no problems.  This is the URL: http://dkosmediaus.com/DKOS1.xml

Currently, I have two other feeds, Downtown Soulville http://wfmu.org/podcast/SV.xml and Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=35 added and have successfully downloaded content. 

While I can, of course, download content successfully with Doppler and then synch, I am curious as to why I cannot add this particular feed into NDBM.

I posted out about my Neuros not working and the good folks in repair sent it back and it is up and running.  Being in service, I know that silence is usually the sign of a good job, but I felt it necessary to give credit where it is due, so thank you very much.

I will pose the question again:  why is it getting harder to find portables that record in .mp3 format and have line-in jacks?

Brian Phillips

Thank you. Replacing the battery is easy; I have done it before, but the problem is not the battery.  The problem is that the charger will not sit snugly, unless I put it in at a certain angle, which is why I put it in for repair.

The unit turns on unexpectedly during the day, which drains the battery.

Brian Blessed B Phillips

Thanks for your input!  I looked at Creative, but that 1 GB capacity doesn't do it for me.

Brian Blessed B Phillips

I have had my 20GB Neuros for about two years.  Here is what's going on.

1. It will not charge, unless I pull down on the cord.  The charging number goes from 328 up to 404 when I do this.  I can leave it this way for hours, but it will not charge, it will merely stay lit.  If I plug it in with car charger and stay in a Zen-like position, with the Neuros on my leg, charger pulling down, it will run, but if it moves from this position, it shuts off.

2. Occasionally, the Neuros, when it did charge, would turn on by itself, with no exterior pressure on the buttons and no power source.  So, if I come back to my car after work, the Neuros is drained.

3. When it runs, I run a cable from the headphone jack to an auxiliary input on my car stereo.  It will not play through both speakers, unless I tap the cable where it connects to the Neuros.  If I stay in my Zen-like position (I have an automatic) it will play through both speakers.  If I move, one channel oh no channels come through.  Broadcasting through the radio is somewhat faint and since I listen to a lot of spoken word, some of it rather old, I prefer the aux. hookup.

I don't know the life expectancy on my Neuros I, but when it works, I like the little guy.  It's getting harder to find mp3 players that have hard drives, line-in jacks and record to mp3.  However, I have to say that this unit has not lived up to my expectations.  I had to send it away for warranty repair (it wouldn't charge) and it came back OK, but since then, it has degenerated (it won't charge, plus...).  The unit has not been dropped or jostled any more than walking about and road bumps on the passenger seat.

Since it is well out of warranty, it would cost to have it fixed again.  Do I need to find one of my solder-happy friends to make my Neuros whole again or is it time to get another unit?

Two more semi-related questions:

1. Does anyone else have a Neuros I and is it plugging along nicely?

2. Why is it getting harder to find HD players that record?  Some have teeny drives, others, like the iRiver h10, record, but you must buy a dock (Chico Marx, phone your service).

All other hope is synching sand,

Brian Blessed B Phillips

Many were called but fuse were chosen!  It works now and all for 50 cents.  Thank you very much.

Hanging up my guitar for the meantime...

Brian Blessed B Phillips

Thank you for responding.  I tried the charger in my wife's car and it didn't work their either.  I will see if changing the fuse fixes this issue.  Thanks for the tip!

Brian Blessed B Phillips

This is a Blues for all you people!  All you people with Neuros I players!  It's great to be here in McDonough, Georgia; this is a real Blues town!

Tried to charge my Neuros while driving in my car,
Whoa, I tried to charge my Neuros while driving in my car,
Put the charger in the lighter, but the results weren't up to par.

When I turned on the ignition, the red light began to glow,
When I turned on the ignition, the red light began to glow,
Now when I driving in my Nissan, I can't get no charge no more.

This is my second car charger, the second died like the first,
This is my second car charger, the second died like the first,
Things were going OK, now they've gone from best to worst.

Thank you!  Good night!

 - Bluesy Blessed B

Here are the liner notes to that historic recording:

"Brian, an dyed-in-the-wool fan of his Neuros I had a car charger which died after about a year's worth of use.  He ordered another and it also bit the wax tadpole after about a year.  The player still charges at home, but the car charger no longer showed a red light when charger was in the lighter.

On his wife's car, if you turn off the engine, the lighter will stay on, but on his car, if you shut off the engine, the lighter will turn off.  Not knowing whether he had done something wrong by leaving it plugged in, he wrote this lonesome-sounding song.  Note the use of harmonica and lute..." - Moses Asch