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quote:Originally posted by truen

Yea I am waiting for this too. I still have everything. I just hope I will be updated through email because I rarely check this forum. Can't wait for v2

Im pretty confident Johan or someone else from Neuros will send all registered users a email with the details when the upgrade is ready.

My guess is the 442V2 won't be available untill the end of the year but thats just my guess.
anyone who wants to know how the development is progressing should read the google group postings of the ongoing development of 442v2 & recorder3

The 442 power adapter is 5 volts DC at upto 2.5 Amps.
Maybe you can find a universal adapter that will do that with the connector needed for the 442.
My creative Zen ac adapter has the same plug and provides 5 volts DC but only at 1.5 amps. In a pinch I have used it to power my 442 for playing and recording with no problems.  Im not sure that it can actually charge the 442 battery.

WoW! $399 befor the $60 rebate.

quote:Originally posted by Flamethrower

a2 does not record?  Check again, it records quite well, I use it for that all the time.

Your Right,
I just checked the Specs on there website and it can record video.
My friend just didn't know everything it could do when I asked him.

quote:Originally posted by Uriah

PS-> The 442v1 costs less than the A2 and has twice the hard drive of the A2, so I dont realy see much compatition between the two,

a Friend of mine purchased a Cowon A2 with 30GB for $375 at Newegg.com,
It is very nice but the big drawback is it does not record.
Archos Pocketdish that will download Thru USB on my dish DVR receiver as well as record from analog has been tempting me.
I belive however Neuros goal is to release the best player/recorder possible. Please try and give them the time and breathing room to make it happen.
I totally belive in Neuros and the 442V2 and will wait for it.

I don't know if Eastech plans any firmware upgrades for the PMP they manufacture.
I suspect the are waiting for companies like Neuros,zolid,commadore and others who have purchased from them to pony up the money for firmware updates.
Neuros is moving to a new hardware platform with open source firmware
for the 442V2 so I would not expect they would provide Eastech the funding for firmware upgrades.
Maybe if were luck one of the other companies will step up.

quote:Originally posted by kacen(at)virgilio.it

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i tried to upgrade my pmc with your 1.2.4 firmware and it seemed run without problem.
when i turned it on for the second time the screen displayed me a lot of colorfull stripes like when you set upper resolution on your screen then the supported once.
i tried to reboot it and the problem went out... it seem to exist randomly.

I have experienced the same problem on my 442 one time in the past.
reset using a paper clip solved the problem.

Im not from Neuros but I think its safe to say Neuros has nothing to do with the "Commodore PMC"
Commodore and Neuros purchased the basic PMP device from OEM EASTECH
and had them branded with their names.
You can Read thru the older posts on these boards to find more information about this.

Load the prior version of Firmware back into the 442 and see if the problem goes away.

quote:
The issue is the fact that the return conditions were made known nearly five months after the Woot sale. No mention was made at that time to keep the original packaging, etc for upgrades when the units were sold through Woot back in September of 2005.
 
Had customers been advised to keep the original packaging and all enclosed items when they first purchased their units so they would be eligible for a refund, it would have been a different matter.

To be perfectly honest, I'm left with the impression that Neuros is trying to limit the number of discounted exchanges they will have to make by setting return / refund conditions months after the 442s were sold, relying on the fact that some customers may not have kept the original packaging handy after several months.

First off Im just a Neuros customer like you.
For me its only common sense that if as a consumer we wish to return a purchased Item for refund we would need the original packaging and everything that came with it.
Honestly I was really surprised any educated electronics consumer would ever think otherwise.

Neuros has gone way above and beyond whats normal in trying to be fair and offer there early adopter customers the best warranty and upgrade offer I have frankly ever seen available anywhere.
It truely unheard of for other companies to offer such great terms and conditions on there products like Neuros has offered us.
Its amazing to me that some would still not be satisfied.
Again this is just my personal opinion as a first time Neuros customer.

quote:Originally posted by rastyk

What people will probably want to know is whether the flimsy rubber cover on the AV jacks counts.  I think this came off for many 442 owners, and the 442 is probably better without it (unless I suppose you are watching video in the sand)
Rastyk

It pulled off on me the first day I received the 442 but I still use it to keep the dirt out when im not using my 442.
I kinda doubt Neuros is going to care or make a issue over a minor item like the rubber cover broke off.
If you have a scratched screen or you dropped and damaged the unit then I think you will have a problem.

quote:Originally posted by ctphi003

So Neuros is saying that if we don't have the box, from 6 months ago, that we can't upgrade our unit?  Will it have different cables, connectors, power connector?
Come on, this is getting ridiculous.  I want to upgrade, but if I have to jump through hoops to get it, I'd rather just return the unit.

Lets see The 442 is going to have to be damage free and in the original Retail box with everything that came with it inorder for Neuros to accept it as a Return.
This is pretty standard industry practice if you wish to return a item for refund.
So How is this any different than what is required for the upgrade offer that you feel there are extra hoops to jump thru?

quote:Originally posted by jscott1

That sounds a little different than the marketing hype of last fall.  I don't think I would have bought a Neuros 442 if I knew it would never live up to it's promises and I would be forced to trade it in to get a useful device.

I agree but then thats the nature of marketing hype in general.
Even last fall thoes that read the boards and Wiki would have known only limited firmware updates were planned for the current version and 442V2 was the future open source model.
I actually find the The current device useful and a handy device to own and really looking forward to the New 442V2.
Personally I think Neuros has been more than fair with the options and upgrades they plan to offer owners of the 442.
I suspect no matter what they do they wouldn't please everyone.

quote:Originally posted by Crisis

To say that it has not enough power to change the user interface,

I didn't mean to imply the 442 does not have the power for a different interface.
 The feeling was it wouldn't support the open source model and the improvements Neuros wished to make.
The current 442 is closed source and the design and firmware are owned by Eastech.
Neuros or other companies that have purchased this Eastech PMP can  choose to pay Eastech for further firmware development and improvements for the 442
Im guessing Neuros didn't think it was cost effective to pay for further improvements to the Eastech model and decided it was better to design there own more powerful hardware platform that would support open source.
Im just a 442 owner like you and passing on the information I have learned from these boards.