No Recording Feature- BSOD

maceman · #11 (**permalink**) 11th Sep 2006, 8:26 am

Looks like my clone experience is going to be short-lived :cry:
This email just came in...
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Hello Matt, the message was sent to everyone who recieved their player and after 3 days.

I am still working on your problem and I believe I have found a solution. I apologize for the hassle, especially that message that was sent to you.

It seems that our 2gbs and 4gbs DO NOT have voice recorder working. I apologize for the inconvienience. Because of this I have to purchase new players from my old supplier (at a higher cost). You have two options.

Either I REFUND your money from Paypal or, if you could wait until friday when I recieve my shipment and test it, I will send you a new WORKING 2GB.

Please let me know and once again I apologize, this is not good business but you must understand the frustration I am through because I have to deal with soo many customers concerning this and I am trying not to ruin my reputation.

Take care Matt.

tadad1 · #12 (**permalink**) 11th Sep 2006, 4:11 pm

maceman, Sounds like a good honest seller though.

maceman · #13 (**permalink**) 11th Sep 2006, 8:39 pm

yeah, i certainly will give him that. He did have 100% positive feedback as well and has been courtious throughout. He says it was some manufacturing error and that this Friday he will be getting some 4gig ones in-different supplier-, and that he would test everything and let me know in case i was interested, so i thought that was cool. I already got paypaled back from him, so maybe if the next ones work, he will ship free to cover my lost costs.

So that raises another question. Is there anything i should be watching out for in the way of the 4Gig ones? Are they okay? Problems? Thanx.

...maceman

maceman · #14 (**permalink**) 11th Sep 2006, 8:42 pm

...i just read another thread that said tha tthe 4gig does not exist...?

Ok, if this is the case, what should i tell him to check this coming friday to prove it? Shall i ask him to format it via windows and then check?

tadad1 · #15 (**permalink**) 11th Sep 2006, 9:37 pm

maceman,
I have never seen anything that would lead me to believe that 4G players actually exist. For a start to the best of my knowledge the ATJ2085 chipset that powers these players can only support a maximum of 2GB Nand Flash memory. I would suspect that if they were possible they would use 2x2GB as the Ipod Nano does rather than a single far more expensive 4GB chip and I have never seen or heard of anyone having a dual chip chiPod. They would also be significantly more expensive than the 2GB player but do not seem to be. Unfortunatly formating the player does not always fix the problem. The only way to know for sure is to check the chips serial number against it's manufacturers specifications.

Interestingly enough on the local auction site here in New Zealand called Trademe which is only available to local and Australian traders I have only seen 2 traders trying to sell them. The first one strangely pulled his product after Binh and I asked him some pointed questions and mentioned the word fake, the second I only came across yesterday and am waiting to see how he responds to my comments.