Rios - Job Done, but even more to come!

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Guys,

Firstly, apologies for this 3-way cross-post, but I think I need to tie up
all the strands in one go... I thought it was time for a status update on
the tremendous amount of things that have happened on the Rio Receiver
front. In the space of 5 weeks, this is what has happened:

- 14 people bought a Rio from SB, at a discounted price
- 6 people bought two Rios from SB, at a discounted price
--- making 28 happy customers according to the poll on UKHA_Rio_Purchase...
but according to SB we actually sold 39, so I don't know where the others
are ;-)

- 4 people were unable to get hold of Rios from SB owing to stock
shortages

HOWEVER, those 4 should all have received an email from me, giving them a
second-hand source I managed to find who wanted to sell 4 in the UK :-)

I also wrote some JReceiver documentation :-) For JReceiver users, there's
another treat in store - namely a patch that allows the "line
out" hack and the "web control of Rio" hack to exist in a
JReceiver-served Rio... watch for an announcement on the JReceiver_user
group in the next couple of days.

There are still some things to do:

- Keiran has finally succumbed to pressure, and will be porting his amazing
"create a Pronto CCF file for all your albums" over to JReceiver.
At present, it only works on the Linux "Mock server".

- There's still some JReceiver Windows documentation to go.

- I've been doing a bit towards finding a solution to transcode MP2
streams, such as those produced by the Psion Wavefinder, into MP3 streams
that can be played back via a Rio. Hopefully someone with more knowledge
and skill will sort this soon :-)

Anyway, in summary, I'm pretty much asking that we close down the
UKHA_Rio_Purchase group in the next few days... If there are any
JReceiver-specific questions, the right place to post them is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jreceiver_user/
. Likewise, if there are any general Rio receiver questions, then the right
place for them is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/audioreceiver/

I'm guessing that UKHA_D will continue to accept questions on these topics
from time to time... :-)

Anyway, this is Mark Harrison, signing off, and wanting to express his
thanks, in no particular order to:

- Mark McCall, for getting me into this back in 1998, and for specific help
on chasing SB
- Graham Howe, for services above and beyond in getting a bunch of DDARs
into the country originally
- Paul Wootton, Phil Harris, but especially James Hoye, for sorting out my
house so I can use my (6) Rios
- Keiran Broadfoot, for his amazing work on Pronto integration to date
- Dave Brand, for his work on the JReceiver + remote-control hack
- Reed Esau, for his work on JReceiver
- all of you who sent me thank-you messages, on-group, by personal email,
with a drink last week, or simply verbally. I hope you'll all have as much
fun with your music as I do

Regards,

Mark

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