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#84947 - 02/04/2002 12:55 My 'review'.
foxtrot_xray
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Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
Letsee.. Got it mid-march. Spent about a week and a half playing with it, then took it on a 22hr drive, both ways, between Atlanta and Colorado Springs.
For the entire trip, one way, I never listened to the same song twice.
I love the thing. :>
Asinde from it's small glitches, which I'll probably be calling support for, I've worked around them and abso-freakin'-lutely love it.
I'm kicking myself for not getting it sooner.
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#84948 - 03/04/2002 01:16 Re: My 'review'. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
justinlarsen
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Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
which glitches?
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#84949 - 03/04/2002 07:57 Re: My 'review'. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
genixia
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
You know it's good when you start looking forward to your 40+ minute commute through heavy traffic.
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#84950 - 03/04/2002 10:12 Re: My 'review'. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Anyone else notice that you HATE having to ride in anyone else's car?

I love comments like "I wanna ride with Brad. Otherwise I won't have any fun."
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#84951 - 03/04/2002 16:30 Re: My 'review'. [Re: genixia]
AndrewT
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Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 867
Loc: Oxford, UK
Yeah I agree totally and to make it worse, I look forward to the daily traffic jams so I can fiddle with the remote & menu's

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#84952 - 03/04/2002 17:42 Re: My 'review'. [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Pzycho
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Registered: 05/02/2002
Posts: 25
Thats what they say to me too. My name is also Brad.
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#84953 - 04/04/2002 05:34 Re: My 'review'. [Re: Pzycho]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Copy cat!
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#84954 - 04/04/2002 10:03 Re: My 'review'. [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Pzycho
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Registered: 05/02/2002
Posts: 25
Probably. I am only 20. hehe.
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#84955 - 04/04/2002 15:37 Re: My 'review'. [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
JeffS
carpal tunnel

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
"Anyone else notice that you HATE having to ride in anyone else's car?"

Or when we take my wife's car (I hope I can still find an Empeg when I get a new job and have the money to put one in her car).

-Jeff
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#84956 - 04/04/2002 20:58 Re: My 'review'. [Re: JeffS]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
FM modulator
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#84957 - 07/04/2002 03:24 Re: My 'review'. [Re: msaeger]
justinlarsen
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Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
i know i love my drives now.. too bad gas is going up.. damn.. im going to have to switch back to cd for a month or so.. yuck when im trying to sell my car, becuse hell no is the empeg comming with it
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#84958 - 18/10/2002 09:37 Re: My 'review'. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
foxtrot_xray
addict

Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
Wow. For some reason, the BBS hiccup'd and made this post "all new" to me. And I posted it. Strange.

Anyways, as a review: 6 months later, my 20Gb is 80% full, I can telnet, FTP, HTTP to the player. I have a custom (Darkstorm) lens for it, and Clear/Lighted buttons on the way (supposedly. But I'm in no rush.) It has yet to be installed in a car, which is a good thing because my truck got totaled (and it would have been too, had it been in the vehicle), and I now have a Mini Cooper. I use it at work non-stop (has it's own power supply, connection to PC / work LAN) and now in my Mini non-stop. (Awaiting parts from the UK to get it installed into the car.) I'm even 'borrowing' work time to look into making an OBD interface (hey, it has serial!) and displaying info on screen.

I'm leaving tomorrow (.."on a jet plane"..) on a 6000-mile trek across the US. From Atlanta, GA to Eugene, OR. Taking as few Interstate Highways as possible. I have no doubt that the Empeg will last the entire trip, and again, I'll never have to listen to the same song twice. (Unless I want to, mind you.)

I still love this thing.

Me.
(Sorry for rambling, looking forward to trip.)
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#84959 - 18/10/2002 21:54 Re: My 'review'. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
FireFox31
pooh-bah

Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
"Wow. For some reason, the BBS hiccup'd and made this post "all new" to me. And I posted it. Strange."

I think that was my fault, actually. One second I was happily opening threads in new windows (so I could read them later), the next second, I got SQL server errors and found that my account was toast. Sorry if I killed the forums.
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#84960 - 18/10/2002 22:00 Re: My 'review'. [Re: FireFox31]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
You weren't the only person who was online when the error happened, so it might not have had anything to do with you. Drakino is interested in discovering the cause of the problem, though. Has he asked you about it?
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#84961 - 04/11/2002 14:21 Re: My 'review'. [Re: tfabris]
foxtrot_xray
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Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
I'd love to help, since I'm a database designer/admin, but, uh, I never got an error. But, anyways, shame on all of you who broke it.

Me.
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Mike 'Fox' Morrey 128BPM@124MPH. Love it! 2002 BRG Mini Cooper

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