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Far as I know, you really don't have a course of action. Your purchase doesn't mean there is a contract for the guys to release regular updates to you. Your purchase is your purchase.

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not quite.
I ordered, and was sold, an empeg with functioning RDS system but i still have to get a player software which delivers me a functioning RDS system. IANAL, but IMHO that makes it a contract between me and Empeg Ltd which has not been fulfilled until I get a working RDS.


just to make it clear:
I dont want no new features or extra gimmicks.

All I want is this:

• the empeg should be able to switch AF frequencies in a decent manner, not 5 minutes after the current frequency has become unuseable
• it should go back to player mode when it had been there before a traffic announcement
  

and given some of the posts of some SBers in the bug formus regarding my concers with RDS, I have been promised that those little RDS features (which any $50 walmart stereo can handle) should be resolved 'in the next release', so I ask 'when?'

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Lemmy,,

I just want a working RDS system, as in any $50 crapshot stereo from walmart.

I don't think youre gonna find that you get what you "WANT" by threatening others with lawsuits or even mentioning them in the way you did.

And even though I agree with some of what you have to say.. I despise the way you present it. You dont even realize that by presenting it in such an aggressive manner you only get people pissed off at you. How do you think that is gonna help any?

The empeg guys seem very busy, i'm 100% sure that in good time we will get many more upgrades. Just remember that these decks are one of a kind, and are priceless. All the empeg guys have these decks in their car, and i'm sure they will be making many upgrades. If RDS is 100% needed, just go and get the $50 walmart deck and use that. Bugging and threating the empeg gods will not get features added in a timely manner.

and given some of the posts of some SBers in the bug formus regarding my concers with RDS, I have been promised that those little RDS features

AFAIK, the SB ppl still don't post here in their official capacity whatsoever. I'd strongly urge you to read this post and at the same time consider what this community would lose if the SB people decided to withdraw their participation here for fear of litigation (no matter how slight the threat may appear to them).

I don't want to play down the significance of your RDS frustration but to quote tgnb from a little further up this thread:

I despise the way you present it. You dont even realize that by presenting it in such an aggressive manner you only get people pissed off at you.

Erm, I don't know if it is just me, but my TA works almost perfectly. Yah, I sometimes have to double tap my knob (FNARRRR sorry, couldn't resist) to change source back to player, but hey ho - I can cope with moving my hand occasionally.

despise what you want, but I bought the Mk2 in the good faith that I'd get a better FM tuner than the one in the Mk1.
Even though the overall FM reception has improved, the mentioned RDS issues do really piss me off. And here in germany, ANY traffic station uses RDS, and the frequencies change every 20 miles...

Do try it, drive down the A7 during rush our, then realize that you didn't get any TA for the last hour, because the empeg fails to follow the frequencies during mp3 mode, then have a nice day in a traffic jam.

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If only that were the problem, I could live with it...

the main issue is that the (my?) empeg does not follow the AF frequencies while in mp3 mode, and follows them in a very crappy way while in fm mode.


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Your name isn't Derek, is it?

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...we're not likely to EVER see another Rio Car release from SBLU officially.

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Well, paint me red and shut my mouth. I gladly stand corrected. Thanks Guys!
-Tim E

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Just an idea, and it is unlikely that SBLU will agree to it, but what if we found one or two people that are willing to donate their time to the development of the empeg software for free. They would sign a contract with SBLU/empeg, which is basically an NDA that allows the person to enhance the current code base of the empeg car software and to release the binaries of this to the public.

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I agree it's unlikely, but just in case this is ever considered seriously, I hereby agree to volunteer some of my Copious Free Time to this purpose. I might balk if it means missing a climbing trip, though...

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Now, personally speaking, I'd love to be able to give you a new release of the car player (and I'm sure that the rest of us would too), but it doesn't generate any revenue.

And if you take a close look at our share price, I'm sure you'll understand why the powers-that-be are nervous about things that don't generate any revenue.

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in response to that: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/tol-01.08.02-001/ (in german, babelfish is your friend)


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Rob