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lanceman · 03-04-2010, 02:16 AM

I am a happy EZReader Pocket Pro owner. I purchased it during the first phase of the promotion(Suppose to end in Nov. last year I think). I loaded it up with almost all the E-Book/E-Doc collections I have without any major issue (Well, for a big CHM file, say 1500+ pages, the system usually takes a long time to parse it and gives the feeling of hanging). I always upgraded my EZReader with the latest firmwares. Everything went smoothly until few days back when I wanted to try the music/voice synthesizer.

I didn't pay any attention to the music function until now because that was not on my feature checklist when I was looking for a Ebook reader. Recently, I thought I would give the voice reading a try and the sound quality was horrible. The voice synthesizer works OK. In fact, I should say it works pretty well. Even for a non-native English speaker like me can still catch up with most of the reading. However, the sound quality is worse than a AM radio. There was a sharp, high pitch static noise constantly humming in the background accompanies with other random statics!

At the beginning, I thought it might be just the voice reading part. But when I tried the music player, the same situation! The background noise totally ruined the song. I am not sure if it's normal. Nowadays the chip technology is so advanced. I really doubt if it's the right quality even the device was not meant to be built for the purpose.

Can anyone give me some advices or feedbacks based on your experiences of using those functions? Is it still possible to RMA the unit? Robert? TIA!

03-04-2010, 02:16 AM	#1
lanceman Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA, USA Device: Astak EZReader Pocket Pro	Does it "sound" right? I am a happy EZReader Pocket Pro owner. I purchased it during the first phase of the promotion(Suppose to end in Nov. last year I think). I loaded it up with almost all the E-Book/E-Doc collections I have without any major issue (Well, for a big CHM file, say 1500+ pages, the system usually takes a long time to parse it and gives the feeling of hanging). I always upgraded my EZReader with the latest firmwares. Everything went smoothly until few days back when I wanted to try the music/voice synthesizer. I didn't pay any attention to the music function until now because that was not on my feature checklist when I was looking for a Ebook reader. Recently, I thought I would give the voice reading a try and the sound quality was horrible. The voice synthesizer works OK. In fact, I should say it works pretty well. Even for a non-native English speaker like me can still catch up with most of the reading. However, the sound quality is worse than a AM radio. There was a sharp, high pitch static noise constantly humming in the background accompanies with other random statics! At the beginning, I thought it might be just the voice reading part. But when I tried the music player, the same situation! The background noise totally ruined the song. I am not sure if it's normal. Nowadays the chip technology is so advanced. I really doubt if it's the right quality even the device was not meant to be built for the purpose. Can anyone give me some advices or feedbacks based on your experiences of using those functions? Is it still possible to RMA the unit? Robert? TIA!