Re: "Device not ready" (CDBurn)

In message <4de3903c10bric-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <bd7183e34d.ri48000239@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Liz
> <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In message <4de328816cdave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Dave Plowman
>> (News)" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > But then I've never found a CD player that works on anything
>> > either under RISC OS. ;-(
>
>> Am I misunderstanding? You mean you can't play an audio CD? I
>> can, and could with the Eesox reader which came with this
>> machine, but the default sound is very 'tinny' so I don't
>> bother now. ...
>
> If you mean that you are hearing /mono/ sound through the 2"
> internal speaker it is not surprising it is tinny :-)
Well, quite, and a pair of cheap speakers didn't help, but ...
>
>> ... A former colleague at s***** used to play audio CDs when
>> he was working on his RPC and there wasn't a class in, and
>> they sounded much better than mine, with no additions to his
>> set-up.
>
> Are you quite sure he did not have any external speakers
> connected?
Not unless they were invisible or had invisible wires running to them
while hidden in a cupboard. And he *said* he was just using the setup
'as standard'.
>
> If you have a pair of earphones try connecting to both the sound
> output socket on your RiscPC (next to the reset button) and also
> the output socket on the CD drive. Either should provide
> reasonable stereo sound.
Oh yes.
I was just pointing out that both of my CD players, including this
alleged writer, play music CDs.

Slainte

Liz


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