Tuner Availability

Posted by: rob

Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 08:10

Tuner Modules are now in stock at the empeg store - www.empeg.com/store - priced 70 UKP plus VAT.

Free tuners for Mk.1 upgrade clients will ship from Monday 24th. It may take a couple of days to ship all of them. You'll get an email with a tracking code when your tuner ships.

Rob


Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 08:51

Ordered mine

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: tigloo

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 09:17

Wooooohoooooooo!

I ordered!

Till


Posted by: crazymelki

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 09:20

WOW....

ordered mine!

bye

CrazyMelki
Posted by: tonyc

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 09:56

Excellent! Now, where are the Rio remotes?

-Tony
MkII #554
Posted by: Ionic

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 09:59

Sounds like the "joke-of-the-day"... have to check the store, I think....
wow, it's true. How to proceed if I wish to order also a blue faceplate? I'd like to include it in my order to avoid paying shipping twice...

Ionic



Mk2 40GB #090000592
Posted by: mardibloke

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 10:01

Good stuff.

Does this mean you have no more challenges left in life Rob ?

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341
Posted by: rob

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 10:17

Hmm.. release 2.0-beta1 within the next 10 days or so?

That should be a challenge..

Rob


Posted by: rob

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 10:19

Blue faceplates won't appear on the store as a regular part - they're being handled by support, so send them an email ([email protected]). They're not back from manufacture yet so I would go ahead and order your tuner separately.

Rob


Posted by: rob

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 10:24

They're in stock in the empeg store, we haven't shipped the rest to the eStore yet but we're about to do so.

Rob


Posted by: mardibloke

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 14:35

You will regret posting that, think how people will link to that post

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341
Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 15:18

I haven't had a confirmation email for my Tuner order yet. Did anyone else get their order confirmed?

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: rob

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 15:46

The empeg store doesn't send automatic confirmations - if the order completed and displayed your electronic receipt, we have your order. It won't get processed until Monday now.

Rob


Posted by: jwickis

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 17:00

The empeg store doesn't send automatic confirmations
Not to be a jerk or anything but at the end of my order was this
In reply to:

You will be sent an email which will provide you with detailed order information. Thank you for your order!




#695-Mk2/8 colors-12Gig/TUNER- awaits v2.x & Voice Recog.
Posted by: gbeer

me too: Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 18:35

I got 2 emails following the order, on the 26th and 28th. I forget what day the tuner delivered on, I think it was the 29th.
Curious, notice the difference between From:(s) in both emails.

=======================================
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:06:39 -0500 (CDT)
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: SONICblue Order Confirmation

Dear Glenn Beer,

Thank you for ordering from the SONICblue eStore. The following email is a summary of your order. Please use this as your proof of purchase.

...snip
==================================================
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:23:40 -0500 (CDT)
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: SONICblue eStore Shipping Notification

Dear Glenn Beer :

Your order from the SONICblue eStore has been shipped and your credit card has been charged....



Posted by: msaeger

Re: Tuner Availability - 21/09/2001 19:29

maybe they aren't automatic. maybe someone is manualy sending a confirmation ?

32Gig MK2 In 2001 VW Golf TDI
Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 22/09/2001 04:51

OK, thanks Rob. That's put my mind at rest. It just seemed a bit odd that I didn't get one, seeing as it's common practice when ordering on the net to get a confirmation email.

Thanks to everyone else who's posted their experiences. Looks like the European eStore works differently to the US eStore.

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: smu

Re: Tuner Availability - 22/09/2001 14:18

Hi.

Thanks to everyone else who's posted their experiences. Looks like the European eStore works differently to the US eStore.

Certainly hope so.

cu,
sven

proud MkII owner (12GB blue/green/smoked, was #080000113 is #090001010)
Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 22/09/2001 17:12

mmm... yeah good point. Let's hope none of us have the same problems as our friends across the water have had.

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: Derek

Re: Tuner Availability - 22/09/2001 23:41

Well Rob has a personal hand in the running of the International store so it's pretty unlikely . The main problem seems to be gettng stock, especially out of the US.

(list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [for sale]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 26GB blue)
Posted by: Taym

Re: Tuner Availability - 24/09/2001 06:26

Hey, I thought I was the first one and they were instead available since last friday? Damn, you can't turn your eyes away from the board that something happens!


Taym
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MK II BLUE/RED 12GB #923
Posted by: rob

Re: Tuner Availability - 24/09/2001 06:45

To follow up on this, tuners are shipping today as expected. Because of the backlog, though, I think it could take as long as the end of this week before we have sent all of the Mk.1 upgrade and empeg store tuners.

Be assured that our dispatcher is working very hard to minimise the delay.

Rob


Posted by: buts

Re: Tuner Availability - 24/09/2001 18:02

i orderd a tuner about 3 days ago from the uk store and have not recived a reply back yet, hase any one ???


andrew butler
sn 08000176 6G amber
Posted by: rob

Re: Tuner Availability - 24/09/2001 18:08

You'll get a tracking number when it ships. Sorry the communication isn't ideal, but we have one part timer running the store (which is not an official SONICblue service) and he's very rushed with shipping tuners right now.

Rob


Posted by: teemcbee

Re: Tuner Availability - 25/09/2001 22:50

As sonic blue now stops the rio car product i think it'll also stop the tuner-production. so my question is: how many tuner modules will be available and will everyone who ownes a mk2 be able to get one?

TeeMcBee
Mk2, # 080000143, 12+30 GB
Posted by: bonzi

Re: Tuner Availability - 26/09/2001 00:54

According to Hugo, yes. I ordered mine yesterday, though, just in case...

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green
Posted by: altman

Re: Tuner Availability - 26/09/2001 07:15

I've now talked to some other people and my advice is:

If you want one, or will want one at some point, get it now. There should be enough to cover almost all of the mk2s shipped to date, but when these are gone it might get messy to get more made as the main product is EOL (eg, might have to collect pre-orders to make a batch, etc).

Hugo


Posted by: teemcbee

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 03:11

already ordered one last sunday and hope to get it soon

TeeMcBee
Mk2, # 080000143, 12+30 GB
Posted by: Nosferatu

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 03:26

I ve got a question .

I want to order a Tuner From France.
I think it's gonna be possible.

My question is about the car rack.

Is it delivered with the wires or is it a nude rack only and must make myself connectings.


Empeg II - 10 Gb - Red Fascia - 500 Songs -

- I Will Strike From the Grey -
Posted by: altman

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 04:05

The car sled is the metalwork and wiring loom. No problem with shipping to france.

Hugo


Posted by: JaBZ

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 04:26

what is the avalibility of the Sleds? say in the near future...
I've convinced myself to order a Tuner and extra remote VERY soon,
however would'nt be able to afford a Sled at the moment as NZ has a SHOCKING exchange rate :)

cheers,
Jai




Posted by: altman

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 04:38

Sleds are currently in stock, and we have a pile of metalwork awaiting looms (which are on their way). I suspect that we'd post when sleds were getting low.

Hugo


Posted by: mardibloke

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 06:35

Mine arrived this morning, fitted over lunch break, its a radio, it works.

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341
Posted by: tigloo

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 08:01

I received my tuner this morning, I am currently installing it (upgrading software as I post). I did not receive shipment confirmation or anything.

But I rather have a tuner without confirmation than a confirmation without a tuner! :)

Till


Posted by: mardibloke

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 08:40

I got shipment confirmation plus TNT tracking number - poor old Peter M must be working his socks off this week

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341
Posted by: Ionic

Tracking airmail? - 27/09/2001 10:40

Anyone knows how and where to track "airmail"? Link would be fine...

Ciao
Frank


Mk2 40GB #090000592
Posted by: rob

Re: Tracking airmail? - 27/09/2001 10:51

www.royalmail.co.uk and go to track & trace - but international recorded delivery has very little tracking information. It's really just regular mail with proof of delivery.

Rob


Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 27/09/2001 15:59

Got mine Tuesday. Installed it Wednesday (took all of 5 minutes). Decodes FM great even with a low signal (1 - 2 bars). Doesn't seem to get much on AM though. Isn't anyone transmitting on AM anymore in the UK? Ordered a Rio remote too since 'the announcement'. I just wish they'd left the Stun/Kill option on it .

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: altman

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 00:52

Yes, 693/909 (5 live) in the UK should be ok. Note that if you have a powered antenna (VW/Audi bee-sting, for example) then you will get *nothing* on AM without an antenna power adaptor - this is the case in my new beetle.

Hugo


Posted by: tigloo

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 03:10

My tuner works great, too. I am a little surprised by the bad quality of the sound (even if there is full signal strength), but that might be due to the fact that I am not used to radio anymore. I will have to test against my Kenwood unit that I was using before.

The Empeg has not quite the same reception as my Kenwood, while the Kenwood was able to decode (both the music and the RDS) of stations with a low signal strength, the Empeg gets into a little bit of trouble.

However, this was just a few minutes of testing and weather conditions might have been non-ideal for such a test. :) I will use the unit some more next week (especially on the highway) and try to see how well it performs there.

Till


Posted by: mardibloke

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 03:29

AM worked fine on mine, about 5 strong signals ( 5 live, Virgin, and a few local stations ), even parked alongside the house.

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341
Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 07:58

Thanks for the replies guys. I've got a BMW with the antenna in the rear window. Don't know if it has an amp on it. It picks up FM fine so I don't think that this is the problem. I did manage to get Virgin but it was very faint & didn't show up on the signal strength meter at all. Could there be something wrong with the AM part of the circuit in the Tuner? I've been round all the frequencies several times but it's always the same. I do get a medium strength signal right at the bottom end of the range but it's just noise. The car's in for it's MOT until tomorrow so I can't fiddle until then.

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)

Edited by beaker on 28/09/01 04:40 PM.

Posted by: altman

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 08:54

It's a powered antenna. My beetle picked up FM fine without power, but no AM; see:

http://www.autotoys.com/New_Tech/Misc_Info/bmwant/body_bmwant.htm

...it appears that there is a white antenna power wire in the BMW harness.

Hugo


Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 11:31

aha!!!... Thanks Hugo. I'll have a look at this when I get the car back tomorrow. I guess the antenna is tuned more for the shorter wavelengths of FM than the longer wavelengths of AM, which is why it picks up FM reasonably well. Or am I talking complete b*ll*cks?

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: altman

Re: Tuner Availability - 28/09/2001 18:43

I've no idea, which is why I wasn't doing the tuner module's PCB design with its stripline track thingummies...

Hugo


Posted by: beaker

Re: Tuner Availability - 29/09/2001 07:37

OK, I got the car back from having new rear suspension bushes fitted & a new MOT. I've added the Tuner extension cable and joined the Blue flying lead to the White on the BMW loom and I can now receive AM fine. FM is also improved. Since your last reply I've taken another look at the installation instructions and it does mention that AM reception can be particularly affected where you have an antenna amp which doesn't have any power going to it. s'pose I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to get it fitted. Classic case of RTFM.

thanks again...

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)
Posted by: andygjones

Re: Tuner Availability - 29/09/2001 14:14

For anyone with poor reception you might want to try adding an amplifier if your car doesnt have one. I live in a pretty bad area for most stations but bought a little booster from Maplin (£7.99) - reception is a lot better and im able to pick up a lot more stations. Very simple to fit. Just a small pen-sized unit that plugs in between your tuner module and the antenna cable, and connects to the tuner's power feed.

RioCar 10GB RGB - can never decide
Posted by: AndyGuy

Re: Tuner Availability - 01/10/2001 03:18

Has any Mk1 client got an email about this yet? I haven't.

Andy.

Posted by: Geoff

Re: Tuner Availability - 01/10/2001 05:24

In reply to:

Has any Mk1 client got an email about this yet? I haven't


I received my tuner module last Friday, the only email I got was the one telling me it had been dispatched (apart from the email Rob sent a month or two ago saying they were available, but on the wrong side of the Atlantic!)

Geoff
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Got one of the first Mark 2 empegs...
Posted by: Taym

Re: Tuner Availability - 02/10/2001 04:34

Wow, I got my tuner yesterday. Can't believe it. Finally! I'll install it in the weekend and post my impressions.



Taym
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MK II BLUE/RED 12GB #923