I think what you're saying is pretty reasonable (especially when it comes to listening to what you like). However, if bit rate errors were a factor, then computer programs would crash far more often than they do - or maybe this is Microsoft's excuse . For every "bit error rate", there's an "bit error detection and correction"

Never mind... Checked it after work today, and the N.radio stations are all there. I think it was because my registration with BeoPlayer might have been incomplete. I was having some weird networking errors on my BeoPlayer computer when I was at that point. I'm guessing that it was my later installation of BeoConnect (and proper registration with

You busted me The sleep timer part I just read from the manual without trying it (the wake timer I have done many times)... I will give it a try and let you know. Stan

Personally, I'm skeptical about this whole thread... Are the record companies *really* re-mastering audio files for the digital age? I find this highly doubtful unless it's something that can be accomplished automatically, and even an automated remastering still costs money for computing power and IT folks to make it happen. Why would a money

This "<< >> GO" procedure is not working for me. Is there a particular Mode that I'm supposed to be in. How long do I need to hold the keys down - I've tried 10-20 secs, but nothing happens. I just get a blank screen or a blank screen with "PAUSE" displayed. I turn the wheel and nothing happens. Is this "<<

[quote user="stevnp"] Firstly I don't understand why the sleep timer, or whatever B&O call it, can't be used with the SD cards, only the radio, this limits its functionality, I think. [/quote] This is incorrect. For a wake-up timer, just press A.MEM after pressing TIMER (and setting the wake-up time) and before pressing STORE.

Not sure about the blue/white and pink wires, but the 3 non-insulated wires are earth/ground (one for each bundle of wires within the cable) and are supposed to be connected together. Stan

As to which codec to use, the MS site ( http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/codecs/audio.aspx ) says: "Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless The audio quality of content that is compressed using this codec is the best of all Windows Media Audio codecs. It creates a bit-for-bit duplicate of the original audio file so that no data is lost

Slightly off topic, but I recently I downloaded an old album from Amazon (early 70s BeBop Delux), and was quite pleasantly surprized by the sound quality. I believe that it was 256kbps. It *did* sound better than many of my home ripped mp3s (usually use Lame at the "normal" setting which is roughly 256kbps). Maybe my ears were playing tricks

As much as I dislike proprietary formats, I think you're shooting yourself in the foot by not using WMP in this case. Why spend $6K on a music player and then use lossy compression or waste space and time with the inconvience of WAV. For the longest time, I wouldn't use Apple lossless for reasons of principal (and wanting to avoid "lock