topic Re: PIECE OF SH*T! in PCs & Accessories

PIECE OF SH*T!

Robby41 — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:44:22 GMT

This thing goes from problem to problem i finally got to transfer some files to my VP and when i disconnected after everything had finshed at a perfectly gud time, the thing crashes during "Checking Music info.." then after using the reset buttontried to play a track and it crashed, so i thort i could simply plug it back into my pc and let it finsh the checking music info and apdating new files after transfer but once again it crashed at checking music info. This is after SS went extremely slow when i went to see if anyfiles had been mis-tranfered or something during the updating process.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before and how do i settle it?

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Twisted-Rizla — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:53:27 GMT

Has anyone experienced anything like this before and how do i settle it?

Probably.

Have you downloaded the updates yet?

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kee-lo_ — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:06:40 GMT

Sounds like a dodgy VP.
I'd have a word.

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Robby41 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:30:51 GMT

It has worked fine up til about a month ago, when it started crashing and so on.
It is now dead!
I formatted the whole thing 19Gb's of it to exact and it looked like the problem was solved unitl i transferd my back onto it and it crashed while "Initializing files please wait" it had this sign and the loading symnol in the corner still going around until the battery ran out about 4 hours.
Now i cannot even switch it on when i put it into the charger the screen stays white and does not do anything and has not since.

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DATARAPER — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:18:53 GMT

It has worked fine up til about a month ago, when it started crashing and so on.
It is now dead!
I formatted the whole thing 19Gb's of it to exact and it looked like the problem was solved unitl i transferd my back onto it and it crashed while "Initializing files please wait" it had this sign and the loading symnol in the corner still going around until the battery ran out about 4 hours.
Now i cannot even switch it on when i put it into the charger the screen stays white and does not do anything and has not since.

I had exactly the same crashing problem after updating the VP without transferring a lot then I formatted this PIECE OF JUNK and so far no problem (A bit early to judge though ) .Itsbeen a week since the purchace and Im starting to believe that it was a waste of money ? Plus none of the updates does not support direct mp3 transfers(Stupidly I thought that the upgrade should fix the sittuation ). I think that i'm dealing with a product with no actual support a horrible LINE OUT and an unsatisfactory volume level . Any convincing suggestions ? TA !

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hldomster — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:29:19 GMT

I think the VP is the most unstabel piece of SOny Hardware I've come across, for portable audio. Send it back and get an HD5 next month.

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kee-lo_ — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:32:36 GMT

I think the VP is the most unstabel piece of SOny Hardware I've come across, for portable audio. Send it back and get an HD5 next month.

You're right there.

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stuadam91 — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:15:17 GMT

I've had my VP for five months. It gets used three or four days a week. I have loaded 2000 songs on it. I have updated the firmware, and SonicStage from 2.1 to 2.3 to 3.0 to 3.1. It has never crashed, it has never locked up on me, and I have never had to hard reset it.

I think it is a brilliant device and think Sony has done a brilliant job. I can't wait to see what they do next.

I'm sure I am not the only one who likes it. How about hearing some more positive comments, I am fed up with all this negativity.

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terrylong — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:48:34 GMT

Well...... speak as you find. I've had my Pocket since Christmas. So far so good. I've downloaded approx 2000 tracks, added 2 Gb worth of photos using it as an external hard drive, installed the upgrade, never had a problem with the battery (used for an 8 hour stretch-how long do you want to listen to music continuously!), loaded the latest SS (that is a piece of <profanity removed by moderator>).

Has anyone identified a decent integral FM transmitter yet.

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TW — Sun, 01 May 2005 11:56:21 GMT

How about hearing some more positive comments, I am fed up with all this negativity.

Amen to that:smileyapplause:

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kee-lo_ — Sun, 01 May 2005 18:24:59 GMT

Yeah but thing is if they're not having a good time with the VAIO Pocket then this needs to be addressed by Sony.

By all means post good responses, this is just as important.

But if there's a fault, don't sit in silence, someone might be able to help.

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mvanwambeke — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:44:57 GMT

Yeah but thing is if they're not having a good time with the VAIO Pocket then this needs to be addressed by Sony.

By all means post good responses, this is just as important.

But if there's a fault, don't sit in silence, someone might be able to help.

Couldn't have phrased it better

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kee-lo_ — Mon, 02 May 2005 16:04:56 GMT

I can see why they're fed up of negitive comments, but they should accept they're not fail proof.

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TW — Mon, 02 May 2005 21:15:50 GMT

 Couldn't have phrased it better

I second that.

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kee-lo_ — Mon, 02 May 2005 21:48:24 GMT

Thanks TW

Working late tonight?

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Hellz_Virtue — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:04:31 GMT

Lmao hey peeps you gotta understand this was Sony's first attempt at a HDD music player, and may I say a pretty decent one at that, when you look at its features. I know that it isnt faultless, i am a little disappointed with its jumpiness and i know that it has a few bugs that could be ironed out. However, i am a power user (i like to see myself as one :smileygrin: ) and to me it is a brilliant first attempt. I always want the best sound quality, bass, battery life, features and cool gadgety-type features, i.e the g-sense pad. I have had no major problems that dont involve pressing the reset button now and again, and i think this is because i use it as it should be. I doubt that the problems that people have encountered is entirely the VP's fault.
You wanted positive, here is a big positive from me - a real power user. I know that it isnt the best, far from it, and i too am angry at some of the flaws in it, but i cannot wait until Sony learn from their mistakes and make the next VP - music or video and music player - a real stunner.
P.S: hope you sort your problems out guys, i know theyre a pain in the ass, ive had some of them too!

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constantine_jk — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:51:47 GMT

I think that this thread has missed the point. What has happend Robby? Did you short out the problems?

The VP is not perfect, but I agree that it is a very decent attempt of Sony. If I could choose again, then I would buy it again. It comes to what everyone needs. Whatever you buy, there is going to be a compromise somewhere.

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Conor456 — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:37:35 GMT

i agree with constantine_jk, i think the VP just looks so cool compared to a damm Ipod, i've only got round to transfering all my songs onto it yesterday(i bought the f***** thing in february!), and im so pleased with it. I dont have problems with my VP (granted theres a few bugs but i would expect sony to sort them out) its sonicstage thats the problem. I personally couldnt care less about mp4 capability because i know if it ever happens i'll probably use it once and say "thats cool" then never use it again! I was in uni today and some girl saw it and said "wow whats that?!!" its still not well known and i like that. I like bein different.

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constantine_jk — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:53:35 GMT

I personally couldnt care less about mp4 capability because i know if it ever happens i'll probably use it once and say "thats cool" then never use it again! I was in uni today and some girl saw it and said "wow whats that?!!" its still not well known and i like that. I like bein different.

Well, I had an ipaq 4700 (perhaps one of the most advanced pdas in the market) and I changed it three times....it's a rather long story. I ended up with a Palm T|T5 (as Sony stopped clies) which doesn't have all the tech stuff of the hp, but I saved some money from buying it instead and I am happy with it. To be honest, I don't think that I would use all the extra bits of the hp but of course I wanted them.

Some features are nice to have but very rarely used. They give the extra "wow" factor and that's it. I find the VP fine as it is and I don't think it should become any more complicated than this. I know that many people have a different opinion and I respect that.

The bottom line is that the VP could be better and according to my opinion, it has the looks, it's more exclusive that an iPod (I am fed up seeing it so often on the streets), it has better sound quality (my preference), better build quality and I trust more Sony support.

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Conor456 — Tue, 03 May 2005 22:17:11 GMT

(as Sony stopped clies)

Whats the deal with these clies? where they good? i have a p900 and i love it, i'd never change it, maybe thats why i couldnt care about video because my phone can play them, you can even play DVDs on them now! At the end of the day i bought the vp for music and thats it. But your right, everyone's different