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yep s84 RRP is S$59

the last diesel high performance car i knew about was the BMW 330d wonder if there are any competitors? i also remember a le mans car running on diesel last year... car manufacturers, are u listening? i want a diesel engine that produces max torque from 1000rpm, low fuel consumption, nice engine note, and doesn't rattle

esden trading SLS level 1 #01-01, the shop is situated facing the road outside, at the most u go round SLS on the outside for 1 round, should find it next to a small eatery just bought e2c for S$173 don't just go there, they normally will order from singapore main distributor on demand, so call first to so that they order for u tel: 63339745 [listed on the receipt, should be correct] man, i should get a discount for introducing u to him... btw, according to him, its pronounced as "sure"

pocket FM Radio is an unsung hero to me too my SRF-S84 beats my NJB3 radio remote anyday with its better sound & reception, great for malaysian channels & BBC in fact, i've just bought a cheapo mini-to-mini cable to record my fav radio programmes @ home with NJB3 thru line-in, instead of using the radio record of the NJB3 remote

i had a problem with my rechargeable batteries, so i email the seller, well here's the email exchange at the moment, i've just cut & paste the swap it so that it reads chronologically, may edit it to point form for easier reading later quite a bit of new info, at least for me...should be useful for those that power portable equipment using nimh batteries as u can see by the timing of the replies, they've been responding quickly ----- Original Message ----- From: lee sze yong To: W Cube Enquiries Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: potential problem with sanyo charger model no.: Sanyo NC-MQR02 bought from w3cube 08-04-2003 i recently had 2 occasions where the 4 AA 2100NIMH batteries charged by the charger produced little or no charge upon switching on my digital camera, the batteries allow less than 5 shots before the low battery sign appeared, and the camera switched off after that. fyi, i'm using a canon A70, and there are no problems with AA alkaline batteries i noticed that the charging sound made by the charger is slightly different, plus prior to this problem, the light was blinking before the end of a charge cycle i've cleaned the contacts, i'm going to change the adaptor used to connect to the standard 3 pin socket just to make sure which is at fault incidentally, i've just charged 6AAA 800NIMH batteries [in 3 cycles] prior to this problem occurring. These batteries have turned out fine, but they are not listed on the instruction manual [800NIMH was not out then, 750NIMH being the standard] Anymore troubleshooting that i can do b4 needing to send it in, & if so, do i send in to Sanyo [where?] or back to w3cube? i understand that the warranty is likely to be expired, any indications on costs thanx for reading this long email, would have posted at your forum, but there was no scheme to submit my email address to register at that time regards siyong www.otbp.blogspot.com www.opsw.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: W Cube Customer Support To: lee sze yong Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:34 PM Subject: Re: potential problem with sanyo charger Hi Sze Yong, We are sorry to hear about the problem you are encountering with the Sanyo NC-MQR02 Quick Charger. From the age of the batteries as well as the description of the problem, it may seem like the batteries may be near the end of their operational life. Although NiMH batteries do not suffer significantly from memory effect, after repeatedly charging non-fully-drained batteries for an extended amount of time (over 1 year), the accumulation of these effects, as well as another similar syndrome called "voltage depression" can add up to cause permanent damage to the batteries. Another thing to note is that if the batteries have been stored away for a while (> 4 weeks) while they had been flat, the batteries may be damaged as well. All rechargeable batteries self-discharge automatically and if the batteries were already flat when kept, the continual self-discharge on the flat batteries will cause an irreversible chemical change within the batteries which can cause them to not function properly anymore. If any rechargeable batteries are not needed to be used for a while, always store them away on a full charge. Also for NC-MQR02, blinking light signals that the charger is having problems with the chemistry of the batteries. This also normally means that either the batteries are non-rechargeable (eg. Alkaline), or that the rechargeable batteries are in a poor condition. This could be also possibly explain why the AAA batteries exhibits no problem with the charger. The charger is able to charge your AAA batteries as it is an intelligent charger and can accomodate any AA batteries up to about 2500mAh and AAA batteries up to about 1000mAh. Troubleshooting wise, it is best if you can confirm if the problem lie with the batteries or the charger by charging a different set of AA batteries. Sanyo do not offer any warranty on their charger products and our in-shop warranty is only within the first week. While we can perform a charger and battery analysis test, this is a time consuming procedure (takes more than 1 week due to the need to discharge and charge the batteries as well as test the performance of the charger in question quite a few times) and cost S$20 Nett. Thus, we recommend that you try to isolate the problem as being with the batteries or the charger by the suggestion above first before proceeding with any course of actions and item replacement. If you have any questions regarding the above, please feel free to let us know. Good luck! :-) Warmest Regards, Customer Support W Cube Pte Ltd Tel: +65 6337-4831 Fax: +65 6337-0431 Email: Support@W3Cube.com Address: No. 1 Coleman Street, #03-14 The Adelphi, Singapore 179803 Website: http://www.W3Cube.com ----- Original Message ----- From: lee sze yong To: W Cube Customer Support Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Re: potential problem with sanyo charger thanx for the info learned quite a few things, like charging them fully for "storage" tot nimh batteries can take 500 charges & have minimal memory effect looks like i got to get a new one with the refresh function btw, do the new sanyo / or other brands have chargers that can take 4AAA? do u mind me putting the info below online? considering posting it on my blog + perhaps forums @ www.sgheaphones.net have charged another set, and all seems ok for now... regards siyong www.otbp.blogspot.com www.opsw.blogspot.com Hi Sze Yong, Thank you for your reply! Regarding your questions, 1. NiMH batteries usually can be charged 500 to 1,000 time. However, this is subjected to the condition that between the charges, the batteries is not subjected to any out-of-the-ordinary situations which may damage the batteries in between the charges. Two usual situations (which are similar) in which batteries can be unknowingly damaged are: - The storing away of flat rechargeable batteries for an extended period of time (As mentioned previously). - Allowing the nominal voltage of the batteries to fall below 1V. (See Point 2) 2. Rechargeable batteries have a non-linear decay graph. When fully charged, it usually hovers around 1.4~1.6V, but this rapidly falls to 1.2V. This 1.2V can be supplied consistently for quite a long amount of time, till near the end of the battery life, in which it will again fall from 1.2V. Usually for most digital equipments such as digital cameras, it will automatically indicate that the battery is flat once the average voltage of each batteries falls to about 1.05V to 1.1V. But sometimes, if the batteries are used in slow drain devices such as flashlights, the voltage of the battery can fall below 1V and once again, if this is allowed for too long, a permanent chemical change can occur within the batteries which can damage them permanently. This is why users of rechargeable batteries should never use flashlights to fully discharge batteries. 3. Currently, all Sanyo chargers can only charge up to 2 AAA batteries at any one time. For 4 AAAs, you may wish to consider our Maha MH-C204F 3-Hours Smart Charger (S$39 Nett), or MH-C401FS 100 Minutes Cool Charger (S$49 Nett). Maha chargers have a strong emphasis on maintaining battery performance and both have built-in circuitry (Discharging or Flex Negative Pulse) to prevent memory effects. Maha chargers also come with a 1 year 1-1 exchange warranty. 4. Please feel free to share the information about battery maintenance with others. However, we do request that: - The information should not be posted on any commercial sites (due to conflict of interest), - The email is quoted as it is and should not be modified, - The email is credited to us (i.e., W Cube). 5. For the batteries, we are glad to know that another set of batteries seems to be working fine. This probably indicates that the fault lies solely with the batteries. In this case, your charger may not need to be replaced. If you have any other questions, please feel free to let us know. Have a nice day! :-) Warmest Regards, Customer Support W Cube Pte Ltd Tel: +65 6337-4831 Fax: +65 6337-0431 Email: Support@W3Cube.com Address: No. 1 Coleman Street, #03-14 The Adelphi, Singapore 179803 Website: http://www.W3Cube.com

well, the 3day music festival has just ended official site is http://www.baybeats.net i've posted some shots, plus my report of the fest on my blog http://www.otbp.blogspot.com comments are welcomed

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0405/04052601pretec12gb.asp biggest CF card is by pretec 12GB, whopping price predicted too

just won these walkie talkies in a contest shiro sa1100 mine are in blue, the pics are taken of a newspaper article they take a whopping 3AAA batt each, now charging 2AA at a time in my sanyo charger....

d70 with kit lens is 18-70mm with 1.5x factor, will be effective to 27-105mm lens in 35mm format full name is AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm ED IF f /3.5-4.5G RRP is S$2288, street prize is lower of course recommend going DSLR route, becos they have much better AF lag time [shorter] compared to prosumer dslr-like cams also, more megapixels does not mean better, cos the dslr ccd is larger, also current 8MP cameras have some noise issues, no offense to tropicalrips's cam, that model is one of the best of the pack, but ccd size is same as 5MP ccd, so each pixel of 8MP is crammed into smaller space, hence noise issues

hd200 is closed, more for portable environments

pics shows mesh type grille, tot it's open?

esden trading #01-01 SLS just bought one for $173

got me shure e2c, no sr60 beater but perfect for the bus/mrt ride

u're posting @ home equipment plus u're using open phones around $100 so here goes open grado sr60 senn hd497 philips hp890 depends on what music u listen to sr60 good for rock, others i can't comment

http://www.pconline.com.cn/digital/audio/j...406/387995.html

just checked sennheiser website http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/icm_e...458?Open&print= apparently there's a MX 400 RC, shorter length for use with remote control pic shows the unequal length cable that is needed for behind the neck wearing

if mx500 = mx400 + volume control [all else equal] then no mx500 cables that goes to each earphone are symmetrical so it hangs down the front note: mx series are not earplug type, i.e. external sounds will affect your listening but mx400/500 are the cheapest headphones that audiophiles wouldn't mind being caught wearing

guilty as charged, thanx for reminding me well, my personal experiences with cars has been a EG Civic Esi and a Sunny EX, both my dad's cars i miss the Esi VTEC sound, it was sold cos end of COE... the steering of the civic was too light though the current sunny EX, nothing interesting to comment...

wait for the next creative warehouse sale if u can wait got mine there, sometimes there are refurbished [read: returned] NJB3 selling for even cheaper price [$249-just 30 days warranty] not that i recommend those... $325 is not too bad bought mine for $369 last year

may be a bit late, but senn offer a closed version of the 497 202 or 212 http://www.sennheiserasia.com/product/headphone/hd202.html http://www.sennheiserasia.com/product/head...e/hd212pro.html

what u need is a mp3 player with resume function look out for that term & u should be safe most good mp3 players offer that function my NJB3 & Muvo NX come to mind

http://web3.himbeersoft.htmldesign.de/cont...t_eng/index.php nex series mp3 players from frontier labs most use CF, some support microdrive also

grados are normally more suited for rock as for auditioning, i was able to test SR60 and SR80 when i bought mine, they were friendly, not pushy [about 1-2 years ago] not sure what caused the change of policy...

oops i meant 4GB microdrive

should b a nice player, direct competitor to ipod mini tons of these are being ripped apart for their 4GB CF for digital SLRs seems that they cost less than a 4GB CF if bought on open market many put a 340MB microdrive back and then sell it off i think it uses the same FM remote as the NJB3