RELEASE - FreeICE v2 Alpha 4

**stealthe** · 09-25-2011, 09:30 AM

Tbh, I'll be ditching the adstech as soon as possible, especially if you get dabs integrated. The 'pulsing' buzz has started to get on my nerves while testing, and I've been using the standalone 'test app' for the dab tuner for a while anyway.
I'll keep plugging in the adstech to test, but I currently don't have an xp box to test on.

stealthe

**CdRsKuLL** · 09-25-2011, 09:37 AM

Which DAB tuner do you have out of interest ?

**stealthe** · 09-25-2011, 09:39 AM

Early cb venice 5.

stealthe

**Cerberus** · 09-25-2011, 01:26 PM

Sorry to divert from topic momentarily but what are the options for a DAB solution without dealing with Craig Brass and his commercialised version?

C

**HunterDVincent** · 09-25-2011, 11:41 PM

Any date on when alpha 5 will be released?

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**ephect** · 09-26-2011, 12:04 AM

last i heard, should be in the next day or 2. pending house choirs lol

**HunterDVincent** · 09-26-2011, 01:34 AM

Haha awesome. This is the first time I'm.building a carpc and trying out stuff.. roadrunner is so dang sluggish...

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**CdRsKuLL** · 09-26-2011, 02:30 AM

Hi HunterDVincent,

I'm hoping to get a release out tomorrow night. If I miss tomorrow night spot then it will be next weekend as I have a work trip this week.

Thanks,

Steve

**stealthe** · 09-26-2011, 03:08 AM

Originally Posted by Cerberus

Sorry to divert from topic momentarily but what are the options for a DAB solution without dealing with Craig Brass and his commercialised version?

C

I'll point you in the direction of this post. I think you can guess the rest.

stealthe

**ibf** · 09-26-2011, 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by stealthe

Early cb venice 5.

stealthe

There was no V5 slave from CB, they all came with V7 master. Ill be very suprised if he ever sold one with V5. There are only 2 version from CB, one was using the old PCB design with out of spec capacitor size and could potentially blow your USB port (Ask E if you need more info about that) The other is the newer version with smaller surface mount capacitors.

Originally Posted by Cerberus

Sorry to divert from topic momentarily but what are the options for a DAB solution without dealing with Craig Brass and his commercialised version?

C

Originally Posted by stealthe

I'll point you in the direction of this post. I think you can guess the rest.

stealthe

Originally Posted by craigbrass

I have rights to the previous board and this board from nrgizerbunny as per an agreement we both signed. Although I will purchase these designs from him as well, a fully USB version won't be available for 4-5 months at least for a few reasons.

nrgizerbunny: Just replied to your email. Not sure where the emails you mentioned went but I never got them.

With regards to the users who have reported software problems, expect a new build to be out in the next few days that should fix them.

From above ^^^ you may or may not get a ready made DAB except from CB. At the moment no one else sells them except him. Sanjay might have one on offer you can buy, other option is to build one yourself. Unless you want to wait for the one being developed by centrafuse.de

If you gonna get the V5 slave make sure you get the one that support RDS radio text, as far as I know some doesnt support it. The one out of the mini-hifi is the one that is officially supported by the software. Dont get confused, there are plenty of variants out there, they are not all the same.