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Has any one removed the HDD and used Flash Memory? on the karma?
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ducky 2008-11-23, 07:40 #121
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I've converted my first Karma to CF.
CF adapter : 3.19USD (at pointingmouse),
2200Mah Battery : 18.74USD (at megacapacity - I think it is even cheaper now),
Transcend 16GB : 48,67USD (at OFFTEK).

All prices include postage  ;-)

I've been loading about 7GB of v0 .mp3 and my new Rio is still running after 17h40 of playback with flat EQ and volume @ 11. I didn't remove the CF adapter led. The battery indicator is flashing now so I suppose it will shut up around 18h of playback.

I'm going to sell my D2. Karma rocks so bad.
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Subject: dual adapters?
ok this is probably going to be a stupid reply but what the hell :)
my karma's been dead for a few years with a bad drive.
I've been putting off fixing it and just using my pc to listen to music but thats not going to work since we moved and others now live with us.
I have read through this entire thread and have been looking at pricing for compact flash cards. currently a 32gig is about $70 and up depending on speed. The 133x speed is about $100 on some places.
The issue i have is price. compact flash above 32gig is just not going to come out for at least another year and even then im skeptical. it seems that format may be suffering from the fact that only digital slr cameras use it.
current memory prices:
CF 16gb=$37 32gb=$80, sdhc 16gb=$27, memory stick pro duo 16gb=$97, microsdhc 16gb=$96
Sooooo i have been looking at alternatives to the alternatives haha.
microsdhc cards are dropping like crazy due to digital phones and other players using them.
yes not yet to the sub 100bux for a 32gig but i have a feeling that prices are going to be steadilly dropping on these more than compact flash. so the idea was to load a compact flash adapter into my karma.
then pick up something like this depending on how prices fall.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SD-MMC-to-CF-Compact-Fla…?hash=i…|65%3A15|39%3A1|240%3A1318

I know its probably repetetive but im an idea/brainstormer kind of guy lol.
spece30 2008-12-16, 18:30 #124
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Its a good idea but here's the problem...it says "Note: NOT compatible with SDHC." SDHC is what makes sizes larger than 4 gig possible so using this adapter would mean you'd be stuck with 4 gig SD cards or less which kind of makes it useless.

I do agree however that compact flash is a dieing breed and its not likely that we will see sizes over 32 gig.
eaglexias 2008-12-16, 20:33 #125
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CF card works fine in the karma, in fact, in here, china, more than 60% of karma useing cf card instead of hdd
awesley 2008-12-16, 22:10 #126
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What about this one?

  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.…?ViewItem&item=220…

  "SDHC/SD/MMC to Compact Flash CF II Card Reader Adapter"
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Quote by spece30:
Its a good idea but here's the problem...it says "Note: NOT compatible with SDHC." SDHC is what makes sizes larger than 4 gig possible so using this adapter would mean you'd be stuck with 4 gig SD cards or less which kind of makes it useless.

I do agree however that compact flash is a dieing breed and its not likely that we will see sizes over 32 gig.

Wrong.  CF isn't going anywhere soon; professional and prosumer camera bodies still use CF cards and 64 gig cards HAVE been announced.
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Quote by awesley on 2008-12-16, 22:10:
What about this one?

  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.…?ViewItem&item=220…

  "SDHC/SD/MMC to Compact Flash CF II Card Reader Adapter"

My working Karma doesn't get a lot of use.  Every time I open it, another piece of the case falls off.  But I really want to try this. Since its hot-swappable, I could see modding the case to be able to switch cards in/out.
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krazykit (Administrator) 2008-12-22, 20:09 #129
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While the adapter might be hot-swappable, I doubt the Karma would work well with a hot-swap.
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Quote by krazykit on 2008-12-22, 20:09:
While the adapter might be hot-swappable, I doubt the Karma would work well with a hot-swap.

Probably right on that.  Hadn't thought of that
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