Hey I got my ITALK last night!

What Gen iPod do you have? I thought those would only work with the Gen 3s (and maybe Gen 2s but I'm not sure)? Maybe you just got a bum unit. Does suck though...

Are you absolutely sure that you have the 2.1 Firmware?

Look in Settings-->About on your iPod.

If you don't, then download the 2.1 Firmware here:
www.apple.com/ipod/download

Firmware before 2.1 doesn't have recording capabilities. At all.

I got mine last night too and it works GREAT! I believe it says on the back of the box that 2.1 is needed. I'm going to post some pics of the iTalk in a bit.

Yep. Did the firmware upgrade and it worked like a charm.

Thanks everyone. Saved me a lot of headache.

I do see version 2.1 required on the back of the box now too.

Not really too impressed with mine. Seems to record fine, just playback is seems really low and the speaker quite a bit weaker than advertised. I'll post a new thread for results.

-J

I have one on pre-order . . . . . . . no e-mail from Griffin,
no nuthin,.... sob... :-(
No iTalk joy in Mudville!!

Text of my note to Griffin t'day! ;-(

I received my iTalk t'day. I'm so disappointed, I have no words. I had believed all the users who were c/o poor volume level were simply being too critical. Hear it across an office? I can't hear it at arm's length! Unless there are some level adjustments I haven't found, I'll be returning mine.
By far, my biggest disappointment is that every single Griffin product I've seen b4 was just top notch.

Would some posts some file size info? MB per minute recorded?

Thanks

Originally posted by Wired
You should be able to fit 15+ hours of recording on each GB of HDD space.

Wow. I suspected it would be good for quick memos in the car, but one could actually record a lecture with the thing.

Thanks for the info.

I find the recording quality to be acceptable. By acceptable, I mean that it seems to fulfill why I bought it. I have yet to try it with a microphone. I really like it as-is though. If the speaker was as advertised, this little thing would be off-the-hook!

Tomorrow I will be using it to record a 1.5 hour investment class. That will help me grade its real value and quality. I'll let the thread know how it goes if you're interested.

-J

I tried yesterday to record on the iTalk using two microphones I had laying around from Aiwa cassette walkman devices, but neither one was recognized when attached.

Has anyone successfully used an external microphone? If so, what kind?

Well, first I will say that I sure wish I had better seating. I arrived first and sat in front, but the instructor taught from the rear of the class. DOH! So that left me roughly 25 feet from the instructor. I laid my iTalk down flat on the seat next to me and got it rolling.

The lecture was about 75 minutes. Using the digital-number battery hack (a battery charge value displayed between 1 and 500), this period of time used up about 70 ticks of consumption. Not bad. I felt that the instructor had an average voice tone. He was sort of diminutive, but did make a rather consistent effort to speak loud and clear. As far as the recording went, it was a success! The microphone picks up sounds very well (much better than any of my cheap household mics), and I had no problem with understanding the playback. I did have to pump the volume of the IPOD up to about 75 percent to hear better since I was so far from the teacher, but bravo!

I think I'm going to put away my old Panasonic microcassette recorder now. Being able to fast forward so fast through the recording is just SO awesome!!! Being able to record multiple sessions so easily and catalogue them will save me a lot of time and space too.

Overall, this thing is so worth it. Like I said in another post, if the speaker were stronger, this thing would be off-the-hook! But that's OK with me since I prefer private listening anyway. My strongest advice is rather obvious: get a seat closest to the instructor, or at least place the recorder near him/her/it if you dare, lest someone snag your IPOD!

Let me know if you want to know other details~~~

-J

Hmm seriously considering getting myself one now.

It'd be very handy for recording classes.

Rec'd e-mail from Griffin last night (05/05/04), my iTalk has shipped.

Are these in the apple stores yet?

Can you hear me now?! Just got my iTalk and at least the mic works better than the Belkin (that's not to say it's anything to write home about). BUT the speaker... not happening. Is there something I'm not doing to allow sound to come out of the speaker (and yes, I've checked the volume)? I have the recording functions working fine, but my unit's mute - HELP!

Hey Danny, if nothing is plug into the top of the iTalk, that speaker should be *working*. Don't get yourself worked up in anticipation tho. ;)

And Cptdisco, I *do* think that the iTalk will be brilliant for interviewing, especially with an external mic. I'll look into capturing a recording for ya, but I need someplace to put it so I can link it. Perhaps someone else will get to it before I?

-J

Hate to be jumping in late on the non-working iTalk thread, but here's my problem:

I have a 10G, 3rd gen iPod (Model M8976LL) running firmware 2.2 with the latest update from Apple: iPod Update 2004-04-28

In the Extras menu, I do NOT have a Voice Memo option, and when I plug in my iTalk absolutely nothing happens. I contacted Griffin Technology and they had no suggestions, but they did send a replacement iTalk. Still no go.

Any ideas?

Thanks jessop that helped a lot.