e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

[Tinroad]

Ahhhh - the niceties of ID3 tags:
http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forums&file=viewtopic&topic=4507&am...

The anonymous poster who agreed with Cable Guy seems to be on the right track... set it up like an e.Digital player and things improve immensely. Unfortunately, Nomad's file nav system still requires a clunky search procedure just to get you to an album or artist, to wit:

1. Press SCROLL UP/DOWN buttons to select ALBUMS.
2. Press SEARCH to access the SEARCH FOR ALBUMS screen.
3. Press PLUS/MINUS to change the letter and then press the SCROLL UP/DOWN buttons to move the letter entry position (indicated by a ^). NOTE: As each letter is entered, the letters are compared with the ALBUMS list. The ALBUM with the nearest match is displayed.
4. Press GO! to jump to the nearest match. The album appears on the screen. To return to the LIBRARY CATEGORIES screen without searching, press the LIB button.

Sheesh! All that to do what takes me a maximum of 6 button pushes on my XP3. (One to turn it on, two more to step up to the Artists folder level, then a long or short push to scroll to the artist I want, a single push of the down button to go to the Album folder, and one last push to scroll to the album I want. I think EDIG will be taking a step backwards by adding ID3 tag searches. All the gyrations needed to navigate thru a Nomad are, IMHO, directly attributable to the fact that they seem to have only one level in their 'directory' structure. And while I'm on the subject, has anyone else noted the 30 character limit in ID3 v1.1 tag fields. If I recall correctly, the character limit for folder and file names in e.Digital's file system for Treos and XP3s is 64 characters.