So what are the things we would like to see added/changed/fixed..? (either through patches or even from Penbex themselves)

Post your additions or comments..

This is actually possible already with modified firmware. Not by USB stick but by placing the file on an Internet location.

Lets say you have a weekly or daily podcast show. You make some script that will grab every day the latest url to this show and put it inside a text file automatically (you need to follow some formatting rules, can contact me if you need to). You then put this file at a place it can be reached over the Internet (I could host everything if needed) Once it is there you can use this site to make a permanent link to this file. Then the Penbex device will have 1 link like "Bob's Music Corner daily Podcast show" and it will always take the latest podcast.

I know this is a bit of a work around but after setting it up it works without further changes.

It would be great to set to volume for the alarm individually (e.g. current setting of the volume) instead of choicing only 1 (low), 2 (middle) and 3 (loud).

Further when listening to audiobooks it is really annoying that the last 1-3 seconds of a title will not be played, because the next title is starting (fade function).

Thanks for the update.

I am really looking forward to a rejigged radio with the new firmware.  The brightness alone,and of course working UPNP which was the main reason I purchased the unit for.  The current limitation on the UPNP stuff stops me using it....

  Let me know if you need test candidates,  I run an OTEK 510 currently with your modified firmware

Rob

In the new firmware you will have better control of volume and brightness. More than the original and as much as the hardware allows. We will see if that is enough.

Title names is something that should be ok and can be fixed if not. No problem there.

At the moment it is not possible to change the backgrounds in the new firmware. The images have all been changed and the whole experience is different.
If there is a need for it I could easily add this later on.

~William

Hi, Im new to the forum & I just purchased a Cobra CIR2000A which Im guessing is a Penbrex made radio & can be updated with the modified firmware KW-1004 version 2.0.0.18.

I find this radio very similar to the Grace except it has more options. Anyway, is there a way to get AAC (AAC+) enabled on the Cobra (Penbrex) radio?

Im in the US, I find there are many stations missing from the listing, if I want say WFAN660 in New York, would the radio be able to find it?

Hello,

I think Penbex claims the hardware is not fast enough to play AAC/AAC+ streams.

I added WFAN660 to the New York listing. If your cobra uses the modified firmware which uses our database then it should work.

~William

Hi Penbex,

Thanks for responding to me. When my radio arrives, I will install the modified firmware, it seems like the way to go as far as

getting the most out of the radio. Thanks for adding WFAN. Im not sure if you can do this, but there are services like Reciva, Vtuner, ect

that have a lot of stations, maybe you can use their database?

I have one other thing, I have several Grace Radios and while they are good, they took off some content called Iheartradio, is it possible to

include it on this radio?  It kind of goes back to my question about AAC streams, that service primarily has broadcasts which use that format. 

By the way, this is the radio I am getting  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cobra-Internet-Radio-CIR2000A-FREE-SHIPPING-/120731805034?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1c2d256a

I just did a little research and this radio was formerly the Snooper CIR2000 before Cobra bought them out. Im not sure which modified firmware file I should use on it though.

Yeah, wrong forum. Your Arnova is made by SkyTC.
If you have aquestion about the official firmware you should post it in the SkyTC forum.
If you have something about the listenlive firmware (which you have) then you can post it in the Listenlive development forum.

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I have no idea what Arnova promised.
Anyway, as an alarm sound you can use a pre-defined sound, the FM radio or an Internet Radio stream.
When using a Radio stream as Alarm sound, it will use the last played stream when setting the alarm.
This means you can set different streams for alarm 1 and 2 and use a different stream also for the sleep timer.

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another feature... the repeat-button does not work on firmware ver 1.43 on my kmp511.2.1 rm003... despite remote is set extended so that a podcast is repeated once, althoug there are more then one pods in the cast

The repeat button can be used to select repeat and shuffle when using the media player.
There is no function attached to the button when playing any kind of radio streams (including podcasts).
Why would you need a repeat on podcast?

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The arrows are the repeat and shuffle function. They work and light up when you use the repeat function in the media player.

Please note that the firmware is developed based on the wishes of the users.
If you have suggestions then just post in the listenlive firmware development forum. There is a post that will show bugs found on the latest (1.43) firmware and also it shows fixes and new things that have been added.
Make sure you explain how/what and why.

~William

Hello William

My wish list is to be able to connect with my Cobra CIR 2000 a to your site because right now I am limited to what penbex is set to, and to be able to load the europian version  in order to be able to move my tuner in steps of 50 KHz. (Right now I am limited to steps of 200 KHz because I have the USA firmware version)

Hi ZUCK02  

Were you able to updae the firmware of the cir2000A?

If you were,can you tell me what firmware did you use?

Thanks