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Please share your real-world experiences after updating firmware to 1.1. Does it really resolve wifi, battery life?
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Post 1 made on Tuesday November 8, 2005 at 18:59
glenng2
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I bought two NevoSLs and the wifi component in July. I was able to quickly ramp on the editing software. The UI is very cool and I would rate it as better than prontoedit. I was also very impressed w/ the IR db (found discrete codes for some devices that I couldn't find elsewhere, though I wasn't about to add/modify discrete codes directly. This appears to be resolved in recent firmware.) On the con side, I spent endless hours dealing with the flakey wireless connectivity, poor signal strength and very limited battery life. Unfortunately, when I contacted UEI in August I suspect they were just getting to root cause on some of the issues. The device has awesome capabilities in a great form-factor, but when wireless is not working you can't do the basics, like power on a device or change a channel. I was also able to get it to work w/ my dsm-320, when wireless was working and was very impressed w/ the UPNP capability. I didn't get enough wifi realiability to test UPN media performance, but it appeared to be acceptable.

I am very interested in hearing about specific wifi and battery life experiences with the recent firmware update. Please chime in. Based on my remote experiences and research, I don't see anything that measures up to NevoSL. The Harmony 890 is a potential contender when it releases.

Sincerely,

Impressed, but gun shy.

This message was edited by glenng2 on 11/15/05 17:24 ET.
Post 2 made on Sunday November 13, 2005 at 15:06
JustPassing
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On 11/08/05 18:59 ET, glenng2 said...
I bought two NevoSLs and the wifi component in
July. I was able to quickly ramp on the editing
software. The UI is very cool and I would rate
it as better than prontoedit. I was also very
impressed w/ the IR db (found discrete codes for
some devices that I couldn't find elsewhere, though
I wasn't about to add/modify discrete codes directly.
This appears to be resolved in recent firmware.)
On the con side, I spent endless hours dealing
with the flakey wireless connectivity, poor signal
strength and very limited battery life. Unfortunately,
when I contacted UEI in August I suspect they
were just getting to root cause on some of the
issues. The device has awesome capabilities in
a great form-factor, but when wireless is not
working you can't do the basics, like power on
a device or change a channel. I was also able
to get it to work w/ my dsm-320, when wireless
was working and was very impressed w/ the UPNP
capability. I didn't get enough wifi realiability
to test UPN media performance, but it appeared
to be acceptable.

I am very interested in hearing about specific
wifi and battery life experiences with the recent
firmware update. Please chime in. Based on my
remote experiences and research, I don't see anything
that measures up to NevoSL. The Harmony 890 is
a potential contender when it releases.

Sincerely,

Impressed, but gun shy.

It does improve the battery life in different ways... make sure you update the NevoSL software after reading the readme file and change the settings of the project for backlight too. Also if you are using WiFi checkout the power save mode. But make sure you follow the documentation/FAQ/KB...
Post 3 made on Wednesday November 16, 2005 at 01:10
ddarche
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So far, after doing the update, I still have about 2/3rd battery power after one day, which illustrates the new updates are working well. Granted, I am not using the remote that much and only occasionally for Wi-Fi, but this is a big improvement. Also indicates the timeout features are definately saving battery life and the remote wakes up very quickly, with wi-fi capability.

Dave
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Post 4 made on Wednesday November 16, 2005 at 01:26
ckelly33
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I have mine set to:
On Battery: Neither WiFi nor remote ever turn off, backlight 1 minute
On Cradle: Wifi never & Nevo off after 30 minutes

I have been moderately annoyed by the waking/re-establishing of WiFi, but with these settings that's not an issue at all....ever. On the flip side, with these settings I worried about battery life. However after 2-3 hours of watching TiVo & intermittently toying around with the Nevo, I couldn't tell one ounce of energy had fallen off my battery indicator (hope its accurate).
Post 5 made on Thursday November 17, 2005 at 17:36
ceied
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yeah it works if you can get it upgraded......

what a nightmare.......i had to uninstall the software like 3 times and rrecover m hard drive once.......but its done and the upgraqde does what i should...

the next one will be sooooo much easier to upgrade
Ed will be known as the Tiger Woods of the integration business, followed closely with the renaming of his company to "Hotties A/V". The tag line will be "We like big racks and tight holes"...
Post 6 made on Friday November 18, 2005 at 04:33
Ry-dog
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I'll admit that the firmware updating process for the NevoSL is a tad long, but definitely not difficult and espeically after I watched the nice online video that you can view from the dealer section of mynevo.com.

The video does a good job at walking you through all the steps needed to update the firmware. So for anyone that would like to update the firmware but hasn't given it a shot yet, I'd HIGHLY recommend viewing the video before and while you are trying to update a unit.

After I've updated two units, I'm already use to the process and have had no technical difficulties what so ever.

The good news is that someone told me that the good folks at Nevo promise that future updates after 1.1 will not be as much of a task.
Post 7 made on Friday November 18, 2005 at 07:42
ceied
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agree with you rydog.... for some reason the drivers would not load on my laptop correctly. once i got things installed on laptop upgrade was easy.....

i watched that video like 5 times if not more , video was good
Ed will be known as the Tiger Woods of the integration business, followed closely with the renaming of his company to "Hotties A/V". The tag line will be "We like big racks and tight holes"...
Post 8 made on Sunday November 20, 2005 at 18:02
Jem
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On November 16, 2005 at 01:26, ckelly33 said...
I have mine set to:

On Battery: Neither WiFi nor remote ever
turn off, backlight 1 minute
On Cradle: Wifi never & Nevo off after 30
minutes

I have been moderately annoyed by the waking/re-establishing
of WiFi, but with these settings that's not an
issue at all....ever. On the flip side, with
these settings I worried about battery life.
However after 2-3 hours of watching TiVo & intermittently
toying around with the Nevo, I couldn't tell one
ounce of energy had fallen off my battery indicator
(hope its accurate).
Post 9 made on Sunday November 20, 2005 at 18:08
Jem
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I received my NevoSL 4 days ago. I used the Nevostudio upgrade to check for updates and it downloaded an update. I upgraded the firmware, programmed the remote and had it up and running day 1. I use Wifi to stream audio and use the remote for TV/DVD etc. I am concerned there may be a fault somewhere after reading various battery life comments. The remote is fantastic compared to the original Pronto I had before but take it off the cradle for a few hours and the battery indicator gets to empty rather quickly. This is not satisfactory in my mind as the whole point of a remote is so you can have it by your side. I don't mind recharging on the cradle every night but it won't last a day without a recharge. I have another 2 days to send it back and am seriously considering it. When I looked at the about, it says that the nevo version is 1.1.0.437 but the firmware is 1.0.1.09. If the firmware is not the latest then where do you get it from if not the check for updates facility in Nevostudio?

I just ran a check for new updates and even though I downloaded a new version 4 days ago, there was another new version available. I am now on NevoSL 1.1.0.442 and Firmware 1.0.1.14. Is this the correct firmware?

Last edited by Jem on November 21, 2005 06:32.
Post 10 made on Sunday November 20, 2005 at 23:17
ckelly33
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I'm still having good results (8 hrs) from mine although I haven't seen anyone else's reports. I accidentally left it off the cradle last night for 9-10 hours. When I found it this morning, the screen was giving a warning to recharge the battery, but after pressing "OK" it worked fine. I left it on the charger while I went to church (2-3 hrs) and when I got back it worked great for football.

I have to admit being disappointed over the battery life but before 1.1 (although I never tested it) reports were that it was lasting 2.5 hours with the same settings. I guess I'm pleased with the improvement. How long does the TSU-7000 last between recharges? It's gotta do better than this considering Wi-Fi vs. RF.

Does anyone out there know what we are all in store for when it comes to needing a replacement battery? Is it gonna be another disposable, like the iPod, once its battery dies??
Post 11 made on Tuesday December 6, 2005 at 18:02
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On November 20, 2005 at 18:08, Jem said...
When I looked at the about, it says that the nevo
version is 1.1.0.437 but the firmware is 1.0.1.09.
If the firmware is not the latest then where do
you get it from if not the check for updates facility
in Nevostudio?

I just ran a check for new updates and even though
I downloaded a new version 4 days ago, there was
another new version available. I am now on NevoSL
1.1.0.442 and Firmware 1.0.1.14. Is this the correct
firmware?

Jem, you are correct. After the initial firmware/software release, UEI released version 442.

I spoke with a UEI rep and he said that one of the main differences between 337 and 442 is that when you would copy and paste a really long hex code into NevoStudio, that sometimes it would not take. With version 442, this has been corrected and you should be able to paste any kind of hex code without issues.

Even when I used build 337, I didn't have any issues importing hex codes and with 442, I still have not experienced anything negative regarding the hex code support.


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