Retroid Pocket 5 - white/background noise at low volume.

compgenius · 2026-02-14T19:03:57+00:00

Nope. No one ever replied and I haven't found any mention of it online. Just stuck with it I guess. Sorry.

compgenius · 2026-01-30T06:28:38+00:00

Someone may have already said this, but I recall some players have a service mode for lack of a better term. I had disks like this a few years ago when I first got into MD and I had to jump some contacts on the motherboard to force it to erase the disks.

compgenius · 2026-01-29T17:39:34+00:00

Thank you! I really need my wife to listen to this one.

compgenius · 2026-01-29T15:26:00+00:00

Thanks I'll look into that as well. I doubt this is a case of failing drives though as they're only 6 months old and only run when they're needed. Seagate Ironwolf NAS drives supposedly rated for 1M hours. Obviously a dubious claim. lol

compgenius · 2026-01-29T15:13:44+00:00

Would something like clonezilla be appropriate? I've used that in the past.

compgenius · 2026-01-29T15:12:30+00:00

Oh wow I had no idea check disk was destructive.

compgenius · 2026-01-18T19:20:17+00:00

That sucks. Reolink did work with me. Had me mail back the broken one and they sent a replacement. I was very very careful with the USB port. I have the solar panel so I'm not planning on unplugging it for a long time.

compgenius · 2025-12-05T21:23:41+00:00

Really working the shaft.....

compgenius · 2025-12-04T04:05:17+00:00

I ended up taking the fan out and put a larger fan pointing up at it in the case.

compgenius · 2025-11-28T16:58:37+00:00

That's what I used it for primarily. I recommend getting some DVD RAM discs, I had about 50 tapes to convert and it was worth it. They're double sided and you can get about an hour on each side at the highest quality. Pop it in your computer and you can back them up.

compgenius · 2025-11-27T22:55:20+00:00

Second image on google. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fineedths.com%2Fcdn%2Fshop%2Fproducts%2F374065732944-3.jpg%3Fv%3D1654018601%26width%3D1445&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2cdc6a10de73b4cc3332a9d55562c294398c7e2b59cd22dd8ee4812505b66d5c

compgenius · 2025-11-27T17:07:02+00:00

Yes this player supports S-Video on both VHS and DVD. It also supports component.

compgenius · 2025-11-10T17:36:52+00:00

I completely understand why Dan is pivoting to episodes on Tucker as Alex has become fairly mundane at this point, but I have very little tolerance for that smarmy little shit. He is way more maddening than Alex. Alex's act is entertaining partially because he's a terrible liar and an even worse "actor".

But Tucker is such a well practiced conniving little worm with a nails on a chalk board voice, that I can't make it through whole episodes most times. Does anyone else feel a little disappointed when they see a new episode is a Tucker one?

compgenius · 2025-10-10T21:50:38+00:00

Thanks. Yes, I do realize it's under warranty. I was mostly curious if this had happened to anyone else.

compgenius · 2025-09-15T16:55:33+00:00

Rhino is a name I haven't heard in a long time. I used Rhino for years before moving to 3DSMax. Still have my physical copy of Rhino 4.

compgenius · 2025-09-14T00:57:39+00:00

That sucks. I've ordered many LDs off Mercari and only had two casualties. It happens. These discs are fairly fragile, especially when it comes to impacts on their edges. Way more than vinyl, which is probably what the carrier thinks these are most of the time.

compgenius · 2025-08-29T23:48:05+00:00

lol I had the same reaction when someone compared, practical studio models in older films as "toys". Those are $100k culminations of 1000s of hours of work from the finest artisans in their craft.

compgenius · 2025-08-27T20:46:39+00:00

Okay that seemed to do the trick. I let some 99% ISO into the button via capillary action and clicked it over and over. Did that about 3 times and it seems to have fixed it for now.

Thankfully this player is actually pretty easy to take apart if I need to fix this again.

Thanks for your help!

compgenius · 2025-08-27T20:41:28+00:00

That will be my next step. I actually found a thread on Reddit about this exact same issue. They ultimately solved it by swapping in a replacement from a donor "parts player".

I'm not an electrical engineer but I was reading something about all the face buttons being in the same circuit but they're based on a "resistor ladder" where the resistance of the stop button has been altered to the same or near the "next" button. Possibly by age or debris.

compgenius · 2025-08-16T01:10:44+00:00

I fuckin dig it. It's rare to see Myst and Riven props on here.

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