[Jazzi]

  Ordered my Moon Audio Silver Dragon balanced cable today......

Got mine last week.  You're gonna love the sound you get with the Silver Dragons and the Pono.

 

[H20Fidelity]

I received my Pono today.
 
It arrived dead flat as the previous owner had never used it. I gave it 3 hours charge and had a quick listen but need much more time.
 
Just some questions.
 
1) Is it correct that the player scans my card every single boot up? When I boot the player it scans for about 2-3 minutes every boot before letting me select songs. Is this normal?
 
2) When charging with the player off I press the power button which brings up the "charge icon" (power plug with a green line leading up to it) but once I activate the screen it doesn't seem to time out, it just stays lite, is this also normal?

 

[Kerouac]

  I received my Pono today.
 
It arrived dead flat as the previous owner had never used it. I gave it 3 hours charge and had a quick listen but need much more time.
 
Just some questions.
 
1) Is it correct that the player scans my card every single boot up? When I boot the player it scans for about 2-3 minutes every boot before letting me select songs. Is this normal?
 
2) When charging with the player off I press the power button which brings up the "charge icon" (power plug with a green line leading up to it) but once I activate the screen it doesn't seem to time out, it just stays lite, is this also normal?

So it finally arrived => congrats and make sure you don't sell it before you've heard it fully burnt in and balanced

 
To answer your questions:
 
1) 2-3 minutes seems quite a long time to me, so I've just clocked it on mine. Booting up = 30 sec + scanning media (almost 7.500 files with mp3's @320 up to 24bit flacs @192khz) = 15 seconds => 45 sec all together from the start.
 
2) Yes this is normal. Always a green line and on top it's white while it's charging. When it's fully loaded it becomes green on top also.
 
Cheers and enjoy your Pono!

 

[TokenGesture]

delete

 

[castleofargh]

  I received my Pono today.
 
It arrived dead flat as the previous owner had never used it. I gave it 3 hours charge and had a quick listen but need much more time.
 
Just some questions.
 
1) Is it correct that the player scans my card every single boot up? When I boot the player it scans for about 2-3 minutes every boot before letting me select songs. Is this normal?
 
2) When charging with the player off I press the power button which brings up the "charge icon" (power plug with a green line leading up to it) but once I activate the screen it doesn't seem to time out, it just stays lite, is this also normal?

does music start to play before the end(resume of last played song), or do you really have to wait for the scan to get sound? first case I wouldn't mind, second one ... sansa clip.

 

[H20Fidelity]

 
So it finally arrived => congrats and make sure you don't sell it before you've heard it fully burnt in and balanced

 
To answer your questions:
 
1) 2-3 minutes seems quite a long time to me, so I've just clocked it on mine. Booting up = 30 sec + scanning media (almost 7.500 files with mp3's @320 up to 24bit flacs @192khz) = 15 seconds => 45 sec all together from the start.
 
2) Yes this is normal. Always a green line and on top it's white while it's charging. When it's fully loaded it becomes green on top also.
 
Cheers and enjoy your Pono!

 
 

 
does music start to play before the end(resume of last played song), or do you really have to wait for the scan to get sound? first case I wouldn't mind, second one ... sansa clip.

 
When it boots up (from a cold start) a "scanning music library" icon comes up on the screen and you cannot do anything until it disappears, cannot play music, its like a continuation of the boot up sequence until it finishes scanning. 2-3 minutes as Keruax said seems a bit long and I'm cleaning my 32gb cards tags atm (which are a little messy / unneeded tags embedded).
 
I also wonder if putting the player into 'sleep mode' instead stops the needed scan and its only from a full shut down / start up.
 
Atm I need to wait 2-3 minutes every cold start up to play any music. (which doesn't seem correct)

 

[TokenGesture]

Hmm my pono player does not like my mac.  Firmware update failed and now it doesn't show up in the Finder... 

 

[doctorjazz]

I never get the scan after sleep mode, starts up instantly. after fully shutting down, my scan doesn't seem as long. Haven't timed it, but seems less than a minute, doesn't bother me. My internal memory is close to full, as is my 64 gb card.

 

[H20Fidelity]

I never get the scan after sleep mode, starts up instantly. after fully shutting down, my scan doesn't seem as long. Haven't timed it, but seems less than a minute, doesn't bother me. My internal memory is close to full, as is my 64 gb card.

 
Thanks, mine is working normally when using sleep mode (instant start up).
 
I flicked between a few cards and was getting about 60 second scan times from a full shutdown / boot.
 
Seems the initial card I was using takes a bit longer, around 2 minutes
 
The sound is good, if not lacking a little power for the 100ohm ER4S (which is all I've tried atm)

 

[ImperialBlade]

Here is a question, if one buys music from HDTracks, using a Mac to load onto the Pono will this work?
I tried futzing around this weekend but I could never get the HDTracks Down Load Manager to launch. Meaning, I could not find a place to install it from. Is HDTracks just for PCs?
 
Regards,
Eric

 

[Kokomo O]

No, I've used HDTracks on a Mac. I'll get ALAC files and put them into iTunes.

 

[ImperialBlade]

  No, I've used HDTracks on a Mac. I'll get ALAC files and put them into iTunes.

Hello Kokomo O,
 
Do you needs the Down Load Manager from HD tracks to do this or is there another way to accomplish this that I am missing?
 
Regards,
Eric

 

[Kokomo O]

I've always used the download manager. I don't think there's any other way to extract the files. At least no other easy way.
 
It should work. If you continue to have problems, why don't you try communicating with HDTracks help or customer service. They want you to be able to buy their product.

 

[fiascogarcia]

  Here is a question, if one buys music from HDTracks, using a Mac to load onto the Pono will this work?
I tried futzing around this weekend but I could never get the HDTracks Down Load Manager to launch. Meaning, I could not find a place to install it from. Is HDTracks just for PCs?
 
Regards,
Eric

Quick comment.  Have you made a purchase from HDTracks?  My download manager didn't install until I made my first purchase and hit the download button.

 

[ImperialBlade]

Ah.. That is the issue! I need to buy something first. My bad on that. I will purchase something tonight and see how that turns out. I feel dumb for not figuring that on my own.