![]() The interface itself is simple enough, but there are some puzzling omissions. The window widgets and buttons are non-standard and visually jarring, and the Presets and Preferences windows are standard Mac OS X brushed metal, making the aesthetic deficiencies of the main window even more glaringly obvious. Griffin’s interpretation of the Mac OS X brushed-metal look-perhaps they’re trying for the high-end audio gear appearance?-is reminiscent of an ugly WinAMP skin from the late 1990s. Its software, like its radio reception, leaves something to be desired. ![]() I’ve had Walkmans that got better reception without any antenna at all. Memo to Griffin: re-work the AM antenna design entirely, and include an external FM antenna with the device. Plugging a pair of headphones into this jack, as Griffin suggests, does indeed improve FM reception, but does nothing for AM. ![]() Strangely, the manual bears no mention of this whatsoever, though it is now mentioned on the radioSHARK support page. There is a combination antenna/headphone jack just above the USB cable on the back of the device. This makes the device essentially useless for AM radio. Every other radio in the house picks it up with no static at all. My house is less than five miles line-of-sight from the transmitter of a major AM station, and the radioSHARK barely picks it up. ![]() I know it might be anathema to the designers, but adding a telescoping FM antenna like that found on most boom boxes would be a welcome improvement.ĪM reception, unfortunately, is even worse. Rather, the radioSHARK’s reception simply doesn’t stack up, for whatever reason, even with the USB extension cable-cum-antenna in place. Nor did Griffin “pull an Apple” and build a radio-reception device with the antenna inside a metal shell (TiBook, anyone?). It isn’t that the device’s appearance particularly impedes its function. Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (92) Child task (10080) forked: exec "/usr/local/bin/shark" -fm 99.5 2> "/usr/local/slimserver/Cache/sharkforkout5.Unfortunately, function follows form here. Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (84) Fork actual executing 'exec "/usr/local/bin/shark" -fm 99.5 2> "/usr/local/slimserver/Cache/sharkforkout5.txt"' Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (83) Fork executing 'shark' with '-fm 99.5' Plugins::SharkPlay::SHARK::new (147) about to execute:"/usr/local/bin/arecord" -c 2 -f S16 -r 44100 -D hw:2,0 | "/usr/local/slimserver/Bin/armhf-linux/flac" -cs -totally-silent -compression-level-0. Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (92) Child task (10079) forked: exec "/usr/local/bin/shark" -red 1 2> "/usr/local/slimserver/Cache/sharkforkout4.txt" Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (84) Fork actual executing 'exec "/usr/local/bin/shark" -red 1 2> "/usr/local/slimserver/Cache/sharkforkout4.txt"' Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (83) Fork executing 'shark' with '-red 1' Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (93) Child task is alive Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (92) Child task (10078) forked: exec "/usr/local/bin/shark" -red 0 2> "/usr/local/slimserver/Cache/sharkforkout3.txt" Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (84) Fork actual executing 'exec "/usr/local/bin/shark" -red 0 2> "/usr/local/slimserver/Cache/sharkforkout3.txt"' ![]() Plugins::SharkPlay::Fork::go (83) Fork executing 'shark' with '-red 0' Plugins::SharkPlay::Plugin::webManualTune (174) Manual Tune: shark://99.5 Code: Plugins::SharkPlay::Plugin::webManualTune (158) webManualTune ![]()
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