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I was excited to see a new firmware update appeared for the Zoom F3 today (V.2.20). Imagine my disappointment when I found out that its only feature update was for the new timecode module. No mid-side decoding (monitor or record), or other documented improvements. A missed opportunity, if you ask me.

I just read over on the Nissan Ariya Forum that an owner has received an OTA update with version numbers I haven’t seen until now. Has anyone else here received these versions? 21123_14_16 maps version and 283C37LL0D main software version.

I’m still waiting for the other updates on our Ariya, and here comes yet another newer version!

Today I absolutely had to go to a doctors appointment in the middle of a Northeast US snowstorm. I am here to sing the praises of my AWD Ariya’s Snow Mode. My route took me up a steep street that had not been plowed for a while, and cars were fishtailing their way up the hill. We came across a car that had just completely stopped in the middle of the road, denying everyone following all of their forward momentum. Once oncoming traffic passed, cars started carefully passing with great difficulty. I put the Ariya in Snow Mode and with a light touch of the accelerator quickly and surefootedly took off up the hill with nary a slip or slide. I have good quality snow tires mounted and felt super s

Okay. Here’s an obscure one. Hopefully my fellow Ariya owners will have a quick answer. On my trim, the drive computer has three choices; “manual reset 1”, “manual reset 2”, and “reset from charge”. Now, somewhere that I just can’t seem to find again, I saw a photo of a drive computer display setting for “reset from START”. Is there a trim level that has this choice? I wish for it as our old Prius had a default running time and mileage from each start up that was great for helping us keep track of rest stops on trips. I have ours set on “reset from charge” as we mostly time our rest stops to coincide with charge stops, but it would be nice to untether the two. Please enlighten me! Thanks!

I’m interested in Ariya owners opinions on the best inflation pressure for snow tires in winter weather (N.E. USA). We just had brand new snow tires mounted at our local Nissan dealer service dept., and they inflated them to 35psi (and stated that on the invoice). I’ve kept the summer tires at the recommended 41psi, and am wondering if I should bring my snows up to the same pressure. I plan to call the dealer to ask about this, but thought I’d see what other owners have done. Thank you!

Tascam has issued a new firmware version for the Portacapture X8, ver. 1.32. It’s mainly some minor bug fixes and adjustments, plus some performance enhancements.

Portacapture X8 firmware

The TASCAM Portacapture X6 has recently been introduced with a 3.5mm external mic input that includes Plug-in-Power. I thought I would measure the P-i-P voltage on the removable mic input jacks on the X8 for eventual comparison to the X6 P-i-P voltages. I had constructed a Y-cable to allow stereo Clippy style mics to be plugged into the X8, so I tested the voltage at the jack pins.
The open circuit (nothing plugged in, so no load) voltage is 2.75 volts. The voltage under the load of an EM272 capsule based Clippy is 1.55 volts. With an EM172 capsule based Clippy it‘s 1.85 volts. This is pretty much on the very bottom of the acceptable range for these capsules, and will probably reduce the