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Firmware 1.2.1 Release Notes
AudioTron(tm) Release Notes for version 1.2.1

Version 1.2.1 adds several new features and fixes numerous bugs. 
Below is a list of the issues addressed:


* Faster overall operation
* Number of catalog able songs increased to > 30K
* Speed of cataloging large file sets is speeded up dramatically 
    (3X for 8K songs) NOTE: song cataloging now counts by 10s.
* Will read tags in wave files generated with Audiostation 4.1
* Added capability to determine song length from file length
* Fixed Button test screen if power button pressed. 
* Fixed bug in Wave file hangs. 
* Fix for hangs on files and hosts going away
* Fixed flash erase messages outside of update process
* Disabled standby button during initialization
* Moved update music to foreground
* Fixed prebuffering of files with no V2 tags
* Made flash update more robust (added error messages and retries)
* Add host state detection to test if a host is up before trying 
    to play a song. 
* Fixed add to group time issue
* Fix for no tags found messages
* Fix for stopping a playlist when the host has been turned off. 
* Buffer threshold now saved over power cycle
* Flash Update message now only shown at appropriate times.
* Fix for Pmode Netbios systems. 
* Wave buffering reconfigured

Version 1.1 adds several new features and fixes numerous bugs. 
Below is a list of the issues addressed: 

* Remote Control buttons A,B,C,D now function as additional favorites.
* New option that shows a history of the network activities (see the
    accompanying documentation)
* Improved player robustness in the face of large ID3 tag sets.
* New option that allows the user to search an entire share, not just the
    pre-defined directories.
* Character set now includes a true backslash.
* Ignores MPEG 1 Layer 2 files. 
* Support for track info from ID3 version 1.1 tags.
* Support of ID3 Version 1 Genre references in version 2.3 tags.
* Improved speed reading ID3 Version 1.x tags.
* Text clean-ups. 
* Some additional error messages.
* Removed limit on number of songs in play queue.
* "Pause" now pauses the time counter. 
* Changed standby light to only be on when in standby, not during operation. 
* Fixed Mono WMA files. 
* NET button on remote now initiates scan for new music. 
* New driver for control knob to reduce erroneous clicks. 
* Fixed hang with very large file sets.
* Added support for WMA tags.
* Fixed subnet mask issue.

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