RED STATION

[Raul Gonzo]

Are these going to be available once FCC has approved or is there a large number of people in line already?

 

[Brandon Fraley]

Can someone explain to me what this is? How is it different from a CF card reader?

 

[Jay Gannon]

It is a CF card reader, a very very fast one. At a very good price compared to the alternative which is the 1000 dollar Sonnet esata reader.

 

[Justin Harrison]

I can't wait to start using these! I'm hoping they will give some of the DSLR fan boys some RED love too...

 

[Cail Young]

It is a CF card reader, a very very fast one. At a very good price compared to the alternative which is the 1000 dollar Sonnet esata reader.

Psst.

http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/AEPDDESU.asp

Haven't speed tested it yet, but their internal CF-SATA bridge is very fast.

 

[Brook Willard]

It's not what you wish it was, Cail.

 

[Jarred Land]

Are these going to be available once FCC has approved or is there a large number of people in line already?

The good thing is that we have made a whole boatload of them while awaiting the certification... so we should be able to fulfill all the pre-orders plus new orders after approval.

 

[Andrew clemson]

Cannot wait, Does this mean the CF and Base modules will ship together?

 

[MichaelHalsell]

The good thing is that we have made a whole boatload of them while awaiting the certification... so we should be able to fulfill all the pre-orders plus new orders after approval.

Jarred, is the FCC review a mere formality, or is it a pretty stringent/lengthy review process that may require modification of the current design?

 

[Stephen Gentle]

Jarred, is the FCC review a mere formality, or is it a pretty stringent/lengthy review process that may require modification of the current design?

I'm sure it would be fairly stringent, but I don't think RED would need to modify the design because they would have designed the devices to be well within any limits for everything the FCC test for (I'm guessing that's RF interference and so on).

 

[Jarred Land]

Jarred, is the FCC review a mere formality, or is it a pretty stringent/lengthy review process that may require modification of the current design?

it is incredibly stringent... you would be surprised how many electronic devices on some of your desks failed FCC.... But I honestly think it is a good thing ( as painful as it is ) that I am holding back shipping these until they are perfect in the eyes of the FCC, specially when dealing with your data. As most of you know, we don't mess around when it comes to protecting your data.

We have already done some modifications... board level changes were made along time ago and now it's mostly just getting perfect grounding. We saw some competitor's products that failed certification that if you gave a bit of static shock to it would kill the drive/card dead in a fraction of a second.. Scary stuff.

 

[Lee Saxon]

The good thing is that we have made a whole boatload of them while awaiting the certification... so we should be able to fulfill all the pre-orders plus new orders after approval.

So if you're already building them I guess you're pretty positive you're going to get the certification...good news (assuming no surprises).

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Don't want your TV calling 911.

(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6332030/)

 

[Cail Young]

It's not what you wish it was, Cail.

Damn. I hate being disappointed. Still, if it works at all it's a good backup for the Lexar/Sandisk kits we have.

 

[Simon Dunne]

it is incredibly stringent... you would be surprised how many electronic devices on some of your desks failed FCC.... But I honestly think it is a good thing ( as painful as it is ) that I am holding back shipping these until they are perfect in the eyes of the FCC, specially when dealing with your data. As most of you know, we don't mess around when it comes to protecting your data.

We have already done some modifications... board level changes were made along time ago and now it's mostly just getting perfect grounding. We saw some competitor's products that failed certification that if you gave a bit of static shock to it would kill the drive/card dead in a fraction of a second.. Scary stuff.

How do EC standards compare to FCC?? You don't need those as well do you?

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

So Jarred. If I was to order now - you'd have the item ready to ship once FCC give you the thumbs-up?

 

[Shane Betts]

Hey Jarred. Just received an email telling me the Red Station Base is ready to ship. What's the status on the CF module? Got the M-X email at the same time. Exciting times!

 

[Antonio Forjaz]

Just received mine as well...seems like they are ready to ship....

 

[Carlo Rho]

Apparently ready to ship to Spain too!

 

[Ketch Rossi]

I guess today I'm in the shopping mood, he he, just ordered the Station and CF Module, not sure what I will do as far as the 1.8 and 2.5 Modules, yet.

Just lets hope this FCC thing it is out of the way.