RCA Lyra RD2315 512 MB Personal Digital Audio Player with Voice, Line-in and FM Recording Review

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(More customer reviews)I decided to replace my iRiver 190T after a 3rd party cable adapter malfunctioned and fused the pin connection to the USB cable together.I wanted USB 2.0 for the faster connection and a larger capacity, but still desired standard user replaceable batteries on a flash based player so I picked this up on sale.

I may still search for a used iRiver 190T after playing with the Lyra RD2315.I like the ruggedness of the 190T a bit more than the RCA Lyra RD2315.

Pros:
User replaceable AAA batteries
Expandable SD slot up to 512 MB
Decent sound for biking and general yard work
Screen is able to be positioned at 0 or 180 degrees for easy reading from belt clip/lanyard
Line in recording and voice for short memos
3 different color backlights for user preference
Decent battery life

Cons:
Headphones are worthless.Placing them in ear prevents clips from holding them in place
Slow reaction on interface compared to older iRiver player "Please Wait..."
Belt clip is going to break after minimal usage (like ink pen cap clips do)
Doesn't seem like USB 2.0 speed, just normal USB 1.1
No armband or case available

I used firmware 3.11 for my testing after upgrading from version 1.11.

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Product Description:
Nicely lightweight and easily pocketable, the RCA Lyra RD2315 flash memory digital audio player goes with you wherever you roam and offers 512 MB of storage. And unlike many of today's palm-sized players, it features large, easily accessible and intuitive controls as well as a good-sized, dual orientation LCD (which also lets you choose between red, blue, or purple backlighting). It comes with both a neck strap and a belt clip for easy transport.
It has 512 MB of flash memory storage and playback capability for both MP3 and WMA, and it's also compatible with DRM-protected WMA files from online stores or subscription services (including Audible.com). The 512 MB memory will store approximately 8 hours of CD-quality MP3 tracks (encoded at 128 kbps) or 16 hours of WMA tracks (at 64 kbps). You can also expand the Lyra's memory with optional Secure Digital (SD) and MMC memory cards.
In addition to digital audio playback, the Lyra also has a built-in FM tuner (with 20 presets) featuring an FM record function, enabling you to capture your favorite songs and programs to MP3. It also has a voice recorder for short notes to yourself and line-in jack for direct recording capability from external sources such as a cassette deck or CD player. It connects to PCs via an ultra-fast USB 2.0 connection, and will easily connect with both Windows and Mac-based computers. It's powered by a single AAA battery, which provides up to 20 hours of continuous usage.
What's in the Box
512 MB RCA RD2315 digital audio player, USB cable, line-in cable, belt clip, neck strap, clip earphones, AAA battery, installation CD-ROM, printed operating instructions

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iriver IFP-790T 256 MB Portable MP3 Player Review

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(More customer reviews)I've owned this player for about three weeks now and am very happy with it. Very nice sound quality and fairly easy to use. There are a few things that put it over other 256MB players in my opinion...

1. UMS FIRMWARE UPGRADE. This is probably the most important thing I'll list. I did this as soon as I got the player and it made it that much better. Contrary to what some other reviewers may say here, you CAN make this device (as well as ANY products in the IFP-700 or 800 series) function as a regular flash drive, and not have to use the included IRiver software to transfer songs. Just go to the IRiver site and/or Google search for the UMS firmware update for this device (currently it is at version 1.28). Once you upgrade the firmware (the instructions are easy to follow on the site) it will operate not only as an MP3 player, but as a portable storage device for ANY type of file you need to transfer. This also makes it MUCH easier to transfer/arrange/rename/delete your files around on the player, as you can do it in Windows Explorer instead of doing it through the onboard player menus.

2. OGG FILE SUPPORT ALLOWS YOU MORE SPACE FOR SONGS WHILE STILL RETAINING HIGH QUALITY SOUND. For those not aware, OGG is a file type similar to MP3, but with better quality and smaller file size - IE, a 128kbps OGG file will sound better than an 128kbps MP3 file. Although it's unfortunate that it won't support any bitrate of OGG, it's a very minor issue. The lowest it will accept is 112kbps, but considering that's practically on par with a 160 kbps MP3, you can fit a lot more songs on here than you could with MP3s of an equivalent quality. I've encoded all my songs at 112kbps in OGG format and it's less than half-full with 32 songs on it - and they all sound very good. Should be able to fit about 70 songs on here no problem, which is more than enough for me since I mainly use this as a workout music player. If you're unfamiliar with OGG files just go to vorbis.com and check out the oggdrop program. Very simple to use, set the bitrate and then just drag and drop wavs to encode them.

3. QUALITY HEADPHONES. While they certainly aren't the best money can buy, they certainly ARE better than most pack-in headphones you get with CD or MP3 players. I see no reason to buy seperate ones. (note - the ones included with this model are the ear-bud type, I'd recommend putting the included foam-ish covers over them to avoid them becoming uncomfortable)

4. BATTERY LIFE. The fact that it uses a AA battery instead of a AAA battery makes it last longer than many other MP3 players. It won't quite reach the 40 hours advertised, but it's certainly well upwards of 30.

5. EXTRAS. Although the included arm-band won't win any awards, and the only bicep I could see it fitting around would be...oh, maybe Rick Moranis', it fits fine around just about anyone's forearm and the headphones are long enough to accomodate just about anyone...I'm 6'6 and it was plenty long enough for me while running. There is also a neck band included if you want to wear it around your neck instead. The documentation with the product is fairly well written, although there are so many menus and little features that some people may feel a bit overwhelmed at first. It also comes with a protective plastic-ish cover which slips over it and attaches to the armband. I just leave the cover on most of the time so the screen doesn't get scratched. Also includes an FM radio and voice recorder which I don't have much use for but will definitely appeal to most people. Finally, it also has a connector cord included if you need to do any direct line-in recording which is another nice feature, but something I don't think I'll ever use.

MY MAIN PROBLEM with this product is the joystick control. The little joystick is...LITTLE. I often find myself hitting up when I want to hit right, or hitting right when I want to push the stick in. Occasionally I'll be trying to turn the volume up and end up skipping to the next track instead. You'll probably want to be sitting still when you are using it, otherwise it may become a baffling ordeal for even the most brilliant among us.

I'd definitely recommend this if 256MB of space is large enough for you. If you encode your files properly like I talked about above you can fit quite a few songs on this. This is mainly used by me as a music player during workouts and so far it has worked great. I may upgrade to the 512MB version someday, but for now this serves me fine. If it weren't for the annoying controls/interface, this would be 5 stars easily.

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iRiver iFP-790 combines advanced iRiver sound quality with a stylish, wearable design. It features 256MB of internal memory for up to 8 hours of music, extended battery life up to 40 hours on one AA, a built-in FM tuner and voice recorder. It also records music from any audio source. Plus, this ultra-light, skip-free player can be used to store music or transfer files of any type.Skip-free and sport-readyRecord music from any audio source (no PC required)FM Radio Tuner & RecorderVoice RecorderStore or transfer any file typeUp to 40 hours of battery life

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Hisense MP800H (Blue) Review

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(More customer reviews)First, some context: I already have multiple media players in my house: specifically, a bunch of used, original XBoxes (NOT 360's) modded with XBMC.They work great, except for not playing HD files in general and certain WMV files in particular.They also don't fast-forward or rewind on streaming content, which makes it tough to watch e.g. Netflix stuff when you're hard of hearing and sometimes need to rewind to hear what people said.

So, I bought this box mainly intending to use it to play those problematic files and to deal with streaming content, as a supplement to my existing machines.For that reason, I'm not very demanding in what I expected from this unit, so you may want to take my review with a grain of salt if you are going to be using this as your only media player.Conversely, if you just want a cheap way to play files off your PC or a USB stick, and aren't used to the slick user interface of XBMC, you should probably ignore my technical quibbles and just buy it already; it's very similar to the O!Play (albeit lacking in eSATA support), but it costs a good bit less.

Okay, now for the good bits.The unit worked fine out of the box, easily browsing my home network and finding my wife's PC and mine, as well as seeing the PlayOn running on another PC.It also easily browsed any USB flash sticks I hooked up to it.(Didn't try any hard drives, since I'm mainly using it as a networked player.)

Setting it up took all of five minutes -- plug cables, turn on, go through the minimal setup menu -- most of which was already configured perfectly.My wife loved the video preview feature, that starts playing a movie as soon as you highlight it, so you can see what it is even if you don't recognize the file name.I liked the fact that (unlike XBMC and many other players) it allows you to see music, image, and video files all in the same directory at the same time.And it easily plays the HD and WMV9 files that I couldn't play on my on my other machines.It even saves where you left off in a given video, and lets you pick up from there the next time you play, just like XBMC.

In short, the basic functionality works quite well and is easy to set up, and it's hard to beat the price (unless you go and do what I did for my other machines and buy used XBoxes and fit them with XBMC).It also has some cool features you don't get in XBMC, like the video preview, and the ability to play videos at 1.5x and 2x speed, while the sound still plays.(Very nice.)It also can fast-forward video streams from PlayOn (at least, it did with MyMedia files via PlayOn), but can't rewind them.

Okay, now the bad bits.Many files that my other machines play with no problems (mostly WMV2/WMV8 files) simply show up as "Invalid File" on this unit.So, I can't just ditch my other media players and use this instead.Out of the box, there was no ability to skip to a particular time point in a movie, although a firmware upgrade partially fixed that (more on the upgrade later).The image viewing is incredibly annoying, as it is essentially *always* in slideshow mode (unless you hit Pause, which makes a big green pause symbol appear and *stay there* covering part of the picture!), and the default display time was literally just 2 seconds long.

The remote control is also confusing, with many buttons having lots of different functions, while other buttons have just one (mostly-useless) function.For example, the "menu" button throws you entirely out of wherever you're browsing, all the way back to square one.So heaven help you if you've just browsed 8 or 9 levels deep into your network...you'll have to do it all over again.

With the software version it came with, it doesn't even have a way to save your network login info across power-downs, so you've got to reenter your credentials every time, even to access shares as a guest.(At least, as I experienced it with my network; your mileage may vary.)Adding further insult to injury, its network browse wouldn't find our home NAS (a DNS-323), which is where most of the files we wanted to play are stored (and which XBMC finds with ease).I literally had to hack the unit in order to fix this issue (more on that later as well).

In short, I found the unit out of the box to be very irritating, especially in comparison to the ease with which XBMC performs the same functions, and the few nice touches (preview, audio-during-fast-forward) didn't really make up for the shortcomings.(Also, playback of some files had a bit of interlace artifacting -- I can't be 100% certain this was the unit and not the TV or the files themselves, since they were hi-def files I couldn't play on XBMC for comparison.)

Browsing the AVS Forums, I found reports that there were firmware upgrades which would save network logins, and maybe fix some of the other issues as well, so I downloaded the 046_en firmware upgrade and installed it.This was ridiculously easy, though you do need a RAR extraction tool since that's the format the firmware downloads in.You just pop the firmware image on a USB stick, plug it in, and then pick the right menu option.A few minutes later, you've got an updated version that will store your network logins as shortcuts, and the ability to skip to a specified time point in a movie...at least for some (but not all) video formats.

The upgrade also makes it so that pushing the setup button doesn't lose your place; if you press setup (even while watching a video), you can make setting changes and then push setup again to get back to your video or browsing location.There also were some improvements in subtitle handling, though I didn't mess with that very much.

The upgrade does not, however, fix the issue with WMV2/WMV8 (and a small number of AVI) files not playing.Nor does it address the fact that you can't fast forward, rewind, or seek within sound files.Most of my MP3 files come from training CDs or other spoken-word audio, lasting 30 minutes or more in duration, but which I rarely listen to in one sitting.So, the inability to control playback (or even save where you left off in one) is annoying.

Other quirks: no DVD menus on IFO/VOB files (I didn't try an .iso, but I'd guess it doesn't work there either), some JPEG images cause a message about "DCT matrix" or something like that to pop up, and then the image is really blocky and blurry.(Images in general don't seem to look very good, it looks like it might be rescaling them rather than properly resampling them.)

The upgrade also didn't fix my NAS not showing in the network browser, and the new shortcuts feature still forces you to manually select which shares you want to use every time you start up the machine -- you still can't create a shortcut to a specific directory on a computer in your network.

So, I had to consult various AVS Forum discussions (and ASUS forum discussions about the O!Play) to learn from others who had hacked the device to have better network shortcuts.As it turns out, the MP800H is a Linux-based device very similar to the O!Play, and you can telnet into it to get full access to the device's internal configuration.After a bit of study, I was able to get the network shortcut workaround to work (including making shortcuts to the NAS device that the MP800H wouldn't find on its own).

Unfortunately, the published way of hacking in these shortcuts requires you to have a USB flash stick or hard drive attached, as it works by making your network shortcuts show up as if they're attached USB devices.Since my files are all on the network, I found it really unsatisfactory to have to keep a USB device plugged in, so I spent a few hours of tinkering on my own to figure out how the player software could tell that a USB device was attached, and eventually found a way to fool it.So now, I have a box that can browse to whatever network shortcuts I want from the moment it powers up, without having a USB cord hanging off the side of it.(This may have been more trouble than it was worth, however, since it involved creating a shell script on the machine that, among other things, forces the network to initialize early, and simulates a USB stick being attached.)

In summary, though, it's not too bad for the price I paid.It seems to have some potential for further interesting hacking (tech tip: you can use busybox-mipsel 1.16.1 on it), and maybe eventually there will be firmware upgrades that fix the gaps and quirks.It isn't really a substitute for a full-blown HTPC, or even for an original XBox running XBMC, but it does play some HD and other stuff that the XBox+XBMC combination won't.Which, after all, was really all I wanted it for in the first place.Now that I've hacked it to have some decent shortcuts, it looks like it'll be reasonable for that purpose.

(Oh...one last note in case you're wondering: this box is *not* a NAS replacement.That is, if you hook up a hard drive to it, don't expect that you'll be able to get to that hard drive via your network.I saw some forum discussions about people hacking it to add that functionality, but I don't know what's involved and didn't try it myself.So, if you want to put things on an attached drive, you'll have to connect it to something else, unless the things in question are on another USB device, in which case you can use the MP800H's file management tool to copy or move files between two attached USB devices.)

(Also, a side note to the copyright holders of Linux and busybox: the manufacturers of this device are currently infringing your copyright by shipping without the source code (or any offer to provide it), and with copyright notices removed; e.g. the installed version of busybox doesn't display its copyright and license.)

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Product Description:
Watch the films and TV programmes you download from the internet directly on your TV in HD. For:Supports Full 1080p HDMI playback Small size means it wont take up too much room Massive range of files means your well catered forAgainst:Design not to everyones taste Remote takes a little time to masterWhat our customers say:" Awesome for this price..: Audio and video performance just perfect, bye bye DVD hello mkv on my NAS ! Only niggle from me the UI is ok but not awesome like the playback, thumbnails of cover art would be appreciated. However at this price I'm not docking any marks for this. Anonymous 1 May 2010 "" Awesome wee unit: This is a great system, as the commenter below says, I've never seen anything close at this price. Plays x264 MKVs at 1080p through hdmi without breaking a sweat. Anonymous 3 Febuary 2010 " See all Hisense 1080p HD TV Media Player reviews Features: hdmi Connectivity 1 x hdmi PortResolution 1920x1080p Video codec- MPEG1,MPEG-2 up to 1080p, MPEG-4 (720P/1080i/1080p), Xvid,H.264 up to 1080p,WMV9/VC-1 up to 1080p, RealNetworks(RM/RMVB)8/9/10 up to 1920*720(720P), Flash VideoWeight 315g Simply plug in your USB drive and your TV into the Hisense player and you're off. Alternatively, you can plug it into your wired home network and stream films directly from your PC or a NAS box. The Hisense media player has an HDMI connector for connecting to your TV (like the connector on the back of your PS3), giving you HD quality film playback on your HD ready TV.The box also includes a remote control. - Supports Full HD: 1080p- Maximum Stream Rate: 800Mbps- All Video Format: Real Audio RM/RMVB, WMV9(VC-1), MkV (H.264), FLV, 3GP - True HD- DLNA - UPnP / Network Neighbourhood- Support both FAT / NTFC formatted USB Storage Device

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iriver SPINN 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you want a player that'll give you way more than what you paid for, look no longer! Given the one set back is the company, "iRiver" which sounds like it might be a cheap Chinese ipod knock-off, iRiver is actually a very good company and has and continues to produce great mp3 players.

First off, the player looks great, and feels great. The spinney thing is basically divine inspiration. Menu navigation is intuitive. My one problem is they dont do as much with cover flow / album art as they do on say the ipod touch. But hey, its MUCH less expensive.

AWESOME screen. Just beautiful. Its AMOLED, which Ive heard is better than you're everyday mp3 screen. and its 3.3 inches! AMAZING! ... but wait, there's more... its also TOUCH SCREEN! woah... The touch screen is a little limited but its still very high quality and you CAN play flash games on this thing and use the touch screen + the other buttons on the device for controls.

What more to say... oh yeah, good file support and VERY good sound quality... pair it with a WIRELESS (it also supports bluetooth) pair of Motorola S305 and you're in business.

Text reader, works great! The Radio is ok, its not like Sansa clip quality but its ok. You can also record radio, AND voice. The interface for this is very easy to use. Oh, and its only 4gb, that was a bit of a bummer... but who cares? youre not paying hundreds of dollars.

In the end the iRiver is a GREAT little player. It used to cost over 200 dollars, but now at the price its at it cant be beat. Although its only 4 gb, thats still space for a LOT of games, videos, and songs. At the price its at it is the PERFECT Christmas / birthday gift. Get it, i promise you won't regret it!

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Product Description:
Here's a new spin on the personal media player--the iriver SPINN. This innovative player uses iriver's unique spinning cylindrical control (hence the name), and is loaded with features: built-in Bluetooth support, photo and video playback, voice recording, flash games, and an FM radio with recording--all packed into an attractive silver magnesium body. Take it for a spin today.


iriver's new spin on the personal media player. Click to enlarge.
Easily navigate your files and player functions with the SPINN control. Click to enlarge.
The SPINN features a built-in microphone for voice recording. Click to enlarge.
Extremely slim and portable at less than a half-inch thick. Click to enlarge.
Groundbreaking SPINN Control
The SPINN gets its name from iriver's SPINN System, which is a cylindrical scroll wheel on the side of the device that allows you to quickly and easily navigate your files and player functions. Users also have the choice of navigating using the device's touchscreen.
3.3-inch Touchscreen
With 480 x 272 (QVGA) resolution, you'll enjoy a great picture while watching your favorite videos. As for navigation, the screen features haptic response, now popular in many mobile touchscreen devices. It allows the user to feel as if they are pressing buttons or keys by providing vibration feedback to user actions.
Ready for Bluetooth Devices
The SPINN comes with built-in Bluetooth 2.0 for use with wireless headsets. Enjoy your favorite songs and leave the cables at home.
Wide Format Support
SPINN has you covered on the audio and video front for quite a few formats. It supports several popular audio formats: MP3, ASF, WMA, APE, OGG, and FLAC. You can dial in the sound to your liking using a 7-band custom EQ.
As for video, you can enjoy Xvid SP, MPEG-4 SP, and WMV9 SP formats. Convert your collection and take it with you wherever you might go.
The SPINN also allows you to share your favorite JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF photos, individually or in a slideshow. You can view text files for on-the-go reading.
FM Radio and Voice Recording
The SPINN features an FM radio with 20 presets. FM radio recording lets you save programming for later, and the built-in microphone/voice recorder allows you to make voice memos, record lectures or meetings, and more.
Flash Games
Need a little more entertainment at your fingertips? The SPINN supports Flash games, with a few pre-installed, so you can always add to your fun.
What's in the Box
iriver SPINN 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver), earphones, USB cable, software CD, manual

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Archos Gmini402 20 GB Camcorder and Multimedia Player Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this unit to use mainly as a camcorder. I've been looking for one that has a good size hard drive and this one meets that criteria with 20gb. The unit is very small and lightweight. The color is nice and attractive. But it seems that that design is driven by being snazzy rather than functional. While the LCD is located in the center of the unit, the lens on the other side is placed off to the left. It's hard to keep from blocking the lens while recording. I hope this problem will go away once I get used to holding it with my right hand only. The lens is covered by a cheap built-in piece of plastic which I think will suffer a lot of scratches over time. The buttons could have been bigger. There's no place to hook up a strap. I'd like to use one when I'm recording because with its size it's very likely to fall out of your hands.

The video quality is acceptable. Under the VGA setting, the pictures are sharper, but appear to be kind of grainy. It seems especially important to concentrate on holding the camera steady while shooting. Otherwise, the video looks a bit jumpy. Some of the buttons are not particularly intuitive. For example, there is no obvious "pause" button.

The drawstring pouch included in the package is thin with no padding, and doesn't provide protection for the camcorder. I got one from somewhere else and use the pouch for the cables.

The manual is not thorough. Some of the options and even some of the hardware aren't mentioned or explained. There's one adapter that plugs in the top of the unit with line-in on the one side and AV out on the other. It doesn't have any problem plugging into the TV to play the content, but doesn't record TV; I can only guess it's for recording audio.There's hardly any mention of this either. Also I still don't know what kind of rechargeable battery is used in this unit. It wasn't said anywhere in the manual. It just says the battery is designed to last for the life of the camcorder (whatever that means).

As a multi-media player it doesn't have a built-in speaker, which is a major omission.

If your computer has Windows XP, you can plug it in using the provided USB cable. Copying the the clips to the computer is basically drag-and-drop. I don't know with other computers, but with mine, if the file is lager than 500mb it doesn't let you transfer it to the computer; it says the file is too big. When I change the setting in the camcorder for it to be recognized asa removable hard drive, the transfer works fine. Maybe I need to update the firmware. On the Archos website, there's a couple of new updates, but I can't access them because I have to update to version 1.2 before I can use them. Version 1.2 was nowhere to be found. I haven't tried calling tech support yet. They do have the 800 number listed on the website.

Overall, I'd say the Archos 402 camcorder has a lot of room for improvement, but is nevertheless worthwhile in that you can record and store a large amount of video in very small package.

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Take your favorite music and video with you wherever you roam with the Archos Gmini 402 Pocket Camcorder and Multimedia Player, and capture personal videos and photos with the integrated video camcorder. It features an internal 20 GB hard drive--which stores up to 80 hours of video, 200,000 still photos, and up to 10,000 songs--2.2-inch TFT LCD screen, and a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery that provides up to 10 hours of battery life when listening to music, 4 hours when watching video, or 2 hours when recording video. Ultra-slim and sleekly designed, the Gmini 402 measures just 0.7 inches thick and 4.1 inches wide and it weighs just 6.65 ounces. It's compatible with a wide variety of digital audio, image, and video files, including protected Windows Media content downloaded from multiple PlaysForSure online music services and stores.
Record your personal videos in MPEG 4 format directly to your Gmini 402 Camcorder. Five different modes of resolution are available to suit your needs. In low mode, you may capture up to 50 hours of your personal videos and 13 hours of your personal videos and 13 hours in high resolution (VGA). The Gmini 402 Camcorder also features a digital zoom 2x. With DSC function, your Gmini 402 Camcorder can be used as a still camera, allowing you to take photos with maximum resolution of 1.2 mega pixels.
The Gmini 402 offers audio compatibility with MP3, WMA, protected WMA, and WAV files and still image compatibility with JPEG and BMP files. For video files, the Gmini 402 can play MPEG-4 SP files with B-Frames (compatible with DivX and XviD 4.0 or higher) and stereo sound. You'll get near DVD quality, with up to 720 x 480 pixels at 30 fps (frames per second) in the NTSC format (U.S. video standard), or 720 x 576 pixels at 25 fps in the PAL format. In addition to watching video from the player's LCD, you can also connect the Gmini 402 to a TV with standard RCA A/V output. It also has a standard mini headphone jack. Record from any standard audio source with high-quality stereo sound via the stereo analog line-in connection or record voice or live music with the built-in microphone. Files will be saved on the Gmini 402 in WAV format.
The Gmini 402 Camcorder has a USB Host Port that lets you to copy, share, connect and transfer files directly from other powered mass storage devices such as digital cameras, card readers, USB keys, and powered portable hard drives. Play back directly any compatible contents on the external hard drive connected to your Gmini 402 Camcorder (no data transfer needed). The Gmini 402 Camcorder also features a high-speed USB 2.0 interface to connect your device to your PC or Mac and easily transfer contents.
Transfer photos directly from your digital camera or from another mass storage device using the built-in USB host connection, or from a computer using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Store up to up to 200,000 photos. Organize photos in easy thumbnail or slideshow views, and view them on the Gmini 402 Camcorder screen or any external display.
The 2.2-inch TFT LCD screen has a 220 x 176-pixel resolution with 262,000 colors. It connects to Windows-based PCs and Macs via super-fast USB 2.0 (which is also backwards compatible with USB 1.1)
What's in the Box
Gmini 402 Camcorder and Multimedia Player, earphones, USB cable, USB Host adaptor, AC power charger, Quick Start Guide (full user guide in Gmini 402 Hard Drive), protective pouch

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Iriver E30 4 GB Digital Media Player (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Despite the written rumors, there does not seem to be
equalizer on this audio player. Sound is stuck at
"normal", there is no way to change it for classic,
jazz, or user settings, unless I am missing something.

There is no user manual included, it cannot be found
on iriver website either.

Another negativum is that the turn down button sometimes
turns the volume UP.

I do not think the buttons will survive their 1st birthday.

It does play .mp3, .ape, .flac, does not play .ogg.

PS
I found the equalizer! First get to the music:
Either Browser --> select music
or Music -> Now Playing
If you now push the right button quickly, music stops.
But if you push the button long, equalizer and other settings appear and
they can be changed.

So let me raise my rating for this audio player from 2 to 3 1/2.

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Product Description:
Music, Video, Digital FM Tuner, Photo Viewer, Voice Recording, 1.8-Inch QCIF TFT Color LCD (176X220), Audio Plays up to 52 hours with a Internal battery, Body Panel Click Key Design, Ultra Slim 0.3-Inch Thickness w/ Round & Concave Design, Audio Codec : MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, FLAC, Video Codec : SMV, Photo File : JPEG, BMP, FM Radio Tuner, Digital Voice Recording, SRS HD WOW, MTP & MSC Cross FW, USB 2.0, Ultra Fast Data Transfer, Firmware Upgradable

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iriver E150 4 GB Digital Media Player (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Ooh, this is the best product ever, unfortunately though, mine was stolen in three weeks.The line-in recording is great, just plug in a mic (or use the built in one) to record speeches/music.Also, you can plug an electric guitar into into it and record.It records from it's built in radio too.The music/video format selection is great, you can use .ape, .vorbis, .flac, and .aac.You don't even have to convert iTunes music or any video you want to drag into it, because it supports xvid, avi, and wmv among others.

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Product Description:
Multifunctional Media Contents Player, 2.4-Inch TFT LCD Display, Video Playing up to 5 hours with Internal rechargeable battery, Supports Music file such as MP3, WMA, ASF,OGG Q10 and FLAC (Lossless), Supports Video file such as MPGE, WMV9, XVID, FM Radio Tuner and FM recording reservation, Voice Recording, Photo Viewer, Text Viewer, Line In (External MIC Support, Direct encoding) Recording, USB 2.0, Ultra Fast Data Transfer, Firmware Upgradeable

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