Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:54 pm
Looks like it will eat batteries: 10 hours on 1 AAA.
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Looks like it will eat batteries: 10 hours on 1 AAA.





I have exactly the same here got mine off eBay .. though it doesn't work at all.. well kinda does... I can play music on it but if I got for a jog (yes - I do exercise) it resets itself. Also when I get off the tube or go up / down steps it resets itself. And if it's put into my pocket it resets itself. :/AKA Panama Jack wrote:Well, I got my IPod Nano Clone a few days ago and it works like a charm. A 4gig mp4 player for under $40 was a steal.
The only problem I have with it is the how music, movies and pictures are selected. The file manager is very, very primitive. It's not as simple or as elegant as what is used on the IPod Nano. But for the price that can be ignored.
The player is has many things built in that are extras for the IPod Nano like an FM Radio.
http://junk.aatraders.com/mp4player/mp4_fm_radio.jpg
Sorry for the images looking so crappy but the camera I took them with really sucks.I wish the images were better because they don't do justice to how bright, clear and colorful the LCD images look.
The FM Radio also has the ability to record any FM broadcast.
It can also play AMV formatted movies.
http://junk.aatraders.com/mp4player/mp4_amv.jpg
It comes with a small CD that contains USB drivers for Windows 98/ME and a movie conversion tool. The tools can convert DVD movies, asf, avi, mpg, etc formats to AMV. I was surprised at how well they look on such a small 1.5 inch screen. The only drawback to playing back movies is the slow screen refresh rate so there is ghosting.
It can also play games and there are two simple ones (Tetris and Minefield) included.
http://junk.aatraders.com/mp4player/mp4_game.jpg
It also has an Ebook for storing text files that you can pull up at anytime.
http://junk.aatraders.com/mp4player/mp4_ebook.jpg
And it comes with a built in mic for voice recording. (no picture)
But the thing I really wanted it for was music.
http://junk.aatraders.com/mp4player/mp4_playing_mp3.jpg
It has a colorful animated display when playing music files. So far I have only loaded the player with 1 gig of music. Most of the files are recorded at 320 kbps and sound great. And I was happy to find out it supports variable bit rates in an MP3 file. Some of the cheap players choke on VBR files. It includes 7 preset equalizer settings. The player also supports Lyric files for Karaoke play mode.
The only bad part to the music playback were the cheap IPod style earbuds. They had a lousy frequency response so the music sounded tinny. But I fixed that by replacing them with some good earbuds.
It's very easy to store music and other files on the player. It supports upto 99 directories so it is easy to manage your music. Each of the players functions will scan all of the directories looking for supported files. You can even have files of different types in the same directory and each player will only show the files it can process.
The player also came with a wall charger. You plug the USB cable into it and it will fully charge in a couple of hours. If you have it plugged into a USB 2.0 connector on a computer it will recharge as well. When you plug it into your computer it will appear as a removable drive. Just copy your directories and files to it and you are set.
There is one problem with this. The file system is VERY primitive in the player. If you move files from one directory in the player to another directory in the player the file structure will get hosed. Apparently when windows changes the file pointers instead of actually moving the files it confuses the player. So if you want to move files from one directory to another you have to delete them and then copy them from the computer to the new directory.
Overall I am quite happy with the player. It beats having to pay $200 for a 2 gig Ipod Nano that doesn't have as many features. For some people the lousy song selector might be enough of a turn off to prevent them from buying such a player. But hey for under $40 for a 4 gig MP3/4 player you can't beat it.
1) Does a '-' (minus) sign work ok?AKA Panama Jack wrote:Ok, I had a similar problem but I found out that two things can cause it.
1. Non-alpha numeric characters in the filenames. If you have characters that are not a-z or 0-9 in the filename it will cause the player to reset when it tries to play them. Yes, I know odd quirk.
2. If the battery level is low. I found that a 1-2 hour charge just isn't enough. You have to let it charge for around 4 hours. Use the AC charger that came with the player. Turn the player on. Plug it into the charger. A green light will light on the charger. When the green light goes out the player is fully charged.