[michiganjfrog]

Well 42 posts and 1 eBay guide later... I can finally talk about MP4 players from experience, because I got my first MP4 player today. Came from Hong Kong to Canada in 13 days (that's days, not working days). Not bad considering it was ordered around Xmas. I u/l a photo of it in the Gallery section (michiganjfrog's nano clone).


MEMORY:

Bought it from ellieshang, an HK eBay seller with over 99% feedback across thousands of transactions. Does not sell over 2GB far as I know, and after low level formatting this thing several times, I'm happy to say it's a true 2GB! Considering that I won it for like $21US, I couldn't be happier. It cost less than what a new 2GB mp3 player would in the stores.

CHIPSET:

It's an ACTION chipset with a firmware of 9.0.48 (don't know yet if that's good or bad! Not sure whether I should try to upgrade the firmware, or if this will prevent me from adding mods to the player because my firware is too new? Not sure where to upgrade the firmware anyway..... the player SETUP shows you can, but there's no website in the manual for firmware upgrades.

VIDEO:

The player had a trailer from "Terminator: Rise of the Machines". The video did leave something to be desired. It changes depending on the angle, and there was distinct "ghosting" effects from any moving pic. Don't know yet how feasible it'd be to watch a movie on this thing.

PHONES:

The earbuds look just like the iPods and have the name "Apple" on the stems. I don't think the REAL Apple buds even have that! They sound like shit warmed over, so I would value them at about 50 cents. Unfortunately, they are the only 2.5mm earphones I have, but I was wise enough to get a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter before even getting the player (I got the kind that's like a small cable, white). Even on the 50 cent earbuds, the sound on music was really good! Can't wait to compare it to my 2GB mp3 player.

LITERATURE:

The manual was, surprisingly, in something resembling English. However, quite useless, because.... well, you be the judge:

"4.2.7.1: Elucidation: The sound effect mode that sow to play music in this choice, sow to play music still at this time.". ????

Maybe 4.2.7.2 will shed some light?:

"4.2.7.2: The interface manifestation Show the way together" circulation enactment". "

I'm not making this up. This is what was said in a bullet in the RADIO section:

* The knife man - impulsive punishment: Broadcast the level is smooth to roll over."

??? WTF?

Does anyone have a Chinglish to English translator handy? Anyway, real men don't need manuals....