Hi All
I now have a chance to post again as i just moved overseas.
Now i am down under, closer to the people who sell us these rip offs. :x
Anyway, on my last post before i left UK, i talked about a review of this player and problems i had encountered.
Since then, i have sent back my player for a replacement as my touch screen did not function after some very detail testing.
I got a replacement to continue my testing of this player, and like all other clones, there are some good and some bad points.
Before i begin whats happened since, i like to inform the forum of the seller who sold me this. On ebay the name is good-day-up. which is Tinydeal people. He also asked me to pay 18 dollars for delivery on my replacement, what a ^$^ cheek. :evil:
Ok, now my results update.
Radio shuts off in 5 mins, voice record and FM record also shuts off in about 3 mins.
You can play mp3 without problems, i played whole albums, single tracks and they work without problems So it plays mp3.
Plays video clips that are provided without problems, but i will transfer a full movie onto this player to see if i can watch a whole movie and not a 3 minute music, or film trailer as on the player.
Photo viewing has no issues
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E-book is really a txt file and i will see if it can read other formats like pdf and will provide on my next update.
Explorer works fine, other functions, ie stopwatch, game works ok, not that i want them.
settings are ok.
Apart from the radio and recording, all seems well for a rip off, cheap, cheerful and looks good on the outside, but pretty much rubbish inside.
I have over 8 gig of audio on the player, i will see how much i can put on this player and if it wipes anything if i use all 16 gig. I will also test microSD card to see how much it can take and determine just how good storage stands up in the player.
So, yes i have complaints, i like all my functions to work, but not all do, ie radio and voice recording without auto shut off in 5 mins.
Bottom line is if you just want a mp3 player cheap, then that's good enough if it really can hold 16 gig plus SD expansion.
Finally, the firmware part, i emailed this person for advice to see if there was any firmware updates to fix the radio and voice recording problem. His or her reply was i quote "Maybe you could find one to fix it
any question please contact us
thank you"
These guys don't know English, they don't know customer support, they just are not interested.
I replied back :evil: with "I am asking you if there is a firmware fix for radio problem?
How do i find one, you have not direct me to any link? can you help me fix problem or not?
If not then you have sold me a product that does not do what you say. My radio do not work for long before it shut down.
Do you wish me to make a formal complaint to Ebay?"
A 5 year old Chinese child can understand my first question, let alone an adult :P and my replay above was as basic as basics in child language and this was the response "we are sorry we have not the software for this item"
So if any of you out there are tearing your hair out trying to get an answer, just talk to them like a child and you will get results.
Until i next update, the conclusion is, i don't think there is a firmware update and the function for it, is a gimmick just to make it look good.
I like to be proven wrong, so if i can't find one, they don't have one, everybody else is looking for one, then it would be found by now.
Cheers, happy searching!!