The mp3 player plays files from SD card or USB thumb. Playback begins imediately
on insertion of the media. Tags are scrolled, Title-Artist-Album.
I don't know if v2 tags are support, since I don't use them.
USB port doesn't provide sufficient power to powerup a USB HDD. This is
probably solved by a Y-cable or self-powered HDD. I didn't test that since
the device obviously won't read NTFS. Perhaps I'll try that, or create a
second FAT32 partion to transfer music to it.
The player suports varios repeat settings:
You can scroll through titles:
And it has a great equalizer with some 7-8 presets. I really liked the
SRS Wow function.
The remote control is full:
The control itself is the size of a cigarette lighter. I couldn't figure out
what the digits are for. To turn the device standby, you press and hold
the Enter button. If you press the power button, the device will turn off
completely, and the only way to bring it back to life is to flip the
switch at the back off and on again.
Again you have to get used to it. When in standby, the device still powers up the USB-thumb drive (the activity
led stays on).
Speaker mode is activated automatically on inserting a 3.5 jack to the line in
port. Not exactly convenient if you want the device to be connected to your
PC and still have the ability to use other functions.
I din't find a way to upgrade the firmware. Too bad as I would like to add
Russian tags support.
Overal, I'm quite happy with the device. What I miss is Russian tags, NTFS
support and a line-out. With line-out, I would hook it to my home theater
as a cheap FM + mp3 player with remote. Perhaps, it could be easily added -
will probably look into it later.