Uxcell Bianca

[clackers91]

ill try make this a detailed and informative review.

Today i received my package and it was the standard box with basic contents.



as seen i picture it included a driver cd, instruction manual, mini usb adapter, earphones and a wall charger (but no travel adapter).

The construction of the player is 100% plastic but the LCD cover is glass (replacements are available from Uxcell's website) it has a hook for a lanyard to hang the player from, it is located on the back at the very top. The player has an inbuilt speaker and a 180mAh Li-Ion battery. Its [b]features are 1.8 inch TFT Screen, 65000 Colors, Music MP1, MP2, MP3.WMA.WMV, ASF WAV audio format and ID3 Lyrics, Image Viewer JPEG, GIF, SWF , AMV Player with MP3 Player Utilities, E-Book, Digital Recording, FM Tuner and 4 Games

The speaker is good at low volumes but when you crank it the sound becomes very distorted. Use with earphones (used Ipod earphones) is very good, there is no distortion at all and sounds very clear. Video playback seems pretty smooth and not blocky (included was a cartoon). The player was in fact true 2GB. Today (i skipped a few songs and ect to simulate normal use) it lasted 5 hours 30 minutes with 128K WMA songs. so basically i would say you would get 6 hours use out of it. it wouldn't be that hard to find a replacement battery bigger than the standard one. if anyone needs measurements of the battery just let me know.

LAYOUT


On the front of the player (left to right) we have Navigate left or skip back, Menu, Navigate Right or skip right)


To the left of the player (top down) we have the headphone jack, Power button (play), Record Button (marked R) and master power switch


To the right of the player (top down) we have the 5-pin Mini USB connector, Increase Volume (marked "+), Decrease Volume (marked -) and the Microphone hole

The buttons on the player seem great except the menu button (round one with "M" on it), it sometimes gets stuck in but is easy to jiggle back into spot. The layout of the buttons and User Interface are pretty much the same as the FMP 1.8 i previously got from Uxcell... yes, yes it does have all the same firmware features like the slow file browse (seems a little faster though). It does have the phone book feature ops:



The Specifications that seem VERY wrong.
Here they are from Uxcell's Site
* Screen: 160 x128 pixels 1.8" TFT 65K Color display
* Memory Capacity: 2GB flash memory
* Size (L x W x D): 68mm x 40mm x 10mm
* Color: Black
* Weight: Approx. 35g
* Menu/VoL+/VoL-/Play/Forward/Preview buttons for operating easily
* Data transfer rate: 5 pins USB 2.0 high speed at 480Mb/s max.
* Supported bit rate: 32Kbps - 320Kbps
* Signal to noise ratio: >90dB
* FM Frequency Range: 87 - 108MHz
* Earphone output power: 8mWx2@32Ohm
* Audio connector: 3.5mm stereo headphone jack

IF you don't want to know how to open the player or don't want to know whats in the player dont read ahead (detailed specifications below)

Well then, lets crack it open.


where the lanyard loop is is one screw, under the shiny sticker stating size is another. in the middle of each side (where 2 buttons are each side) is clips to hold the player together.





hmm. what a nice blue battery, states 3.7V 180mAh.


if you remove the battery and speaker you see this... a piece of double sided tape and a shiny sticker covering the chipset.... so what chipset does it use? what memory chip? what radio?


Chipset: ATJ2091H FC252FA 1Cs
Memory: Samsung 704 K9LAG08U0M PCB0 CSL661Q
Radio: SPT SP3767HN 07AS06



OK that covers the inside, ill just post some more pics of th player :twisted:












IF there is anything i missed or that you would like to know, please post or PM me and ill post it or answer it :wink:

My Thoughts The speaker is good if you dont want it very loud. Construction seems good but buttons are cheap. it responds well in menu's (main menu's such as music, photo ect). BUT like the FMP it fades tracks, file browsing is slow and going into the music menu to get to equalizer, repeat, ect is slow. it seems pretty high quality audio wise though. As with any Chinese MP4/MP3, quality can vary player to player even from the same series and even batch.
i like the player and i will use it instead of my FMP as they are basically the same but just more compact
ill give it a 7/10

[nanocopyuser]

Do you like the player? Is the sound from the speaker very bad? (The speaker is the main reason why I might get it)
How does it "feel"? cheap?
Rate it?
And I really wanna know what's the battery time

Thanks.

[pmilladcs]

is it a fast player? what i mean is, does it automaticly respond when you press a button? like a normal mp3 player, not like the slow fmp

[clackers91]

the speaker is good if you dont want it very loud. Construction seems good but buttons are cheap. it responds well in menu's (main menu's such as music, photo ect). but like the FMP it fades tracks, file browsing is slow and going into the music menu to get to equalizer, repeat, ect is slow. it seems pretty high quality audio wise though.

as with any Chinese MP4/MP3, quality can vary player to player even from the same series.

ill give it a 7/10 as i have seen better players, i myself would recommend the Glacier if you want a long lasting play time, it has a built in speaker but the failure rate is high.

[princessanne1026]

AWESOME pics and review! Thanks a lot!

[chiclete]

Really nice review... but I wonder if the player does play 6-8h music playback as it's on its review.

[clackers91]

Originally Posted by chiclete";p=&quot

Really nice review... but I wonder if the player does play 6-8h music playback as it's on its review.

not sure, today (i skipped a few songs and ect to simulate normal use) it lasted 5 hours 30 minutes with 128K WMA songs. so basically i would say you would get 6 hours use out of it. it wouldn't be that hard to find a replacement battery bigger than the standard one. if anyone needs measurements of the battery just let me know.

[michiganjfrog]

What a great review. I ordered the very same player (Black, I mean), and was planning to post a review, but you beat me to it. Yours is a lot better than mine woulda been anyway.... have you compared the sound quality to the FMP yet? Have you noticed what it said about the case on the Bianca on UXCElls site?

"...chrome plated aluminum alloy Shield case,"

What the hell are they talking about??! I could see from the photos when I ordered it that it was plastic like the Glacier, so at least I didn't order it thinking it wasn't but still.... I thought there might be some metal somewhere from that. They should really get their act together and get someone to verify all the specs on their site, permanently. It'll cost a lot less than angry customers returning their players because the specs dont match.

[clackers91]

i have no idea what is with this case thing. the sound quality is about the same as the FMP after deep freeze also there is no interference from the chipset when changing song ect so that makes me think that the filtering or voltage control/layout is better. i will do Operation deep freeze to this player once my replacement battery comes in. its just the nano replacement 330mAh battery from uxcell as i cant find a higher quality / better one that size... although 330mAh is almost double that of the standard

[michiganjfrog]

Originally Posted by clackers91";p=&quot

i have no idea what is with this case thing. the sound quality is about the same as the FMP after deep freeze also there is no interference from the chipset when changing song ect so that makes me think that the filtering or voltage control/layout is better. i will do Operation deep freeze to this player once my replacement battery comes in. its just the nano replacement 330mAh battery from uxcell as i cant find a higher quality / better one that size... although 330mAh is almost double that of the standard

You can get 400mah japanese cells off eBay for nano clones (i posted a link once), but I don't know about the size, you have to ask & check.