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256MB MP3player SD card slot & FM Transmit (Disabled in EU??)

seth
seth Posts: 1,291 Forumite
in It's gone, but was it any good?
256MB MP3 player with SD card slot for additional storage.
£ 35.24 + (£11.75 P&P) pick up in store to avoid P&P

If anyone works out how to enable the FM transmitter let me know!!

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=2042

The flash demo says it is a Li Poly battery (the best type) and it is an OLED screen (also good). But the pictures looks like a backlit (multicolour) LCD.
Lexar make all the high end flash memory for camera so their stuff should be good? Mymemory.co.uk has this item but it is out of stock. £33ish

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/memory/Lexar/256MB+SD/Digital/Music/MP3/Player

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Home page (There is new firmware on the main site)
http://www-origin.digitalfilm.com/mp3/LDP600.html

Flash tour (with sound)
http://syndicate.tentoe.com/Syndicate/SynMaster?Tentoe=YBZNBG-3764

Digital music player with FM radio, SD slot and Li-ion battery


  • 256MB MP3 player with SD card slot for additional storage
  • FM radio, FM record and voice recorder, MP3/WMA compatible
  • Doubles as a USB drive - store music fiiles, data, pictures etc
  • Li-ion battery, 7 colour backlit display, USB connection
Supplied with Sennheiser MX-400 earbud headphones, carry case, Lanyard
and USB cable

Stock Status: Brand new Warranty: One year warranty

Related Links
Full specs on the Lexar website

Please note that this is a UK model and does not have the FM transmitter function as its use in the UK is illegal:

They also have the LDP 400 £19.99+VAT
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/Shop/detail.asp?ProductID=2043&CategoryID=&SubCategoryID=

Home page
http://www-origin.digitalfilm.com/mp3/LDP400.html
ldp-400.jpg The USB bit slides out!

The Lexar Digital Music Player LDP-400 is a Digital Music Player, a Digital Storage Device all in one. The LDP-400 lets you listen and carry your favorite music wherever you go as well as stores your important data files. It supports MP3 and WMA formats. For convenience, it includes a unique slide-out USB connector so you can connect your LDP-400 to any computer without the need of a USB extension cable. The LDP-400 is powered by one AAA battery, which provides over 12 hours of battery life.

Features

New Model LDP-400
• Digital Music Player lets you play and carry your favorite music
• Store music files, data, pictures on your Lexar Digital Music Player
• Unique slide-out USB connector
• User selectable play mode (Repeat Track, Repeat All, Shuffle, Shuffle Repeat)
• User selectable Equalizer (Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Pop)
• Compatible with Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) for playback of downloaded songs from popular on-line music services
• USB 2.0 full speed with USB 1.1 interface and USB 2.0 compatible
• Available in 128MB and 256MB
Seth.
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Comments

  • hokers
    hokers Posts: 233 Forumite
    OK whats the maximum SD card size you can put in?

    Is that accessable by the USB as well, or do you have to have a separate reader to transfer files onto it?

    edit: found it

    Is the LDP-600 compatible with 1GB SD cards?
    Yes, the LDP-600 is compatible with the 1GB SD cards.

    Can I use the SD card slot on the LDP-600 as a SD card reader?
    Yes, you can transfer files to and from the SD card through the LDP-600. The LDP-600 treats the SD card as a mass storage device so you can copy pictures, music, documents to and from your PC through your PC or Mac.

    On the downside, reviewers in the US saying this only gets USB 1.1 transfer speeds, which is pretty slow..
  • rizla01
    rizla01 Posts: 7,260 Forumite
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    It'd be nice to get the american one with the transmitter though?
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  • welshblob
    welshblob Posts: 450 Forumite
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    By the looks of it there is different software\firmware for the US and EU. So I wonder if the UK ones come with the FM transmit hardware and all you have to do to enable them is use the US software\firmware?
  • seth
    seth Posts: 1,291 Forumite
    welshblob wrote:
    By the looks of it there is different software\firmware for the US and EU. So I wonder if the UK ones come with the FM transmit hardware and all you have to do to enable them is use the US software\firmware?

    Can you post the links to the firmware and then perhaps someone who has one will try it?

    I could try in in store at Morgan...
    Seth.
  • seth
    seth Posts: 1,291 Forumite
    hokers wrote:
    On the downside, reviewers in the US saying this only gets USB 1.1 transfer speeds, which is pretty slow..

    The unit is classed as USB 2 perhaps the reviewer had a machine with a USB1 port or an OS / driver / BIOS issue that meant USB2 was not up?
    Seth.
  • RTi
    RTi Posts: 158 Forumite
    seth,

    have you tried this file http://www.lexarmedia.com/drivers/files/ldp600V107US.zip

    To Update the firmware:
    1. Unzip the file to a location on your hard drive.
    2. Connect LDP-600
    3. Drag and drop the file ldp600.rom to the Home directory of their LDP-600. Make sure that they copy it to the root.
    4. Once the file is copied, disconnect the LDP-600.
    5. Power off and power on the LDP-600.
    6. Upon powerup, the LDP-600 will automatically start updating the firmware.

    let me know if it works.. was about to buy the philips one.. but if this works .. then i'll get one of these instead..
  • seth
    seth Posts: 1,291 Forumite
    RTi wrote:
    seth,

    have you tried this file http://www.lexarmedia.com/drivers/files/ldp600V107US.zip

    To Update the firmware:
    1. Unzip the file to a location on your hard drive.
    2. Connect LDP-600
    3. Drag and drop the file ldp600.rom to the Home directory of their LDP-600. Make sure that they copy it to the root.
    4. Once the file is copied, disconnect the LDP-600.
    5. Power off and power on the LDP-600.
    6. Upon powerup, the LDP-600 will automatically start updating the firmware.

    let me know if it works.. was about to buy the philips one.. but if this works .. then i'll get one of these instead..


    I'll download this and take my laptop to morgans to try it...
    I'll try putting the Euro one back on too!

    Busy tomorrow, Saturady the store is busy... Maybe next week.
    Unless someone else as the Mp3 player?

    I had a quick look at the file the difference seem to be small just the odd byte here and there, perhaps control bytes. I hope its the SAME hardware, but it might be a bit of the board not populated in the EU. I notice the cost in the USA is around $100 but it is only £30 here :( suggesting a cheaper component cost? or a price based on feature set :)
    Seth.
  • hokers
    hokers Posts: 233 Forumite
    seth wrote:
    The unit is classed as USB 2 perhaps the reviewer had a machine with a USB1 port or an OS / driver / BIOS issue that meant USB2 was not up?

    Maybe, but there were two saying it on here:
    http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/masterid=5002008

    1 gig SD would take eternity to load up at 1.1, can you try some transfers if you see one tomorrow?
  • seth
    seth Posts: 1,291 Forumite
    hokers wrote:
    Maybe, but there were two saying it on here:
    http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/masterid=5002008

    1 gig SD would take eternity to load up at 1.1, can you try some transfers if you see one tomorrow?

    Thanks I read the review. The firmware update make the unit much better to use, eg the music starts off where you were are power down etc...
    http://reviews.cnet.com/4864-6490_7-31266073.html?messageSiteID=7&messageID=1141521&cval=1141521&ctype=msgid

    Looks like it was launch Nov/Dec 2004 http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C3369/

    The USB2 speed depend on the speed of the devices each side of the BUS.

    So if I copy stuff onto an SD card via the MP3 that will be slower than laptop or PC staight to SD, as the CPU in the MP3 is not going to be as fast as PC!

    PC disk - PC memory - PC Bus -USB controller - Mp3 USB controller - Mp3 file system - Mp3 SD card bus - SD Card in Mp3 will be slower than

    PC disk - PC memory - PC Bus - PC USB Controller - SD Card

    Also slow flash memory chips in the SD card are likley to be the bottleneck unless the review bought x88 SD :)
    Seth.
  • hokers
    hokers Posts: 233 Forumite
    Hmm, so probably worth getting a proper USB2 SD card reader in that case then.

    Did you get a chance to try the new firmware BTW?
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