Best Gadget/media Player Ever (merged)

Bernie

ROM update worked for me - except that the radio does not seem to pick up any transmission - what does the message "Restart Tuner" mean?

Bernie

Tried again and it does work, lousy volume!

Pressing the joystick in has got the box scanning for pre-sets, any idea how to jump between/select a pre-set station?

typan

A long press of the OSD button switches between presets and search, but i could be mistaken ! :rotfl:

Donnie

ZakkieBoy wrote: »

:beer:

it works!

:j


Im off to the pub as its sunday, but can anyone else have a go at updating?

Thing is , I tried a few things and dont know if it was the changes that 'helped' with the update, or it was sheer luck!

Changes noticed so far:

Radio seems different
When on TV mode it doesnt flicker anymore
AVIs dont seem to randomly stop anymore
Better decoding, not perfect still but better -Some films remain slightly jerky, but not as bad as before.

Overall - Worth upgrading to,

Sounds good. Keep us posted on anything else you notice.
I don't think the girlfriend will be too happy when I tell her I may need to 'upgrade' her player. So keeping me abreast of any problems or otherwise.
Don't want to make it worse.
Radio seems different?

withabix

This thread should be moved to 'Gone, But was it any good'.

It is no longer about a Grabbit! It is now purely a discussion topic.

The product is no longer available on the link from the OP.

rjm67

A very big thanks must go to Zakkieboy for pulling his unit apart to find this info out. I've just done the update ok. The only issue I seem to have found so far is that when I set the LCD output to PAL, the screen drops a few line down and in, not sure why. (Update - Not a problem if you set it to pal through system settings, only found this when setting it in video player) One of the other guys in the office has one too, and his does the same after the update. The one odd thing between his and my player though is that one or two files won't play on his (unsupported file format message), but do on mine. Most strange.

Billys

Hi all
I have tried everything to update my firmware but to no avail.
Tried all the name changes etc tried downloading and unzipping the file again, reset the PMP etc.
Can someone who has got it updated PM me with the file just to make sure i have the right one.
Thanks BILLY

freddykruggar

now its been taken apart, has anyone tried a bigger hard drive?

lufc72

same problem as billy no matter what i do it dosent want to upgrade, am i missing something after following djm71 instructions. any help would be appreciated....i also noticed that they are doing the unit in the toy r us brochure with speakers for £99 hope that helps someone.

ZakkieBoy

freddykruggar wrote: »

now its been taken apart, has anyone tried a bigger hard drive?

To be honest mate, I doubt it would be very cost effective. a replacement is around £50, and the larger ones are likely to be more expensive per gig.

Drive info : http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/03/23/miniature_disk_drive/

(I think the 60gb are 2 platter, making the drives thicker)

you never know though...