Blazing: Dlink DMP-110 MP3 player $10 after rebate Fry's

[singho]

This device can only play MP3 encoded at 96kbps and higher! Could anyone with MP3's recorded @ 32/48/64 kbps download and play it on the Dlink DMP-110 player ?

 

[blstriker]

As per the Amazon review, I tried a 128 meg smartmedia card (also bought at fry's for 42 bucks for my digital camera) and at least on my particular unit, it would NOT recognize the card. The software would try to format the card and it would claim that it was a success, but in fact, the card was never formatted and could not be used. I don't have a 64 meg card to try out but others in this forum seem to have had success with 64 megs.

Now you know that 128 meg cards don't work (again, at least in my unit they don't)

 

[stonecold3169]

I had gotten one of these for free a while ago, and I had a Rio 300 that the display was broken on, so I figured what the hey, and tried the smartmedia card from that in the dlink. It worked fine, and after I pulled the card back out and put it into the rio it wstill worked. I think the unusability thing is only for devices that don't have an internal way to format them.

 

[misterj]

or we can just get it for cheap from this guy who apparently cleaned out a frys in oc lol http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=DMP-110

i wonder how theyre gonna claim the rebate with no receipt

 

[easy2kill]

After feeling all happy about finding one of these in Palo Alto, CA, I soon become very disappointed and frustrated. Apparently, I pick up a defective one. I was having similar problems that some users reported about on eopinions.com, amazon.com, cnet.com, etc. My unit would add random skips in every mp3 I downloaded to it (even though the original files on my PC were fine). I tried on 2 different computers using 2 different operating systems (XP and 98SE, each comp. was dual boot). I tried using different mp3 ripping programs; I tried different encoding bit-rates ... but had the same problem. I even used the original software from the D-Link CD as well as the updated software from their website. Also, the unit's on/off button would only intermittently work. It got to the point where I had to take out the batteries and put them back in (I also tried new batteries) to turn it on.

After several hours, I finally gave up and exchanged it for a new one at the Campbell, CA Fry's. My second experience was totally the opposite. My new unit works flawlessly. The only downside is that I tried using an old 8MB SM card in the D-Link's slot. The SM card works fine in the D-Link, but will no longer work in my Olympus D-360L digital camera. I tried reformatting the card from within the camera and with my Lexar USB Universal card reader; both methods did not work. I knew ahead of time that the SM card might not work anymore with other stuff, but I was still disappointed. Also, the D-Link occasionally mistakens some of my mp3 files as mp2 files and will not download them. Just my 2 cents.

 

[singho]

Easykill could you play MP3 songs encoded at 32 or 48 or 64 kbps in your Dlink player ?

 

[easy2kill]

Singho: I'll try it tonight and let you know (I didn't bring it with me to work today).

 

[singho]

Thanks Easy2kill. I tried 2 units from the Fremont Fry's. Both have the same problem. I called up customer support and they are still "researching". They supposedly spoke to their engineers but could not come up with the Test result Matrix nor the test plan.

 

[TranceNation]

singho, it's time to move up to the big leagues, go 128k or higher, that's the standard, i delete anything less than that.

 

[wesbc]

<< The only downside is that I tried using an old 8MB SM card in the D-Link's slot. The SM card works fine in the D-Link, but will no longer work in my Olympus D-360L digital camera. I tried reformatting the card from within the camera and with my Lexar USB Universal card reader; both methods did not work. I knew ahead of time that the SM card might not work anymore with other stuff, but I was still disappointed. >>



Yea, that was what I was afraid of. The point is that you can swap the media to other device and use as you please, but some how the format that D-Link does locks that to the MP3 device. Are all MP3 device the same way? But given that 64 megs are retalively cheap, I might go and pick up one of the staples $20 SM. Or is that over already.

 

[wesbc]

Anyone tried a 96MB SM? Only reason I'm asking is that they make the DMP-120 which I believe has 64MB built in and it's upgradeable to 128MB. I believe the hardware of the two are essential the same so it might be able to read a total of 128MB. Anyone have a 96MB SM laying around?

 

[pricegrabber]

DEAD

Went to the Manhattan Beach Fry's - they still had about 10 in stock, although 8 of the 10 were opened and the other two were pretty badly squished. Still, thought it was worth a try - marked $79.99, and rung up at $79.99.

...dan

 

[stndn]

fry's usually have their "sales" from friday to tuesday
if you missed the tuesday deadlines, you'll have to wait 2-3 weeks until it returns (if it does)
try again next week, maybe you'll get lucky
or treat yourself to 0.25$ hotdog and coke

regarding the sale at ebay:
i wonder if mr/s dlink-auctions work in dlink or sth ...
s/he sure has all his/her auctions as dlink stuffs.... wow :Q
and why did i return my unit instead of ebaying it?
d'oh!! =(

and yah, that amazon review sucks....
maybe it was a wrong review ... or the person just like to trick people to buying stuffs... :|
(not accusing anyone)

-951-

 

[fengpc]

stonecold3169

I came across a web page in Simpletech support page stating that they have a small utility that can reformat the SM card that's formatted by Rio. if like you said; D-link formatted SM can be read in Rio, maybe you can try that utility and let us know the result?

 

[fengpc]

BTW, tried the cheap 128M SM card from Fry's (the $42 one) and it does not work, returned it right away.

Tried 192k encoded MP3 songs and it works fine but will skip once in a while. (128K ones are better)

If I turn the volume really low (like 0-5) then I will hear some background noise, am I the only one?

 

[singho]

Download Utility to format Smart Media - thaks for the find fengpc

 

[easy2kill]

Singho: I ran into the same problem as you described, except I was able to get as low as 80kbps. Anything lower would give me that weird error about the D-Link player "not supporting MP2 files". All my other mp3 programs see the file as an mp3, but not the D-Link (weird). BTW, I used Easy CD-DA Extractor v4.6.9.1, WinXP, and the Digital Music Manager (from D-Link's website).

TranceNation: I agree with you that anything under 128kbps is typically not worth downloading (they sound poor on my computer's speakers), but honestly, on the D-Link I couldn't tell much difference between 128kbps and 80kbps. I used both the D-Link's stock ear-buds and some regular Sony earphones. Neither really gave me the same fidelity that I get from my Labtec speakers (I'm also pretty sure it has to do with the quality of the D-Link as well).

Final thoughts: I better get my damn rebate cuz I'll be very upset if I end up paying $45 for this thing (definitely worth $15 though).