Rating: 4/5
Review:
A decent basic media player
This is a very decent basic media player, which I was sent
for review. It works well, it looks good
and the sound is perfectly acceptable.
It has its limitations, but for the price I think it's good.
The first thing to be aware of is that there is no internal
memory, so the player won't work at all without a micro-SD card. This isn't supplied, so make sure you have
one available. It will take up to 64GB;
I've been using a 32GB card which works fine.
Once the card is in you can play pre-loaded files or load
them via the supplied mini-USB lead. (Note this is not the more common micro-USB!) Once you have navigated to the file you want
(more of this later), playing is fine and sound isn't bad at all. It's not hi-fi but even through some good HD
headphones it's perfectly adequate.
Video (in a limited range of formats) plays OK, too. It's not a great picture and it jerks a
little but it's usable. On a tiny screen
like this it's not something I'll use much, so minor flaws won't bother
me. Other functions work well.
However…the controls are a nightmare to figure out and the
manual is hopeless. I spent at least
half an hour just managing to select and play albums reliably and there was a
good deal of reprehensible language involved.
Once you've worked out and can remember that the "Menu" button
often serves as "Select" (very counter-intuitive) and that to
navigate files you need to be in Pause mode, it's not too bad, but you do need
a lot of patience to get there.
So, for a cheap and cheerful media player this is pretty
good. Once you've figured out how to use
it, it's perfectly acceptable as something you might use if you don't want to
take a more expensive item or you just need a small, light media player. For under twelve quid at the time of writing
this is good value and I can recommend it.
Amazon page Here
