Whose registered trademark is well-known name D-Pro, on world market is not a beginner and provided the consumer has a lot of interesting MP3 novelties.
Interestingly, many of them are literally the most-most. That will be the world's smallest player from this company, then the easiest, the most subtle. In the intervals between such records as D-Pro continues to please consumers simply quality and stylish innovations, and to whom belong to two fresh models that we have today and look. These compact flash MP3 players – Beat sounds EMP-100 and Conics MP-400.
D-PRO BEATSOUNDS EMP-100
Specifications
Supported audio formats MP3 / WMA / ASF
Built-in Flash memory 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024 MB RAM (256MB on the test)
Support VBR (Variable Bit Rate) / MP3 8 Kb / s ~ 320 Kb / s
Support VBR (Variable Bit Rate) / WMA 5 Kb / s ~ 192 Kb / s
Display Graphical LCD with blue backlight
Ability to save files (USB Drive)
Supports long file names
Support ID3 Tag Name of song, artist, album, song number ...
Language Support ID3 Tag European languages (Russian is present)
Ability flashing DSP
Built-in voice recorder
Built-in FM tuner 87.5 MHz ~ 108 MHz
Built-in equalizer Normal / Pop / Rock / Classic / Live / User EQ
Digital effects 3D SRS WOW
PC Connectivity USB 1.1
Signal to Noise 85 dB
Frequency characteristics 20 Hz - 20 kHz
Power Output 12 mW
Nutrition Li-Polymer battery
Possibility of external power USB Power
Dimensions 30 x 75 x 16 mm
Weight 32.8 g (with battery)
Options
In a very nice box with lots of photos, features and other information about the player are: the very device, headphones, a highly original cervical cord (not an ordinary silver "splendor"), shielded high-quality USB cable, USB adapter, CD with software, two books manual (in Russian and English and warranty leaflet.
The mere fact that there is complete and a USB cable and a USB adapter I was terribly pleased, because cord can plug into a home PC and forget about it (the strap), and compact adapter to wear everywhere with him. Such convenience, alas, are deprived of almost all flash MP3 players. But precisely because of such useful details in the end and get real mobility, and the first letters in the word brand is big.
Design and appearance
four color schemes are possible to choose when purchasing this player - black, white, silver and brown. However, traditionally, the color of the player depends on the number of megabytes of valuable its flash memory - from 128MB to 1GB as much. We have to test white, i.e. with perhaps the most popular to date amount - 256MB.
Attractive plastic case not much larger than the standard cigarette lighters (except sensitive thicker), and I would very much like what would be included was not only the cervical cord, and belt pouch. In the end - the same image model!
The front panel of the player besides the LCD screen, surrounded by a mirror frame, bears the joystick control and two microphone holes.
All other control keys made for one of the sides. In general, it is a standard set, including a button and Hold, which is very nice. As practice shows, that the number of buttons is quite enough for comfortable work.
On the opposite side face is only a headphone jack.
Connector for USB cord / adapter is located under a rubber cap at the bottom of the player.
On the upper side of the center is a loop for attaching neck strap.
On the reverse side of the player you will only find all sorts of useful and useless signs. We move on to more interesting things ...
Soft
In general, as such, any soft to work with the player and are not necessary, because firmware allows you to use it as an ordinary removable device without additional drivers in Windows, starting with ME. For the 98-th SE need to install drivers from disk. However, the additional software from the disc expands the capabilities of your player.
Cast Beat sounds Comfit with a tiny conservative interface will not only update the firmware, but also upload new fonts to the player.
The first tab allows you to edit Logo, create animated screensaver for the player.
Download Font file second tab allows you to download new fonts.
The third tab Firmware Upgrade, as the name implies, updates the firmware of your device.
OPERATION
About working with the computer described above, so now we will focus on other aspects
when the player runs one operating mode devisal, where you turned off. Moreover, if the player was turned off when playing a song, then when you turn on this same track will automatically start from the very place where he left off (this wonderful opportunity to be on and off).
LCD
Bright blue backlight device looks very stylish and fashionable. Information as it fits plenty! The top row contains eight icons depicting various information about the mode of the player status (play / stop), on the play list, the regime of the equalizer on playback (reverse, etc.) On the timer, is locked on, the charging battery. The maximum possible information! The second line - the file name / tag the file. The last two lines display information about the codec, bit rate, sample rate, playback time. Course, not every MP3 player has a luxurious LCD display.
Naturally, all this applies only to the main mode of the device. Press and hold the button Menu / M we get into the mode of FM radio.
Here, in addition to pretty icons with the image of the receiver displays information about the frequency, the available channels, channel selection mode, the selected sensitivity of the receiving mono / stereo, sleep timer, is locked and the battery charge.
In the third mode - recording mode, the LCD screen displays information about free memory, battery charge, the title recording codec, quality and recording time.
Adjust the contrast of the screen has proved very effective and useful, especially in bright ambient light, for example, in bright sunny weather outside.
The result for display - just excellent! It is not only high quality and easily readable, but also the most informative. Just a pleasure to operate such a player, here.
Management and opportunities
the first thing to note - easy to use joystick. Ironically, quite common to see this important part of any player designed either under the paw of some exotic animal, or a man with a crooked handle. Here everything chocolate - a sensitive and simple management. Up / down - volume and left / right - rewind and find the right radio
Menu player very much like other developments, bearing the label Beat on board.
All possible and impossible posted ten points (for the FM radio worked only three points). At the same time on the LCD screen shows three fairly large icons, which, in contact with them, the cursor, change its appearance, which is quite "cool" looks. Below is a brief description of each item.
Repeat - Repeat five types of tracks.
Play list - you can either play-through of all the songs, or from which the songs will be selected. Alas, the actual formulation of a play list (like how to driver-e) is not possible here, although I know that many of this function is not needed, but pay attention to it is.
Equalizer - nine (!) Settings, which I will discuss below. This is one of the major highlights of the player.
FM Radio - choice of scanning range of frequencies (from 76MGts up to 90MHz for Japan and 87.5 MHz to 108 MHz for all other countries) and the sensitivity of choice (one of three options).If you change the bandwidth automatically reset all of your customized station, so be careful!
Display Type - display filenames or tags. It is worth noting that the player copes with Russian tags and in general with the Russian language.
Graphic EQ - if you want something new on your screen, you can change the alphanumeric image information on the codec and bit rate on the animated waves or bars equalizer.
Language - and here you just select the language and ID3 tag display (six languages).
Files Ming - here you can delete selected files or even formatting the memory of your digital friend.
System - and here is what really digs the researcher. Backlight, Contrast - well, this part of the LCD display. Memory Info - here too is clear. Quality - the choice of recording quality (from 16 kbps/16KHz to 192kbps/44, 1 KHz). User EQ Setting and SRS Setting - equalizer settings, they are below. Sleep Timer - time off. Auto Play - installation steps when you turn on (play or stop). Scroll Type - quite a unique feature scrolling song titles and tags, not only from left to right, but also from right to left and upward! Display Sync - connect option to view lyrics. Configuration - Firmware update function, icons and fonts.
Well Exit - without comment.
Well, how? I think these settings, you just enough, but more innovations on the quality of sound.
Sound
EMP-100 - is a unique device from DDEC. The fact that it has a function of 3D Sound. Now, in addition to the standard EQ settings, Normal, Pop, Rock, Classic, Live, and User added SRS, Tubas and WOW (Focus), each of which has the advanced settings tab in the system.
Incidentally, this is not too convenient - would be better if it was all in one place. Thanks to them, you really can enjoy rich surround sound, particularly with high-quality headphones. Incidentally, a set of headphones really liked - is clearly audible and the lower classes and the upper hand. There is no doubt that most headphones are sold separately will have a better sound, but not always included with the player can find such a high quality headphones.
Deserves special attention manual fivefold equalizer. If desired, you can become deaf to bass or break your eardrums from terrible squeak. Configure device can be as you see fit. With high-quality music and good headphones resting there even any 3D Sound-s!
Also wanted to say about the maximum volume of the player, because, alas, in the subway on many MP3 have to twist the volume to maximum. Believe me, of course it depends on the specific record, but the maximum speed here is that sometimes can and deaf.
Working with FM radio
I made an ulterior motive this item separately from the overall functionality of the player, because not be discussed separately for convenience of working with FM radio on this player would be simply a crime against the engineers DDEC. So easy and intuitive performance of this function, I've never met. All competitors have a rest - it's a fact! Usually, to understand the subtleties of recording FM stations in memory devisal had to take over the manual (not always in Russian) - so sloppy it was all sold. Here are all just wonderful!
Caught station with the joystick (left / right). Press the button Play / Pause for inclusion on the left side of the screen scrolling list with the numbers of cells for radios and record their employment and have chosen one of the twenty cells.
Clicking on the joystick to write in this box selected frequency player in any case ask you whether you really want to overwrite the information in the cell, receiving an affirmative answer from you to complete the action. Well, twenty memory cells are enough to keep almost all the FM radio stations, even in Moscow.
In addition, when working with radio, you can choose one of two modes - select joystick (left / right) with a frequency step 0.05MGts, or choose one of the recorded memory cells. On the mode shows a burning or extinguished Preset icon on the screen.
Record
Excellent sensitivity microphone! In addition, the record in MP3 format with configurable parameters of quality makes it a toy in quite serious equipment. I wish for another line audio input for connecting an external microphone, and in general the prices were!
Nutrition
Another zest EMP-100 is that it uses a built-in lithium-polymer battery, charged by USB port of your electronic friend.
First, because the lithium-polymer battery, then you should not be afraid to charge a half-filled state, i.e. not have discharged him before the end - with him nothing bad will happen.
Secondly, and most importantly - the player with a fully charged battery at medium volume with MP3 on a set of headphones worked for me ... 13 hours! And charge it took only 2 hours! Moreover, the charge device is not necessarily from the USB port - buy an adapter for device and that's that!
Outcome
Doubt - is a challenge. Call driver-y, and a worthy challenge! Find this player is not just cons. D-PRO BEATSOUNDS EMP-100 - a device that deserves attention! The cost of the player at the time of this writing - 180 USD
Pros:
stylish design;
Three in one - player voice recorder FM;
informative LCD display;
intuitive settings (all);
rich sound settings, 3D Sound;
High maximum sound volume;
ID3, Russian language;
comfortable setting FM radio;
built-in lithium-polymer battery;
a long time to work independently;
to use without drivers;
quality earphones included;
opportunity to rewrite and change the fonts / icons.
Cons:
not the most rich equipment for image devisal;
lack of feasibility of play lists;
D-PRO CENIX MP-400E
Specifications Supported audio formats MP3 / WMA Built-in Flash Memory 128 / 256 / 512 MB RAM (128MB on the test) Supports VBR (Variable Bit Rate) / MP3 8 Kb / s ~ 320 Kb / s Supports VBR (Variable Bit Rate) / WMA 5 Kb / s ~ 192 Kb / s Graphic LCD Display with 7-color light-saving option (USB Drive) Supports long filenames Ability to rewrite DSP Built-in voice recorder 524 / 1067 / 2134 min (test 524 minutes) Built -in FM Tuner 87.5 MHz ~ 108 MHz recording audio messages ADPCM for voice recorder / MP3 to FM radio protection against accidental pressing of buttons Built-in equalizer Pop / Rock / Classic / Jazz / User EQ Connect to PC USB 1.1 S / N ratio 90 dB Frequency Response 20 Hz - 20 KHz Output power 12 mW Power 1 AAA battery Dimensions 34 x 82.5 x 14.85 mm Weight 30 g (without batteries)
Options
In general, one complete set in one consistent with the previous model (headphones, USB cable, USB adapter, cervical cord, instructions in English and Russian, CD with software), but then felt a certain budget nature of a package - headphones even easier , the USB cable is not shielded, cervical cord most ordinary - silver.
Design and appearance
our model has a 128-S megabytes, and the maximum possible volume in the MP-400 only 512MB instead of 1GB like EMP-100. However, even this amount is enough for most people for their daily use.
Design player can be considered unique. The form of the silver plastic casing is very difficult to describe - better to look at photographs, but that where there are - to tell more in detail.
The front panel, as usual, a mirror, and in addition to the LCD panel bears the three buttons - Menu and a couple of Volume.
Buttons as Play / Stop / FF / REW / / - are combined in a single original disk manager on the upper side player. Play and Stop carried ordinary pressing, and the remaining functions of the rotational motion (not completely, but only compressed in one or the other, like a joystick). The only thing that did not like it - it chatter this key, which does not tally with the image devisal.
It is located on the upper side of the microphone hole and a loop for neck strap. Another pair of buttons (Red and Funky) located on one of the side faces of the player.
Hold button is on the reverse side, just below the battery cover.
But the headphone jack is located very unsuccessfully - in the bottom of the player. Especially original is the look when wearing this devisal neck :). Well, the location in this part of the rubber stoppers USB interface is quite logical.
Thus, the unusual design and somewhere even slightly revolutionary (i.e., with regard to management). So far the only negative noticed - the headphone jack.
Soft
the only programs that turned out to disk with the driver - Stigmata MSCN Audio Player, which is simply relish the player. A more proper and do not!
OPERATION
working with a computer no less simple than the player EMP-100 - as with an ordinary disk. If you have Windows ME and above, the driver is not needed. If the 98-th SE, then install them from disk.
LCD
Well, the first thing the player you will meet - it is the LCD screen. It lies second surprise (remember that the first - a control dial). Surprise is that the screen has the ability to switch between the seven colors of lights - red, yellow, purple, green, blue, blue, pink.
At first I did not even realize what color for the screen, because Handshake on the LCD display appears a dancing girl, and he begins to blink all of its possible colors.
The very same display is not as informative as that of EMP-100.
When playing files on the display, four lines. Upper (icon) - the volume of the figure and carriage, repeat mode, equalizer mode and charge the battery. Two middle line (the largest) - song title and tag file. Bottom line - the state (play / stop), the playing time and the number of songs. As you can see - on bit rate and codec, alas, no.
Yes, even the left side of the screen for each mode (player / radio / tape recorder) displayed its own square icon, eats off a quarter of the screen. In my opinion, you'd better go put more useful information.
While virtually all the DVR is the same, except that the icon repeat tracks disappeared, but the icon in the left-hand side changed. Well, instead of the serial number of songs displayed available recording time.
Mode FM radios in my opinion the most informative. This icon in the left part is missing, but there is a line of sliding frequency, information about the current frequency of the selected channel, the selection mode, channel / frequency, mono / stereo, volume control and battery charge.
General, it would be nice to add in all modes, and more on-screen display is locked Hold.
Well, the seven colors of the display - this is certainly great, but more informative display, this would not prevent ...
Management and opportunities
using the wheel in digital devisal - the idea is not new and, as practice shows, the thing is very convenient. Player CENIX MP-400 is not an exception. Within five minutes of getting used to managing. But do not argue that there are a lot of fans of an ordinary joystick instead of the wheel, but to each his own ...
Player menu is not as extensive as that of EMP-100 and contains a total of six points.
EQ - five equalizer settings (Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop and User). The biggest concern of course is User, as a fivefold equalizer, the same as that of the EMP-100, but with a different interface.
Repeat - Repeat four settings (Normal, One, and All, Random).
Delete - not the best way a function realized. Removal is carried out not with the search for the tree, but only on the proposed player overall list. Thus you see only one file from this list, click yes / no, and you offer the following file. Agree that it is not clear, and not too convenient.
System - are hidden by the language setting, the background lights (the seven colors), automatic switch-off time (five settings). It is worth noting that the Russian language does not appear as a class and title, and tags, and generally everywhere, but as far as we know, will soon be available in my firmware, and this "gap" will be corrected.
About - info on firmware version (in our case 2.10), as well as the free and maximum memory. And eternal Exit.
At the same time displayed on the screen are three icons on the menu. Crawling on the menu is carried out, obviously, with the wheel, and selects the desired item - pressing the Menu button beside the LCD screen. Some did not like the fact that when you exit any menu item always come to the EQ - the first paragraph of the main menu. It's just embarrassing.
That's actually all. Settings-poor and unable to satisfy the experienced user. For example, on fiches such as play lists, you can forget altogether. After all, the player can not even crawl on the directory - it simply removes the MP3 files from all folders, cross-cutting manner, except for the folder Voice. Who would you not say that such an organization is easier - do not believe, because this is nonsense! Yes, easier Mercedes, but this does not mean that he is better than him. Well, seven-color lights - is more bait for undemanding nick, for which the most important - external beauty, but not the internal functionality.
Next inconvenience that I have found - can not change the mode, for example, with the player on the radio when playing songs. While not stop it, alas, nothing happens. This occurs because the switching between modes of work is implemented click Funky. But this same button serves as switch modes Repeat song! Inconvenient. Incidentally, this same button (only long press) is responsible for switching between color backlight.
FM radio
the player is implemented very rare feature Autos can; however, as shown by tests, it is not desired. No, it is quite accurately captures the station, except for two or three mistakes, but cells in the player is only 20, and stations may be longer. It's easier to catch by hand and save the frequency.
What pleased, because it is easy and convenient maintenance frequencies of FM stations? Not so nice, as in the EMP-100, but no less convenient.
Oh, and the choice of frequency or recorded stations of the 20 memory cells - is also, of course, a plus.
However, there are drawbacks. Record music from radio format MP3 - Broken convention, because bit rate is not configurable, but by default it is below the plinth.
Sound
I would describe all so - the sound of a quality player, with the ability to set a clear bottom, the firm Quartet, as well as a set of headphones. Connecting better headphones drastically changes the picture in a positive direction. Especially this contributes to the manual EQ - irreplaceable thing for true audiophiles, because four standard-minded you will not be satisfied exactly.
Maximum speed as this player is fairly high, so that in the subway you can feel quite warm and fuzzy.
Record
Alas, but I think there is a serious flaw, a puncture, if you like - the recording of a voice recorder is only possible in the format ADPCM, therefore there is no parameter setting records. So as a voice recorder, this player will not fit - a fact and the microphone is not more than a toy. Well, what about the record from the radio, too, says it all. The result - an entry in this player is implemented on two points.
Nutrition
AAA size Alkaline batteries have enough hours in the nine-play MP3 files. There is nothing special - Suzette batteries, and you will be happy.
Outcome
In my opinion - this is not the best MP3 player from DDEC in terms of overall functionality. Design a stylish, interesting, but everything else as something ugly. So enjoy it just is not too demanding user. The cost of this model at the time of publication of material - 125 USD
Pros:
stylish design;
Three in one - a player voice recorder FM;
seven possible backlights LCD display;
High maximum sound volume;
comfortable setting FM radio;
to use without drivers;
to rewrite.
Cons:
recording voice recorder only format ADPCM;
recording from FM radio to MP3 with unregulated low quality;
not the most informative LCD display;
frail functionality;
lack of Russian language everywhere;
lack of feasibility of play lists;
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