Dimensions: approx. 5 x 7.5 cm (2 x 3")

Device mounts as USB mass storage device.

No DRM, but no formats other than MP3 + WMA (audio) and MP4 (video) with MP2 (audio track) (i.e. no AAC).

Supports .lrc (lyrics subtitles).

The manual only describes the GUI, nothing more. No technical data. No further information.

According to some postings, the battery capacity is believed to be 3 h (video), 6 h (audio). Charging via USB (but not via the computer, as far as I can tell). The "AC adapter" has a mains plug and a USB socket. It seems that if a computer is detected on the other end of the USB cable, the device does not switch to charge mode. Only the "dumb" AC adapter seems to work.

The enclosed AVI converter software is for Windows only. But as it turns out, it's just a GUI for an old Windows Mencoder version. It took me some time to get the mencoder options, but they work under Linux as well.

The "ebook" function: well, the unit can display ASCII files... somehow.

There are some usability issues (black text on dark blue background, charging issue) and I miss a bookmark feature for podcasts.

There is an option "Firmware update", but I haven't found any so far on the manufacture's website.

Hello vimico,

Would it be possible to receive mencoder options you used to create avi files for the device. My little girl has one and i would like to access the device from my Linux box.

Best regards,

Yves

I have a similar unit, but not exactly the same. The screen on mine is 128x128 pixels, but the video decoder is equally picky about what it will display.

Take a look at some of the mencoder options suggested here:
http://www.sprocketandlube.com/shownews/item/67

They don't quite work for me, but I'm experimenting with some variations.

I'm also using mediainfo to analyze a sample video that came with the player so that I can see when my conversions have a matching format/codec signature. mediainfo is available from http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Good luck!

These are the mencoder options I use:

mencoder -noodml INPUTFILE -of avi -o OUTPUTFILE -ofps 20 -vf-add scale=SCALEX:SCALEY -vf-add expand=320:240:-1:-1:1 -srate 44100 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=VIDEOBITRATE:max_bframes=0:quant_type=h263:me_quality=4 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=AUDIOBITRATE

Where

• VIDEOBITRATE is 450, 500, or 600 (low, medium, high quality)
  [*}AUDIOBITRATE is 64 or 128 (low, high)
• SCALEX:SCALEY is 320:240 for 4:3 ratio, and 320:180 for 16:9
• source file must contain a stereo audio track - otherwise playback becomes very slow