In development of each technical novelty sooner or later there comes a stage when it passes from the category "unusual" and "surprising" in modest numbers of ordinary household things. MP3-pleery' on the basis of fle`sh-pamyati managed long enough to amaze the wide public in the modest sizes, a lot hranimoy music and very much with high quality of a reproduced sound. But time inevitably and now to surprise with such device it is complex even the inhabitant of the Russian remote places not too familiar with last achievements of progress in science and technics. MP3-pleer today practically has completely superseded itself «kassetniki», and a final victory over players on the basis of CD – only a matter of time. Clear business, that now struggle between manufacturers MP3-ustroystv has passed in absolutely other plane. One try to reach parity above competitors by means of price policy, and others persistently try to involve the buyer a huge set of additional functionalities (in the majority, alas, useless), refurbished notebooks used laptops bright design and the powerful advertising company. Production which is let out under brand Cowon iAUDIO, always had the certain propensity to the second approach, and the new model F even fallen to me into hands in the form of a sample unpacked, at once has made impression «navorochennosti». The black case stylized under a mobile phone, the beautiful multi-colour screen and a plenty of those functionalities testifies to one – before us the application for the decision of a high class. But we shall judge reliability of this judgement in the end of clause for now we look characteristics.
1, color (262K colors) JK, 1 x 1 points
MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, FLAC and WAV PCM (partially)
As it is already told above, the design of a player is executed « on an image and similarity » a mobile phone in a miniature. The idea of "mobilization" is completely not new, many manufacturers of players not tried "to mow" time under devices of cellular communication, and many is quite successful. For example,
Responses. However, iAudio F too to eat than brag. Very strong work of designers, real similarity to a mobile phone at preservation quite pleasant (even in something original) refurbished notebooks used laptops appearance. The black case with inserts of type "metallic" is looked very not bad, but loses the nearest competitors on convenience because of too big thickness a little. At the first survey the discontent causes an arrangement of buttons (all management is concentrated on the obverse panel). However, popol'zovavshis' a player some time, appears, that this decision is very successful, the size of buttons is optimum for pressing by a finger, and the grouped position does not stir, and relieves of necessity constantly, more likely, to search for buttons on different sides of the device, here all beside. Unique exception – the switch which is carrying out vklyuchenie\vy'klyuchenie and blocking of keys. For it the manufacturer too can write down with quiet soul to itself fat "plus". Very convenient decision, allowing one movement of a hand to switch off even the blocked device. On the top side of the case symmetrically settle down: a conclusion under headphones and a linear input, and from below – USB a socket of type mini-B for connection to the personal computer, closed zaglushkoy from a dirt and a dust, unlike the majority similar zaglushek, it is convenient, and to use a socket at all refurbished notebooks used laptops does not stir. Behind a player it is possible to notice also a small ledge, at first sight, similar on klipsu for fastening on a belt. But it is real to dreams of carry of a player on a belt or an edge of clothes to come true it is not fated, before us only original stylization of "ear" for shnurka on a neck.
Management iAUDIO F is constructed on the basis of six functional modes (music, video, record, radio, images, texts and adjustments) which choice is carried out through the main menu which is realized not so successfully. It turns out, that for switching a mode it is necessary to press the whole buttons – button Menu, then the button corresponding one modes (are located on a circle), and then to confirm a choice with button Ok, or repeated pressing of the corresponding button. The menu refurbished notebooks used laptops are Russified, but it is not so successful – the Russified items appear mixed up with original English.
As it has already been mentioned, for connection to the personal computer it is used standard mini-B a socket so problems with connection to arise should not. The adapter with mini-B on « big USB » can be found today practically in any place where there is a computer. But to USB it is yet enough hardware connection for record of music. The important role is played also with the report of an exchange. At the beginning of development MP3-pleerov the similar exchange could be carried out only by means of the special software, unique for each concrete player. Fortunately, those times have remained far behind, and almost all manufacturers (except for unless Sony and Apple) have realized necessity of unification of the report. Very much for a long time there is standard scheme UMS when the player is represented in system in the form of ordinary fleshdrayva and the user has an opportunity directly to copy music refurbished notebooks used laptops on the built in carrier of a player pofaylovo. From pluss of this approach – the maximal compatibility with various systems, an opportunity to write down music by means of any file manager and to use a player for carry of data. But this approach has pair lacks – selection of music by means of the file manager takes away little bit more time, than a choice from well sorted musical collection given by a specialized software, it will not turn out to synchronize « one button » pleylisty' between a desktop computer and a player or to select music for a player in the casual image. The alternative approach well-known company Microsoft with the initiative PlaysForSure offers, realizing support of absolutely new format of storage – MTP (Music Transfer Protocol), receiving the increasing distribution among manufacturers. For work with refurbished notebooks used laptops this report it is required native Windows Media Player or other musical program with support PFS (for example, WinAmp, since version 5.20, or even linuksovy'y Amarok, since version 1.4.4). Lacks MTP are obvious – it is impossible to copy music back from a player on the personal computer, not it is pleasant to all WMP, and with support MTP yet so it is a lot of programs. And to realize automatic work with music in a player it is possible and on the basis of UMS, not « fencing a kitchen garden » with the new report of connection. We shall leave it on conscience Microsoft, not about it now conversation. The hero of our today's review has shown miracles of political correctness and has shown support of both standards that will please both admirers WMP, and fans to copy music pofaylovo. Switching between UMS and MTP is carried out in adjustments of a player though it is possible to refurbished notebooks used laptops tell, certainly, that the choice of type of connection would be more logical to make during the moment of connection, instead of through the menu, but it already cavils.
The important characteristic is also speed of data exchange, that at great volumes of memory of a player can become one of the most important. Not everyone will agree to wait for half an hour while all chosen audiocollection will move from a hard disk to memory of the device, especially when it is time to leave urgently, and in road expect to hear favourite music. Fortunately, USB 2. for a long time became the standard, only it is impossible to forget, that under inscription USB 2. specification Full Speed which is giving out no more of mbyte a second can disappear. But even refurbished notebooks used laptops if the player works as high-grade High Speed, the disorder of high-speed parameters can be very high from 2-2, Mb/s (players on SigmaTel) up to Mb per second. (at the some people Telechips the previous generation). Our today's ward has shown the average results which have averaged Mb per second on data reading and 4, Mb per second on record. Not bad, but also to praise here there is nothing.
One of the most pleasant moments of players from Cowon is the wide spectrum of support of various audioformats. Besides complete support of standard audioformats of compression with losses – MP3, WMA and OGG (though for many users and one MP more than enough) there is a partial support not compressed WAV PCM and an opportunity of playing of the audiocodec typing popularity lost-free FLAC refurbished notebooks used laptops (Free Lossless Audio Codec). In a combination with gigabaytami onboard at the senior model, it becomes the extremely tempting offer for those who is frightened with distortions, vnosimy'e algorithms of audiocompression with losses.
ID Tags in a standard insertion 0.90b were displayed not always correctly, but after updating till 1. almost all mistakes have disappeared, except for the rare case connected with tags, containing pictures when the picture is displayed, but does not disappear after change of a track. But, considering complete support of tags MP (including yunikodny'e), WMA and OGG, it is quite possible to forgive such trifle.
Audiopath, and in particular its quality – one of the most important characteristics on which in most cases estimate a player. Thus to hear a difference in sounding between modern models of players frequently it is difficult even to professionals, and impressions of the ordinary user "armed" by complete headphones, will depend on everything, but only not from real quality of an audiopath. Considering the aforesaid, on the first place there is not real, objective, a quality of a sound, and its subjective perception provided various equalizer, functions of a three-dimensional sound and strengthening of basses. Just in refurbished notebooks used laptops this area at F it is possible to observe full "forcemeat" - prisetov an equalizer, set of functions « improvements of a sound ». To describe each of them of special sense I do not see, but all of them it is thin are adjusted under a concrete ear or are disconnected absolutely. It is a lot of beautiful effects, and whether they are necessary – to solve to the concrete listener.
However, and from the point of view of "pure" quality of an audiopath, all is very quite good. The sound pure, without visible distortions, sounds precisely, the frequency characteristic on hearing quite equal. It is necessary to check up
Non-uniformity ACHH (from Hz up to kGc), dB:
The rare player can be met today without an opportunity, something to write down. Practically all modern models have the built in microphone, almost each player equipped by a radiotuner, is able to write down a radio signal, and the selected models (to which the hero of our review concerns also) have in stock also a linear input for numbering music from an external source. It refurbished notebooks used laptops allows to write down music in memory not only from a computer, but also, say, with CD-proigry'vatelya, the old tape recorder or even with stary'h-dobry'h vinylic plastinok. Considering, that at many raritetny'e musical records are stored in this kind, presence of a linear input can be useful very much.
Record of audio is made in a player exclusively in format WMA. However its application in this area is rather disputable. On the one hand, use Windows Media Audio for record of a voice allows to achieve better quality in comparison with standard MP (I am silent about the bad memory WAV ADPCM, used in many devices on the basis of SigmaTel) on low bitreytah. On the other hand, despite of all diligence Microsoft, WMA is not the standard format supported anywhere and everywhere so with reproduction of the written down data in the further there can be problems. The range bitreytov, unfortunately, too is insignificant – 64-1 Kbit/s, for all modes: a linear input, a voice, radio (for each mode it is refurbished notebooks used laptops exposed separately, but a range the general). It is very insulting, that is not present absolutely low bitreytov where it would be possible though somehow to justify application WMA. And higher at record with Line-In obviously would not prevent. Quality of record from the built in microphone – below an average, is not so precisely audible a voice already on distance of 2- meters. At attempt of record of a seminar from the fourth of some a voice of the lecturer has been indiscernible. Thus there are two modes of loudness of a microphone – low and high (between them I have not noticed a special difference) and autosynchronization of 1- seconds which works in "fighting" conditions very indistinctly. Though to demand from MP3-pleera very much high quality of record, I think, it is impossible (for such purposes dictophones buy), but on obvious flaws are present, and it is necessary to mention them.
In our refurbished notebooks used laptops country of radio takes a special place. To it listen in the machine and in the bus, on work and houses, even leaving on picnic, on the nature, our person seldom forgets to take with itself the true friend – a radio receiver. For this reason almost all MP3-pleery', delivered on territory of the CIS, have the built in radiotuner. And though since those times when memory of players was limited to 1 mbytes, and got there all a little favourite pesenok which obeyed before including few times radio, has passed already a lot of time. Today's MP3-ustroystva frequently possess the whole gigabaytom, and sometimes even two or to four, the urgency of radio at nadoedanii the "" music has not disappeared. However, objectively to speak about quality of realization of radio refurbished notebooks used laptops it is complex. In one place reception of a signal can be precise and clear, and in other - to be poured by all spectrum of possible handicapes. To consider all the factors influencing reception, for a week allocated on testing, it is not obviously possible and consequently it is necessary to be content with subjective sensations.
Acquaintance to radiotuner Cowon iAUDIO F at me has begun with autoscanning channels, the awful process caused through the menu of adjustments, to stop which before full end it is categorically impossible. Besides scanning very badly works, or passes the necessary channels, or finds superfluous (duplicates of normal channels with handicapes). Therefore a unique normal way to use a radiotuner – the manual task and preservation of frequency which, the truth, too is carried out by not trivial image. For preservation for us is available the whole slota, is where to clear up, and the choice of frequencies is very convenient – by refurbished notebooks used laptops pressing button OK, there is a list of all kept frequencies and to choose necessary, it is not necessary to touch all of them consistently. To a word, reception of the channels hammered manually, has seemed to me very good, and support of reception of a stereosignal has added positive impressions.
The standard module of readout of time realizes an opportunity of hours which are conveniently deduced on the main screen of reproduction in a player and can be useful, if you for any reasons do not carry naruchny'e. Other opportunity, an alarm clock, just will be hardly really useful to someone, unless to those who likes to sleep in headphones. But on the timer record of broadcastings that is very pleasant when the long-awaited broadcast suddenly appears during very inconvenient time also is realized.
Almost any modern player can brag of an opportunity of viewing text refurbished notebooks used laptops zametok. Many manufacturers try to assure us that their devices are quite suitable for reading electronic books, but in practice usually it appears impossible. Once again confirming, Cowon iAUDIO F will offer us preservation of a position in the text and even an original find – transition to the certain symbol in a file, the truth, having forgotten that the normal book contains usually more, than 150 symbols, that for our player a limit. Absence of support yunikoda too does not cause a rough applause, and it is not necessary to forget, that poorly what normal electronic books can be found in a format usual txt-fayla.
The player, following fashionable today to tendencies, is able to lose for videoclips also. It is assured, that there is a support of reproduction MPEG without code conversion, but codec XviD with narrow enough set of parameters is really supported only: 256-3 Kbit/s and only staff in a second. It is complex to present, that the manufacturer really counted, that someone will buy a player with 1, » the display for viewing rollers. Most likely, before us that case when absolutely refurbished notebooks used laptops unnecessary function realized in the chip, it was easier to manufacturer of a player to not touch than to exclude.
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