D-link DMP-110 (32 MB) MP3 Player
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- Number of Songs: 8
- Usage: Music Recording
- Interface: USB
- Main Storage Type: Built-in Memory
- Expansion Slots: SmartMedia Card
- Storage Capacity: 32 MB
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Clicks, Pops, and Chirps
Pros
USB port, fits in a shirt pocket, expandable storage
Cons
Poor sound, poor user interface, poor tech support
Recommended it?
No
Is it too much to expect an mp3 player to be able to play mp3's? Apparently so.
I purchased a D-Link DPM-110 intending it as a present for my daughter. I loaded it up with music so that she could start using it immediately when she unwrapped it. I'm glad that I listened to it in advance because she would have been very disappointed.
In every mp3 transfer some noise appeared that wasn't there when I played the original mp3 on my PC. Sometimes it was just a few pops and chirps. At its worst the garbled track sounded like randomly tuning my AM radio dial.
So, I thought that I'd just reload the problem tracks. When I did that the original noise was gone but new noise appeared.
Note: I tried a second unit and it had the same garbling/noise problem as the first. I have been unsuccessful in getting a response from D-Link technical support via email.
Even if the sound quality were what I expected, I still would not have rated it highly for the following reasons:
When I plugged in the USB connector to the DMP-110, Windows 98 reloaded the driver. (Windows problem? Driver problem? I don't know. Usability problem? Yes.) This was resolved by a reboot.
The transfer application always starts in the My Documents directory on the C drive. That's not where I keep my mp3 files. I bet you don't keep yours there either. The transfer application incorrectly identifies files that are in use (e.g. playing on my PC mp3 player) as not existing.
There isn't an orientation mark on the player or the USB connector to show which way it should be inserted into the player. Yes, there's the physical stop that keeps you from putting it in the wrong way, but if there are two ways to do something and one of them is wrong, I always try the wrong way first.
I couldn't find any useful technical documentation. Neither the brochure (there's not enough there to call it a manual) that comes with the player nor the D-Link web site (which I finally found in very small type on an unnumbered page in the back of the brochure) has enough information for me to determine if I just had a couple of bad units or if there's a more widespread problem.
I returned the original unit the next day. I returned the replacement unit the day after.
I purchased a D-Link DPM-110 intending it as a present for my daughter. I loaded it up with music so that she could start using it immediately when she unwrapped it. I'm glad that I listened to it in advance because she would have been very disappointed.
In every mp3 transfer some noise appeared that wasn't there when I played the original mp3 on my PC. Sometimes it was just a few pops and chirps. At its worst the garbled track sounded like randomly tuning my AM radio dial.
So, I thought that I'd just reload the problem tracks. When I did that the original noise was gone but new noise appeared.
Note: I tried a second unit and it had the same garbling/noise problem as the first. I have been unsuccessful in getting a response from D-Link technical support via email.
Even if the sound quality were what I expected, I still would not have rated it highly for the following reasons:
When I plugged in the USB connector to the DMP-110, Windows 98 reloaded the driver. (Windows problem? Driver problem? I don't know. Usability problem? Yes.) This was resolved by a reboot.
The transfer application always starts in the My Documents directory on the C drive. That's not where I keep my mp3 files. I bet you don't keep yours there either. The transfer application incorrectly identifies files that are in use (e.g. playing on my PC mp3 player) as not existing.
There isn't an orientation mark on the player or the USB connector to show which way it should be inserted into the player. Yes, there's the physical stop that keeps you from putting it in the wrong way, but if there are two ways to do something and one of them is wrong, I always try the wrong way first.
I couldn't find any useful technical documentation. Neither the brochure (there's not enough there to call it a manual) that comes with the player nor the D-Link web site (which I finally found in very small type on an unnumbered page in the back of the brochure) has enough information for me to determine if I just had a couple of bad units or if there's a more widespread problem.
I returned the original unit the next day. I returned the replacement unit the day after.
