Aldi 2GB MP4 Player - EUR50 [Thur 12 July 2007]

shaneos

Aldi has a Tevion MP4 player (yes MP4! That's with video function!) for fifty euro from 12 July:

http://ireland.aldi.com/special_buys/productnl_2826.html

Don't know about quality, but the price is right!:o



Specs below:

* 2GB MP4 player available in Black, White or Transparent
* Sigmatel 3507 chipset solution
* Music format: MP4, WMA, WAV
* Video format: SMV (software supplied to convert AVI/ASF/MTV)
* Picture format: JPEG/BMP
* Digital Voice Recorder – format WAV. E-Book TXT
* 1.8" Colour screen 65K TFT
* USB 2.0 full speed
* FM radio
* Equalizer
* ID3 Supports title and lyrics display
* Folder based browsing
* Approximately 5.5 hours music playback and 3 hours video playback
* Accessories: AC charger, USB charger, Sennheiser earphones, software CD for conversion to SMV format, user manual, rubberised pouch

For video format what is SMV? Will it play DivX and XViD?

That Guy 901

Deleted User wrote:

For video format what is SMV? Will it play DivX and XViD?

Yes but you need to convert them to SMV first.

qwertz

According to the specs, USB Full Speed, not HI-Speed.
Full Speed is 12 Mbit/s (1.5 MB/s), Hi-Speed is 480 Mbit/s (60 MB/s).

Edit: and the manual says Hi-Speed.

Capt'n Midnight

manual http://www.fascin8.co.uk/support/5363.pdf

Technical specifications
MP3. WMA. WAV Music format
AMV Video format
JPG, BMP Picture format
256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB Storage capacity
1.8” color display , 128*160 matrix Display
85dB SNR
MIC internal record Record mode
WAV 20 hours for 256MB Record format/time
Support FM Function
20HZ-22KHZ Output frequency range
90*42*12 mm Size
3.7V rechargeable lithium battery Battery specification
USB2.0 PC slot
Win98SE/ME,Win2000,Win XP System requirement


shamelessly stolen from
http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?p=714525

alastair_doom

Aldi site/brochure doesnt say anything about mp3 compatibility. Hopefully its just an oversight, and this is the correct manual.

Dont think i'd enjoy converting 2gigs of music to a compatible format.

peckerhead

Gotta love some of those safety instructions....

�� [FONT=Arial,Arial]Do not throw the product into fire to avoid danger of explosion.

[/FONT]�� [FONT=Arial,Arial]Do not immerse into water or get soaked since the battery charging function will be lost.

[/FONT]�� [FONT=Arial,Arial]When charging the battery the [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]Power Switch [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]should be in the [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]ON [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]position. [/FONT]

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Amazing price, though. A pair of Sennheiser earbuds alone is usually about €20.[/FONT]

TerrorFirmer

I had 2 of these before, it wasn't Tevion, but its definitely the same player so I'm guessing its just a rebadge, can't remember the name of the one I had though, some weird name anyway. It was quite good, nice menus, video quality was decent and converted/played anything I put on it, but both of mine had problems with recharging after only a few days use - sometimes would, sometimes wouldn't....etc....

Rashers72

So did anyone pick one up + if so, are they any good?

Renegade_Archer

I got one - seems decent. Summary:
Hardware is a z80 and some hardware decompression chip.
Plays a proprietary video format called AMV. From googling, it appears to be some form of munged AVI.
Converter seems to work OK, no Linux solution as yet.
Plays mp3s.
Charges over USB. Appears as a USB mass storage device.
Can read .txts for use as ebook - not tried this yet.
Records voice. Quality usable.
Built in tetris game is not bad.
Mine came with the Axel Foley / Crazy Frog music video pre-installed.
Comes with a silicon sleeve, which fits it nicely and protects it somewhat.
It's small.
Built in FM Radio works OK. Picked up today fm on the bus. Can record radio.

spockety

Can't natively handle the formats the ad stated?
:rolleyes:

Renegade_Archer

I haven't tried wma music, as I don't have any - all my music is in .mp3.

The only video format it plays is AMV, it seems.

kdouglas

slightly off-topic but dont think it's worth starting a new thread for this:

did anyone get a pair of the tevion portable speakers they also have on sale? are they any use?

tadger71

Renegade_Archer wrote: »

I got one - seems decent. Summary:
Hardware is a z80 and some hardware decompression chip.
Plays a proprietary video format called AMV. From googling, it appears to be some form of munged AVI.
Converter seems to work OK, no Linux solution as yet.
Plays mp3s.
Charges over USB. Appears as a USB mass storage device.
Can read .txts for use as ebook - not tried this yet.
Records voice. Quality usable.
Built in tetris game is not bad.
Mine came with the Axel Foley / Crazy Frog music video pre-installed.
Comes with a silicon sleeve, which fits it nicely and protects it somewhat.
It's small.
Built in FM Radio works OK. Picked up today fm on the bus. Can record radio.

if you get to know how the text for ebooks works could you please let me know please .

If you haven't gotten it working after 4 years then I think it's time to give up!