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In July 2004 edition of PC Pro, 6 flash memory mp3 players were tested and the mpio fl-100 came out at the top, scoring 5 stars out of 6.
"The mpio-fl100 is still a big seller and for good reason. It's the size of a small matchbox, yet you can squeeze in an extra 512MB of memory thanks to it's unique SD/MMc card slot. Excise addicts will appreciate the well laid-out controls, which can be easily reached when rummaging through layers of clothing" Pc Pro - July 2004
This player has come down in price and like the rio cali still has a major advantage over other flash players, which only have inbuilt flash memory. These days, you can find 128MB of SD memory for between £15 - £20. If your going to buy a flash player, then it makes sense to buy a player with memory expansion.
Also the fl-100 quite rightly won the prestigious IF design award and CES Innovations Award, and mpio are innovators in the portable digital player market.
The sound quality of the Digitalway mpio fl100 mp3 player is both crisp and clear. It manages to deliver in every area, providing a wide range of features including a useful FM Radio and audio recording (this feature also allows you to record the radio).
It has 7 different graphic EQ settings from flat, rock, pop, jazz, classical, dynamic bass and vocals. In addition you can create your own EQ settings.
This player is lightweight and pocket sized. It's about the length of a cigarette lighter, though slightly wider. As you can see from the larger pictures, the mpio is gifted in the aesthetics stakes - this an extremely cute player and the camera doesn't lie.
Every detail right down to the opening slot for the battery, is user friendly, robust and slick.
The sea-saw volume control is robust and responsive to the touch, giving you control by feel with no need to get the player out of your pocket to adjust the volume. Likewise the user friendly "forward" and "rewind" dial on the side allows you to skip tracks, fast forward/rewind to a specific parts in the track.
The FM radio has surprisingly good reception and sound quality, allowing you to save stations. Available with 128mb/256mb/512mb internal memory, the memory is expandable using SD/MMC removable memory meaning you can increase the memory capacity by a further 512MB and with SD memory getting cheaper every day it's nice option.
The backlit blue LCD is similar to other MPIO screens. It is small, easy to read, and displays most of the important information. In all, the LCD can show EQ mode, track number/total tracks, elapsed time, file name (artist/song), file format, stereo levels, bitrate, play/repeat mode, track length, battery level, hold function, and memory card usage.
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"The Digitalway MPIO FL100 is one of the more full-featured flash-based MP3 music players, and it's easy to operate, thanks to ergonomic button placement and a quality display. With an FM radio, voice recording, and expandable memory all packed into its tiny frame, the FL100 should be on any digital-music fan's list....."
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"So at the end of the day, what's the verdict? Well if you want a small MP3 player... look no further. This is it, the ESSENTIAL MP3 player to date. It is small, light, takes regular batteries, has solid sound, and is expandable through the SD slot."
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Moderate Design, Various Functions |
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The new style L Series has a small and simple Mirror type interface. Various functions include FM Radio, Voice Recording, and Expansion Slots. |
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Graphic EQ ! |
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7 type EQ mode (Flat, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Vocal, Dynamic Bass) and 5 band user EQ setting mode are provided. |
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3 Line Full Graphic LCD |
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Despite it's small size, FL100 provides a perfect visual interface. You can find all the features of the player in the 3 Line Graphic LCD. Indigo blue LED Backlight provides a much clearer screen than previous EL Backlighting. |
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More Powerful MPIO manager2 |
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Includes an ID3 tag editor, PC Audio function, Intro logo editor, FM Station editor, Skin Switch function, size control function and auto Firmware upgrade function. |
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No Trouble for Windows XP . |
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Window XP can cause connecting trouble into a PC by the driver authetification system. But MPIO completely solves XP trouble by obtaining the formal authetification for XP Driver. |
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FM and Voice Recording function |
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An FM radio and Microphone is embedded in the FL100. In addition to voice recording through an embedded microphone, it supports FM radio recording. |
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Supporting SD/MMC slot - memory expansion possibilities. |
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FL100 provides the expansion slot for the next generation of SD cards. Also you can use existing MMC multi media cards. FL100 128MB can be expanded to 384MB. . |
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Supports Multi Format ! |
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16 pi hi-fi sound earphone ! |
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You can hear the muffled bass sound by 16 pi hi-fi earphone from the carefully set main player. |
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Supporting Multiple languages |
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You can show multiple languages. FL100 can indicate all the foreign languages including English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese |
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Firmware Upgrade |
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MPIO has and upgrade environement by adding download software to the function of Firmware Upgrade. |
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11 hours Replay |
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Long replay times are a trademark of Digitalway. 11 hours can be replayed with 1 AAA size battery |
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Unlimited folder function |
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You can create folders. FL100 supports an unlimited folder function. You can make the folder by artists, album and genre and download it to FL100. |
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Search & Listen! - Powerful Search Function |
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Now you can listen to music and search for a file at the same time. Enter into the Navigation Mode. You can surf other music files in every folder and select the next music file. |
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Data Storage function |
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FL100 is a very big-sized floppy Disk. One FL100 can store the data of 88 floppy disks. |
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Size |
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40(W) x 79.5(H) x 14.2(D)mm |
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Weight |
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41.5g (excluding battery) |
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Replay file format |
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MP3 (8~320 Kbps), MPEG-2, MPEG-2.5 WMA (5~192 Kbps), ASF |
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Indication of File information |
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MP3 file : ID3 tag Version 1, Version 2 are supported
WMA : Tag Informations, Microsoft DRM are supported |
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Internal memory |
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64/128/256MB nand type flash memory |
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Expasion memory slot |
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SD (MMC) : 16/32/64/128/256 MB |
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PC connection |
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USB V1.1 |
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File transmission speed |
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About 4.5 Mbps |
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Battery |
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1 'AAA' size alkaline battery
Consecutive replay time : about 11 hours |
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LCD |
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FSTN type graphic LCD (indigo blue LED backlight)
(132 x 48 pixel : 3 Line)
Supporting multi-language : more than 30 languages
(English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese(simplified, traditional), other European language) |
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Earphone jack |
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3.5mm |
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Output |
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12 mW (in case of maximum sound: each channel (left, right) : 6 mW ) |
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Output Registance |
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16 Ohm |
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Frequency Band |
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20 Hz - 20 KHz (Error Range : +/- 3 dB) |
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signal-to-noise ratio |
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85dB (with JIS-A filter) |
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Distortion rate |
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Less than 0.1% ( use of JIS-A filter) |
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Supporting O/S |
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Windows: Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000, XP
MacOS: MacOS X ( 10.1 ) |
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Provided Plug-in |
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Mac I-tunes3 plug in, Windows Media player plug in, RealOne player plug in. are provided |
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Firmware Upgrade |
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Possible |
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FM Radio |
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Frequency Band : 76~108 MHz
Output: 10mW ( in case of maximum sound: each channel : 5 mW )
signal-to-noise ratio: 45 dB |
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Voice Recording |
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Voice Recording & FM Recording : ADPCM G.721 |
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