Digitalway MPIO FL100 128 MB MP3 Player

Digitalway MPIO FL100 128 MB MP3 Player

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Meet the Winner of iF Design Award 2003 and Innovation Design Award 2003. The FL100 with hi-tech mirror finished sleek design has many great functions crammed into its small body.

7 Pre-configured Equalizer Modes and 5 Bands
Customize Sound with 7 EQ Modes (Flat, Pop, Jazz, Classic, Vocal, Dynamic Bass) and Custom 5 Band User EQ settings.

4 Line Full Wide Graphic LCD
Shows you all the information you need such as scrolling ID3 tag artist/song/album name, battery status, track duration, settings and so on. The cobalt blue Led Backlight is useful in dark environments.

Powerful MPIO Manager2
Includes ID3 tag editor, PC Audio function, Intro logo editor, FM Station editor, Skin Switch function, size control function, and auto Firmware upgrade function. User-friendly interface adds ease of use.

Fully Compatible with Windows XP
The MPIO FL-100 drivers are authenticated by Microsoft for use with XP.

Integrated FM Radio with Recording Function/Voice Recorder with Built in MIC
Record directly from the built-in FM radio or the built-in MIC.

SD (Security Digital)/ Multi Media Card (MMC) Slot for Memory Expansion
Memory cards up to 256 MB.

Multi-Format Player
Supports MP3, WMA, MPEG-2, -2.5; ASF.

Latest RealOne Player Included on the Setup CD
Famous multimedia plug-in by Real Networks co which features MP3 encoding (320 Mbps), animation replay, PC audio, CD-R writing, and Internet Radio.

16 pi Hi-Fi Sound Earphones
Provide fuller fidelity and better bass.

Multi-Language Support
Both the player and the remote are capable of displaying characters in most common languages including English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese.

Firmware Upgrade
Upgrade your MPIO with newly released firmware to evolve.

11 Hours Non-Stop Playing Time
On 1 AAA Alkaline battery.

Unlimited Folder Function
Create folders by Artist, Genre, and Album etc.

Powerful Search Function
Navigate other files while playing a file.

Data Storage Function
Equivalent to 88 floppy disks.

Included Accessories
User's manual, 16 PI High Efficiency Earbuds, CD-ROM with MPIO Manager2 and RealOne player, AAA battery, USB cable, Carrying Case, Hand Strap.

Product Description:
Though it's a portable player, this MPIO FL100 MP3 Player with Radio and Voice Recorder does it all. It offers 128 MB of internal memory and has a memory expansion slot for SD or MMC formats. You can store music from your collection, record directly from the included FM tuner or use the internal microphone for recording lectures or meetings. Organizing data is a snap too with the included powerful MPIO Manager 2 that includes an ID3 tag editor, PC audio function, intro logo editor, FM station editor, size control function, and auto Firmware upgrade function. You can make as many folders as you wish with the unlimited folder function to organize your music by artist, album or genre to be downloaded to the player. Enjoy 11 hours of playback with just one AAA battery and excellent sound with the included high-quality earphones and 7-mode EQ. Customize your own EQ modes, too. Both PC and Mac compatible, the FL100 also includes a USB port for a quick download speed of 4.5 MB per second and a 3-line, backlit, full-graphic LCD display that shows track information in several languages including English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Also includes user manual, USB cable, carrying case and hand strap. Available storage capacity may vary.

Digitalway MPIO FL100 128 MB MP3 Player
Average customer rating:

Do not buy

Good, for a little while....

caveat emptor

Do not purchase this product

FL100 is frustrating junk

Digitalway MPIO FL100 128 MB MP3 Player

Manufacturer: Digitalway
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

128 MB built-in memory

3-line, backlit, full-graphic LED display shows track information in several languages including English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese

Features built-in FM tuner and microphone for voice recording

Includes manual, set-up CD-ROM, USB cable, earphones, AA battery, carrying Case, and hand strap

Compatible with Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, and MacOS X

ASIN: B00008V6NI

Product Description

Digitalway introduces a new style, MPIO Look!! This small and simple Mirror type FL100 features, however, various functions. You can enjoy FL series of Digitalway including FM, voice recording, expansion spots. Digitalway considers MP3 player as an audio system. When small part is selected, the most important thing is a sound. You can find the result in FL100. 7-type EQ mode (Flat, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Vocal, Dynamic Bass) and 5-band user EQ setting mode are provided. Despite small size, FL100 provides perfect screen. You can find all the features of player in 3 Line Graphic LCD. Indigo blue LED Backlight provides much clearer and beautiful screen than previous EL Backlight. Basically, powerful MPIO manager2 includes ID3 tag editor, PC Audio function, Intro logo editor, FM Station editor, Skin Switch function, size control function, and auto Firmware upgrade function. With the new graphic design and convenient user interface you can enjoy downloading the file from PC. FM radio and microphone are imbedded in FL100. In addition to voice recording through imbedded microphone, it supports FM radio recording. FL100 provides the expansion slot for the next generation SD card. Also you can use the existing multi media card. FL100 of 128MB may be expanded to 384MB. You can show multi-languages. FL100 can indicate all the foreign languages including English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese. You can make the folder as you wish. FL100 supports the unlimited folder function. You can make the folder by artists, album and genre and download to FL100. You can listen to music and search the file at the same time in the player. FL100 is a very big-sized floppy disk. One FL100 can store the data of 88 floppy disks.

Customer Reviews:

Do not buy.......2006-05-26

This is a terrible, terrible product. I have had problem after problem with it. It now sits idle on my desk. Just search for the product problems in Google and you could spend a week reading the forums on it. I will never buy another MPIO device.

Good, for a little while...........2006-04-11

I bought this a year and a half ago. Midway into using it the software program kept on freezing up and crashing. You would get a few songs on this thing, and then it would erase them while trying to add more. It isn't drag and drop, making it impossible to add songs without this faulty program.

Don't get an mp3 from a company that cannot provide good support. All their firmware, etc. for this product does not work.
I had to buy a new player. this one was terrible!

caveat emptor.......2006-03-21

I purchased the digitalway mp3 player and it "locked up" after a months use. Ireturned it and got another and it locked up . The store gave me a third and it did the same. The company does not respond when notified.

Do not purchase this product.......2006-03-09

Words cannot express how much trouble the MPIO gave me even when i purchased it twice in order to attempt to give it a fair chance.

FL100 is frustrating junk.......2006-02-05

AVOID THIS PRODUCT. A one star rating is too high.

I wish my son had read some of these reviews before he recommended this piece of junk to my wife for my birthday present. I hate to tell him he wasted a LOT of money and I am throwing this gift in the garbage.

I have battled with it for nearly 2 years. My W98 system started acting strange shortly after I tried to get the MPIO manager working properly. I bought a new computer some months ago but my new super dooper Compaq with XP isn't doing much better. The MPIO manager still doesn't work properly but least it doesn't seem to be adversly affecting the rest of the computer. I suppose this is a plug for XP, it resists other sofware trying to wreck it.

I have tried many iterations of the order of switching on the player, calling the MPIO manager, rebooting the computer, and conecting the USB. None works very often. Some work briefly sometimes, and then the MPIO manager hangs (W98 would hang too!!) and has to be killed with the XP task manager (or power off the computer!!). It can take hours of frustration to get a few MP3 files transferred.

FIles put on with the MPIO manager may play in the wrong order (consistently) which spoils classical symphonies and the like.

Files put onto the SD card using the computer's card reader won't play. (I got two SD cards for it as presents on my next birthday).

Files put on the card by the MPIO manager stop playing if rearranged using the computer's card reader.

I persisted because
1. It was a gift and I don't want to hurt the giver.
2. I am an old man and hence I think everything is my fault and will work if I can only get it right.

The record button has stopped working (a feature I specifically wanted).

The SD card door won't stay closed without a piece of sticky tape.

The manual is hard to understand.

There is nothing usefull on the web site

I am very sad and disappointed.

ps. The FM radio works well.

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