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HBM30 bluetooth music player handsfree questions |
chris.oleary
Joined: Oct 09, 2002
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Hi, I've searched the forum and the SE website for these answers but have not been successful so I hope you don't mind me asking.
Does the HBM30 come with a rechargeable battery and if so, can you charge it using a standard SE charger?
Is there any way to get music onto the player itself other than direct from source recording - ie could I put stuff on the MS Duo and transfer to the player?
Does the player support 128MB MS Duo?
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l6gtv
Joined: Apr 24, 2003
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The HBM-30 comes with no battery. You have to use a AAA battery, I recommend buying a rechargable battery. Therefore the player does not charge off the phone (I wish it did).
You can copy mp3 files straight onto a Duo Stick. As long as you have a reader. 128 MB should work.
You can only record onto Magic Gate sticks, which applies also to playing ATRAC3 files on a non-Magic Gate stick.
Hope that helps.
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ac
Joined: Feb 09, 2003
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From: India
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One more question... does the HBM-30 have any in-built memory or is it dependent ONLY on MSDuo ? |
BobaFett
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Hej! What does HBM 30 cost in d UK? Any1? Thx ps: send me PM pls, if poss :-)
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l6gtv
Joined: Apr 24, 2003
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Nope, it depends on the Duo Stick.
I bought player from e-bay for £153. He is now selling it for £144.
http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=leadingbiz&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50
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chris.oleary
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Cheers for the replies. The UK site says it comes with a battery, that confused me, so I rang them and the retard operator kept asking me which phone I was using and what network I was on, which was immaterial so I don't trust their phone advice - although they said it did come with a battery.
For the person who asked about internal memory, it does have internal memory, but I haven't found out how much yet. This is the memory that the from source recording ATRAC3 records to.
I've searched for prices, and the cheapest in the uk I could find was http://l8shop.net/Products/Original-Sony-Ericsson-Bluetooth-Music-Handsfree-HBM-30-3134.asp?a at £165.84 from a legitimate online store that I have used before. Yes it's also on ebay cheaper, if you want to use ebay. |
chris.oleary
Joined: Oct 09, 2002
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Anyone know if the player is compatible with MS Duo Pro?
Just got mine and it does have an AAA battery with it. |
Bergan
Joined: Jan 16, 2004
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Do you know if it is possible to copy ATRAC3 files to the memory stick from the computer? |
prgg
Joined: Feb 05, 2003
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From: UK
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How are you chaps getting on with Batt life, I have experimented with Rechargeable and normals and teh results are not great
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JoaoJoao
Joined: Aug 03, 2003
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"AAA" included(non rechargeable)
no internal mem. on unit(64MB MGduo in box)
ATRAC from PC using MS drive(file must be called "MP3")
batt life good(20 hours play back)but dependant on calls you receive! |
chris.oleary
Joined: Oct 09, 2002
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I got mine and I'm not impressed at all so far. It only reads MP3s encoded at 96kb/s or above which means I have to re-do most of mine which were done at 56kb/s meaning less music per MS Duo. Not only that, but it only works with those encoded with Real player, not Musicmatch - although the user guide says that one of the MP3 encoders which it supports is Musicmatch.
The battery supplied was rubbish, it only gave me about 2 hours playing time, I'm hoping for better performance from a shop bought battery.
As for the storage, it says this on the SE website
A free and easy digital music player and Bluetooth™ wireless mobile phone handsfree all in one. You have hours of your favourite music in a stylish mini music player. Hours more on a spare super slim removable Memory Stick® Duo. And the headphone unit as your reliable handsfree. The handsfree microphone is built into the HBM-30. When a call comes in, your music mutes. When a call ends, it plays on. The HBM-30 works independently of your phone and is very easy to use. It has familiar controls and all the functions you expect from a cutting edge digital music player.
Although it's not very well worded, that to me suggests that there is internal storage as well as the MS Duo. Anyone found this yet?
[ This Message was edited by: chris.oleary on 2004-01-21 09:31 ] |
chris.oleary
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I'm selling mine on ebay now at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3383724862 if anyone is interested. |
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