01-31-2010, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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MP3 on PB 360?
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I was fooling around with some new themes on my Pocketbook 360 and I noticed that some of them included an icon for the music function included with the PB301. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it and found that it brought up a music player that quickly detected the mp3s on my sd card. Nothing much seemed to happen when I selected mp3s from within the player. When I selected an mp3 from within the file manager, however, I got a little music note icon at the bottom of the screen, seemingly indicating that the mp3 was being played. My question is: does the PB360 have the hardware capabilities to play mp3s or is this simply vestigial firmware? Woud it be possible to hook up a usb to 3.5 mm audio adaptor and, perhaps combined with some hackery of the firmware, listen to mp3s? Luqman |
01-31-2010, 05:57 PM | #2 |
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The icon is included and in fact PB360 could theoretically play mp3 files, but there is no lineout for a headset or earhearers.
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02-01-2010, 02:18 AM | #3 |
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There is also MP3 functionality which you can select in Settings / key assignments.
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02-01-2010, 09:44 AM | #4 |
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So, is there anyway to adapt the usb port into an audio out port? Some cell phones use an adapter to do just this.
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I don't think so - afaik, software of PB 360 does not have mp3 player in it...
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02-01-2010, 04:08 PM | #6 |
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There is definitely mp3 player software on the PB 360. It can be brought up either by selecting a theme that includes the Music Player (i.e. a 301 theme) or by selecting an MP3 from the file browser. I am curious as to whether it is possible to send the output to a pair of head phones connected via an adapter attached to the USB port,
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02-09-2010, 04:18 AM | #8 |
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i think MP3 is best.
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02-20-2010, 06:12 PM | #9 |
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Shouldn't that be discarded in a new firmware update? I mean, if the device can't play them, it seems unnecessary to make it detect MP3 files.
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02-21-2010, 03:02 AM | #10 |
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The firmware is "generic" across a range of different devices. It just so happens that the PB301 has audio output, but the 360 doesn't. The MP3 playing capability is there for the 301.
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02-22-2010, 11:10 AM | #11 |
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As far as I know, the 360° lacks a sound chip entirely so there's no way to get the mp3 to play anyway.
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02-22-2010, 04:38 PM | #12 |
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Yes, but even then... an effort should be made to differentiate the firmwares further, as not to provoke confusions like this one.
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