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(15 customer reviews) 53 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Great product because of opensource support,
August 30, 2005 James Corcoran - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rockford Fosgate Omnifi DMP1 20GB Jukebox Car Digital Media Player Kit (Electronics)
Before going into my review. I must say that my rating for this product is a 5 only because of the open source software (openfi) that is available to replace the stock software.
[...]As far as I know, there's no other device in this price range that has the capabilities or user-based support that the DMP1 does.
The Stock Software
The DMP1 comes with some pretty poorly written software. It gets the job done. I can easily say it lacks something to be desired.
It also requires proprietary synching software (called simple center) to be installed on a PC. There are modified versions of the software which will run on Macs and user-developed software for Linux. As far as I know omnifi has no official support for any platform other than Windows. Music can be added to the drive either by connecting it to your computer through the provided USB cable, or through an optional wifi (802.11b) adapter.
Simple Center converts your mp3s and wmas into a proprietary...Read more
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Well, I like it.,
July 25, 2005 K. Snow "Kenny" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rockford Fosgate Omnifi DMP1 20GB Jukebox Car Digital Media Player Kit (Electronics)
I have had this installed in my car for about a month now, and I am thrilled with it. You have your complete mp3 collection with you all the time, and it is accessable within about 30 seconds of starting your car. The interface is decent at least, and if you set up playlists it works even better. Your mp3's get syncronized every night with your computer, although I would recommend having a secondary computer for your mp3 server, as SimpleCenter (the sync software) is pretty memory intensive, even when it isn't doing anything. (bloated javaware)
You will need your MP3 tags to be accurate and organized, SimpleCenter can help you do this (although there are much better ways to do that, MusicMatch software for one).
I love it. No more FM modulation, no more using my Zen in the car. It's built into the dash (any car-sound system place can install it for you, it really isn't a bad install as long as you have a place for the face plate).
If you are...Read more
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Another great product idea that was implemented poorly,
September 4, 2005 Sugar Britches "Jack Ruby built the Pyramids" (North Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rockford Fosgate Omnifi DMP1 20GB Jukebox Car Digital Media Player Kit (Electronics)
This is a great product idea. However, the functionality is pretty poor. The menu system is weak, crashes fairly often (requires the harddrive to be ejected and put back in,) there's no fast forward or rewind capability while an mp3 file is playing, the server software is not very good, the unit only does .11b wireless and the firmware/OS update support is almost zero. I think the last firmware update available for this product is from 5/2004.
When you have a 20GB disk full of music to sync up and you want to use the wireless adapter at ~11mbps (802.11b) that is going to take quite a while. I believe there was going to be a DMP2 that was to improve on several things. However, I don't think the 2nd gen model ever made it to production.
Don't get me wrong - this product could be great - but it has too many 'if only it did this' items (and I'm just talking simple intuitive things like fast forward and rewind.)
I found more use for the 20GB disk that...Read more
