Testing
For testing the MP3/CD player I played several audio CD's and a self
created MP3 CD. For the MP3 CD I used NERO Burning ROM and made sure
to select disc at once when writing the CD. Included on the CD I put
57 songs in the root of the CD. I also placed a 9 layer deep directory
on the CD with a song in each directory to test its directory searching
functionality.
I experienced no problems playing Audio CD's or the MP3 CD that
I had created. It experienced no problem searching the 9 layer deep
directory and playing each song within it.
I can honestly say that testing out the ESP support was the easiest.
For this, I placed an audio CD in the player and selected the play
button. I allowed the memory buffer to fill up on the player and
then shook it, timing how long before the song began to skip. As
per the documentation it took 10 secs.
Conclusion
Throughout all testing of this product I only experienced one major
problem, the fact that the battery compartment cover would come loose
constantly. I have not seen any mention of this being a problem in
other reviews or on any newsgroups that I have seen. Therefore, I
am considering this to be a unique problem specific to just the player
that I received.
A note to D-Link: It would be nice to see the incorporation
of ID3 tag support in future releases of this or similar products.
I am very impressed with the DMP-CD100. In my opinion this is one
of the best multimedia products that I have reviewed from D-Link.
Not only will this product save you a lot of money by allowing you
to play MP3's, but it also allows you to condense a lot of your
audio CD's on to one MP3 CD. At a cost of $99, this product is very
reasonably priced. Best of all, it gives you the right to laugh
at all those people you know that spent a lot of money on CD changers
for their cars.
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