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The user manual suggests using the AC adapter whenever hooking to a computer because transferring files takes quite a bit of juice and you do not want the battery to die in the middle of file transfers. When plugged in and turned on, the player will install and show as a local drive labeled "HD-800". To move music files to the player, simply copy them into the player like you would copy files to an external drive. For organization sake, I highly recommend organizing audio files in folders, then moving the folders into the player.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/mp3player/20.jpg"><img src="atruereview/mp3player/20th.jpg" width="89" height="250" border="0" alt="Xclef HD-800 MP3 Player"></a><a href="atruereview/mp3player/21.jpg"><img src="atruereview/mp3player/21th.jpg" width="80" height="250" border="0" alt="Xclef HD-800 MP3 Player"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>There are some folders already on the player: FIRMWARE, PLAYLIST, ENCODE, TEXTFILE, VOICE RECORD, and mp3. To upgrade the HD-800's firmware (which can be found at Xclef's site), simply place the firmware file in the FIRMWARE folder. The PLAYLIST folder is where you put all the Winamp M3U playlist files. Playlist files placed anywhere else will not be recognized by the player. The ENCODE folder is where all the mp3s created by the player through radio or line-in are stored. The VOICE RECORD is where all the mp3s created by the player through the microphone are stored. The TEXTFILE folder is where you place .txt files, which the HD-800 can display on its 2" screen. Finally, the mp3 folder is a folder where you can, though not necessary, store music files in.</p> <p align="left"><strong>Usage and Interface:</strong></p> <p align="left">The HD-800's interface is nearly identical to that of the HD-500, with the only differences in some of the graphics. To turn on the player, hold the play button for about three seconds until the welcome screen featuring a grinning mp3 player appears. A brief moment later a loading bar will show at the bottom of the screen along with the capacity of the drive and the firmware version. Boot up time depends on how much is stored on the player. With about 5GBs of music stored, the HD-800 took about 10 seconds to boot up.</p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/mp3player/Screens/Boot_Screen.jpg" width="172" height="116" border="0" alt="Xclef HD-800 MP3 Player"></p> <p>The interface is very strait forward and easy to navigate. For those who are techno challenged or like to know every little thing about the HD-800, the user manual provides very good instructions and guides. After boot up, the player will be in Browser mode. The first line features a row of icons, from the battery indicator to the play modes. The second line in Browser mode shows the parent folder while the five lines below that show the contents within the folder in alphabetical order, folders first. The back and forward arrows and/or the jog dial are used to scroll through the folders and files. To play a file, scroll to it so that it is highlighted, then press play or the jog dial in. Do the same thing to go into a folder.</p> <p align="center"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="355" height="235"> <param name="movie" value="Screens/Main_menu.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <embed src="Screens/Main_menu.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="355" height="235"></embed> </object> </p> <p>In the file playing screen, the file name is displayed below the row of icons. If the file name is longer than the width of the screen, it will scroll across at an adjustable speed. Below the filename is an equalizer icon on the left and the volume indicator on the right. The sampling frequency and bit rate of the audio file is displayed below the equalizer icon. Playing time is displayed below the volume indicator. Between the bit rate and playing time is the play/pause status icon. Below that is a progress bar followed by the previous and next filenames. If the ID3 tag is enabled, the song's title will appear instead of the filename, and instead of the previous and next filenames, the Artist and Album, respectively, will be displayed. All this seems like a lot to squeeze into a screen, but its all there!</p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/mp3player/Screens/file_playing.jpg" width="172" height="111" border="0" alt="Xclef HD-800 MP3 Player"></p> <p>The HD-800 allows the user to create playlists, though they are called book marks. During the file playing screen, pushing and holding in the jog dial will bring up a Music Popup menu where things like book marking equalizer modes can be set.</p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/mp3player/Screens/Tree_View.jpg" width="172" height="111" border="0" alt="Xclef HD-800 MP3 Player"></p> <p>The HD-800 provides two other modes of searching for files: Tree View and Search View. Pressing the menu button will toggle through the different modes. Tree View is a lot like Browser mode except instead of only having the same level folders listed, every level is listed in a branching manor with indents and "branches" indicating that a folder is the child of its parent folder. </p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/mp3player/Screens/Search_View.jpg" width="172" height="110" border="0" alt="Xclef HD-800 MP3 Player"></p> <p>Search View allows you to find audio files alphabetically by spelling the first (up to) three letters of the file name. Letters that are not existent on the drive will be skipped. Example, lets say you have no songs whose filename starts with C – E, then when you scroll through the letters it will go: A, B, F….</p> <p>Holding down the MENU button will bring up the Major Modes Menu. There are seven major modes listed: Browser, Tuner, Encoding, Playlist, Text, Setup, and Exit. The Browser and Exit will take you back to the Browser mode. Selecting Tuner will bring up the FM radio tuner. Encoding is where the voice recording, line-in and radio recordings are stored. Playlist is where all the playlists are stored. Text is where the .txt files are stored and can be viewed. The Setup Menu is where all HD-800's configurations are set.</p> <p>To record from a line-in source, make sure no songs are playing, plug an audio source into the player's line-in port, and hold down record. A picture of a tape reel will appear along with the elapse recording time. Push the play button to pause during recording and push stop to stop the recording. To perform voice recordings, do the same thing except without anything plugged into the line-in. To record from the radio, do the same while in Tuner mode.</p> <p>Using the player is very convenient. Like the HD-500, a lot of functions can be done either with the back, forward, play/pause buttons or with the jog wheel. When the jog dial or any of the buttons are activated, the four side function buttons will light up along with the backlight. When one of the function buttons is pressed, the button that was pressed will flash every second for the duration.</p> <p>The HD-800 offers an additional way to operate it, via a wired remote. The controls on the remote are logically laid out so they are easy to use. The four line LCD screen displays an intuitively modified version of the HD-800's main screen. The only problem with the remote is that the screen's contrast is two low and there is no way to adjust it.</p> <p align="center"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="359" height="237"> <param name="movie" value="Screens/goodbye.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <embed src="Screens/goodbye.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="359" height="237"></embed> </object> </p> <p>Finally, to turn off the menu, press and hold the stop button. 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