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Neuros Digital Audio Computer is made for use with the larger 20 Gig backpack because the Playlists, Artists, Genres, and Albums groups make it very easy to group your music.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/neuros/7neuros.jpg"><img src="atruereview/neuros/7neurosth.jpg" alt="Neuros MP3 Digital Audio Computer MP3 Player" width="232" height="250" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>At the top of every screen, the section that you are in is listed. Neuros menu system has a backlight of orange for easy navigation in a darker setting. The length of time this stays active is determined in the settings menu. </p> <p>The settings menu allows for the user to set the effects of playing songs. Songs can be played in random by selection the shuffle option. If you want to repeat a song or a playlist, those options are select from the repeat menu. One cool feature about the Neuros is its equalizer control. You can pick from 6 preset equalizers or make a custom one on your own. Other properties from the settings menu are date & time, record quality bitstream for the built in microphone input, MyFi (discussed later), and the contrast of the Neuros, are set with the properties menu.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/neuros/9neuros.jpg"><img src="atruereview/neuros/9neurosth.jpg" alt="Neuros MP3 Digital Audio Computer MP3 Player" width="246" height="250" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>The PC Library menu allows the user to view the songs that are on their PC. A nice feature is that you can select the song in the PC Library, then Get File, and the Neuros pulls that file the next time your sync it. In a 128 Meg model I would not want to waste the space storing these song titles. There is not a real use for this menu unless you think of a song you just have to hear while away from the PC. More than likely, you will look on your computer first to see your lists of songs and transfer them that way.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/neuros/6neuros.jpg"><img src="atruereview/neuros/6neurosth.jpg" alt="Neuros MP3 Digital Audio Computer MP3 Player" width="196" height="250" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>Other menus include the FM radio, which functions like a regular walkman radio. The headphones are the antenna. A radio station's signal must be strong in order to receive a station on the Neuros. Some stations that came in fine on my book shelf system would come in with a significant amount of static.</p> <p>Most items on the Neuros are controllable. From the auto off timeout to contrast of the device itself. Because of this, the Neuros feels like my MP3 player. </p> <p><strong>MiFi “My Frequency”</strong></p> <p>The Neuros MP3 Digital Audio Computer has an integrated transmitter to broadcast your music to any FM radio. First, I initiated the AutoScan feature of MyFi. AutoScan automatically scanned the FM dial and returned to me the most available frequency for my broadcast. </p> <p>I unplugged the earphones, to initiate the broadcast feature, then played a song. In the bottom corner I could see that I was broadcasting, but I couldn’t hear my music on my FM radio five feet away! After several failed attempts, I ended up setting the broadcast frequency on my own. A couple of suggestions when using the AutoScan feature. First, make sure your earphones are plugged in and not wound up. Second, check the frequency selected by AutoScan to ensure it really is free.</p> <p>In my apartment, I could only get about 10 feet away from my radio before I started to loose my broadcast. Neuros claims you can broadcast up to 20 feet, depending on several factors. Even with a 20 foot range, broadcast from another room is useless. It is a good feature if you want to lay the device down next to your stereo so your stereo can play MP3s.</p> <p>I also tested MiFi in my car, with great success! If you don’t have a MP3 player in your car, this is a great alternative. The music was clear from anywhere in my car. Get the car adapter for the Neuros MP3 digital audio computer and you can listen to MP3s for hours, especially with the 20 GB back pack.</p> <p><strong>HiSi “Hear it! See it!”</strong></p> <p>The HiSi feature allows the user to implement an automatic song recognition system. When you hear a song on the radio you want to identify, simply press the HiSi button. The Neuros captures a “digital fingerprint” of the song, which can then be identified the next time you connect to your PC.</p> <p>Neuros claims the song identification feature is designed to match at least 95% of music heard on the radio. I tested this by taking five digital fingerprints from the radio. When good clips (only one song per clip with little static) were recorded HiSi identified three of the four clips correctly. I also recorded a bad clip, containing two songs bridged by voice recording. While the HiSi will provide “Best Guesses” when unsure of the song, the identification on my bad clip was flat out wrong. When using HiSi, make sure you get a clean, uninterrupted clip of the song or you may think you were listening to Duncan Sheik instead of “White Christmas”! Also note, less popular songs may not be in the Neuros database.</p> <p>Using the HiSi button you can record your voice. Double click (press) the button and the Neuros will record through the microphone. I found the internal mic to be less sensitive than the iRock. Most likely this is due to the fact that an external microphone plugs into the irock.</p> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td><a href="atruereview/neuros/index.php"></a> <a href="neuros/index.php">Previous (Introduction & Basic Use)</a></td> <td><div align="right"><a href="atruereview/neuros/neuros2.php"></a> <a href="neuros/neuros2.php">Next (Software & Conclusion)</a></div></td> </tr> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer" class="clr"> <div class="rk-1"> <div class="rk-2"> <div id="the-footer"> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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