hi recently bought the Bench unit(£33.33)....not sure if Lidl is
widespread over england...certainly loads in N.E england and
Scotland....It is a good player...a good read out of Artist and
track....but it fails to play any cd that has got any mp3's on the
root of the cd.....When i first started to compile mp3 cd's I for some
strange reason put a handfull of tracks on the root of the cd...then
others in thier directory...but this unit wont play these ones....i
have 50 cds with over 150 mp3s on them that it wont play.....what i
need to know is will the PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (which is £40 from curry's
superstores)play these cd's for me...I have rung Curry's but they know
little....and wont allow me to try b4 i buy, and say if the unit is
used i will not beable to get money back....

Thanks Michael

PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (currys)..v..Bench mp3 (lidl) help please

"michael hunter" wrote in message
om...
hi recently bought the Bench unit(£33.33)....not sure if Lidl is
widespread over england...certainly loads in N.E england and
Scotland....It is a good player...a good read out of Artist and
track....but it fails to play any cd that has got any mp3's on the
root of the cd.....When i first started to compile mp3 cd's I for some
strange reason put a handfull of tracks on the root of the cd...then
others in thier directory...but this unit wont play these ones....i
have 50 cds with over 150 mp3s on them that it wont play.....what i
need to know is will the PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (which is £40 from curry's
superstores)play these cd's for me...I have rung Curry's but they know
little....and wont allow me to try b4 i buy, and say if the unit is
used i will not beable to get money back....

Thanks Michael

PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (currys)..v..Bench mp3 (lidl) help please



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

Unless.......

........Unless Rob, that DVD (with the Johnny Cash and Norah Jones rips on
it) is from the vinyl????? - As I type, Johnny Cash (RIP) is creasing my
tits like a good 'un with a longtime favourite of mine, which I normally
listen to performed by the inimitable Nana Moussaka - 'The First Time Ever I
Saw Your Face'.....

Anyhoo, don't know about the Packard Bell, but I've been advised to steer
you toward the Apex 1100 (£30 at Currys) which will *definitely* (??) play
MP3s from the root.

For more info, see:

http://thedvdforums.com/

http://thedvdforums.com/forums/showt...ghlight=currys

http://www.avforums.com/


(Now, how's that for a rabid 'vinylista'.....??)

;-)

"michael hunter" wrote in message
om...
hi recently bought the Bench unit(£33.33)....not sure if Lidl is
widespread over england...certainly loads in N.E england and
Scotland....It is a good player...a good read out of Artist and
track....but it fails to play any cd that has got any mp3's on the
root of the cd.....When i first started to compile mp3 cd's I for some
strange reason put a handfull of tracks on the root of the cd...then
others in thier directory...but this unit wont play these ones....i
have 50 cds with over 150 mp3s on them that it wont play.....what i
need to know is will the PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (which is £40 from curry's
superstores)play these cd's for me...I have rung Curry's but they know
little....and wont allow me to try b4 i buy, and say if the unit is
used i will not beable to get money back....

Thanks Michael

PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (currys)..v..Bench mp3 (lidl) help please



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

Unless.......

........Unless Rob, that DVD (with the Johnny Cash and Norah Jones rips on
it) is from the vinyl????? - As I type, Johnny Cash (RIP) is creasing my
tits like a good 'un with a longtime favourite of mine, which I normally
listen to performed by the inimitable Nana Moussaka - 'The First Time Ever I
Saw Your Face'.....

Anyhoo, don't know about the Packard Bell, but I've been advised to steer
you toward the Apex 1100 (£30 at Currys) which will *definitely* (??) play
MP3s from the root.

For more info, see:

http://thedvdforums.com/

http://thedvdforums.com/forums/showt...ghlight=currys

http://www.avforums.com/


(Now, how's that for a rabid 'vinylista'.....??)

;-)

Keith G wrote:



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

It does have bizarrely good CD playback doesn't it. I've just hooked it
up to my WAD Kel 84 and it's giving my Planet 2000 a run for its money.
Odd. I'm in a bit of a honeymoon period with it too - though its failure
to read a DVD-R of mp3s has relegated it to DVD duties only (I have an
EM8500 based dvd player which plays mp3, wma and ogg from dvd-r!)

Only issue I have with the KH6777 is that the PAL progressive output is
slightly left shifted resulting in a narrow (5 pixel width) black line
at the right edge of the screen with anamorphic material. Mind you it's
a small price to pay for real 576p!



--
Patrick

"I did the grabs via a Duomix61 grabber as used by 'security sources'"
"I never grabbed them on a PC mate -they went via IE56575 to a fancy
technical thingie grabber -or something" - un-named Video capture 'expert'

Keith G wrote:



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

It does have bizarrely good CD playback doesn't it. I've just hooked it
up to my WAD Kel 84 and it's giving my Planet 2000 a run for its money.
Odd. I'm in a bit of a honeymoon period with it too - though its failure
to read a DVD-R of mp3s has relegated it to DVD duties only (I have an
EM8500 based dvd player which plays mp3, wma and ogg from dvd-r!)

Only issue I have with the KH6777 is that the PAL progressive output is
slightly left shifted resulting in a narrow (5 pixel width) black line
at the right edge of the screen with anamorphic material. Mind you it's
a small price to pay for real 576p!



--
Patrick

"I did the grabs via a Duomix61 grabber as used by 'security sources'"
"I never grabbed them on a PC mate -they went via IE56575 to a fancy
technical thingie grabber -or something" - un-named Video capture 'expert'

"Patrick Navin" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play
MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with
Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the
best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've
heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

It does have bizarrely good CD playback doesn't it. I've just hooked it
up to my WAD Kel 84 and it's giving my Planet 2000 a run for its money.
Odd. I'm in a bit of a honeymoon period with it too - though its failure
to read a DVD-R of mp3s has relegated it to DVD duties only (I have an
EM8500 based dvd player which plays mp3, wma and ogg from dvd-r!)

Only issue I have with the KH6777 is that the PAL progressive output is
slightly left shifted resulting in a narrow (5 pixel width) black line
at the right edge of the screen with anamorphic material. Mind you it's
a small price to pay for real 576p!



--
Patrick

"I did the grabs via a Duomix61 grabber as used by 'security sources'"
"I never grabbed them on a PC mate -they went via IE56575 to a fancy
technical thingie grabber -or something" - un-named Video capture 'expert'



I use a harmann kardon, and on my tv in pal prog it was shifted down to the
right, i went into the service menu of my tv and fixed it in a few seconds,
appeared that the pal progressive hadnt been setup at all. so it me not be
the dvd player

edd

"Patrick Navin" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play
MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with
Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the
best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've
heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

It does have bizarrely good CD playback doesn't it. I've just hooked it
up to my WAD Kel 84 and it's giving my Planet 2000 a run for its money.
Odd. I'm in a bit of a honeymoon period with it too - though its failure
to read a DVD-R of mp3s has relegated it to DVD duties only (I have an
EM8500 based dvd player which plays mp3, wma and ogg from dvd-r!)

Only issue I have with the KH6777 is that the PAL progressive output is
slightly left shifted resulting in a narrow (5 pixel width) black line
at the right edge of the screen with anamorphic material. Mind you it's
a small price to pay for real 576p!



--
Patrick

"I did the grabs via a Duomix61 grabber as used by 'security sources'"
"I never grabbed them on a PC mate -they went via IE56575 to a fancy
technical thingie grabber -or something" - un-named Video capture 'expert'



I use a harmann kardon, and on my tv in pal prog it was shifted down to the
right, i went into the service menu of my tv and fixed it in a few seconds,
appeared that the pal progressive hadnt been setup at all. so it me not be
the dvd player

edd

edd wrote:


I use a harmann kardon, and on my tv in pal prog it was shifted down to the
right, i went into the service menu of my tv and fixed it in a few seconds,
appeared that the pal progressive hadnt been setup at all. so it me not be
the dvd player

I'm thinking you may be right - all I need to do now is find the service
menu for the TV (27" Thomson LCD) - which, being so new, may take a while.

--
Patrick

"I did the grabs via a Duomix61 grabber as used by 'security sources'"
"I never grabbed them on a PC mate -they went via IE56575 to a fancy
technical thingie grabber -or something" - un-named Video capture 'expert'

edd wrote:


I use a harmann kardon, and on my tv in pal prog it was shifted down to the
right, i went into the service menu of my tv and fixed it in a few seconds,
appeared that the pal progressive hadnt been setup at all. so it me not be
the dvd player

I'm thinking you may be right - all I need to do now is find the service
menu for the TV (27" Thomson LCD) - which, being so new, may take a while.

--
Patrick

"I did the grabs via a Duomix61 grabber as used by 'security sources'"
"I never grabbed them on a PC mate -they went via IE56575 to a fancy
technical thingie grabber -or something" - un-named Video capture 'expert'

"Keith G" wrote in message ...
"michael hunter" wrote in message
om...
hi recently bought the Bench unit(£33.33)....not sure if Lidl is
widespread over england...certainly loads in N.E england and
Scotland....It is a good player...a good read out of Artist and
track....but it fails to play any cd that has got any mp3's on the
root of the cd.....When i first started to compile mp3 cd's I for some
strange reason put a handfull of tracks on the root of the cd...then
others in thier directory...but this unit wont play these ones....i
have 50 cds with over 150 mp3s on them that it wont play.....what i
need to know is will the PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (which is £40 from curry's
superstores)play these cd's for me...I have rung Curry's but they know
little....and wont allow me to try b4 i buy, and say if the unit is
used i will not beable to get money back....

Thanks Michael

PACKARD BELL 0P3CD (currys)..v..Bench mp3 (lidl) help please



OK, the eBench KH 6777 I acquired yesterday most certainly *does* play MP3s
from the root (doing it right this moment). Won't look at a DVD+RW with Mp3s
on it though! In fact, I'm trying to disregard a certain amount of
'honeymoon euphoria' with this machine - atm it's appearing to be the best
spinner I've heard since Nick Gorham's NuVista (the only CDP that I've heard
to date with any real 'tone' or 'weight')!

Unless.......

.......Unless Rob, that DVD (with the Johnny Cash and Norah Jones rips on
it) is from the vinyl????? - As I type, Johnny Cash (RIP) is creasing my
tits like a good 'un with a longtime favourite of mine, which I normally
listen to performed by the inimitable Nana Moussaka - 'The First Time Ever I
Saw Your Face'.....

Anyhoo, don't know about the Packard Bell, but I've been advised to steer
you toward the Apex 1100 (£30 at Currys) which will *definitely* (??) play
MP3s from the root.

For more info, see:

http://thedvdforums.com/

http://thedvdforums.com/forums/showt...ghlight=currys

http://www.avforums.com/


(Now, how's that for a rabid 'vinylista'.....??)

;-)


Ok thanks for the message back....it must be the way that i burned the
cd's then....i remember using easy cd creator....and it has has a drag
and drop facility(ie: use the cd copier as a hard drive type of
thing(I know there is a proper name for this...but cannot think of
it)....i might just have to re burn the cd's and see if they will
play.....ooohhh and what happens on some of them is that, the cd
player reads the directories, then when it goes to play the first
track it stops and says NO DISK...maybe I have got a faulty one...then
again i remember using the above technic on the first 50 disks...aaah
well it will only cost me £10 to get 50 disks and re burn them...happy
times...it is the best mp3 player i have seen....great read
out....will get a replacement, but if it does the same...will just put
up with it....
Thanks