OC3D Review: Icy Box IB-MP301 HDD Media Player
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Rastalovich
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Great read m8. All through the descriptions I kept stopping and thinking "hmm ageing tech.." - then getting to the end and seeing the price tag, it`s pretty decent.
I couldn`t see myself buying it to house my DVD collection, as frankly it wouldn`t fit (limiting to 500g), but I could however see myself filling it with all music, photos/pictures and maybe music videos. Even tho that`d probably only take perhaps a safe 200g.
For the price I think it`s great, not a movie thing for me tho.
I couldn`t see myself buying it to house my DVD collection, as frankly it wouldn`t fit (limiting to 500g), but I could however see myself filling it with all music, photos/pictures and maybe music videos. Even tho that`d probably only take perhaps a safe 200g.
For the price I think it`s great, not a movie thing for me tho.
name='Rastalovich' said:
Yeah agreed. In all honesty I can see it appealing more to people who download things like episodes of Lost, 24, Simpsons etc off the net (note: I don't condone this!) and just want to be able to watch it on a big screen without faffing around burning it to disks.
name='Barnie' said:
Hi Barnie, What problems are you having? I'll try and give you a hand as I was the one who wrote the review. If not, we also have a supported Icy Box forum here: http://forum.overclock3d.net/forumdisplay.php?f=148
Hi There,
I wonder if, as the reviewer, you would be so good as to tell us what the solution was that Raidsonic provided you with to format a HDD in the unit.
I have formatted a 500g drive using mac OSX, which works ok except for the fact that the unit only recognizes 3000 of the media items stored on it.
When I try to format it using a windows XP machine, the unit doesn't recognize the disk at all.
I have tried to contact Raidsonic myself, but after three days they have not responded.
Yours
Xebedie
I wonder if, as the reviewer, you would be so good as to tell us what the solution was that Raidsonic provided you with to format a HDD in the unit.
I have formatted a 500g drive using mac OSX, which works ok except for the fact that the unit only recognizes 3000 of the media items stored on it.
When I try to format it using a windows XP machine, the unit doesn't recognize the disk at all.
I have tried to contact Raidsonic myself, but after three days they have not responded.
Yours
Xebedie
hi as ive just done it i may be able to help
raidsonic were very quick in there reply to me
right some issues i had was, you have to use the fat32 system to format to which i didnt first time and it wont read
second was the jumpers were in the incorrect position but all good now
raidsonic were very quick in there reply to me
right some issues i had was, you have to use the fat32 system to format to which i didnt first time and it wont read
second was the jumpers were in the incorrect position but all good now
Good review Jim, this is comething that i would be interested in. As you pointed out, if you could put for example freeview through the box and record off it, then this would be a must buy. I was surprised that the lack of s-video out, as all 3 of my t.v.'s have s-video in's 
I found your article after randomly seeing the Icybox Ib-MP301 for sale on SCAN, so did a quick google search to find out more. I must say, a very good article.
The reason i was interested in the Ib-MP301 is because i bought a simular product last year, The Rapsody RSH 110. CLICK ME
Just wondered what your opinion is on the Rapsody as it's very simular to the Icybox. Im over the moon with mine. Maybe you'd consider doing an official review if youcan get hold of one?
The reason i was interested in the Ib-MP301 is because i bought a simular product last year, The Rapsody RSH 110. CLICK ME
Just wondered what your opinion is on the Rapsody as it's very simular to the Icybox. Im over the moon with mine. Maybe you'd consider doing an official review if youcan get hold of one?
Some solutions to the "ok" media player
First of all the player only supports FAT32 so use f.e. this software to format
http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
Second if you've not put any files on the drive like one avi file it will display "No Disk".
Thirdly unplug it from the USB (from the back of the UNIT also) before using it on a secondary monitor or TV otherwise it will be giving you problems.
and finally it wont let you copy files over 4GB do to fat32 limitations, and does not support high defination files.
Hope this helps.
First of all the player only supports FAT32 so use f.e. this software to format
http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
Second if you've not put any files on the drive like one avi file it will display "No Disk".
Thirdly unplug it from the USB (from the back of the UNIT also) before using it on a secondary monitor or TV otherwise it will be giving you problems.
and finally it wont let you copy files over 4GB do to fat32 limitations, and does not support high defination files.
Hope this helps.
micheal-murphy
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Help Icy Box Mp301
hi i just bought an icy box and fitted a 500gb Seagate Barracuda IDE 16mb drive. When i hook the MP301 upto my pc, it doesn't detect it and the player displays "read" on its display and doesn't change. I know i have to format the drive in FAT32, but do i have to do this before i fit it into the player or can i do it through the usb at a later stage? I know it's probably somethin obvious I'm doing wrong. Any help would be much appeciated
hi i just bought an icy box and fitted a 500gb Seagate Barracuda IDE 16mb drive. When i hook the MP301 upto my pc, it doesn't detect it and the player displays "read" on its display and doesn't change. I know i have to format the drive in FAT32, but do i have to do this before i fit it into the player or can i do it through the usb at a later stage? I know it's probably somethin obvious I'm doing wrong. Any help would be much appeciated
MP301 Only sees 1200 files and now won't see anything else!
I have the MP301 with a 500Gb drive partitioned as primary and formatted as FAT32.
Mine registers a maximum of 1,200 files at about 15% done and stops counting even though it continues to scan up to 100%. 3000 would be a luxury!
The current format was done with h2format.exe although I previously tried the same with swissknife.
I thought I could live with the 1,200 limit if I could get it to see the 1,200 I actually want to play. It seems to have read the folders in reverse order so I copied around 1,200 files to a folder called XMedia, so it was clearly the last folder. The MP301 just ignores it.
I've tried moving XMedia to various locations. I've tried different format tools and re-copying the files. It only ever sees the original 1,200 files. If I delete those leaving only XMedia, it sees nothing!
How can I get it to forget the first 1,200 it saw and scan again?
Better still, how can I get it to see the 10,000 files I actually have?
Can anyone help?
I have the MP301 with a 500Gb drive partitioned as primary and formatted as FAT32.
Mine registers a maximum of 1,200 files at about 15% done and stops counting even though it continues to scan up to 100%. 3000 would be a luxury!
The current format was done with h2format.exe although I previously tried the same with swissknife.
I thought I could live with the 1,200 limit if I could get it to see the 1,200 I actually want to play. It seems to have read the folders in reverse order so I copied around 1,200 files to a folder called XMedia, so it was clearly the last folder. The MP301 just ignores it.
I've tried moving XMedia to various locations. I've tried different format tools and re-copying the files. It only ever sees the original 1,200 files. If I delete those leaving only XMedia, it sees nothing!
How can I get it to forget the first 1,200 it saw and scan again?
Better still, how can I get it to see the 10,000 files I actually have?
Can anyone help?
accumulator
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Bit more information
This seems really good and cheap alternative to HTPC's. I am however only insterested as using it as sound server sort of.
Can someone tell me whether you can set this to randomly play all the MP3 files on the hard drive, or do you have to pick out certain tracks, using the remote. Can you also use this is without a screen? Can you pick out certain tracks to play or what?
Does anyone know whether remote is IR or is it wireless? The reason I ask is that I have Russound multi-room sound system in the house, which gives you six different inputs which are controlled by IR repeaters. I could set up two of these identically and have different music playing in various rooms.
This seems really good and cheap alternative to HTPC's. I am however only insterested as using it as sound server sort of.
Can someone tell me whether you can set this to randomly play all the MP3 files on the hard drive, or do you have to pick out certain tracks, using the remote. Can you also use this is without a screen? Can you pick out certain tracks to play or what?
Does anyone know whether remote is IR or is it wireless? The reason I ask is that I have Russound multi-room sound system in the house, which gives you six different inputs which are controlled by IR repeaters. I could set up two of these identically and have different music playing in various rooms.
I've not had mine long and not really got much use so far due to the problems above.
Anyway, I haven't seen a random play function mentioned. I'd be pleased if there is one though. There is a programming function to setup playlists or similar but it looks clunky.
You'll need a screen connected by VGA or composite to operate it.
The remore is definitely IR and is actually quite directional although not sure if that's because the sensor is weak or the transmitter puts out a narrow beam.
Hope that helps.
Anyway, I haven't seen a random play function mentioned. I'd be pleased if there is one though. There is a programming function to setup playlists or similar but it looks clunky.
You'll need a screen connected by VGA or composite to operate it.
The remore is definitely IR and is actually quite directional although not sure if that's because the sensor is weak or the transmitter puts out a narrow beam.
Hope that helps.
accumulator
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Thanks for the info.
