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(More customer reviews)I really want to get rid of CDs, especially in my car. I was hoping this player will do the trick, but I don't think it's quite there yet. I was willing to forgive some problems for the price I got it - about $35, but it sure makes it hard. Here are my problems:
1. There is no clock - since my car doesn't have one either, this is pretty important to me.
2. Playback restarts from the first song after every power off - this is the big one, especially since:
3. The display does not show track names - searching for a specific track is quite a chore, and since it restarts from the beginning every single time this becomes a real problem.
4. Problems reading SD cards. I am still not sure what exactly the problem is... First I only loaded one track so I could test it out during installation. All my music is in MP3 format and DRM free, I used WMP to sync the track to the SD card - it worked without a problem. After I finished installing it, I decided to load up the card (2GB SD, the unit is said to accept up to 16GB SDHC cards) again using WMP. I ended up with about 1.5 GB music, but when I inserted the card into the player nothing happened - the display remained stuck on a simple message saying "SD". I looked in the manual and it said that this message meant that there were no acceptable tracks on the card or that it is larger than 16GB. Since neither statement was true, I was not sure what the problem was. I reformatted the card and re-synced my music - again I got the same message. Then I tried loading fewer songs and this time it worked - I loaded only about 30. My first suspicion was that it would not recognize more than 35 tracks, which would've been a real deal breaker, but the manual confirmed that it accepts thousands of files.
I think I finally figured out what was causing the problem - I have some songs that for unknown to me reason appear twice in my WMP library, and since I was originally syncing my entire library to the SD card the duplicate files with the same name must have confused the player. Finally I added all of the songs I wanted one-by-one (real pain!) and this time it did work so that must have been the problem.
5. And last, but not least, a problem occurred as soon as I turned on the car - the player refused to power on, even though it was working just fine only minutes earlier, while the engine was not running. I had read this in another review so I immediately tried the solution - before starting the car, the key must be paused for a few seconds in the ACC position, before starting the engine - otherwise the DUAL would not power on. It is the strangest thing.
It really bums me out that this DUAL has so many issues; I was so looking forward to life without CDs, but I guess I will have to continue looking.
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Dual XR4110 General Features: In-dash AM/FM, MP3, WMA Player Black dot-matrix display Switchable blue and red button lighting CEA-2006 compliant amplifier Power Output: Peak: 15 watts x 4 channels RMS: 5 watts x 4 channels MP3 ID3 Tag Display (Title/Artist/Album) 1-year Manufacturer's warranty Playback and Audio Features: Playback of MP3, and WMA Tuner with 18FM/12AM presets 3 Selectable EQ Curves (pop, rock and classic) Repeat and random modes Electronic bass, treble and balance controls Expandability Options:...
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