MP3 players & their USB connection, please help

[sundevil777 94]

I am considering getting an inexpensive MP3 player for my 10 year old:

http://www.shopzilla.com/12--SanDisk_Sansa_E130_512_MB_MP3_Player_-_cat_id--499__oid--__prod_id--319231379

What do you think of this unit for its price?

Also, it says it uses a high speed USB connection. How do I confirm my PC has the high speed type of USB? Will it still work if my USB connection is not the higher speed type?

Apparently it is an Intel 82801 BA/BAM...I can look up more details if needed.

Thanks for your help.

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[kirrz 0]

It'll still work even if your USB port isn't high-speed.. it just won't copy stuff across at the optimum potential speed.

[billvon 2,434]

>How do I confirm my PC has the high speed type of USB?

Get a cheap high speed (USB 2.0) thumb drive, like a 64mbyte. Plug it in. If a message pops up saying "this peripheral could operate faster with a high speed USB interface" then you have a low speed (USB 1.1) interface.

To get more pedantic, there are three speeds in USB. USB 1.1 supports low speed (mouse, keyboard) and full speed (memory sticks.) USB 2.0 adds high speed.

>Will it still work if my USB connection is not the higher speed type?

Yes. It will just be much slower.

[kirrz 0]

To check on your PC.. you can go to control panel--> System--> Device Manager --> open the Universal Serial Bus Controllers tab --> and if you have a high speed port, one of the things under that will say USB 2.0

[Thanatos340 1]

Yes it will work with USB1.1 or USB2 (Highspeed). If you have USB 1.1 it will just be slower.

Good things about the one you are looking at:
It plays WMA Fies (Something the MUCH higher priced iPod will not do)
Doesnt require iTunes.
Can be used as a Jump drive.

[kirrz 0]

Edit: Device Manager is under the Hardware tab when you open System

[mailin 0]

Good buy! And its a flash drive, so if you kid drops it down a flight of stairs it should still work (unlike an iPod).



Jen

Arianna Frances

[SpeedRacer 1]

If you have the old kind (1.1) it's easy to upgrade. For about $29 I bought a card at Walmart that had 4 USB 2.0 ports. pretty f'in simple & inexpensive.

Speed Racer
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[sundevil777 94]

Thanks everyone for your help.

Speed will not be an important issue with my low speed USB.

Thanks again.

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