My first impression of opening up the box was that it is a pretty neat and organized package. The unit itself was a bit bigger than I thought, but more portable than my laptop.
Contents
• The unit itself
• AC plug
• A 14-in-1 memory card reader - SM, CD/MMC, CF, Memory Stick and more
• USB cable x 2
• USB adapter
• A nifty carrying case
• Instruction manuals
Setup
I plugged it in and connected directly via USB cable to my desktop (running XP), it immediatly recognized it as a Mass Storage Device. By default, it is formated into 2 seperate partitions, 20 gb's each. I put all my mp4's into the first partition, and the other my mp3's.
In Use
Then I connected my PSP to the female USB to mini adapter. Upon activating the USB mode on the PSP, it was immediatly recognized. Once turned on, I went to the browse button, and clicked "ok" from the Steno. I could either click hard disk, or the USB device (PSP). Browsing is pretty simple -- left on the direction pad goes back a folder, right goes into the folder, down goes down the list, and up goes up. Once I get to the file I want, I click the menu button, and 4 icons show up, (copy, delete, create, and size). I hit ok on copy and then the Steno reads "calculating... " and goes to disk01 (the PSP). Pressing right, it goes into the 'mp_root' folder. On the folder 100mnv01 (movie folder) I clicked ok, I pressed the menu button, and pressed ok on the check mark. Then it transferred the movies to the PSP. The speed is comparable to the PSP being connected to the PC. It's as simple as that!
Thoughts
The battery life is about 6 GB worth of transfer (which I personally think is enough for a day or two.) The only thing I dont like though, is that it does not display the full filename. For instance, I made a folder for music videos, and it shows up as "musicv~1." So it will be confusing depending on what files you have. But other than that it's great. One cool tip when using PSPVideo 9 is that you could make the settings point to the Share Steno, and have the program transfer all the movies to the hard drive automatically. As an added bonus, the 14-in-1 memory card reader can read PRO Duo cards, so you could just use that to put movies on while playing your PSP.
It works great for what it is, a portable hard drive that you can store you movies and audio on. You could also use the built-in card reader if you had other types of memory cards.
wait.. so do you need to copy files from the portable hd to a large memory stick? cause if you are using the usb connection you cannot run music or movies at the same time. or does the psp have internal storage?
yeah i no. I wonder if they can just hook up an external hard drive and just play movies and music from there rather than swapping data between a memory stick and it. Waste of money!
you can copy entire directories.. (great for mp3 albums).. I do wish that Sony was more leniant on the titles of the mp4, cause it does get a little confusing.. but oh well
no.. you can get the cd211 with a 40 gb harddrive as well.. the main differences are cosmetics, and security ( hidden files and passwords)..
the prices of both are relatively similar.. i like the dark grey one.. because it matches better.. *shrugs*
sounds like a great device, BUT ....u still have to buy a memory stick of atleast 512....all this item is like having a laptop of media.... interesting info though, thanks for the review....slowly there will be better devices....patience.... =)
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