I have recently Bought my HDD120, and am really not too impressed with the sound quality. I just cant get a good volume from it no matter how much I mess about with the Files (bitrate etc), the unit has to be on full volume all the time standard ear buds were so crap I bought some really decent ones which has helped esp the base responce but stll not much improvement in volume.
Any ideas or solutions greatly recieved!!

Other areas the HDD120 is brill huge 20 gig hardrive is more than big enough for my music collection, I dont have a usb 2 only a 1 but transfers are still quick. Its a shame you can't transfer music from the unit to PC. Its also a very good looking unit and it feels excellent quality, but so it should for £300.

I just got the Philips HDD yesterday, i had a Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 and i loved it but i dropped it and the screen broke and being on warranty i brought it back and i had a choice between the Philips HDD and the 15gig ipod...

1st day with the Philips HDD
A) Put my 700 songs on
B) Works perfect for 4 hrs
C) Freezes
D) Unfreezes
E) repeat stepts C and D about 15 times

Once i actually got a look at all my songs during the point when it was freezing and all letters were replaced by little squares...eventually it whiped the whole hard drive out by itself and worked...moral of the story, its very faulty...in fact it must freeze very frequently because in the user manual the first troubleshooting answer is how to unfreeze it...well its going back today and im getting myself the ipod

I bought the HDD120 6 days ago and only once have I had to reset the device. And that was after I had just uploaded a bunch of songs and disconnected it from the PC. For me, the volume is decent. Not nearly as loud as an iPod but to me, loud does not mean the quality of the sound is better. So it's not bad. I listen to the device about 3/4 volume full. The direct recording feature works well. I was able to record a bunch of tracks from records and fix the id3 tags in the DMM software. Battery life is excellent. I've used up the battery power twice and each time it hit the 10 hour mark (i.e. let the player play on repeat for 10 hours). One down fall is that you can't play protected windows media files on it so if you bought tracks online from napster, buymusic, musicmatch, etc... then chances are you won't be able to play them. But I'm hoping Philips can remedy this with a firmware upgrade...

Although this player is great-looking and sleek, it lacks some of the high-quality features you might be looking for in such a pricey model. On the other hand, it includes a couple of features that very few other players have.

What's missing?

The software bundled with the player is a joke. It can't do on-the-fly conversions, it has very little management features, and it performs slowly and clunkily. However, unlike many other players, the HDD line isn't supported by the other useful and popular software lines like MoodLogic, JRiver, etc. So you're stuck with it.

On the firmware end, support is missing for any lossless or open-source codecs. (No WMA lossless, no Ogg, no FLAC, etc.) These are formats you'd want (or would if you knew more about them) if you're an audiophile with 20GB worth of music!

I see others have has issued with the volume. Cnet notes this problem on their review of the 15GB model, the HDD 100. I haven't noticed yet, but we'll see. The earbuds seem fine to me, atleast nicer than the ones you get for $10 at a store. On the other hand, I'm sure the unit would sound better with a pair of the $80 buds they use to evaluate units on Cnet.

The Rio Karma, on the other hand, is a player in the same price range, with the same storage capacity, that includes these missing features and more. The Karma comes with a handy docking cradle that lets you connect speakers if you want. The Philips HDD? No cradle.

To be fair, this model includes a mic for voice recording and a line-in (including optical!) for recording from records and tapes... very few players have those features.

In short, unless you're really keen about taking voice memos or recording from vinyl albums, stick with the Rio Karma which has better features for the same money.

Although this player is great-looking and sleek, it lacks some of the high-quality features you might be looking for in such a pricey model. On the other hand, it includes a couple of features that very few other players have.

What's missing?

The software bundled with the player is a joke. It can't do on-the-fly conversions, it has very little management features, and it performs slowly and clunkily. However, unlike many other players, the HDD line isn't supported by the other useful and popular software lines like MoodLogic, JRiver, etc. So you're stuck with it.

On the firmware end, support is missing for any lossless or open-source codecs. (No WMA lossless, no Ogg, no FLAC, etc.) These are formats you'd want (or would if you knew more about them) if you're an audiophile with 20GB worth of music!

I see others have has issued with the volume. Cnet notes this problem on their review of the 15GB model, the HDD 100. I haven't noticed yet, but we'll see. The earbuds seem fine to me, atleast nicer than the ones you get for $10 at a store. On the other hand, I'm sure the unit would sound better with a pair of the $80 buds they use to evaluate units on Cnet.

The Rio Karma, on the other hand, is a player in the same price range, with the same storage capacity, that includes these missing features and more. The Karma comes with a handy docking cradle that lets you connect speakers if you want. The Philips HDD? No cradle.

To be fair, this model includes a mic for voice recording and a line-in (including optical!) for recording from records and tapes... very few players have those features.

In short, unless you're really keen about taking voice memos or recording from vinyl albums, stick with the Rio Karma which has better features for the same money.

i bought an hdd120 about a mounth ago and it is a truely great product. the main reason why i bought it is its small size, storage capacity, microphone, and looks. it is a solid and durible little thing. it fits more than nicely in my pocket. eazy to use. as beautiful an the ipod in my opinion and some of my friends say it looks better. the microphone feature is really great. works as an external hard drive. sound quality is good. costs less than the ipod ($300 at best buy) and i could go on for a while.

my only problem now is a weak headphone amp so if you like to listen to your music loud then do not buy this.

it also took me a while to get it perfect but once you do it is great. do not downlod the latest firmware or you might run into a 2second pause glitch. downlad the 4.0 firmware @ http://www.cgbox.com/hdd100/philips4.zip i dont know what they did but it is a lot better than 6.6. i allso havent had aneylockups with 4.0. the hdd1*0 attracts fingerprints. screen can be hard to read in dim light with out the backlight but is really clear with the backlight. it could use ogg and lossless audioformats. it allso would only recignize my music on my computer if it was in the dmm default music folder (C:\myMusic)

it was worth it, now i dont have to carry my 10lb cd wallet everywhere i go, being a biker that much stuff is a hassle.

Have just got a HDD120 (as a gift) and am reading lots of issues with the DMM etc.

I have had a few myself, notably the Hyperthread issue (where it needs to be set to no in the BIOS of your PC).

I am looking for advise so please help if you can:-

1. When DMM is started, no tracks display in the library (have checked in preferences that I am pointing to the right directory).

Can anyone let my have the dininitive do's and donts with a new HDD120. So far have only managed to get 120 tracks on the device !

Much appreciated.

I like this thing, got it refurbished so very cheap (under 200 bucks). Had no problems so far, no freezing (downloaded the new interface software and firmware from consumer.philips.com.)
I am happy with the sound (with a pair of decent headphones) and handling, and it definitely looks better than any other player on the market.

I just bought a HDD100 and it has been working pretty well, except it does freeze sometimes, but that isn't my major problem. The instruction manual is terrible, , my HDD100 completely died, everytime i turn it on, it goes straight to a black screen with an image. The image is of a file with an exclamation mark in front of it. I found out that it is a problem with file transfers and that i need to reset it. I did exactly what the manual told me and nothing happened. I have been searching everywhere for help or tips and nothing has come up. I was wondering if any1 knew how to fix this problem without having to take it to a store and paying to get it fixed.

Help me! I have my Samsung Napster YP-910 Player
closed (not work) because I have not Napster repair. Do you have internet address for this problem? I have not find the solution for this problem. On display there is write: "Player software needs repair. Please connect player to PC and lunch Napster to repair" Thank for answer
Roberto

Quick note to Matt, I've read that re-installing Java & DMM sometimes sorts that problem out.

Just got the hdd-120, trying to get it installed but keep getting the error message "USB device malfunctioned" i check in devicemanager and it says no driver is installed. I can't find a suitable drivewr anywhere and keep getting transfered with philips technical support. Please help.

I just bought an Hdd 100 a couple days ago. I really wish i had read up on the freezing issue beforehand. It truely is a big deal. The first couple times i didnt know how to reset it, so i had to just wait it out until it died. I am very dissapointed with the freezing though. I hope that the newer models do not have this problem.
On the other hand, i am extremely excited to have it because its my first mp3 player and ive got 3,000 songs on it, and it plays plenty loud for me. So while it plays i fall inlove with it. HOpefully i can get this freezing to slow, or may end up having to try and return it.

Does anyone know if freezing would be under the warranty of product failure? Because it comes with a free warranty, so i may be asking them if nobody here knows the answer.

bought the hdd70 for my son and already have wasted lots of tme trying to get music on off real one player and media player.The philips program didn't load correctly and we've only managed to get 5 songs on!;it keeps saying its full! Will try and take it back

bought the hdd70 for my son and already have wasted lots of tme trying to get music on off real one player and media player.The philips program didn't load correctly and we've only managed to get 5 songs on!;it keeps saying its full! Will try and take it back