I have some updates to technowman's answers: We usually make our own cases from project boxes or something else. The player looks very friendly to my cat and...
Does this player continue playing the last song (before the shutdown) after power up? Or should I press some button for it ? I am planing to install it in the...
It won't finish the song that was playing before shut down. It reads the song file from the HDD and stores it in the RAM... once power is off, the RAM is ...
... I sprung for a high-quality wall wart -- it's a switching supply (very light), with 1700mA, voltage-selectable, and I set it to 12V when powering my rev-C...
... modern notebooks won't hold a 19mm hard drive I decided to try and use it in an MP3 player. ... The only major drawback at the moment is that the support...
... shutdown) ... The late-ish versions of the firmware do indeed "remember" the last song that was playing. The trick: the track must be playing for at least...
Are you sure of those dimensions? A standard DIN space is almost exactly 7" x 2" and double DIN is 7" x 4". I am familiar with this from discussions on the...
It would sure be nice if it could remember the song and the point in the song that it was playing. I remember having a car cd player that only remembered the...
That would require one of two things. 1. The flash memory would have to be written to at regular intervals like every one second to "remember" where it was...
Let's say I don't care too much that it doesn't remember the exact position on the current song. Remembering the last song is OK with me. I am more worried...
I can see the problems you point out. What I was wondering is if the player could have rechargable batteries and a connection to 12v power. Then if it is...
I'm sure that some sort of switching circuit could be made to switch the two power supplies, but why? It seems like a lot more work to just not have to...
Thats what it does. It boots up like always then begins playing the last song it was playing. It has a option in it option area where you can select play or...
One of the guys in this forum has done that. His player is hooked to 12VDC all the time in the car. he has an ignition wire tied to an input on the player that...
... My mistake! Thanks, Pete. In fact, the box 7" wide, and just under 5" high, with a depth of 3". The box fits just about perfectly (it could be a bit...
... to 12VDC ... the ... I'm that guy. =) See here for details: http://mp3tsi.cjb.net/externalinput.htm I have not committed the code to cvs because I wanted...
... The player code could be tweaked to have it start at the song that *follows* the one that was interrupted. This would ensure that you don't keep hearing...
... in ... The play nex on start up could be done with pretty easily. Before the while(1) event loop is entered, check for the new param_value[], and...
That sounds like a good idea, especially as an option to set as preferred. To some it may seem like a silly point but it was annoying enough to me that I still...
... player ... group ... Hi - I'm new to the group, but have this same problem, would be willing to give your firmware a try, and have my hardware in a state...
... great! ... on ... I bought it in a shop here in NZ though - not Amazon. I have recently found that it is a bit power hungry though - surprisingly. Does...
Tom - You can use a cheap LM1086IT-3.3 from National Semiconductor, which seems like it can handle up to 1.5A, but note that if you are using this from a 12V...
... to ... we ... Yes, Paul, my version of the firmware is identical to the normal one, except for the additions to support the hardware mod. I have my HD set...
Look here for more info... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pjrcmp3/files/teraterm_fast_upload/ This script eliminates the need for xmit115200.c or similar...
... input ... at ... I think this next idea was mentioned already, but in case it wasn't: If you're using a simple regulator, you can run two or more in ...
i want to make my own mp3 player. at now, i'm learning 'bout AT90S8515. and i have an stk 500. i wanna ask u all, what kind of mp3 decoder should i choose?...
... AT90S8515. and i have an stk 500. ... (reference, please) ... Have you read this page? There's info on the STA013 (the one used in the PJRC MP3 player)......