Audiopipe NDVA1000 Nippon Digital Mp3 Player With Fm Radio Usb/sd Remote Control

Just bought my second one of these.The Amazon box arrived.I took an Exacto to the package tape, opened the box and pulled out the "Ziploc" bag with this player.I plugged in a 12V barrel connector, a 3.5 mm mini to RCA connector and a micro SD card with adapter (>3000 songs). I then plugged the adapter into the "switched" plug on the back of the Fisher. I turned the Fisher on and selected AUX.Did you see all the stuff I had to do up top, there? There's more:On the Audiopipe, I had to scroll to AUX out.At this point, the speakers were blaring Nirvana or Aerosmith or The Kinks or something, I forget.Now...the point:All....ALL of the above...from the Exacto hitting the package tape, to Nirvana.....took TWO minutes...about as much time it took you to read the above.That's my speed...that's what I call a great, user friendly product.Oh, BTW.... I had one of those "powerful, compact and Portable Slim lightweight portable" (apparently a "twice the portability" design) wonderful, micromonolith MP3 players that has the 4 way toggle button on front:That POS lasted about two years, before the software completely lost its mind and it was impossible to get anything to work 🤮Buy the Audiopipe.Previously, On first purchase I wrote:Update June 2022Had to reglue remote membrane (very poor factory adhesive job) ....remote works again, soupping to 4 star.Update July 2021:Remote stopped working, completely....after 3 months of moderate use. (Note: Tested with new Battery, even though the original 2032 is over 3 V).Original review:This is a neat little toy.First, it worked right out of the box (but remember, no internal power supply...so, you have to have a 12 V supply, (or 11V, like me), with a 5.5 mm barrel connector on it ......or solder something together).See where I'm going?This is an mp3 player (Didn't try the FM...I have my old stereo for that) that looks like some guy wanted to do an Arduino/Raspberry Pi project for fun. Old school.Here's what you don't do:Download an App, Go on line to a website, compose, then enter a username and password...write it down. Store it in a safe place. Now, go back to the App, login, go through 14 different sub menus for an activation screen with a code. Go back online, login into the manufacturer website, enter your email and the code, then wait for the 16 character Device Activation code to hit your email. Wait. Go back to the App and find out why the server didn't download the code. Fix their problem. Now go to the App menu system and enter the Device Activation code.Repeat above until the thing finally turns on.Here's what you DO do:First Reserve any 60 second time slot in your day and do the following.Plug in a thumb drive, with MP3s on it, into the front ....then plug a 3.5 mini RCA in the back that hooks up to an old stereo. Turn it on with a button in the back (that looks like it was recycled from previous project).Now, you will hear: MUSIC THAT IS ON YOUR 16G ULTRA FIT DRIVE ......INSTANTLY.And, the sound is actually decent (with 4 EQ settings!!!!).Unfortunately, the interface is a throwback to the AM radio in my 65 Impala (It looks like it was pulled from an old car dash). There is no display (Yikes! my 10 year old dying Sansa has a display). You need a display. You also need a random function. Do really want to turn the thing on....and every single time hear the same tunes, starting at #1. Also, a display would allow some type of crude search for a particular song.Also, others have pointed out the remote works for about 6 feet, tops.......reliably, I have found, you need to be 3 feet or less in a sun lit room (Oh Please...an IR system that can't do 10-15 feet?).What I really needed: some way to play my ancient ~3,000 songs in MP3 format, feed them to an ancient stereo, hopefully have them run randomly. Also, have a decent interface to be able to go through the songs and search for any particular one relatively easily.However, I will not be returning the unit. It does work.One excellent feature: it starts "playing" as soon as power is applied. Therefore, if the adapter is plugged into a powered outlet on the back of a stereo, you just turn the stereo on and music starts playing without any further button pushing.Second Excellent feature: Memory. When power cycled, the unit starts back up exactly where it was when turned off. Excellent....you DON'T start off back at song 001 (like the old Sansa where I had to reenter all the playing parameters every single time), the thing picks up the file, where it left off previously.One bad feature: No Random play option. However, It seems as if the storage system has an unusual filing structure, that I can't make out. Therefore, in essence, the 3000 songs on the thing ARE actually playing Randomly!!Also, SEEK, but not SCAN...you can't "rewind something 36 seconds and replay it. You're stuck with going to a file....and playing from the start.Conclusion: Buy it. I use it almost every day.

I use this in my workshop. I'm using an 8GB SD card. I put 100's of MP3's on it. You need a 12vDC/300mah power supply. I had one from a non working rechargeable flashlight. Once you hit the power switch on the back and go to USB mode via remote or front it will play automatically. If you use the Power button on the remote to power off and then power back on, it will start from your last known location. Remote doesn't work very far from unit. Display only shows you Track # and time. It won't display song titles etc. If on radio mode you just type in your freq....(96.5FM is typed as 965). Wait a second and it tunes. I cannot figure out how to store radio stations in the 13 presets and no one here has posted that yet either. I gave it 4 stars, because it does what I need....plays MP3s and has a radio for low price.

Mine is about useless as a radio and that's why i bought it, with mp3's, i dont know, i dont use mp3 and only use flac or wav files and i didnt even try them, i gave it a extra star from 1 to 2 for the size and simple to hook up to a battery if your trying to use it in a build like a mini boombox and they have a wire to make that happen, albeit, its to short to be useful, so i now change it back to 1 stars, in a way, this is a part to be used in some creative light weight build where sound quality of the radio doesn't matter, i dont know, maybe the mp3 player in it would be useful, let others describe that, mine, is going in the trash, as its not worth the room in a junk box, and well, im not going through the return hassles of wasting a mailman's time especially at Christmas time in return shipping for a item that just does not work like it should only to be repackaged and sold most likely to another,, static reception of all of 6 stations it picked up is not a real radio, btw, it explains the staples in mine making the package seal kinda, mine was probably a return that then got sold to me, so, in the trash it goes so it doesn't happen to another,