Newman MP4/MP3 Media Player Review
Mikey 114 comments
Rarely does a product come my way that is flawed in so many ways it defies belief. The Newman MP4/MP3 Media Player sounded like it had the goods if the specs and photos were anything to go by, but alarms bells should have been ringing when I was unable to find a review for it anywhere online.
The Newman M918 Portable Media Jukebox features 512mb of internal memory to get you started, a colour screen, and SD memory expansion slot. It supports MP3 playback and allegedly can play ASF video and has upgradeable firmware. The latter I will touch on further into this review.
The box contains:
- 1 Newman MP4/MP3 Media Player
- Audio/Video output cable
- USB cable
- White headphones
- 1 pair of foam earphone covers
- Software CD
- Carry strap
- Manual
Let's start with the good things the Newman M918 has to offer. The 2.5 inch screen is bright and has good colour range at 260,000 colours. The unit size (99 x 62 x 14mm) is compact and reasonably lightweight (100g) considering the metal casing.
There is no DRM (Digital Rights Management) to speak of, so all you need to do is plug in the provided USB cable and Windows automatically will allocate the next available drive letter for the device. And all you do is drag your media across. Painless.
That pretty much covers the good things. Now moving onto the bad...
The physical interface is awkward and clumsy. The buttons need to be pressed fairly hard (compared to other media players) and make a loud clicking sound when activated. To make it more difficult the buttons often have to be pressed twice (sometimes thrice!) where a single push is only required. That combined with the lag of the on-screen GUI makes quick navigation impossible nearly all the time. Although I am unsure if the button problem is the actual hardware or the software. Either way makes no difference to a user who has to struggle to navigate.
The GUI, put bluntly, is dreadful. Big ugly squares that surround what could easily be mistaken for Microsoft animated clip art icons make up the on-screen navigation.
The on-screen music list is by far the worst effort. You will not believe this. For reasons I can not even begin to fathom, Newman saw it fit to use what appears to be a DOS file name convention. No joke. Take for example my partner's Lilly Allen collection, which displays like this on-screen...
These are freshly ripped from CD tracks, with ID tags and filenaming set accordingly. Obviously identifying any song is completely impossible unless you have memorised the order of each track. The specs on the site we purchased it from state that ID3 tags are supported but this does not appear to be the case.
Video playback we eventually achieved at the expense of several hours of my own time. The manufacturer's web site (and the manual) claim that ASF videos are supported, yet I spent nearly an entire night trying to get any of my ASF files to work. I even created my own ASF files using several different software suites and even tried different formats anyway. All failed. Then used the software on the provided CD, which converted my ASF files to: ASF. And then they worked. What the?
The product feels like a prototype, or an alpha. With this in mind I went to the manufacturer's web site in search of the promised firmware upgrade only to find nothing. The web site is poorly constructed and the 2 buttons I needed most (Support and Site map) do not work at all. They are not even linked. So I thought I might get email support but alas their contact page only has email address for business enquiries. The customer service centre has a 12 digit phone number for a location in Beijing. In any event, I can't download firmware on the telephone even if I did speak Chinese.
Sound quality is passable but does not compare to other portable devices. Or perhaps I have just grown used to the stunning clarity of my W800i. The provided obligatory earphones are a little large and hurt when sitting in your ear for long periods. Ear buds are far superior and it's a shame more portable media manufacturers don't include them instead.
The user manual is rather poor and has terrible broken English. Testament to the overall quality of this unit is this statement on page 2:
"When frequently push in or pull out the earphone, the speaker or earphone may not sound occasionally. Please press RESET key or hold the power on/off key to restart the device."
Video output to a TV is not the best but then it is only 320 x 240 pixels, a long was shy of looking any good on our 37" high def LCD. On a regular TV it might not look so bad.
On the whole, the device is not a complete failure, but its shortcomings are too many to forgive. The interface lag, terrible file naming display and lack of any support of promised firmware (which usually fixes a lot of issues with hardware) makes the $150 price tag a bit too steep.
My advice, if you ever see this unit on any of the many online shopping portals is to avoid the temptation. You will be disappointed. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Rating: 3/10.
Update, 13th November 2006: You can download the English language video encoding software for this device here and the Windows 98 driver here.
For a tutorial on how to use the video conversion software, go to this page. For the English language manual, click here.
Killer Matt K
Sunday 29th October 2006 | 10:22 AMThankyou. I was intending on purchasing an mp3 player with video capability, and that's one off the list. Will keep looking.
Jasmin
Sunday 29th October 2006 | 02:56 PMHarsh review but sounds warranted. Can you post some screen shots of the interface?
Michael
Sunday 29th October 2006 | 11:52 PMHere you go Jasmin. There is no way to capture screenshots on the device so excuse the poor quality of these digital snaps.
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Don't you just love the fine naming in the top picture?
Jasmin
Monday 30th October 2006 | 12:57 AMOh my I thought you were exaggerating but you weren't. Thanks for the pics. I hope people find your review before they buy one.
Aaron
Wednesday 1st November 2006 | 01:05 AMHow come you got an mp3 player, why not just get more memories for your phone?
Michael
Wednesday 1st November 2006 | 10:33 AMI already ordered a larger capacity memory card for my phone. This MP3 player is my partners. She ordered it a while ago and I only just got around to doing a review.
Sorry, But I'm having problems to install the drive of Newman M918. The drive that comes in the cd doesn't install in may computer, so i can't put musics and videos in my mp4. Could you help me with this?
Michael
Tuesday 7th November 2006 | 01:28 PMHi Paul. What operating system are you running? Windows XP?
andrew
Wednesday 8th November 2006 | 10:47 PMso i guess it has gone on e-bay!!
Marc
Tuesday 28th November 2006 | 02:41 AMI wish I would have seen this site before I bought one. I have a question I can record music but how do you record video? I was able to record pinhole video from a spy camera but How can you record tv shows or music video?
Hi Marc. I think you may have this device confused with another. This one neither records music or video. You can however copy video or music files onto this device. For video make sure you use the software provided to convert to ASF format. Then drag your new video into the DCIM folder of the Newman. MP3's do not require any conversion, and need to be placed into the MP3 folder. I have a link to the English language software at the end of this article. Hope that helps.
Marc
Tuesday 28th November 2006 | 11:41 AMIt looks just like the unit I have, which is a Newman AV3000 2.5"TFT LCD MP4/MP3 TV Video Player Recorder M12 model. Sorry, I meant I downloaded music and placed them into the MP3 folder and was able to record video with a pinhole spy camera and play it back on my computer with media player. I have seen a few of these devices on the internet and they all look the same but have different model numbers. I have to double check the software because I don't think it's compatible with windows xp and tried to download it a few times and it was coming back with and error. But I will look at the English language software. Thank you for your help Michael.
James
Thursday 30th November 2006 | 04:49 PMi can't seem to play asf videos, i have converted videos into asf format using advanced x video converter (not the one that came with it because that one is in chinese) but it still won't play. help would be appreciated
Hi James.
Don't waste your time using anything other than the provided software for ASF conversion. I wasted an entire evening on it.
Standard ASF files will not work which means this product has been falsely advertised. I have a link to the English version of the CD files (including the ASF conversion tool) at the end of the article. This software will convert standard ASF (and other files) into ASF files that actually work on the device.
Ari
Friday 1st December 2006 | 12:16 PMWow I never thought that Newman had a bad reputation,I really enjoyed my product which is the NO3. This product is amazing, i even think that it may be the next ipod killer. In fact, it is one of the hottest mp4's in china right now and is slowly growing around the world. Sorry about your experiences guys but you should check out their new products, I think they have really improved from being the underdog.
Mo
Saturday 2nd December 2006 | 04:18 AMit sounds like the features of Newman M918 you don't like, and it is not cause of qulity. i really don't know where you get it, and how much it is, but it can not mean the fact that is Newman is not good. i have a Newman No6 , and it is amazing, and feature is so good, and qulity perfect also. in addtion, i have to tell you if you want do convertion of video, you must use the software provided by Newman's CD. i always do conversion of vedio, that Newman software converts almost any vedio format, so i like my newman's player. Mike O, there are too many kinds of Newman products from cheaper to expensive, this M918 is very old one and also cheaper;i suggest you contact with Newman and ask them to change another one that you like. here, email to to get help. i don't know who sells it to you, but i know this one should be very cheaper.
robb
Monday 4th December 2006 | 05:59 AMhey i unfortunately have a Newman MP4 player and its model is M920 . But the driver cd that came with it has some strange language which is why Win XP cant understand the directory of the setup files. Where could i get the software and the drivers for this device? Please help me out..
Hi Robb. I actually managed to have a conversation over Messenger with one the company execs. She says the English version of the web site is still being worked on. That was several weeks ago and I have not bothered to check since as I have given up on the Newman and accepted it's roll as an expensive paper weight. But hopefully you will be able to access some English language software soon.
robb
Tuesday 5th December 2006 | 01:08 AMHey michael , I got it to work finally . All i had to do was to copy the files in the cd and then rename the files that xp could not understand and then it worked like gold! Thanks .
bobba
Wednesday 13th December 2006 | 02:38 AMbut we cant get the vedio output in an telivision..though trough an video cable wire....
Hi Bobba: Note sure about why that would happen. The video output worked fine for me. I think you have to change something on the settings screen of the Newman.
Hi Michale
Sunday 24th December 2006 | 08:26 PMWhere is this so called link - "I have a link to the English version of the CD files (including the ASF conversion tool) at the end of the article. "?
There are only links to other converters at the bottom of the document.
Hi. Right at the end of the article on the bit that says "Update 13th November 2006". Anyhoo...http://www.rarhost.com/download-cnjuf9.html">here it is to make it easier. Merry Christmas!
copper_8
Wednesday 27th December 2006 | 01:08 PMtnx mike for the review, i just bought my newman last Dec 24 here at Manila, Philippines. It only cost me about eighty dollars or 4,000 in pesos. When i got home i started converting video using some known converter into asf file but no one works until i thought of searching the manufacturers website hoping there is a converter or utilities, but i cant understand chinese, then i reached your blog. hehe tnx bro! merry x'mas
fitou
Friday 29th December 2006 | 01:37 AMJust bought a newman mp4 and am having touble with the video conversion tried as above but not working anyone recommend a seperate converter to use or any useful info thanks
Suzanne
Sunday 31st December 2006 | 02:55 AMHi my sisters boyfriend got this mp4 for xmas and because i like going on the computer i got stuck with setting it up. i see that other people using windows xp had problems setting the mp4 up and that the exact same as me! can any1 help please???
Hi Suzanne. Welcome to RL. I have posted a tutorial at the end of the article for anyone who wants to know how to convert and play video on the Newman. https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=315">Click here to jump to that part of the page now. Hope that helps.
RKS
Monday 1st January 2007 | 06:05 PMI just ordered a product after seeing its attractive explanation and price (just $70). The product name is coded as 2GB202MP4 and I knew it's a Newman product from its picture at display. Then I googled for Newman's homepage to know some more detail about the product (which they say 'brand new') and thus I found this page. If I had seen this page 10 min. earlier, I would probably stop placing order.
The specification of my ordered item tells that this product has Built-in Stereo Speakers, Integrated FM Radio, FM Radio Recorder, USB2.0 Full-Speed, 14-Language Menu & Lyric, Telephone Book, 65,000TRUE COLOUR TFT LCD DISPLAY, MP3/MP4/JPG/JPEG/WMA/Movie/Photo/Picture Player, 2GB USB Flash Memory Drive, Personal Digital Voice Recorder (128-Hour) , Integrated Speaker, Rechargeable Internal Lithium Battery, A-B Repeater, Newest Firmware Installed, Games such as Russia Block, HAVING MORE FUNCTIONS THAN i-POD!!! This all was enough to impress me at such a cheap price. But now I am wondering what would they deliver me in a week. Do you have any idea on this kind of product?
Thanks
Howdy RKS. It sounds like a different one to the M918 I have. For starters mine only has a single speaker, although most of the other specs you mentioned are the same. If it is a Newman brand you should be able to see it on manufacturer's web page. Mine is at the bottom of the barrel - oops I mean the bottom of the page http://www.usb-mp3.com/en/Product.asp?BigClassName=mp4_player">here. Hopefully your model will be an improvement over the M918. If not, I suggest looking into canceling your order. If they ask why, send them to this page :-)
cherry
Tuesday 2nd January 2007 | 03:59 PMHi Mike
My unit was bought in Beijing and so the manual was in Chinese characters. Would you direct me where I can download/view the English translated manual please.
Thanks a lot!
Hi Cherry. My unit shipped with an English manual but the CD did not contain an electronic version of - otherwise I would happily make it available for download here. Just checking the manufacturer's web site and no luck there either. The only help file that was on the CD was for the Encoding software, which is poor when compared to https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=315">my tutorial anyway.
To be completely honest, the manual is poor as well. But seeing as I have become somewhat of an unofficial support guy for this lame unit, I will scan the pages and put them into a PDF for download here. Watch this space.
That was faster than expected! I have scanned all 24 greyscale pages and made them http://www.rarhost.com/download-ocx8ry.html">available for download. I know I promised a PDF but I just don't have the time. You will need http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/WinRAR.shtml">WinRAR to decompress the file.
RKS
Friday 5th January 2007 | 08:02 AMThanks Mike for the URL link. I went through there, the webpage opens very slow. I could not find similar picture of the unit which attracted my order. Just wondering, if there are other companies who use Newman logo but are not a part of Newman.
Hi RKS. Not tthat I know of. But some serious Googleing might reveal something. Good luck.
oktay
Sunday 7th January 2007 | 12:59 AMDAL RUZGARI AFFEDER AMA KIRILMISTIR BIR KERE...
I need Software CD for my newman mp4 player.
Links to software at end of the article.
GANZO
Saturday 13th January 2007 | 07:08 PMNaad tomoriin hog chini sar bololgui evdersen hyatyyddaa gej neg iim ym hiine de
Andrew Mazen
Sunday 11th February 2007 | 02:37 AMMy NewMan is N66 will the same converter for M918 work on the N66 send me as soon as possible,, please please i will appreciate it a lot,Michael,, ibeg you
Hi Andrew. I posted the software http://www.rarhost.com/download-cnjuf9.html">here.
Vlad
Wednesday 14th February 2007 | 11:52 PMHello. I tried to d-load the driver for my Newman M920 from
the official site (english version http://www.usb-mp3.com/en/download_id.asp), but it requires some kind of an ID-Number.
All my documentary is in Chinese, so, I don't know where it can be printed? Please, help
Hi Vlad. Go http://www.rarhost.com/download-ocx8ry.html">here.
Vlad
Thursday 15th February 2007 | 03:52 PMMichael, thanks for your reply, but the link you gave forwrads me to an empty page, rarhost.com doesn't appear
as well... If it happens just to me, then I might conclude this site is for your country's residents only... Anyway, are there any other links to get the driver? Please, help... This is probably the only page where I can find some support on my Newman in English. HUGE THAKS in advance.
Hi Vlad. No you are right. The page was working earlier today. I checked all the files I have hosted with RARhost but it appears they are having web site issues. Might be time for me to find another file host. Send me a message on our https://rustylime.com/contact.php">contact page and be sure to include your email address. I will email you the files. Be sure to let me know in the message what you need.
Vlad
Friday 16th February 2007 | 12:29 AMMichael, thanks for you reply. I did all as you wrote above,
so, waiting now. Thanks in advance!
Andrew Mazen
Sunday 18th February 2007 | 01:37 AMsorry Michael,but my question is will the same converter for M918 work on N66? just say yes or no? I just want an answer,please send me as soon as possible.
Hi Andrew. If it plays ASF files, then the answer is probably yes. It can't do any harm to try.
Phil
Monday 19th February 2007 | 09:28 PMhi, i bought a Newman Q90 but unfortunately my laptop won't recognise it when i plug it in. Also, i can't download the software from the supplied disk. Could this be a Windows XP problem? Appreciate any advice on this.
Sorry Phil, I have no experience with that model. Only the one noted in this review. That said, it is surprising XP did not find it. Maybe you have to enable a setting on the device itself. Good luck.
cryptoz
Wednesday 21st February 2007 | 01:50 PMI agree with Michael on most of his points. I had a M996 (512M) as a gift. The user interface of this player is terrible. It is impossible to locate a song if you have hundreds of them on the device. You cannot see the long file names because the device uses the old FAT system. I guess the device does recognize the tag information embedded in mp3. Unfortunately, I see only ?. I guess this is because I used Unicode. Even if you change all the filenames to 8.3 format, it is difficult to locate a title because the files are not listed in order and you cannot use subfolders (everything must be in one folder). I do not understand why they do not sort the filename. And the device does not remebmer which title you listened to and where you stopped.
I also tried to upload an MP4 video file (with a .asf suffix). It worked, a soft of. The video was stretched to fill the whole LCD screen (which has a 4:3 ratio), which makes everything ugly. I had problems fast forwarding the video. First, FF was not working. The video still went on at the regular rate. After I released the FF button, it went back to the beginning of the video. I do not know who wrote the software (the worst I have seen) for the device and how they use the device. With the current firmware, I just plan to use it as a basic mp3 player and store only a couple of albums on it. I think, at least for now, the problems are mainly on the software side. I am not sure if someone can write a better software for this series of devices in the near future.
Thursday 22nd February 2007 | 06:19 PM
HAI IAM DHANU FROM INDIA
I GOT A NEWMAN MP3 PLAYER ON JAN 29 KNOW IT IS NOT WORKING IT OF MODEL 958 WHEN IT IS ON IT SHOWS LOADING BUT IT WONT ON LOADING IS CONTINUED TILL THE BATERY IS OVER PLZZZZZZZ SOME ONE HELP ME
Himanshu
Monday 26th February 2007 | 08:55 PMI have problem in driver of this newman mp3 player m918. Plz mail me the driver on my emial id: and
Thankx
Mark
Friday 2nd March 2007 | 07:03 AMHi !! those below are the contacts of newman.So try to contact with them for complains and help
Regards
Mark
Europe
Mark
Friday 2nd March 2007 | 07:10 AMNewman contacts
MSN:
http://www.newman-cti.com.cn/en/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=337
Mohanlal
Sunday 11th March 2007 | 07:35 PMhai i got newman N66 model, but the video file in avi format cant be installed in it..
So can you pls tell the link where can i get those information
my mail id is
Tuesday 13th March 2007 | 08:39 PM
I purchased the N05 Newman in china and I can't find the video converter in the CD. I have tried the "Sun PMP" Converter that has been uploaded by some kind soul in this website...
However, the output is ASF and it doesn't work with the player.
I have contacted TOM from the MSN Support list and he doesnt seem to be able to help...
It is just me or it their support the worse ever?
Anyone who wants to buy Newman but can't read Chinese, stay off.. and keep your money in your pocket..
Anyone got the serial no. that can be used in the website?
http://www.usb-mp3.com/en
I tried my serial no but it cannot be used.
Jay
Sunday 18th March 2007 | 02:35 PMummm i how do i put pictures into it? cuz when i put pictures in to it, it becomes black and it freezes when i select it and i try that coverter for pictures but i dont think it works
Himanshu
Tuesday 20th March 2007 | 08:18 PMi am having a newman m918 mp3 player. Plz send me the software of this player on my emial ID : ,
Hi Himanshu: Please see https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=315">this page.
Himanshu
Tuesday 20th March 2007 | 10:00 PMhello Michael
Thakx for reply. I have already download this driver. But real problem is that my player did not gives any sound, may be this problem is created by push in or pull out of earphone. When i click right button the cursor move left and vice-versa. Now my player did't given any sound in speaker or in earphone. Can u plz send me the software of this m918 mp4 mp3 player. my email ID is :
Thankx
Hi Himanshu. I only have is the video conversion software, and the Windows 98 driver. XP and Vista do not need a driver, and the unit itself does not have any firmware to download from the http://www.usb-mp3.com">manufactures web site. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Himanshu
Wednesday 21st March 2007 | 07:32 PMThankx for reply Mr. Michael
rejish kr
Sunday 25th March 2007 | 07:56 AMI'm using newman portable media player q100.I'm facing problem to play back my converted avi files.Can any one advise me what to do?.I dont find any firmware upgrade in manufacture's site.
Ryan
Monday 2nd April 2007 | 12:15 AMHi I got a newman n05 but I just cant get it to play films.
tried the conversion tool on this web site.
my dad got on holiday.
and there is no software on the disk with it.
can any one help????
Joe
Monday 16th April 2007 | 05:24 AMWhat is the camera lens covered with,is it a film and does it degrade the image?
Thanks ,
Joe U.K.
Hi Joe. This device doesn't have a camera.
Andrew, Beijing
Monday 16th April 2007 | 03:04 PMDear Michael,
I've recently bought a Newman M968 MP4 (before finding this webpage!) and have had all of the above problems with this model, too.
The English software links that you have provided have solved all of the playing problems. I can now convert my videos to the player's ASF format.
I will need, however, the driver for Windows 98 when I return to England. The link to RARhost doesn't work - could you possibly post the driver on the boxnet site?
Thanks muchly for your help on this issue.
Gaurish
Thursday 19th April 2007 | 02:49 PMI'm using newman portable media player q100.I'm facing problem to play back my converted avi files.Can any one advise me what to do?
Andrew, Beijing
Friday 20th April 2007 | 10:55 PMIt's hard to say why, Gaurish. With my model, a file wouldn't even show on the player's menu unless it was 100% "Newman ASF." Did you convert the file using the SunPlus PMP transcoder? Check also on your "setup menu" - click on "TV Out" and see that the right option has been chosen - TV-PAL for playing on your television, LCD for playing on the player's screen.
Regards,
Andrew
Shinare
Thursday 3rd May 2007 | 01:30 PMThanks so much for your review. You just saved me $60 on ebay.
Jon
Monday 7th May 2007 | 10:49 AMhey Michael, i just bought a Newman player, not this one, but similar. i haven't received it yet, but i really wished i had seen your review previous to buying it. however, i know that the software on my player is their 4th generation, I'm hoping the one you've described is 3rd.
Hi Jon. I think mine was Zero generation :-)
Jon
Thursday 10th May 2007 | 10:30 AMhaha. mine actually isn't that bad. i got the m968, what i believe you have is the m968A. mine looks distinctly different and the interface isn't nearly as bad. don't get me wrong, the interface isn't something great but it was certainly better then what you showed here. also, i had no problems at all uploading videos. if anyone is having trouble with the .asf files might i suggest going to the manufacturer support page, http://www.usb-mp3.com/en/support&download.asp , and download the 9 series converter software. its worked wonders for me. so far... at least...
George
Sunday 20th May 2007 | 12:57 PMHi I am from Australia I suggest if anyone wants a newman to forget it ,they are not worth all the hassle ,I bought a M958 in Fushun and it justs keeps crashing, gets stuck on loading, I have taken it back three times now .Once in Beijing 2 days after it bought it and they reloaded it for me ,It worked for a few hours and crashed again , by this time I was in Australia and could not fix,I have returned to Fushun I got it reloaded again worked for a few hours again has do the same thing , Now I have taken it back again ,this time they sent it back to Beijing and tell me it will be a month or so before I get it back,good if I lived here. They do not have any guarantee on the product if it faulty bad luck ,I hope this will help someone save there money.
tornado
Tuesday 12th June 2007 | 01:05 AMi will buy one newman and i don t know if it is so good to buy one.
if u have one then u can tell me
if it is good anough to buy it
e mail me:
James Asugeni
Saturday 23rd June 2007 | 09:09 PMI bougth a Newman media juke box player with digital camera.. I cant download movies that I take ..can you help me by sending me and information to follow?
thank you
James
Sunday 24th June 2007 | 09:24 PM
i buy mp4 but just 3 days old it wont turn on with warranty they change it but with other version,can i change it to new version?
Timmy
Wednesday 4th July 2007 | 12:54 PMI recently bought a Newman Q90 and the conversion software dosen't work on my Windows Vista PC. Can somebody help me with this?
Have you tried running the software in compatibility mode? Right click the exe file where the software is installed, and select PROPRTIES. Then click the COMPATIBILITY tab and select an earlier version of Windows. It might help.
Jay
Friday 6th July 2007 | 08:03 AMhey i can put video in my newmen mp4 player is there one for photos? O_o
Chuba
Monday 23rd July 2007 | 01:26 AMThanks for your review, I nearly bought it. Is it comparable with JXD 661 which is also a Chinese made portable and is very comoon in the EBAY ?
Regards
Chuba
Arunava
Friday 27th July 2007 | 09:18 AMHi Michael
Mine looks like your M918 but has a 2.0 meg digital camera embedded in it. M also spent 2 nights googling for getting the right converter and ultimately found your page. :)
Thanx for your helpful reviews but your link for the english manual(rarhost one) is dead. Please upload the same in rapidshare. Thanx in advance for reupload lol ...
Hi Arunava,
Thanks for the 'dead link' notice. I am away from the original files right now but will be able to post it to box.net later tonight. Stay tuned.
Michael
Sunday 29th July 2007 | 11:26 AMAll driver links have been updated. Now hosted on Box.net. Check the update at the end of the article.
Jordan
Monday 30th July 2007 | 04:00 PMI need the driver for this particular product..Can someone help by providing the driver for me to download please?
amday
Monday 6th August 2007 | 06:19 AMhey are you talking about the newman m968? if you are can you please geve me a link to a pic where the screen swivels, thanks
Monday 6th August 2007 | 07:27 PM
Well have you checked JXD 661, the most popular mp3/video/camera player? You get lots of offer in EBAY for this but don't know how good it is
yoan
Monday 13th August 2007 | 05:12 AMhola a todos quisiera saber quien tiene el convertidor AVConverterV1.0
shrinathm
Tuesday 2nd October 2007 | 07:31 PMmy mp4 player software has gone please send me mp4 update software provided me
thank you
Wednesday 3rd October 2007 | 06:58 PM
I need an english version of the instruction manual for the Newman M968 MP4 player.Can anyone help?
ervan
Monday 8th October 2007 | 07:49 PMi need sunplus pmp transcoding right now ..please send me the driver and convertion video asf movies ok thanks
andy
Saturday 17th November 2007 | 08:28 PMi just got a Q90 newman mp4 player but cant load videos on them please can u help me get a converter that will give me the proper video format? i tried the sunplus pmp transcoding software but it didnt work. please someone help me as soon as possible.
ANDY
Susan
Saturday 17th November 2007 | 11:06 PMI have bought one, but it's not that bad. It works fine to me.
Tarek
Sunday 18th November 2007 | 03:48 PMHi Michael, I've tried the conversion of an mpeg file to an asf with the newman's soft just as you showed before but the result file was a black screen even when I play it within newman's soft , did I miss something on the encoding procedure?, or should I start with a particular type of video file before converting to asf?, please tell me... thank you very much for your help...
Hi Tarek.
The instructions are correct so I can't imagine why it isn't working for you. Did you see the guide I wrote https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=315">here?
As far as I know it should work with any file you input as long as you have the codec. How do you know if you have the codec? If you can play the movie file on your PC then you already have it.
Good luck.
Tarek
Monday 19th November 2007 | 09:24 AMThanks Michael for your answer, so as I can't play the asf file with windows media player after converting on the newman's soft, so I do think that I've not the right codec on my PC, so what is the name of that codec and where I could download it? please write... Thank you again Michael, Bye...
Mikey
Monday 19th November 2007 | 10:20 AMHo Tarek.
I mean input file - that means if you can play the file on Windows Media Player before you convert it, this means the software will be able to 'undrestand' it and convert it.
The best program I have found (and is free) for finding out the codec of any movie file is Gspot.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
It will tell you the codecs for both video and audio streams.
Tarek
Monday 19th November 2007 | 10:36 AMHi Michael,
Actually I can play the input mpeg file but my problem is on the output generated asf file (with the Newman's soft), I can not read it with the windows media player nor on my Newman mp4 player, is it a problem of an encoder codec not installed on my computer?, Write...Thanks...
If is doesn't play after encoding, I am out of ideas. I would not expect it to play on WMP after encoding but it should play on the Newman MP4.
But as mentioned, if you are able to play it on WMP before encoding, there shouldn't be any problem playing on the Newman after encoding.
Tarek
Wednesday 21st November 2007 | 07:09 AMHi Michael, finally I suceeded on encoding my mpeg files to asf ones readable on my newman's mp4 player, so I do think that you should include in your tutorial the installation of the video codecs necessary for a successful asf encoding with the newman encoder software, me I've installed the K-Lite Codec Pack Full 3.5.6, it seems to work fine, anyway, thank you for your kind help, Bye...
Hi Tarek. Glad you got it working. Though it's odd that you had the difficulties in the first place. The reason I don't have the stage about needing the playback codecs is because if you can play the movie file on your computer to begin with, then you already have the codec. The fact it wasn't working for you suggests to me that something else was wrong, and installing the K-Lite codec pack has remedied the situation.
Be wary of those codec packs though. They typically do more harm than good, and a lot of them come pre-loaded with spyware and alike. Whenever you need a codec, just grab the one you need - not tens of them.
mr.lonely
Tuesday 1st January 2008 | 10:21 PMhey! i got problem with my newan mp3 player? its a sound problem.
mr.lonely
Tuesday 1st January 2008 | 10:24 PMand do u know zat iam the first 2 give comment in this site in 2008. ha ha ha
Tweety Bird
Thursday 10th January 2008 | 01:58 PMHi Michael. By the way my dad and brothers name is Michael (and this has nothing to do with the topic). Anyway, I got a newman M920 player for Christmas and I can't convert music videos nor music files. When I insert the disc my computer doesn't upload the page (windows xp). I was also wondering if I could use another conversion software and if it would still be compatible with the newman player. Thank you.
Hi Tweety. Sorry I don't know of any other software that will convert to a compatible ASF format for the Newman. There are plenty of apps out there that convert video to ASF, but of all the ones I tested none actually worked on the Newman. Only the supplied software did.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Tweety Bird
Friday 11th January 2008 | 01:20 PMWell, I read it must have 15mb space on your computer. And I have a lot of files on my computer. Could this be the cause? How can I expand it?
needz
Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | 07:15 PMHey can i store my other computer files in it aswell using usb ??
Rob J. D.
Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | 07:16 PM...in response to this comment by needz. Sure can
Bob
Saturday 5th July 2008 | 04:57 AMDoes anyone know what sizes of SD memory card the M918 model supports? I can't find the product specs on the manufacturers website and the english manual doesn't really help.
Thanks
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