The Ultimate Guide to MP4 Players - Part 2

The iPod Nano MP4 2GB clone we received came in a small package, nothing fancy, along with headphones, a CD (for Drivers and Video AMV converter), a USB cord, and a wall charger. The USB cable for the MP4 player was pretty poor quality, and our computer didn't recognize it, but we had an extra USB cable from a digital video camera that worked. The drivers on the CD weren't needed, as we had Windows XP, and the computer automatically recognized the device once the USB cable was connected. Loading music was accomplished by just adding a Music folder into the device by going through My Computer to access it. First off, we checked the device using MP3 Player Utilities programto find out if it was truly 2GB, and it was, so we didn't have a hacked player (Whew!)

The MP4 player came with two videos preloaded onto it, one song, and a few pictures. The videos on the iPod clone 2GB MP4 player worked fine, and didn't exhibit much 'ghosting', the song sounded fine, and the pictures were easy to find. However, at first it was somewhat difficult to navigate the MP4 player's firmware, and browse between different functions, but this was accomplished after getting the hang of the MP4 player.

From the outside, it is hard to tell the iPod Nano Clone MP4 we received, and a real iPod Nano, apart at first glance. We compared a real Nano with our model, and a few things stood out. First, the screen on our MP4 player is 1.8 inches, larger than the small 1.5 inch screen on the real Nano. The players weigh about the same amount, but the clone player has a USB port on the bottom, while the real Nano has a connection point to mount it onto a charging and syncing dock. Besides that, they look basically the same, and most people probably wouldn't be able to tell them apart. True iPod's have a 'click' wheel on the front that is used to scroll between selections. This iPod Nano clone has wheel that looks exactly the same, but it does not work for scrolling. Instead, it functions with a push-button function, a 'push-click' like method.