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Panasonic Sd-Jukebox Software4/15/2021
It completely messed up my PC causing Blue Screens of Death (BSOD), and even preventing the OS from booting.The title mentions the SV-SD350V, which is a similar product, but includes a radio and the ability to record voice memos.I have included it here as it uses the same software, and I believe the review will apply to that model the same.
The model number SV-SD300EB-W is I believe the UK model number, which is branded as the SV-SD300. It does not have any internal memory or hard disk for storing tracks, but instead uses an SD card (not supplied) to store the music on. The advantage of this is that you can add more memory by buying relatively cheap SD cards. I also thought this would mean being able to swap cards with my Akai 256MB MP3 Player with SD Slot, this turns out to not be the case, which Ill come to later. It is now possible to get SD cards up to 4GB, and no doubt in future even bigger SD cards will be available, the maximum size supported by the player is 2GB. By having multiple cards, the capacity is effectively unlimited. The combination of silver and white works well, its also small, thin and light. ![]() The Panasonic player implements Digital Rights Management (DRM), but the way that this is implemented means that you are not able to play MP3 files without first converting them to a Panasonic format. Although the product had stated it was for Windows only, if it allowed you to play MP3 file directly like the Akai MP3 Player, then it would have worked with any operating system that could write to SD cards, including Linux. ![]() I therefore booted into Windows XP and installed the software. The supplied software is SD-Jukebox Version 5.0 Light Edition. The software requirements are Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional. The System Requirements were fully met (and exceeded), however in some small print is: Even if the system requirements mentioned are fulfilled, some personal computers cannot be used. Operating is not guaranteed when used on Windows OSs except those above. Operation on a OS other than the one pre-installed is not guaranteed. Only available when the user is logged in as the system administrator. Thissic system requirements are not guarenteed in the case that any other application runs. Depending upon your computer system, you may experience problems such as being unable to record or use recoded music data. The purchase was of a hardware player, which doesnt work without the supplied software, which has got a long list of circumstances where this might not work. If the software doesnt run then the expensive hardware player is completely useless as you cant load music onto the SD card without it. If that is the only place you have that music then you could lose all your legitimate music.
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