In
order to turn on the player we have to set the On/Off/Hold switch to
the middle (On), which proved a bit tricky since the switch can easily
slip in the 'Hold' position. Afterwards we press the power button next
to the switch for a few seconds. I wonder why they made so complicated
to power on...
We loaded the device with some mp3s, videos, pictures
and texts in order to test it. To fully load the 1GB of internal memory
took us approximately 9,5 min. over a USB2.0 connection which is a very
fast result.
As the device is activated we see the keys light up
in bright red color and we are welcomed with Super Talent's logo on the
screen. After a short moment and the "Building Database" message we
have access to the main menu.


This
player has a very good looking interface with allot of functions. It
features a music and video player, a picture viewer, FM radio, an
e-book reader, a voice recorder and games (but we didn't find any
installed).
The music, video and photo playback is very good but
basic. You can't create playlists but you can overcome this obstacle by
separating your music in different folders (e.g. by albums). Also by
using the build-in file explorer you can listen to your music by
artist/album/genre. The same applies in video playback and picture
viewing. The controls are touch sensitive and the navigation is very
easy. < and > to go left or right, the M for going a step back
and the Play/pause for going a step forward. The -/+ keys are used for
volume regulation.
The sound quality is average even at high
bitrates (320bps) but we didn't find that annoying. The build-in
equalizer has 5 presets and you can also create your own preset. We
sticked with the "normal" preset since it was the most pleasant to our
ears.

playing an mp3 file
The
video playback isn't great and the motion is jumpy due to the fact that
it plays video at 20 fps. The player comes with a very simple PC
software for converting your videos in order to be playable
from the device. A negative point is that it stretches a 16:9
video in order to fit to its 4:3 screen resulting in a distorted picture.
But what the heck, this is just for viewing some videos not your entire
movie collection.

video pulldown...
In
the other hand the photo previewing is awesome! The pictures have
excellent colors and you can store pictures of any size, the player
will downscale them for fitting in the screen.

The
FM tuner has all the basic radio functions plus a record function in
order to save your favorite show or some songs you like.
The record function enables you to take notes on the fly or even record an interview. Don't
expect from the e-book reader to display your pdf files. This little
reader can only read simple text files, but don't worry there are many
books online in simple text format.

The reader has a slight problem in word wrapping...
Concerning
the games we didn't find anything installed in the device nor in the
included CD, even the manual doesn't have a reference to the games.