Stupid Question

[Rocinante69]

Stupid Question Of The Day:

Am I safe in my assumption (& yes - I know 'bout asuming) that the following is true (at least as far as "out of the box" goes):

a) An H100 is a 10Gb unit
b) An H120 is a 20Gb unit
c) An H140 is a 40Gb unit

I already am pretty sure that "b" & "c" are true, not sure about "a" & the wesite's not very clear... I just got a "non-working" H100 from eBay & it said in the description that it was a 20Gb unit. I got an H120 from the same company about a month ago for $30.00 (USD) & all it needed was a HDD replacement - so I have an H120 (w/ 30Gb HDD upgrade) that I only had to pay about $55.00 (USD) total (w/ HDD replacement cost) for - pretty sweet! I hope I get as lucky with this one... is it (the H100) the same size as an H120? Thanks in advance! P.S. I got the H100 today for only 11.60 (USD) & another broken H-10 6Gb ended right after that & went for more $$$ - go figure? Also - I CANNOT Get Over The Sound Quality Of This Player - Shame on whoever decided to discontinue this product line... these sound WAY Better than the H320/340 Series, & I thought those were awesome!

[jumbuck]

Yes the H100 is 10 Gb (and there was a h115 15Gb). The main difference between the H100/115 and the H120/140 apart from the 140's being thicker is the h10/115 have a different size RAM and therefore have a different firmware. So regardless of the hard drive size you must still use the correct firmware for the motherboard.

[Rocinante69]

So to clarify. the same HDD's that will fit into a H120 will also work in an H100? Thanks So Much!

[jumbuck]

Originally Posted by Rocinante69

So to clarify. the same HDD's that will fit into a H120 will also work in an H100?

Yes they will. Just be sure to always use the firmware for the h100 and not the h120.

[Rocinante69]

Is the difference in RAM enough that it limits the functionality of the player as compared to the H120 (file limits, skip buffer, etc.)? Thanks!

[shadesbass]

To my knowledge the functionality is identical.
IIRC the 10 and 15GB versions have 16MB whilst 20 and 40GB versions have 32MB. The only difference will be that the 20/40GB variants will access the hard drive less frequently to fill up the audio buffer*, making battery life slightly better.

*This is assuming that the audio is continuous, i.e. you don't change tracks. Otherwise the difference in functionality will probably be negligible.

[Rocinante69]

Cool - Thanks!