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Nobody is talking about the OmniFi WiFi MP3 jukebox???
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-f0xv129...info&i=575DMP1
What's up with that? FINALLY, an iPOD built into your car, AND you can update it via WiFi while you are sleep. This is the kind of technology I like, set up once and forget it, and my tunes are always with me when I drive. How come nobody here is talking about it????? |
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bobb wrote: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-f0xv129...50800&id=essen tial_info&i=575DMP1 What's up with that? FINALLY, an iPOD built into your car, AND you can update it via WiFi while you are sleep. This is the kind of technology I like, set up once and forget it, and my tunes are always with me when I drive. How come nobody here is talking about it????? 1. overpriced 2. single set of rca outputs 3. controller/faceplate is godawfully ugly -- Cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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How come nobody here is talking about it?????
Old news. CES 2003 was when it was first introduced. Nothing happened. CES 2004 - Rockford was going to distribute it. CES 2005 Omni what? www.MAINSTREET-AUDIO.com ~ ~ ~ Where SERVICE never goes out of style ~ ~ ~ V I S I T O U R F O R U M http://63.74.14.174/forum/phpBB2/index.php |
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:59:28 -0800, bobb wrote:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-f0xv129...info&i=575DMP1 What's up with that? FINALLY, an iPOD built into your car, AND you can update it via WiFi while you are sleep. This is the kind of technology I like, set up once and forget it, and my tunes are always with me when I drive. How come nobody here is talking about it????? 20 Gigs of storage, and only ONE 20-song "favorites" playlist!?!?! I guess they really want you browsing through all 5000 songs while you're driving down the street... Scott |
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It's been un-noticed really at the local future shop.. Doesn't look very
durable. Besides, thats the great thing about the iPod, you can take it anywhere. And you might as well say why not talk about the Kenwood Music Keg. It looks a lot better, it's already used a fair bit, and of what I know, is supossed to be a lot better than most other devices. Oh, it's also backed up by a brand name. "bobb" wrote in message ... http://www.crutchfield.com/S-f0xv129...g=50800&id=ess ential_info&i=575DMP1 What's up with that? FINALLY, an iPOD built into your car, AND you can update it via WiFi while you are sleep. This is the kind of technology I like, set up once and forget it, and my tunes are always with me when I drive. How come nobody here is talking about it????? |
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OK.
Price-wise, Crutchfield just dropped it to $300, I think that's do-able. Durable-unattractive - Maybe, but what are my alternatives? Short playlist - now that's one silly limitation. Single set RCA - Why would anybody be afraid of Y-splitters??? iPOD - right, but I want something bult-in, stock, and I can't afford a BMW just right now. So guys, automatic wireless update is very important to me, as I oftenly record stuff off the NET. I don't want to have to manually transfer the new recordings from PC to car. What do u guys recommend that doesn't requires a remorgaging of the house??? |
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I'm one of the unfortunate owners of the Omnifi. I figured at $300 it
was worth a shot. I was wrong. Rockford Fosgate is the manufacturer and they have done a terrible job. It's almost as if they sold it to the public with the intent of making consumers beta testers. The list of problems is too long to go into, but the top ones a -no fast forward or reverse. -Tends to operate sporadically...sometimes the WiFi works and other times not -Sometimes it will play and other times not. Sometimes when selecting from your favorites list it plays nothing but garbled noise. -Terrible navigation...god forbid you have lots of artists in your library that start with x, y or z. You have to page through alphabetically to queue up songs. So if you listen to "The Cure" or "The Smashing Pumpkins" or anything at the other end of the alphabet, you'll be scrolling for a few minutes to find your selection. -Display stinks. On the upside, it's nice to have your whole library in the car and integrated into your dash. I know most people will prefer the iPOD, but I liked the idea of having something permanently in my car that updates automatically. Omnifi had a customer forum up until a few months ago...I think all the negative "beta tester" feedback was costing them too much business, so they disabled it. A newer unit, the DMP2, is going to be released in the future, probably at the DMP1's original price point of $700. NO WAY WILL I RISK THE TROUBLE AGAIN! |
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It's nice to hear some feedback of someone that has actually owned the
product. I for one, think I'll stick with looking around for a CD changer. wrote in message oups.com... I'm one of the unfortunate owners of the Omnifi. I figured at $300 it was worth a shot. I was wrong. Rockford Fosgate is the manufacturer and they have done a terrible job. It's almost as if they sold it to the public with the intent of making consumers beta testers. The list of problems is too long to go into, but the top ones a -no fast forward or reverse. -Tends to operate sporadically...sometimes the WiFi works and other times not -Sometimes it will play and other times not. Sometimes when selecting from your favorites list it plays nothing but garbled noise. -Terrible navigation...god forbid you have lots of artists in your library that start with x, y or z. You have to page through alphabetically to queue up songs. So if you listen to "The Cure" or "The Smashing Pumpkins" or anything at the other end of the alphabet, you'll be scrolling for a few minutes to find your selection. -Display stinks. On the upside, it's nice to have your whole library in the car and integrated into your dash. I know most people will prefer the iPOD, but I liked the idea of having something permanently in my car that updates automatically. Omnifi had a customer forum up until a few months ago...I think all the negative "beta tester" feedback was costing them too much business, so they disabled it. A newer unit, the DMP2, is going to be released in the future, probably at the DMP1's original price point of $700. NO WAY WILL I RISK THE TROUBLE AGAIN! |
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I also own one of these units. When I purchased it, it clearly beat
the Music Keg in terms of functionality mostly due to the larger hard drive size, the WIFI synching and the 3 line display (even though it is really ugly). I spent about $1000 for the unit and a custom install. After owning if for 9 months or so, it is evident that this is a beta product. I have had to return it once since the hard drive cartridge was spontaneously ejecting. To their credit, the customer service people are great and they shipped me an entire new-in-the-box replacement unit. That particular has been fixed for me, but the product in general continues to be riddled with firmware bugs. The latest firmware, which came out in November, fixed a couple of problems but also caused another one. Now, if a WIFI synch takes place, the unit will not resume at the place it was last playing when you start your car the next time. Instead, you have to queue up your music again. This is a pain and needs to be fixed but Omnifi is pretty much ignoring it. Part of the problem is that the company that writes the firmware and software, Simple Devices, was recently purchased by Universal Electronics and has apparently stopped working with Omnifi. Regardless, I'm not optimistic about Omnifi putting forth any more effort into fixing a product that will soon be superceded by something else. This leaves the current owners hanging. If they would just make the software open source, the developer community could make this thing rock. Omnifi had a product support forum on their web until early January, but completely pulled the plug on it since there was a ton of negative posts (but nothing that wasn't true). If you happen to be an Omnifi car audio owner, there is still some info floating around on the web and I have posted some of it on Yahoo groups. Search for Omnifi at groups.yahoo.com and you will find it. bobb wrote: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-f0xv129...info&i=575DMP1 What's up with that? FINALLY, an iPOD built into your car, AND you can update it via WiFi while you are sleep. This is the kind of technology I like, set up once and forget it, and my tunes are always with me when I drive. How come nobody here is talking about it????? |
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Amorsell:
Its funny, I created a forum on MSN groups for the exact same purpose and the first 3 posts are almost a copy of what you've written… http://groups.msn.com/OmnifiDMP1/messages.msnw Hopefully we can get some type of community going again, because I also believe all DMP1 users are going to be on their own. L Does anyone know of any other public forum talking about the DMP1, (we should try to consolidate them) |
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Hopefully we can get some type of community going again, because I also
believe all DMP1 users are going to be on their own. L Does anyone know of any other public forum talking about the DMP1, (we should try to consolidate them) When someone reverse engineer this thing and puts out solid firmware, email me. Meanwhile, I will find out how to hook up an iPOD to my car. |
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