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The device was great up to this point, for a Phillips update to cause the problem is pretty bad, but the total lack of effort on behalf of the customer care department is just awful.The 'return to factory settings' option does not reset the recent firmware update.A few forums have suggested that I am not alone with this problem. I bought the NP1100/05 for Christmas 2008 and during the first week of January 2009 the device 'auto updated' the firmware. The device now no longer streams internet radio over the wireless connection (but it still works when wired)I contacted Phillips about the next firmware update, surely the next patch would fix this issue - and I was told "return it to the retailer".
Or the alternative is to bring my laptop to the living room, which is even more stupid.Now i will just need this device and i can listen to everything stored in my bedroom desktop, which is on the second floor, how convenient is that.Plus the fact that i can listen to worldwide music with different genre.totally value for money. I have a nice set of Home Theatre System in my living room. In the past if i need to listen to songs on it, i will have to plug it to my mp3 players, which means i need to renew the songs in my mp3 players regularly.just a waste of time.
The NP1100 plays MP3, WMA & AAC audio formats, and it will also play WAV files, though that's not listed in the documentation.One big benefit of the NP1100 is the Rhapsody server embedded with it. Beyond that I would suggest the feature-rich Logitech Squeezebox Duet at just over $300.If you do get the Phillips, your first challenge will be the the setup. Because I chose to store my music in FLAC on a Network Attached Storage device (NAS) (after I bought the Phillips and survived the "digital music" learning curve), I've struggled to find a server to embed on my NAS that will transcode to a format that the NP1100 understands. The setup should be done thru the unit.The internet radio is good.
This is an entry level network music player and it's features reflect that. I do like Rhapsody and I found that my Comcast Broadband service includes a Rhapsody account so I can use that with the NP1100.Conclusion: I have both the Phillips and the Roku Soundbridge. As a result I'm left to send my music to it, transcoded to MP3, by a TVersity server on my laptop.not really what I want. The Roku Soundbridge M1000 is better.
You can add stations via the web interface and they all seem to play well.Playing stored music though, is another challenge. The Phillips is adequate and, though I love my Soundbridge, if I had to do it again I probably would spend a little more and get the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. The Soundbridge has more features, better support, and a larger user community at nearly the same price point. Do not attempt to do the setup via the Web interface.
Thanks Installed the NP1100 on my Marantz receiver and finally can listen to all my music files on my PC. Internet radio, with the radio stations from back home plus a trail of Rhapsody.Only for $179.
Third, I also found it is really cool to control my music that i have in my notebook from just pointing the remote control to the player itself.I don't need to control the music from teh notebook itself or turn on my PC for the internet radio. This player is really cool. Love it. Very cool. First of all, I don't need to chuck my own hifi away in able to enjoy the digital music. Second, i can listen online and internet radio music.
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