1. Smart Recommendations
2. What is the cost for shipping my Player?
3. How do I pay for my items?
4. How and when will my product be delivered?
5. Are the prices displayed on Smart MP3 Players.com the final price?
6. Are my credit card details kept by SmartMP3Players?
7. What is Direct Line Encoding?
8. What is firmware?
9. Where do I download the latest Firm Ware for my product?
10. How do I know what player is best for me?
11. I want to buy a product from SmartMP3players are have it delivered to another address.
12. Do I need an external micro phone for the voice recording function ?
13. What Is Blue Tooth?
14. What is an MMC Card expansion slot?
15. What is an SD card expansion slot ?
16. What is the difference between MMC and SD ?
17. What’s the difference USB 2 & USB 1.1 ?
18. What is an OLED display ?

Smart recommendations is a basic guide to help you decide the right player for your use. We have included a few things that would be worth thinking about when choosing the best player that suit your needs.

• Power/Batteries.
  
  
This is one of the fundamental criteria?s when purchasing a player. Things to think about. Most of the MP3players will come with or without internal batteries. If the player comes with its own ( non ? standard battery) you will have to charge the player up with its own charger. This means you have to carry the charger available when the power is low. Some times this may not be very convenient when traveling. However most of the new players with internal batteries are comparatively smaller than player that take standard batteries.

If the player take standard batteries (AA, AAA etc) then you don?t need to worry about a charger for the batteries. When the batteries have run out of power you can just replace it. This is especially convenient when you are on the move or traveling to another country.

If you live in the UK there is no charge for the player. If you live in Europe there is a ?5 delivery charge. Remember to stipulate this in the special delivery section when you place the order.

Smart MP3 players are paid for using a secure service WorldPay (www.wolrdpay.com) We take all forms of payment. If you have any questions give us a call.

SmartMP3players.com ship ALL orders using Royal Mail Special Delivery or Recorded delivery, depending on the value. Special Delivery offers next working day delivery, before noon, with insurance. If you order does not arrive on the expected day, before noon, please with your order number. This will enable us to claim back the shipping fee from Royal Mail. Orders placed on a Friday after 4pm, Saturday or Sunday will be processed on the following Monday and delivered on Tuesday. Orders placed before 4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday will arrive on the following day before noon. Once your order has been shipped we will e-mail you your Royal Mail tracking number. We kindly request that you do not call for a delivery date, or time, as once the order has been shipped we have no control over delivery. The above is based on your chosen product being in stock, and your card processing without any problems. Please remember that the quoted delivery days do NOT include Bank holidays or Public Holidays.

Yes. All prices on Smart MP3 Players.com are inclusive of VAT. What you see is what you pay! Unless you require special delivery.

A Smart MP3 player does not kept any details. If a user wishes to create an account only that data will be kept on our systems , and only be used fir the users benefits.

Direct Line Encoding is a special function on select players.
You can record from a hi-fi line out source direct to the player. The player will then encode the incoming signal into MP3. Thus saving you space. As its MP3 you will have the option to select what but rate to record at.
Recording can be done from a line in source (e.g. mixer, hi fi, min disc, radio or audio out source) using a 3.5 mm plug(standard headphone plug). You can set the bit rate from 96 - 196Kb/sec. The higher the bit rate the better the quality.

Firmware is the software in the player. Manufactures update this from time to time to make their product more user friendly and add extra bits the customers have asked for.

Firmware is commonly downloaded from the manufactures sites. Be sure to read all the instruction carefully as these area added at your risk but are pretty straight forward to install.

We have a very good forum and help section if you require further assistance contact the help desk and we will be happy to help out.

This is not problemo. Your card will be verified using sec_pay. If successful you product can be sent to the address you have stipulated.

Players with voice recorder have built in microphone. They are very good quality but don?t take our word for it see what other people have to say on the forums

Bluetooth is wireless and automatic, and has a number of interesting features that can simplify our daily lives. It enables seamless voice and data connections between a wide range of devices through short-range digital two-way radio.
Components that house the Bluetooth chip allows any sort of electronic equipment -- from computers and mobile to keyboards and headphones -- to make its own connections, without wires, cables or any direct action from a user.

Bluetooth is intended to get around the problems that come with both infrared and cable synchronizing systems. From the user's point of view, there are three important features to Bluetooth:

• It's wireless. When you travel, you don't have to worry about keeping track of a briefcase full of cables to attach all of your components, and you can design your office without wondering where all the wires will go.
• It's inexpensive.
• You don't have to think about it. Bluetooth doesn't require you to do anything special to make it work. The devices find one another and strike up a conversation without any user input at all.

MMC expansion slot allow you to store data on a card.
Weighing less than two grams and taking up the area of a postage stamp, MultiMediaCards are ideal for use in portable devices like digital audio players, digital cameras, and PDAs.
In addition to its distinct size advantage over other removable memory, the MultiMediaCard's low power draw makes it highly suitable for battery-powered mobile applications. MMC cards will fit into devices that have an SD slot - MMC cards are the same size, and are often much cheaper than SD cards, because they're an 'open' standard (SD card manufacturers have to pay royalties, and MMC card manufacturers don't!).
Current maximum storage capacity 512 MB

What is an SD card expansion slot The SD form factor represents the smallest,secure flash memory card in the consumer market today and is flexible for applications ranging from MP3 players to PDAs to digital cameras. SD cards are the same size as MMC cards (although slightly thicker). The 'Secure' part of a Secure Digital card refers to the fact that it's possible to use these cards to write data in an encrypted way, for protection of copyright (e.g. for e-books, music and video).
The SD Memory Card is a digital storage medium that was jointly developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., SanDisk Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation. The memory card is designed with four advanced features: large memory capacity, high-speed data transfer rate, postage stamp-size compactness, and copyright protection. Its superior concept SD AVERAGE OF 2MB/sec is the average data transfer rate.

Current maximum storage capacity 1GB

Well, for a start, SD is a later standard, backwards compatible with MMC in that the slot design is nominally the same. Moreover, some applications let you use MMC in a SD device, though usually only with restrictions.
MMC and SD cards may look identical but internally the SD card can store and protect copyrighted data, and that's the essence of the matter.

Finalized in 2001, USB 2.0 is a complete overhaul to the Universal Serial Bus input/output bus protocol which allows much higher speeds than the older USB 1.1 standard did. Hi-Speed USB mode is capable of a much faster 480Mbits/second. USB 2.0 specification incorporates three speeds: Hi-Speed, Full-Speed and Low-Speed.

USB 1.1 allowed a maximum transfer rate of 12Mbits/second. That rate is now called 'USB.' Though some manufacturers label their products Full-Speed USB. Note that this seems a bit deceptive. It’s easy to mistake Full-Speed for Hi-Speed.
Please note: To use USB 2.0 high speed cable. These cables are back ward compatible with USB 1.1 devices

Unlike traditional liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), OLEDs are self-luminous and do not require backlighting. This eliminates the need for bulky and environmentally undesirable mercury lamps and yields a thinner, more compact display.

Unlike other flat panel displays, OLEDs have a wide viewing angle (up to 160 degrees), even in bright light. Their low power consumption (only 2 to 10 volts) provides for maximum efficiency, and helps minimize heat and electric interference in electronic devices. Because of this combination of features, OLED displays communicate more information in a more engaging way while adding less weight and taking up less space.

One of the great benefits of an OLED display over the traditional LCD displays found in computer displays is that OLED displays don't require a backlight to function. This means that they draw far less power and they can be used with small portable devices which have mostly been using monochrome low-resolution displays to conserve power. This will also mean that they will be able to last for long periods of time with the same amount of battery charge.