COWON D2 - Electronic Dictionary

[mrhewlett91]

Link

Firmware version 1.40b

[addz]

korean only? or will the dictionary feat. be for english as well?

DId u up the wrong video or something?

[victorvd]

eng-eng too

[emjay1]

Is it just me or is a dictionary the most pointless function ever on a dap?

[nrwilk]

Originally Posted by emjay1

Is it just me or is a dictionary the most pointless function ever on a dap?

It is NOT just you. I don't get it at all. It is a waste of space in my opinion.

[iAudioMonkey]

Oh come on, it doesn't take up that much space. 'sides, it would be useful if you're gonna read e-books on it (ok, maybe u aren't, but i could see myself doing that)

[emjay1]

Is there any chance that UK models have dmb capability hidden? it seems the dictionary is replacing the dmb capability at the moment, I mean come on, dmb just pwns dictionary for usefulness, even though I don't know much about dmb other than the fact it's huge in Korea...apparently there's trials goin on here in the UK....should I banish any hope of ever receiving dmb on my D2? haha

However...I've been struggling to think of what I'd rather have instead of the dictionary function if not the dmb....haha, ermm.... any ideas?

[nrwilk]

No D2 players that ship outside of Korea have a DMB antenna. So, even if you install firmware with DMB capability, there is no way you will be able to get a signal.

You would have to order a D2 straight out of korea to get DMB functionality.

At least, this is what I've gathered elsewhere in these forums. I may be wrong.

[emjay1]

I thought as much, but I've seen photos of someone's dmb cowon d2 on the cowon forums, and there was no evidence of an antenna.....although I'd expect it would need one.

[drutort]

i would like to see Russian :/ so i could learn it more... i only know it a bit... i would think its a popular language? should be easy enough too?

[drutort]

i think the headphones are used as antenna... same as fm radio
btw how different is HD radio? could it be done with this player or would it need a whole new chip? i would think that since its just encoded but transmition is the same is it not? still on fm bands?

[Yeeze]

There must be always a receiver, the D2 has an FM receiver, and the DMB models have additional a DMB receiver.
But I think there are ways, to get receiver and plug them in the usb port for example, the player just needs to support that than in the Firmaware...

To go ON TOPIC again, I want to install the Dictionary, but FAILED...
I just copied the downloaded folder "POWERDIC" in the root folder, but it won't work, it says "FAILED TO LOAD FONT"...
Any Ideas how to fix that?

Edit: never mind, for some reason, it didn't copy all the files...

[larcencielle]

Originally Posted by emjay1

Is it just me or is a dictionary the most pointless function ever on a dap?

Keep in mind that Cowon's Dictionary feature was exclusively designed for Koreans, not for you or other people in the world. If you actually read the information, those dictionaries were made from Korean companies, not from other foreign companies.

And I don't know how it is in your country but in Korea, we are obsessed with learning English. We do whatever we can to improve ourselves, and if a DAP had a dictionary function, it would certainly save a space because 80% of Korean students carry electronic dictionaries separately.

Before labeling someone else's effort as 'pointless', it's a better idea to perceive the situation from that person's point of view first. You do know the following ENGLISH proverb, don't you? "Don't judge a man until you've walked in his boots"

[omjeremy]

Why have a dictionary? I say... Why not?

[Yeeze]

I tried the pronunciation feature. As far as I can see, it is only english pronunciation... I don't need that more useful would be Korean pronunciation for me.. so I will disable it, because it takes up almost 400 MB...
But the dictionary is fine, so in school I just say: "What? That's not an mp3 player, that's my translator "
So thats a great excuse for me xD