D-Link DMP-HD610 Roq-it MP3 Player and Hard Drive (10 GB)

by D-Link

Product Details

Product Manual [661kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 5.6 x 4.8 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005TSUR
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,560 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The D-Link Roq-it 10 GB is a portable hard drive-based MP3 jukebox as well as an external USB hard drive. With a capacity of 10 GB, it provides 150 hours of nonstop music--approximately 250 CDs. It's compatible with MP3, and the firmware is fully upgradable to support new features.

The large, easy-to-read, blue, backlit LCD displays song title, album name, genre, and other track information contained in each MP3 file's ID3 tag. The LCD also displays status of playback and functions. The Roq-it also provides 2 MB of Electronic Shock Protection (ESP) to ensure constant playing without skipping. And it comes with an infrared remote control to control basic play functions.

The equalizer feature has presets for Jazz, Latin, Flat, Rock, and Dance, as well as a custom equalizer setting. The Roq-it provides an audio jack for connection to earphones or playing through speakers. A line-out stereo jack enables connection to an external audio input. The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries provide about eight hours of music, with an average charge time of three hours.

Use the Roq-it as an external hard drive to store your word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics for when you need to be mobile. The hard drive compartment can be opened easily to replace the hard drive with separate 2.5-inch hard drives. The capacity of the hard drive is limited only to the capacity of 2.5-inch laptop hard drives available. The Roq-it uses a USB 1.1-compliant connection for transferring audio files.

The D-Link Roq-it is compatible with Windows 98, 2000, Me, and XP and Mac OS 9 and later. It comes with an AC adapter, head phones, a carry pouch, and infrared remote control.

From the Manufacturer

The D-Link Roq-it 10 GB is a hard drive based MP3 jukebox with a storage capacity of 10 Gigabytes, as well as an external USB hard drive. It is portable and provides over 150 hours of non-stop music. The Roq-it 10 GB is targeted at MP3 music enthusiasts.

The Roq-it 10 GB provides 10 Gigabytes of hard drive capacity that also functions as a portable and external USB hard drive. When connected through the USB interface, the Roq-it 10 GB will show up in Windows File Explorer as a drive letter. The user then uses drag and drop features of Microsoft Windows to copy music to the hard drive. No special music manager software is required.

The Roq-it 10 GB provides over 150 hours (approximately 250 CD's) of music using a 10 Gigabyte hard drive as the storage medium. It is compatible with MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3) standards, which provides audio compression specifications. The Roq-it 10 GB uses a USB 1.1 compliant connection for transferring audio files from the users computer.

Note: This device is not supported for OS X. These drivers are only compatible with Mac OS 9.0 and 9.1 only.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best MP3 Jukebox Currently on Market, April 1, 2002

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"noillusi0n" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Link DMP-HD610 Roq-it MP3 Player and Hard Drive (10 GB) (Electronics)

I purchased the D-Link Roq-it two months ago. It worked flawlessly until I found the screen flickering and the unit unable to work properly. After sending back the product D-Link replaced my battery and I have had no problems since. While I have heard of other problems, this is a very functional unit: using a 10 GB IBM Travelstar 2.5" laptop hard drive and 2 MB buffer it plays thousands of tracks without skipping. The player has an IR remote (like your TV) for home use and a 5 hour Li-ion battery for portable use. The unit has both line out and headphone jacks and fast USB 1.1 800 k/s transfer. The unit has a bright, large LCD to display ID3 track information and can be used as a portable hard drive. Unfortunately it is as large as a CD player and has good sound quality but poor bass response. This player, however, beats all on the market as of 4/1/02. Here is why:

Archos players: Ni-cd batteries, no true line out, small LCD.
Creative players: Ni-cd batteries, poorly designed, no hard drive functionality.
Ipod: less memory, Mac compatible only.
Treo: no hard drive functionality, dim backlight, no ID3 support.
XP3: same as Treo

You be the judge. You'll find smaller players, but none as functional as the D-Link Roq-it 10 GB.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good MP3 Jukebox for the money., February 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: D-Link DMP-HD610 Roq-it MP3 Player and Hard Drive (10 GB) (Electronics)

I bought this unit about two months ago. For the most part, it has lived up to my expectations. The user interface is a little bland, but it works efficient. The OS is a little slow to respond at times. It is very easy to download/upload songs or files from the device. For WinXP and Win2000, there is no need to install any drivers. Just plug the device in and it is instantly recognized. Even though others have stated that play-lists are not supported, I have no problem using them. Although it is a portable device, it may be too cumbersome for jogging (about the same as portable CD player w/o the skipping.) Some of the firmware needs to be updated (maybe they should have a patch) as I have gotten it to lock up on several occasions. The buttons are sensitive so the can be inadvertently pressed when in the travel case. The sound quality out of the line out is excellent, but the headphone out lacks bass even with good headphones. As a portable hard drive, it is excellent. Given reviews of other devices, I would still pick this one over the other hard drive based MP3 Jukeboxes.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful device for the money, April 22, 2002

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Rebecca D. Norris (Dilworth, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link DMP-HD610 Roq-it MP3 Player and Hard Drive (10 GB) (Electronics)

We bought the ROQ-IT primarily as a substitute for a 300 disc CD changer, not so much for as a portable device. I like the large display screen on this compared to the tiny screen on the Archos Jukebox. Copying files over is a breeze and the files are transferred at a rate of about 40 megabytes per minute. The only software you need to install is the USB driver and it is less than 550K in size, which is nice if you want to take the Roq-It to another PC and use it as a portable hard drive. You can leave the installation CD at home and just take a floppy with the driver on it. Everything the player does it does well.

I read many of these reviews (and the info at the D-Link web site) before buying the Roq-It and there were still questions I had that were only answered by trying it. So I'm here to fill in the gaps for you. First of all, there are two shuffle modes. You can play random selections from the folder you are currently in or from files throughout the whole hard drive. It would have been nice if there where a third shuffle mode to shuffle through songs in the current folder AND it's sub folders but there is no such option.

In regular continuous play mode, there are a few options. You can play a folder then stop, play a folder then repeat, or play one folder after another until they have all been played. There is also a mode to continously repeat just one song. It would be nice if you could find songs strictly by track title like you could with the Creative Nomad Jukebox. But if you have your songs organized, it's really not hard to find the song you want. And frankly, I expect that most of the time we will just be playing this in Random All mode anyway. The Roq-It does look at the ID3 tag information while a song it playing. It displays the track title, artist, album, total time, and current time index simultaneously. But it does not use ID3 tag info for finding or listing songs. If it did have that ability and a Playlist feature, I would have rated it 5 stars.

And just think: only a couple of years ago you would have paid this much for a 10GB hard drive alone. By the way, it's not really 10 GB, it's about 9.35.