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The MPMan music player, manufactured by the
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n company SaeHan Information Systems, debuted in Asia in March 1998, and was the first mass-produced portable solid state digital audio player. The internal
flash memory Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. Both use ...
could be expanded, but there was no support for external memory. It was delivered with a docking station. To put music into the device, the music first had to be encoded in the mp3 format by an encoder provided by the user, and then transferred via the parallel port to the docking station that connected to the portable player device.impress.co.jp - The impact created a problem!? mp3 player portable "mpman" launched
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started selling and models, the prices of which were (circa - today $) and , respectively. In North America, the South Korean device was first imported for sale by Michael Robertson's in mid-1998. Around the same time, Eiger Labs, Inc. imported and rebranded the player in two models, the Eiger MPMan F10, and Eiger MPMan F20. The Eiger MPMan F10 was a very basic unit and wasn't user expandable, though owners could upgrade the memory from to by sending the player back to with a cheque for . Measuring at tall by wide by thick and weighing a little over , it was very compact. The US price in 1998 for the F10 model with flash memory was circa . The was a similar model that used SmartMedia cards for expansion, and ran on a single AA battery, instead of rechargeable NiMH batteries.


Technical data MPMan MP F-10

*Player device: ** Memory: 16/32/64/128 (MP-F60 T12) MB ** Dimensions: 16.5 mm thick, 70 mm wide, 90 mm tall ** Weight: 65 grams (without battery) ** Signal/Noise ratio: 70 dB ** Distortion rate: 0.1% ** Maximum output: 5 mW ** Output Connector: 3.5 mm stereo TRS connector for
headphone Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound. Headphones let a single user listen to an a ...
s ** Frequency response: 20 – 20,000 Hz ** Power Supply: Rechargeable Battery (gum type DC 1.2V 1000mAh x 2) ** Power Supply (MP-F60 T12): (Rechargeable) AA Battery DC 1.5V x 1 ** Available colors: Gold, Pink, Silver, Skeleton black, Blue *Docking station: ** Dimensions: 30 mm thick, 133 mm x 110 mm ** Weight: 80 grams ** Power: DC 9V 400mA (AC adapter included)


Technical data MPMan MP-F60 T12

*Player device: ** Memory: 16/32/64/128 MB ** Dimensions: 16.5 mm thick, 70 mm wide, 90 mm tall ** Weight: 65 grams (without battery) ** Signal/Noise ratio: 70 dB ** Distortion rate: 0.1% ** Maximum output: 5 mW ** Output Connector: 4 pin 3.5 mm stereo TRS connector for
headphone Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound. Headphones let a single user listen to an a ...
s and wired remote. ** Frequency response: 20 – 20,000 Hz ** Power Supply: one DC 1.5V (Rechargeable) AA Battery ** Available colors: Gold, Pink, Silver, Skeleton black, Blue Audio recording function and AM / FM radio. Memory expansion by Smart Media Cards.


Critical reception

The RIAA's Associate Director of Anti-Copyright infringement initially said the MPMan had "''no function other than playing material that was stolen from record companies''". Nevertheless, he later said it was "''a unique device. It's something that we haven't seen on the market before''".


References

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