| Reviews : Smartparts SP6CR Digital Picture Frame and Clock Radio (Piano Black) |
Smartparts SP6CR Digital Picture Frame and Clock Radio (Piano Black) Product By SmartParts Available From 0 Sellers |
Technical Details
- 6-Inch digital picture frame with built-in clock radio
- Widescreen LCD display with aspect ratio of 16:9 and option to view at 4:3 aspect ratio; 520x288 resolution
- Compatible with Secure Digital - SD, Multimedia Card - MMC, Memory Stick - MS, MS Pro, MS Duo
- 128MB of internal memory
- Optipix Pro for veiwng verticle photos correct way, sharpening photos, finding and transfering photos from computer to frame, creates more space to fit pictures onto frame
Product Description
The SmartParts SP6CR Digital Picture Frame is the best all-in-one device for you to place on your nightstand. This 6-inch, black finish frame will not only display your digital pictures, but it will also wake you up in the mornings and let you listen to your favorite songs. When it comes to its photo capability, the SmartParts SP6CR Digital Picture Frame can save up to 2,000 digital shots and is equipped with 128MB of internal memory. It also supports SD, MMC, MSPro and MS Duo memory cards for additional storage. Enjoy viewing your pictures in various slideshow formats, as you listen to your tunes and check the time via the built-in clock and radio. Whether it's for your dorm or bedroom, everything you've been looking for is packed into the SmartParts SP6CR!Similar Products
Customer Reviews
By Dave
I bought this from Sellout Woot for a Christmas gift for my parents. I preloaded with pics and tried it out.
Pros: The display isn't bad and the radio sounds pretty good for what it is.
Cons: The unit is short on user ease and NO tech or tutorial support from Smartparts online.
The features sound nice but, it is very clumsy and difficult to use.
There is 1 button to get to the radio but, you have to navigate through the menu to go back to it being a picture frame. How much sense that make? (Hint: NONE) Also, while the radio is on the picture display is disabled and just shows the time and station. I thought it would continue show the picture display while playing.
The slideshow is supposed to start automatically but, only when you plug it in. If you make any changes to the setup or use the radio or clock setup, the slide show disables and you have to start it manually. What kind to the automatic slide show is that? The easiest way to start the slide show is to unplug it and plug it back in again.
If your tech savvy this may work for you. If not, spend the extra cash for something more user friendly.
By Timothy Lillis
First off, I got this on Sellout Woot branded as a 6" Polaroid frame for $19.99. There were a handful of bad reviews but for $20.00 I had to find out. My first impression, was ruh roh raggy! But that was because it was not very intuitive. Reading the manual definetly helped. And it IS 6" not 4.25" like stated in another review. But you have to have your pics in 16:9 format, or zoom. I found an excellent free tool that allows you to crop your pics to fit the frame perfectly. You can download it here: [...] Set the options to its native resolution 520x288. You can then mass select pics from a folder and sequentially crop them how you want it to look. Alternatively you can have the black bars on the side (4:3) like you see on SD channels on HD TV's. Or you can set your camera to 16:9 and it will fit perfect without cropping. You will want to change the setting from 4:3 to 16:9 on the frame to use its maximum real estate.
The pics look great when the above tweaks are done. I have had many people amazed at the value I got for the price on this frame. You can also directly connect it to your computer and dump pics to its internal memory without having to put in a SD or USB key (both of which are also supported). Another neat feature is the audion in. I plugged my iphone into it and boom, I could play my music on its speakers while the slideshow played. I have not figured out if it can add music from storage, but it has radio, alarm, clock, video, and picture capabilities.
You may be able to get better for $40.00, but at $20.00 it was a steal! It is not for the technically challenged though. I am an IT guy and bought 9 of these for Christmas presents. I will preload them for people and give them a basic tutorial for getting the most out of it. But if your camera already takes pics in 16:9, all you really need to do is plug in your SD card and watch it go :)
By Geek Daddy
There are some limitations with this product that has forced me to return it.
The user interface is a little quirky. Definitely need the manual, but the manual is sparse. For example, I could not find any mention of how to turn off the alarm until the next day (found by trial that it is the "menu/exit" button).
Although the frame is advertised as having a 6" screen, the photo viewing area is only 4.25" in photo mode. When in clock mode, the photo is about 2.5". You have to be fairly close to see the images well. The screen has the typical graininess of frames in this price range.
The backup battery didn't seem to work reliably. After setting the clock, I unplugged the frame to move it to a different room and the time and date were incorrect when I plugged it back in. When I tried this again a second time, it seemed to work. I am not sure if this is just a defect with my unit.
The presets for the radio are not intuitive. You can scan the available stations, and it automatically sets the first 40 it finds. Even if it finds some station with static, it will program it in as a preset. The manual seems to indicate there's some way to program your own presets, but I was unable to figure out how to do that after trying for a couple of minutes. The presets are not protected by the battery backup, according to the manual.
You can set the alarm to sound only on certain days of the week. The radio reception seemed fine. The speakers were adequate for a clock radio. The PC software is apparently stored on the frame, but I did not try it.
There are 4 brightness settings, including "off", in an attempt to reduce the annoyance of the screen shining on your face while you sleep. The "snooze/brighness" button controls this. Some people may find even the lowest setting a bit too bright, so you may have to turn the screen away and turn it back to look at the time in the night. As the pictures transition, it may disturb some users. What would have been a better design would be to have a mode where only the time shows on a black background to minimize the light output, and maybe even more brightness settings than 4.
Maybe the next revision will address these issues. This one's going back.
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