The 2006 Google Gift
I was very surprised when I came home to a brown shipping box sitting at my desk. I was more surprised when I turned it over to see Google had sent me something.
I was giddy when it turns out they sent me a multi-functional digital photo frame! MP3′s, JPG’s, Record/Play, and even video can run through this sucker via internal memory or a SD Expansion card! How crazy awesome is this thing.
As I read in a few other places, this in an annual event for people who do well with the Adsense program. Well, thank you Google!
A picture sniped from elsewhere:
So far, however, I can’t quite seem to figure out what format they mean when the manual says this thing displays JPEG’s, because I’ll tell you right now, not a single JPEG I export from photoshop is doing the trick — and I’ll be damned if i’m going to convert a nice little library of these photos using their one and a time “SunPlus PMP Transcoding” utility >:|
Any ideas?
( another lucky winner :D )
Make sure you’re not saving them in CMYK colour mode instead of RGB. That causes compatibility problems with most hardware/software.
Hey Jeff,
Can you get in contact with me about your gallery on the email address here.
I cant use your contact link so put the request here :)
Thanks
matt
Jeremy’s right.. Photoshop’s CYMK makes images incompatible with Internet explorer and therefore could cause the problem.
I am having a terrible time trying to get mine to work right. I have saved an image in both sRBG and RBG and neither works forme. I have resized some to the same size the sample photos were. No help.
Also, my frame will only work w/ the USB plug hooked up, I have the power cable plugged into an outlet (my furnished batteries lasted about 15 min). Has anyone figgered out anything else useful to share about using this frame ?
Maybe you should use Picasa instead?
@Steve: Lol :D
@Others: Yeah, I haven’t had any luck with the format yet either. I mean, the program that it came with seems to be able to convert the images just fine, but it’s a pain to use one by one.
@Lundy: As for the USB thing — I’m not sure, but here’s how I have to use mine. I plug it in to power, then USB. DingDong says windows, disks show up, I copy data onto it, then I use the system tray icon to “dismount” the drives. DingDong again, but the frame acts like it is still plugged in. You have to then disconnect the frame from USB before it will ‘reboot’ and start doing it’s thing again.
Neato, lucky you!
Test test 1 2 3
how can i get one??? im really interested
They are given out for well-off Adsense earners. At least, in my case. I don’t think you can just reqeust ‘em up.
Yes, you have to be cool to get them eh….
:D
love the mossy wall
The device will die after one day of BATTERY use. Battery is for short term use only.
For normal use, the device comes with two “normal usage†power supplies:
USB Cable to be plugged in DIRECTLY to your Computer. Plugging in to USB Hubs, that are not “Self Poweredâ€Â, will not work in some cases.
AC Adaptor is also provided for normal use.
As far as Loading images, it’s very easy:
For PC Users:
· Turn the unit on
· Plug the unit in to the USB Port on your Computer using the cable provided
· Go to “My Computer†under your Start Menu on your Computer Desk Top
· Go to appropriate “Removable Disk Icon†and double click to open
· Open “Photo Fileâ€Â
· Drag your .jpg files to this folder
· Turn unit off
· unplug from your PC
· After you turn the unit back on, your image should now be viewable
For Mac Users:
· Turn the unit on
· Plug the unit in to the USB Port on your Computer using the cable provided
· Double Click on the “Drive Icon†on your Desk Top
· Go to “Photo File: and Double Click to open
· Drag your .jpg files to this folder
· Turn unit off
· unplug from your Mac
· After you turn the unit back on, your image should now be viewable
“File Errors†occur when the device is unplugged from your Computer without turning the unit off first.
When using the SD Card:
PC Users:
· make sure the unit is turned off
· plug in the SD card to the top of the unit
· turn on the unit
· Your SD card is now being formatted automatically. Your SD is now formatted with 4 new file folders:
a) MP3 File (for Music)
b) MP4 File (for video)
c) Photo File (for images)
d) Rec File (for recordings)
· Take the USB cable provided and plug one end in to the device and the other end in to your computer
· Go to “my computer” under your Start Menu on your computer desk top
· Go to appropriate “removable disk icon” and double click to open (Make sure that it’s the correct Removable Disk Icon, there will also be one for the Internal memory as well)
· Click and drag your image files to the “photo file”; your music files to the “mp3 file” etc…
· Turn the unit off
· unplug from your pc
· after you turn the unit back on, your images will now be viewable
For Mac Users:
· make sure the unit is turned off
· plug in the SD card to the top of the unit
· turn on the unit
· Your SD card is now being formatted automatically. Your SD is now formatted with 4 new file folders:
a) MP3 File (for Music)
b) MP4 File (for video)
c) Photo File (for images)
d) Rec File (for recordings)
· Take the USB cable provided and plug one end in to the device and the other end in to your computer
· In a moment, 2 drive icons will appear on your desk top
· Go to appropriate disk icon and double click to open (Make sure that it’s the correct Disk Icon, there will also be one for the Internal memory as well)
· Click and drag your image files to the “photo file”; your music files to the “mp3 file” etc…
· Turn the unit off
· unplug from your computer
· after you turn the unit back on, your images will now be viewable
How much do you have to earn