mStation in-car MP3 Version 1

 In Car / In PC

Features

Review of mStation V1 by InCars magazine

mStation will change the way you store and listen to music. Imagine having a small jukebox containing your entire music collection, allowing you to listen to any track from every album you have ever owned, instantly - that's mStation!

Compact as a CD auto changer, mStation is easily added to your existing car stereo and stores over 3000 per 10Gb of your all-time favourite songs, allowing you to listen to any one of them instantly.

Working in conjunction with your PC, you can transfer any of your own CDs to mStation in less than 6 minutes using a specially developed version of Real Jukebox Plus - probably the world's favourite jukebox software.

Why are we selling them so cheaply?

Traxdata were the UK distributor for this product, fortunately for you they went in to liquidation (not so fortunate for them).  We bought this stock and can offer it a very advantageous price.  The product is Badged TraxData on the packaging but is similar to units sold by major Car HiFi vendors at much higher prices.

1 year RTB warranty

DISK Specifications:

We do NOT have a definitive list of disk drives that work in the mStation.  The mStation is NOT a PC and will NOT take just any IDE disk drive. Here are a few guide lines to what may or may not work: All figures are by observation and only estimates...   Don't rely on their accuracy or variability from one unit to another.
Damage to the mStation by using a unsuitable disk is not covered by warranty.
Damage to your Disk is not covered by the mStation warranty.

The mStation unit can only supply a limited amount of power to the disk drive.  This is most important at start-up where most disks require double their running current. Typically the operating current of a working disk should be Less than 0.9A Max. and a Start current  circa 1.7A.   THIS EXCLUDES Most 7200RPM Disks. The use of disks outside this specification may damage the unit.

Please Note: In the event of a warranty claim units will be Void of warranty unless returned with a working compatible disk.

• should be 5400RPM or less
• Most Notebook disk will probably work with an adapter
• The Disk MUST be set to be a MASTER
• Disks with only three select options ( Master, Slave, Cable Select ) are more likely to work
• Disks with four Select options ( Master, Master with Slave, Slave, Cable Select ) are less Likely to work
• Disk up to 120Gb have been tested.
  

Known to work Disks: Please note, firmware revisions have not been taken into account, some may not work. If you let us know of working disks we will keep this list up to date.

• 10Gb Fujitsu MPG3102AT
• 20Gb Fujitsu MPG3204AT
• 40Gb Fujitsu MPG3409AT
• 40Gb Seagate ST340810A
• 40Gb Seagate ST340015A
• 60Gb Seagate ST360020A
• 80Gb Seagate ST380020A
• 80Gb Hitachi DeskStar, Model 8K0462
• 120Gb Hitachi DeskStar, Model 8K0463
• 10Gb Fujitsu MHM2100AT 9.5mm 2½" Notebook Hard Disk Drive
• 20Gb Fujitsu MHM2200AT 9.5mm 2½" Notebook Hard Disk Drive
• 30Gb Fujitsu MHR2030AT 9.5mm 2½" Notebook Hard Disk Drive

Disks That DO NOT work including excess start current

• 60Gb Western Digital WD600
• 80Gb Western Digital WD800
• 80Gb Seagate Barracuda ST380012A
• 120Gb Seagate Barracuda ST120022A
• 120Gb Samsung SV1203N

What is mStation?
mStation consists of a removable hard drive tray and a dock for the PC. When mStation is docked with the PC it appears to your machine as a normal FAT32 hard drive.

What comes with the basic kit?

• The mStation unit itself

• Real Jukebox Special Edition Software
• Cabled Controller for dashboard mounting
• A PC dock, Mounts in PC 5¼" Bay
• A Car dock , For mounting in boot etc.
• An infrared remote control
• FM modulator
• A carrying case
• A 5 language manual
• Two security keys
• All cables and connectors

mStation features

• mStation can store and play over 3000 tracks per 10 Gb.
• It is easy to convert MP3 file songs from an Audio CD to MP3 file format.
• Bit rates up to 320Kb/s
• When mStation is connected to a PC, the PC will see mStation as a regular internal hard drive.
• It is easy to install in your Car like an ordinary CD Changer.
• It is easy to connect to your Car's stereo by using the supplied RF modulator or just connecting it to "line in".

The specification lists as follows

mStation Technical Specification

• NO DISK FITTED EIDE/Ultra DMA hard-disk
• Uses car 12V power for car dock power.
• Uses internal computer power cable for PC dock power.
• PC docking interface: 40pin IDE connection.
• Car docking interface: RCA outputs or 3.5mm headphone jack.
• Controls: Up, Down, FF, REW, Play, Pause, Select, Equalizer.

Sound Specification

• Nominal effective output voltage: 1V
• Output impedance: 1kOhm
• Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
• Signal to Noise ratio: >90dB
• THD+N: 0.1%
• IMD: 0.06%

Dimensions

• mStation: 122mm x 43mm x 215mm
• PC bay: standard 5 1/4" bay ( 144mm x 43mm x 230mm )

Dash Mount LCD Display

• Dimensions: 56mm x 32mm visual area.
• Display: 20 x 4 character dot matrix.
• Equalizer: Rock, Pop, Jazz, User, Normal.
• Song and directory information (filenames or ID3 tags).
• Song length and time played.
• Play mode info (repeat, etc)

Specifications

Capacity - Up to 80GB

• based on 4 minutes per track

• low quality (16kbits/s) – 19000 songs

• medium quality (16kbits/s) – 4600 songs

• good quality (16kbits/s) – 3187 songs

• high quality (16kbits/s) – 2300 songs

• archive quality (16kbits/s) – 970 songs

• variable bitrate – various

Connection

• PC – IDE, Car – RCA or FM modulator

Equalizer options

• Rock, pop, jazz, user and normal

Frequency response

• 20Hz – 20kHz

Signal to noise ratio

• >90dB