philips sa3345

Blast · 10-25-2009, 03:40 PM

Ok, bought a philips sa3345/37 a few days ago. Music works fine but it realllly really lags on video. The converter software that came with it is a choppy 20fps. So i have been using my own avs suite to convert video. I have gone down to the lowest and least demanding file format i can go without massive pixelation and it still is jittery. I am wondering if there is something that can be done or if i should just get either a Zune Black 8gb or Sansa Fuze 8gb. Would those work better?

Also, yes i have done firmware updates, no i will not sit with choppy playback. Even with the bundled converter it still is laggy. (they play fine on my laptop so i am assuming it is a hardware issue on the player, being the obviously aren't as powerful as say a laptop)

Blast · 10-29-2009, 08:25 PM

bump, it has been 4 days

DonaldG · 10-29-2009, 09:23 PM

Hi Blast

I know nothing about your SA3345/37 device but as it is only a few days old and it does not perform correctly, I suggest that you return it to the place where you bought it and ask for help. If the help is not solving the problem, then ask for your money back...

Sorry that I can't offer any other practical advice

Blast · 10-29-2009, 11:25 PM

Well, what i was asking is if and when i return it what i should get instead. A Sansa Fuze or Zune (unless you have another video/mp3 player option under $80).

10-25-2009, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 284 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	philips sa3345 Ok, bought a philips sa3345/37 a few days ago. Music works fine but it realllly really lags on video. The converter software that came with it is a choppy 20fps. So i have been using my own avs suite to convert video. I have gone down to the lowest and least demanding file format i can go without massive pixelation and it still is jittery. I am wondering if there is something that can be done or if i should just get either a Zune Black 8gb or Sansa Fuze 8gb. Would those work better? Also, yes i have done firmware updates, no i will not sit with choppy playback. Even with the bundled converter it still is laggy. (they play fine on my laptop so i am assuming it is a hardware issue on the player, being the obviously aren't as powerful as say a laptop) Last edited by Blast; 10-25-2009 at 03:51 PM.

10-29-2009, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 284 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: philips sa3345 bump, it has been 4 days

10-29-2009, 09:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: philips sa3345 Hi Blast I know nothing about your SA3345/37 device but as it is only a few days old and it does not perform correctly, I suggest that you return it to the place where you bought it and ask for help. If the help is not solving the problem, then ask for your money back... Sorry that I can't offer any other practical advice __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

10-29-2009, 11:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 284 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: philips sa3345 Well, what i was asking is if and when i return it what i should get instead. A Sansa Fuze or Zune (unless you have another video/mp3 player option under $80).