No, FM stations can't be changed by using side buttons. 🤬

It's not a firmware issue. Region "J" = Japan, no other language offered. You need to change to a different region w/ the destination tool.

Thanks man :ksc75smile:

Sony Germany has released FW Update V1.02 on NW-A50 series: https://www.sony.de/electronics/support/downloads/00016312#file_info Improves the transition between titles when playing via Bluetooth. Has someone already tested the new release? It it worth updating? I've Japanese FW running and...

Have tried Japan FW but was not able to get EQ working via Bluetooth. Btw, as long as no factory reset is done all new features are available. As soon as a factory reset is done also the language will change...

Yes, working & nice additional features (eg record function, generation of playlists). But... Be aware that in case of a factory reset the language get switched to Japanese. Can be changed but you need to find the correct folder (eg using the userguide).

Follow the link https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWDestTool You need to download the tool (both, win & linux are available) and you need to follow the instruction to remove the volume cap by changing the language area. I have tried Japan as language --> worked fine. Line in rec and playlist...

I can't recommend to use a silicone case from A40 for A50. The geometry and buttons are different. Have had the A40 and now the A50 and have orderned a new case to have a perfect fit. If you can accept that the silicon case not perfectly match than you can go for an A40 case.

Nice one but the battery life of only 13h would be a NO GO for me. Hence I still prever the A55.

Also for me it worked fine on Win7. The time error displayed on several mp3 tracks has been corrected. Fixed automatically at first boot up. Iuse a 256GB extension and have the feeling that boot up time has improved by some seconds. The creation of the database seems faster but I can be wrong

A45 isn't offering blind button access. FM stations can be changed only via the screen. Ordered the A55 via AccessoryJack, hope to receive it tomorrow by FedEx

Absolutely, SonyNWDestTool is easy to use and the results are great. The volume uncap is huge (at least for EU) and the playlist feature is great.

NO proprietary music management programs are  necessary for Cowon players. Just drag & drop.

  Well, if you have the money --> go for both, you will love both. I have both. You will find pros and cons on both players.   Sound wise I would not spend the £300 more. The sound of the P1 is slightly better but not significantly. You need very good hires material and also high quality...

Unfortunately you can't turn it to MANUAL. Even worse, I had the issue that despite the automatic update some cover pictures were not updated. It was necessary to start an manual update of the database via the settings menu. Maybe the automatic database scan can be deselected by an upcoming F/W...

@audio Aficionad   No, I don't. Yes, the font size is simply to small. The sample posted by Cowon is just nice but not really useable. So I went back to the original UI. But here are surely several experts arround who my help

Here we go! Just download the UCI sample zip file and extract the fla & swf files + sub folder to Cowon PD \system\Flash UI Just the same concept known from S9 & J3.         I just tried an old UCI from the J3. It works but adaptions will be necessary ... So let the games begin ...

Thanks! And how to rename the Playlists?

This "feature" was introduced by firmware V2.12 and so far it is not possible to deactive this function. Of course you can use a FW < 2.12.   - If headphone/earphone is unplugged when the volume is higher than standard, automatically reset to standard volume(hearing protection)  

It seems that the PD offers 10 fixed playlists. Does somebody knows if they can be renamed? One the P1 & M it is possible. In case that this it not possible I hope that this feature will be part of one future firmware update.

As far as I know Cowon has no special players for the european market. Maybe special F/W variants but usually you can install each related firmware. No matter whether it is available in Japan, Korea, Europe, USA, etc. etc. I never had problems installing different F/W on Cowon players. i4, i5...

I just wonder whether or when there will be an UI available like the ASUCI. Different ASUCI UIs are already available for the S9, J3, X7, M, P1, S I really like the V3:FLAT design on the M, P1 & S, would be great to see something similarly also on the PD  ...

I use Mp3tag (freeware)   http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html   for all my mp3s and FLACs. Works perfectly, never had any problem, no matter which player I've used so far.

I just made a quick comparision between the P1 (FW2.15) and the D (FW1.10b1).   Boot time: P1: ~11 sec. (95GB FLAC & mp3 on internal memory) D: ~ 11 sec. (without SD card, 4 standard FLAC files on internal memory) D: ~ 17 sec. (23GB on 64GB SDXC1 SanDisk Ultra)   Display: P1: bright...

Translation from PD Users Guide JP: This is the maximum number of files and folders number of product can be recognized. Built-in memory : 8,000 files + 4,000 folder microSD: 16,000 files + 8,000 folder