[3X0]

I was reading up about how even the latest iteration of Kenwood players come bundled with some Kenwood Media Application. In a review of the HD20GA9, it was said that a PC could recognize the Kenwood player as a disk drive, but like the iPod or Toshiba Gigabeat, drag-and-drop files are not instantly recognized.

This could be a problem for me as I'm really interested in a HD30GB9, but use Linux. I suppose I could try using Wine with it, but I don't want to take the (fairly high) chance of it not working (and thereby end up wasting $500, if only for a while). This is pretty much a deal-breaker.

So, for the HD10 and HD30, is the KMA still absolutely necessary to transfer files and play them back on the device?

If so, no biggie, guess I'll get a new portable amp then.

 

[Diesp]

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Originally Posted by 3X0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was reading up about how even the latest iteration of Kenwood players come bundled with some Kenwood Media Application. In a review of the HD20GA9, it was said that a PC could recognize the Kenwood player as a disk drive, but like the iPod or Toshiba Gigabeat, drag-and-drop files are not instantly recognized. This could be a problem for me as I'm really interested in a HD30GB9, but use Linux. I suppose I could try using Wine with it, but I don't want to take the (fairly high) chance of it not working (and thereby end up wasting $500, if only for a while). This is pretty much a deal-breaker. So, for the HD10 and HD30, is the KMA still absolutely necessary to transfer files and play them back on the device? If so, no biggie, guess I'll get a new portable amp then.

My uncle is gonna fly to japan in 1 week and i'm also really interested in the HD30GB9. I've been searching for infos about the menus and the software's language... Do you know if there is English available ? i didn't find anything about it

I prefere to be sure about this before buying it

 

[Assorted]

Yes it is necessary to run the application. That's why the salesperson was so insistant that my proxy buyer make sure I have Win XP so that I can run this KMA.