- Touch Screen MP4 Player
- BBE+ Sound System with huge user configurability
- 52 Hour battery life
- SDHC card expansion
- 4GB, 8GB or 16GB internal memory
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Technical Details
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Cowon remix the ground-breaking, top-selling D2.
Cowon have given the incredible D2 model a mid-life makeover – adding great functionality and refresing the hardware.
Key in these updates is the use of Cowon’s brand new audio technology – BBE+. BBE+ is the latest generation of Cowon’s ground-breaking feature-set that includes incredibly sophisticated sound fields, along with the best quality, most accurate sound reproduction. BBE+ was personally integrated with Cowon’s players by the company CEO, Mr Park – himself a renowned Sound Engineer, given the nickname “Golden Ears” for his uncanny ability to detect the smallest difference in audio reproduction.
The D2+ builds on the D2’s existing features, making it one of the most complete pocket media players on the market today. In addition to the class-leading sound, it has an incredibly crisp 2.5 inch TFT touch screen, refreshed User Interface, expandable memory, radio and much more!
Super High Quality 2.5" 16 million colour QVGA LCD Touch Screen
Raise your viewing standard with the D2's class-leading 16 million colour 24 bit LCD touch screen. You will experience finer details with richer colours from your favourite pictures and movies like you've never experienced before!
Sets New Standards for Touch Screen with Virtual click
An overlay navigation function shows the playback screen during video playback and lets you enjoy the convenience of navigating through other contents in your player. Detailed information such as file size, pixel resolution and format can be viewed while browsing through files that increase the fun of navigation.
Music - 52 hours, Movies - 10 hours of continuous playback!
The D2+'s long-lasting built-in rechargable battery provides an incredible 10 hours of video with up to 52 hours of music playback on a single charge! Wherever you go, free yourself from worrying about unexpected interruption of your music. The D2 can be charged via USB cable or standard wall adaptor.
Memory Card Extension & TV Out
Adding to the functionality and versatility, the full-size SD card compatibility means you can add up to 32GB of easily available memory. You can also use it to take files from other devices - playing them immediately on your D2+
Supported Memory: SD, SDHC (up to 32GB) MMC, MMC-plus
TV-Out for those times when you have access to a full-size screen and want to show your movies or video clips on the big screen! All you'll need is the separately available TV Out cable accessory.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
On recommendation I purchased this MP 3 player and I have not been disappointed. It is very easy to use and comes with an impressive range of functions. The best thing of all is the long life battery charge which if playing mp3's will go on for over 50 hours!! The reproduction of sound and vision is excellent andf is far better than an I Pod. High recommended.
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
It is incredibly complicated: if you want an mp3 player which does basic tasks well (like list your music properly and create playlists), don't bother. If you're a techie and want to spend forever trying to make it work and personalising it to the nth degree, you're in luck. It is not compatible with AAC files, the ones which are used by iTunes. It's not fully compatible with any other software (e.g. Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc). The software it comes with is so complicated it's unusable. It doesn't list artist/song names properly. Playlists are almost impossible to create: Cowon's own instructions (buried in their impenetrable website) don't work and none of the techies on the web can find a single method which is successful. I have had it over a month and hardly use it because I still trying to figure out which software is most compatible (none of it is entirely so), how to convert most of my music library, and whether playlists are possible. Basically, even the first step of getting my music onto my D2+ is currently still a long way off, despite hours of work so far. I'm then going to have to work out how to arrange the music so it is accessible and usable. I have considered giving up and accepting I will not have portable music, and I have wasted my money. This has taken hours and hours of research and lateral thought and fiddling about on my computer, and I have hardly started. I can't imagine the further nightmares in store as I limp through each step in trying to get it to work.
The file system is also very long-winded, so you have to go through five steps to get from the music library to a song or back again. It also switches back to where you were within a few seconds, so if you stop at all you have to start again from scratch.
Oh, and it randomly crashed on me the other day. I think it must make a habit of it because the reset button apparently exists purely in order to turn it on if it won't turn on any other way.
The sound quality is very good though, if you can find anything to listen to.
The file system is also very long-winded, so you have to go through five steps to get from the music library to a song or back again. It also switches back to where you were within a few seconds, so if you stop at all you have to start again from scratch.
Oh, and it randomly crashed on me the other day. I think it must make a habit of it because the reset button apparently exists purely in order to turn it on if it won't turn on any other way.
The sound quality is very good though, if you can find anything to listen to.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4 reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great Device
12 Jan 2011
First I will respond to the negitive reviews that have been posted.
First off, to the guy whos d2+ appears to have died, try a LONG reset, hold the reset button in for at least 30 seconds, if not a full 60, sometimes these devices get weird when changing modes, My d2+'s only lockup was after a full charge when i unplugged it, reset fixed it and it powered right up after that.
Second the guy complaining about jetaudio software, cowon products come with the full version of jet audio but you have to jump thru some hoops to get it working as full version, not hard, just read the documentation.
Mp3 is the worst possible format choice for the d2+, not only does mp3 format sound horrible when compared to Ogg Vorbis or FLAC, its also a licenced products, hence why if you choose to buy jetaudio(that works with pretty much any player) they charge a fee, the money you pay actually goes to paying licence fees for mp3 encoder AND for bbe+ effects, but again, cowon products come with a full version, if you read up on what your doing first rather then just blindly clicking around.
Another "pro tip" is to update your software, the stuff that comes on the cd is ancient, its buggy and slow because its extreamly out of date, the current versions run far better and havent given my any problems even on this slow dualcore laptop im on now.
Some quick tips for d2+ users.
Format the player with the panasonic SDformatter (google it) do not ever format the player using windows or linux, this will lead to problems(player will be buggy and slow), Format the player after you first get it, update the firmware then load your music, this will insure that the player will work as intended.
Clean up your MP3 tags/music tags using mp3tag or another program, its best to only have one type of tags on files, and then only have those tags you actually need, again this will help insure the player will work as intended(also speeds up db refresh when you load new music) this is true for every player i have ever owned that uses a database, clean tags=happy players.
having said that, this device is wonderfull, I recomend the moremono theme by DFKT (works on all d2/d2+ models) you can find it at iaudiophile or anythingbutipod along with instructions on getting it working on various firmwares and players(for d2+ you have to rename 1 file, easy peasy)
this player is a little powerhouse, and i cant stress this enought, DO NOT USE MP3 if you can help it, the MP3 format is...horrible, ogg or flac are far better options, and even wma tends to sound better(and wma sucks to)
the bbe+ and other effects sound amazing depending on what your listening to, I cant say enough good about this player.
I listen to music and Audio books, and have found the EQ to be quite usefull and amazing :)
sorry for rambling on so, but I felt the need to respond to and refute some of the complaints of other reviewers, Have no fear, Cowon is a very well known and reguarded company in korea and infact in this country, their products tend to cost a little more then sony's for example, but you get what you pay for, the cowon will get supperior sound and build quality, as well as better firmware support(updates to fix bugs and add features.) cowon's customer service is top notch, if yo have a problem give them a holler(be polite, how would you react if a somebody called you all pissed off, rude and yelling) I have had 2 orignal d2's repaired by them for friends, both had dead batt's, charge was reasonable in both cases and service was quick(couple weeks turnaround)
First off, to the guy whos d2+ appears to have died, try a LONG reset, hold the reset button in for at least 30 seconds, if not a full 60, sometimes these devices get weird when changing modes, My d2+'s only lockup was after a full charge when i unplugged it, reset fixed it and it powered right up after that.
Second the guy complaining about jetaudio software, cowon products come with the full version of jet audio but you have to jump thru some hoops to get it working as full version, not hard, just read the documentation.
Mp3 is the worst possible format choice for the d2+, not only does mp3 format sound horrible when compared to Ogg Vorbis or FLAC, its also a licenced products, hence why if you choose to buy jetaudio(that works with pretty much any player) they charge a fee, the money you pay actually goes to paying licence fees for mp3 encoder AND for bbe+ effects, but again, cowon products come with a full version, if you read up on what your doing first rather then just blindly clicking around.
Another "pro tip" is to update your software, the stuff that comes on the cd is ancient, its buggy and slow because its extreamly out of date, the current versions run far better and havent given my any problems even on this slow dualcore laptop im on now.
Some quick tips for d2+ users.
Format the player with the panasonic SDformatter (google it) do not ever format the player using windows or linux, this will lead to problems(player will be buggy and slow), Format the player after you first get it, update the firmware then load your music, this will insure that the player will work as intended.
Clean up your MP3 tags/music tags using mp3tag or another program, its best to only have one type of tags on files, and then only have those tags you actually need, again this will help insure the player will work as intended(also speeds up db refresh when you load new music) this is true for every player i have ever owned that uses a database, clean tags=happy players.
having said that, this device is wonderfull, I recomend the moremono theme by DFKT (works on all d2/d2+ models) you can find it at iaudiophile or anythingbutipod along with instructions on getting it working on various firmwares and players(for d2+ you have to rename 1 file, easy peasy)
this player is a little powerhouse, and i cant stress this enought, DO NOT USE MP3 if you can help it, the MP3 format is...horrible, ogg or flac are far better options, and even wma tends to sound better(and wma sucks to)
the bbe+ and other effects sound amazing depending on what your listening to, I cant say enough good about this player.
I listen to music and Audio books, and have found the EQ to be quite usefull and amazing :)
sorry for rambling on so, but I felt the need to respond to and refute some of the complaints of other reviewers, Have no fear, Cowon is a very well known and reguarded company in korea and infact in this country, their products tend to cost a little more then sony's for example, but you get what you pay for, the cowon will get supperior sound and build quality, as well as better firmware support(updates to fix bugs and add features.) cowon's customer service is top notch, if yo have a problem give them a holler(be polite, how would you react if a somebody called you all pissed off, rude and yelling) I have had 2 orignal d2's repaired by them for friends, both had dead batt's, charge was reasonable in both cases and service was quick(couple weeks turnaround)
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent portable audio player
2 Jan 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought for use as portable audio player, especially for FLAC files (mostly classical music). Replaced the supplied earbuds with inexpensive but better quality "in-ear" earphones and the sound is superb. After a short learning curve the controls are easy to navigate. I have not yet used it for any extensive period at any one time but I have used it frequently for shorter periods and the battery seems to be holding up well. The FM radio is adequate. I don't use the other features and cannot comment on them.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Totally dead after a week of use.
4 Jan 2011
Update: 1-10-11
Six days after I took it out of the box my D2+ is completely dark. It has only left the house once and definitely wasn't abused at any time. The reset button does nothing, my computer doesn't recognize it. The battery is freshly charged and was reading 100% mere moments before it crapped out on me. I'm deeply perturbed that the darned thing is entirely non-functional after just a few days and maybe five hours of play. It's a real shame because the sound quality was absolutely five star. But after the sudden demise of the D2+ I'm a bit afraid to buy another Cowon product. Oddly Amazon only offers refunds and not exchanges on Cowon items. I'll update later to let you know how the return process goes.
Original review below was posted 1-4-11
The sound quality of the Cowon D2+ is far superior to anything else on the market and the 16 gig player is very reasonably priced compared to other MP3 players on the market. The sound superiority was obvious in a direct song by song comparison between the D2+ and the new iPod Touch (32GB) that my wife purchased at about the same time for twice the price. For example, when the same song was played on both devices, the sound of fingers squeaking across electric guitar stings was clear on D2+ and entirely missing on the iPod Touch. Both were played through the same connector cable through the same Henry Kloss Model Two table radio, so the difference wasn't headphones, speakers, or cabling. The MP3 files for the D2+ were ripped using FreeRip while the files for the iPod were ripped from the same CDs using iTunes.
The D2+ also has a nice little feature oddly missing from most MP3 players, a simple 5 band EQ, while Zune and iPod models have presets only, most of which just make your music sound like it's being piped through a sludge filled tin bucket.
That being said, the JetAudio software that comes in the D2+ package is junk and the folks at Cowon should be embarrassed. The software is glitchy, slow, and worst of all doesn't convert a CD into MP3 format. For that you have to pay an additional $30 to the JetAudio site for the same bad software with MP3 capabilities. The good news is that you don't need the cruddy JetAudio software. I downloaded FreeRIP from CNET and found that it did exactly what I wanted at a higher speed, more intuitively and for free. Just skip installing Cowon's terrible software. If you do use the JetAudio software make sure you convert to a file format like WMA 9 instead of using the default WAV format which is roughly 11 times the size of WMA or MP3 files, which means you can fill 16 gigs with 360 songs instead of the 4,000 you should be able to fit on the D2+. When I tested the D2+ in a song by song comparison of both MP3 files and WAV files I found little difference between the two in terms of sound quality.
Six days after I took it out of the box my D2+ is completely dark. It has only left the house once and definitely wasn't abused at any time. The reset button does nothing, my computer doesn't recognize it. The battery is freshly charged and was reading 100% mere moments before it crapped out on me. I'm deeply perturbed that the darned thing is entirely non-functional after just a few days and maybe five hours of play. It's a real shame because the sound quality was absolutely five star. But after the sudden demise of the D2+ I'm a bit afraid to buy another Cowon product. Oddly Amazon only offers refunds and not exchanges on Cowon items. I'll update later to let you know how the return process goes.
Original review below was posted 1-4-11
The sound quality of the Cowon D2+ is far superior to anything else on the market and the 16 gig player is very reasonably priced compared to other MP3 players on the market. The sound superiority was obvious in a direct song by song comparison between the D2+ and the new iPod Touch (32GB) that my wife purchased at about the same time for twice the price. For example, when the same song was played on both devices, the sound of fingers squeaking across electric guitar stings was clear on D2+ and entirely missing on the iPod Touch. Both were played through the same connector cable through the same Henry Kloss Model Two table radio, so the difference wasn't headphones, speakers, or cabling. The MP3 files for the D2+ were ripped using FreeRip while the files for the iPod were ripped from the same CDs using iTunes.
The D2+ also has a nice little feature oddly missing from most MP3 players, a simple 5 band EQ, while Zune and iPod models have presets only, most of which just make your music sound like it's being piped through a sludge filled tin bucket.
That being said, the JetAudio software that comes in the D2+ package is junk and the folks at Cowon should be embarrassed. The software is glitchy, slow, and worst of all doesn't convert a CD into MP3 format. For that you have to pay an additional $30 to the JetAudio site for the same bad software with MP3 capabilities. The good news is that you don't need the cruddy JetAudio software. I downloaded FreeRIP from CNET and found that it did exactly what I wanted at a higher speed, more intuitively and for free. Just skip installing Cowon's terrible software. If you do use the JetAudio software make sure you convert to a file format like WMA 9 instead of using the default WAV format which is roughly 11 times the size of WMA or MP3 files, which means you can fill 16 gigs with 360 songs instead of the 4,000 you should be able to fit on the D2+. When I tested the D2+ in a song by song comparison of both MP3 files and WAV files I found little difference between the two in terms of sound quality.
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