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Hi All

I am not a phone tech head so please excuse me if some of the things I ask seem a bit 'green'.

I have been getting to grips with the 960 for a couple of weeks now and haven't got any major operational problems with it, but I am hugely disappointed in the quality of the music player considering I actually went for this phone assuming that it would be great for music. I have never wanted to carry both an IPod and a separate phone so the 960 with its 8 gig memory looked ideal. But I find the music player lacks clarity compared to an IPod (and I know IPods aren't the last word in quality), and even at maximum volume I find it is still not loud enough when in public places.

My ears are fine (not deaf), I have tried expensive headphones in case the supplied ones are not so good (they should be) and I have even tried to rip music at higher bitrates to see if that improved matters, but to no avail. I understand that phone companies purposely limit their volume levels these days to stop idiot users suing them if they make themselves deaf listening at crazy volumes, but I am not happy with the volume levels on the the 960. Also music lacks 'sparkle', despite messing about with the various EQ options - all in all I am really disappointed.

I understand that you can download software to increase volume levels and also maybe improve the players performance - is that correct - and if so is any such software available for the 960???

BTW, I too wish there was a direct 3.5mm jack socket as the cable adaptor is bulky and probably causes some sound quality degradation too?

All help gratefully received!

Cheers,

Enrico
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Posted: 2008-01-28 17:32:08
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I am all with you that the volyme could be lounder, but the loudness default is more than enough for me with the boxed earpieces (never tried any other)

the first time i was disapointed was this weekend when i tried some external speakers.

as fore the lack of 3.5mm jack, why do you need one? the fastport supports volyme/song text/next/prev/ and no headset funtions when only using a 3.5mm?

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Posted: 2008-01-28 17:51:07
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Thanks for your reply.

All I have with my phone is the cable adapter that has the mute on it, not other controls?

Cheers,

En
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Posted: 2008-01-28 18:04:42
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I hope that comming updates will increase sound loudness. It's real?
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Posted: 2008-01-28 18:17:20
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@enfetish

yeah the boxed one is not that hitech

but do you think there is such a loss on the way thru the headset to the speakers?
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Posted: 2008-01-28 21:48:34
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The fact is that hardware wise the w960 uses the same insides as the W950 and P1 so in terms of music quality there wont be any difference. Only the volume is boosted at most. The only real music inovation is the walkman 3 touch interface which imo is lousy as the phone is laggy when it comes to navigating.

SE really should have pushed to 3.2 with this.
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Posted: 2008-01-28 22:42:02
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My P1i volume is about 30-40% lower then my old W800i,the EQ can not be manually adjusted so even there you can not "win" some volume.
big disappointment,trackID stoped working too.
waiting for iPhone MK2
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Posted: 2008-01-28 23:22:13
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Thanks guys, but can anyone fill me in on the possibility of downloading new software to improve the player or get over the volume limiter? I understand people have produced updates for other phones to address this problem?

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Posted: 2008-01-29 13:34:18
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As far as I know there are no such updates for Symbian phones. Individual modded drivers can be found for non Symbian phones such as the K750, K800 etc.
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Posted: 2008-01-30 01:28:31
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No dedicated music chip and complacency, I believe, is why this thread came about
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Posted: 2008-01-30 01:37:13
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