Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

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re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

TF — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:29:37 GMT

... and here I was hoping I just got a bad one. Then I found this review with all the same problems mine had: SD ERR , USB ERR, CD ERR, faceplate is a joke and add to that, the unit's "frame" (around the faceplate when it's on) wouldn't stay on after install.

I called and the tech acted surprised.

Anyway, bought it 3 days ago because I was wanting one with SD capabilities and the HD radio was a nice plus. Walmart is getting it back today.

I knew Jensen was a low end product but what i didn't know is that Jensen is also Audiovox. Had I known this I would have avoided.

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

Nathan Zaugg — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:05:03 GMT

Well, I did use a 512MB card, a 1GB card and a 2GB card, all low density, otherwise it woulden't work in my iPaq. Though I am glad to hear that it works for someone and that they are happy with it. The deck I got to replace it (different brand) is a little better but I guess it's too much to ask for real quality. I'd go for better brand and/or more expensive but I believe this is the only deck with this specific feature set.

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

Shawn — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:59:15 GMT

If you have a 2Gig or smaller card, you should have no problems. The SDHD cards won't work. Keep the cards below 4 gig, and they should all work fine. I have had both my 5112s, one in each vehicle, and love them both. Enough features to keep me happy, price was just right. Plus, I can control my iPhone with the remote, which happens to hold most of my MP3s.

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

dw — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:17:08 GMT

i just purchased a jensen 5112,i wish i had read this article first as the sd reader just says SDerror and it only has 136 mp3 songs on it,the jump drive reader will not read , it just says error. mine is being returned friday when i return home,thanks for the info its just a little late but that is my fault. do you have any sugestions on a different radio with a SDcard reader.they take up sooooo much less room thanks again DW

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

eric tjeleander — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:06:57 GMT

The PDF owners manual online may have more info than the one with your deck-

its the one I downloaded and it gives specifications for what filetypes/naming conventions/KHZ limits/file structure/burning formats are supported-

It is all in the below manual on Page 20 under ``Mp3/WMA Operation`` section.

mobile.jensen.com/.../JensenProductDetail.do

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

eric tjeleander — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:58:53 GMT

UPDATE- for Nathan and others;

I have now tried my 5112 with-

1) a ``DANE-ELC 2 Gb SD card`` ,

www.target.com/.../181-6341221-2998642

$12.99 on sale at Target-

it works perfectly in the 5112, and it played all my random Mp3 files I threw on it- it almost instantaneous, and is MUCH faster to load/play/change tracks than my USB drive.

I did not even format the card before use / loading of Mp3 files on it.

2) a `Lexar 1 Gb USB ``FireFly`` flash drive`, cost me about $8.99 back when I bought it a year ago-

www.lexar.com/.../jd_firefly.html

I threw 36 random Mp3 files on it, did not format or do any preparation, and it plays all the MP3 files.

(I cannot confirm any other flash drives working, as the lexar firefly is the only one I have, and it works fine.)

3) built-in cd player- I grabbed eight discs and tried all 8 in the 5112.

The 5112 played 6 of the eight with no problem and gave an ``error 2`` on two of them, which did not play.

Both of the `error 2` discs were somewhat scratched, dirty, and well-used. I cleaned both off (on my pants)and one of the two played fine after rubbing it on my pants. A run through a proper disc cleaning macnine on dirty/used discs that have been toted around outside of their jewel cases, and I have no doubt the 8th disc will play also.

I did the deck install myself, but it may be difficult to remove, return, and reinstall your own radio for some buyers,

so if you are having problems with media in your 5112, you may want to stick to `DaneElec` SD cards and `Lexar Firefly` USB drives as they are CONFIRMED working fine in the unit (at least the 2gb or less madels that I have).

I have nothing to try the AUX cable or Ipod cable with, so I dont have a review of those features.

The HD radio works OK but like all the technology I have heard, it does sometimes momentarily revert back and forth from regular to HD as you drive around for some reason.

Hope this helps-

If you are just having trouble getting removable media to work then all you need to do is get a (super-cheap) DaneElec SD and Lexar Firefly USB drive, both available at ANY target, and you are all set.

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

Nathan Zaugg — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:23:58 GMT

Eric,

I guess I got the "short" manual. I read that thing cover to cover half a dozen times and it never had any kind of specifics like that. No one wanted this to work more than me! I looked on-line for hours to try to find information like that but never found anything.

In regards to your specific feedback I tried all of the suggestions you mentioned. I don't have any of the specifics but I did at one point I did put a single file on my thumb drive named 1.mp3 in the root directory and that wouldn't play. I was real careful in selecting the mp3 to make sure it was a common bit-rate (128 & 192).

Besides trying this for about 16 hours of my time it isn't much good if a simple thing like having a song where the filename is too long or having a directory structure different than the required means you don't really have MP3 capability so much as a hack that was included with the radio that will allow you to play an MP3 file so long as you are willing to spend the time.

Nathan Zaugg

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

eric tjeleander — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:22:59 GMT

I just installed this {by flashlight} this evening- read the online owners manual VERY carefully..

there are strict ``naming conventions`` that MUST be adhered to, (depending on how you burned it to disc, etc..) in order for the deck to recognize the tracks either on a

thumbdrive,

CD / CD-R,

OR SD card-

Go one character beyond the limit for that file type (as described in the manual) and the deck wont see/play it...

That sucks BUT its pretty much duplicated on many other devices-

You also must adhere to limits of the Mp3 Khz that you burn.. once again thats pretty much the same for all devices, although some are more forgiving.

LASTLY- the manual describes how the folder structure is recognized by the deck, and if you try to go to amny folders deep, or disregard the required folder structure, OR load a thumbdrive with 1000 songs on it, when the maximum allowable is 999 (once again per the manual) you are not going to get any playback becasue that one extra song tipped you past the limits of the device...

Read the manual and try one LONE song first, on the media you are trying out which is-

of the allowable KHZ,

folder structure,

AND naming/number of title characters,

on the removable medium you are trying out, because that is the only way you are going to know your Mp3`s are not at fault, and that the media itself is not readable by the device-

I suspect in a lot of cases, its not a deck malfunction-

its people NOT reading the manual, AND people who are using a SD card / thumbdrive that contains a thousand songs,

all differently file/folder-structured / named / burned, that they downloaded from hundreds of different people who originally created them, and they are now trying to get all these files to play from this deck which is limited in how amny characters you can even place in the filename- for some file types the limit is eleven characters, which means a lot of renaming has to be done-

if you are trying to listen to a song titles `black sabbath` it isnt going to play in some cases because the character limit for some filetypes has already been exceeded by 1 just in the bands name,...

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

Phil Gilmore — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:30:50 GMT

Shnikeys! Production of a product as faulty as that Jensen deck would be an outright crime! Hope you just got a bad one... but if that deck passed QA, I have to reconsider any Jensen purchase.

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

Kendall — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:24 GMT

I recently purchased the Jensen HD5112. So far I have not had any problems.

I will cross my fingers, but I have had a CD-R & 2 8GB flash drives that perform as expected.

I agree with the warranty void if removed sticker being in a bad spot since it goes into a sleeve.

I have not tried the SD input or the I-Pod cable (but I will now)

I am hoping you just got a bad one.

Good Luck,

Kendall

re: Product Reviews: Westinghouse 32H570D & Jensen HD5112

Nathan Zaugg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:43:46 GMT

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