TEAC MP-350
5. Tests
Apart from mp3 and wma files, the MP-350 can also be used as a video player. Unfortunately, the TEAC MP-350 supports only the MTV movie format, which is not all that popular yet and hence, not so easy to find movie files for. This is a special video format used with some mobile devices. On the other hand, there is a video converter, offered freely by TEAC, that can be used to convert any video file you like to the MTV format and then played with the MP-350. We tried several other video formats, in case we got lucky and found another supported format, but all our tests showed that, indeed, only the MTV movie format is supported.
We also made some tests with various image files, just to confirm that only the JPEG format is supported.
The following table shows the audio formats that we tested with the MP-350 player.
Compression Type | Compression Settings | Recognize/Play |
---|---|---|
MP3 | CBR 20kBit 11025Hz Mono | Yes |
CBR 20kBit 11025Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 32kBit 11025Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 32kBit 22050Hz Mono | ||
CBR 40kBit 22050Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 48kBit 22050Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 48kBit 44100Hz Mono | ||
CBR 56kBit 22050Hz Mono | ||
CBR 56kBit 44100Hz Mono | ||
CBR 64kBit 22050Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 96kBit 44100Hz Mono | ||
CBR 96kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 112kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 128kBit 44100Hz Mono | ||
CBR 128kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 160kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 192kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 224kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 256kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
CBR 320kBit 44100Hz Stereo | ||
VBR - High compression | ||
VBR - Highest compression | ||
VBR - Low compression | ||
VBR - Lowest compression | ||
VBR - Medium compression | ||
WMA | CBR 48kbps | |
CBR 64kbps | ||
CBR 96kbps | ||
CBR 128kbps | ||
CBR 160kbps | ||
CBR 192kbps | ||
VBR any bit rate | ||
OGG | CBR (45~500Kbit) |
Not supported |
VBR (25~100 Quality) |
Our tests showed that the TEAC MP-350 supports all kinds of mp3 encoded files, along with wma files, even those encoded with variable bit rates.
TEAC suggests that it will take approximately 8 hours of playing to discharge a fully charged battery. It took us 13 hours of mp3 playback to discharge the battery and 5 hours of video playback.
In general, this is not a player that plays everything, but it is a small, mobile multimedia player that actually does what it promises. Namely, mp3 and wma playback, with excellent (i.e. low) power consumption.