Cardmedia Ltd. Press Release

VOSONIC MULTIMEDIA X’S-DRIVE RAW FORMAT SUPPORT FIRMWARE

XS Drive Super VP6210 / MMV VP6300

Date: 5th January 2005

Cardmedia (Europe) Ltd, the official UK distributor for the manufacturer Vosonic, has announced the availability of a new firmware allowing the XS Drive Super VP6210 and MMV VP6300 to display Nikon RAW files directly on the screen.
The next firmware is under development and will allow to support Canon Raw files.

The XS Drive Super VP6210 and MMV VP6300 allow to copy from any memory card to the internal HD any type of files and display on their 2” LCD screen JPEG photos, MPEG-1 videos or MP3 – WMA music.

The XS Drive Super is available from 20GB to 80GB and uses an internal 2.5” Hard disk.
The MMV uses a 1.8” 20GB Hard disk

The XS Drive Super and MMV main features are:

- Copy from any memory card including Compactflash, MicroDrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo (via adapter), MMC, RS-MMC (via adapter), Secure Digital, mini SD (via adapter), Smartmedia,  xD picture card to the internal Hard disk
- Copy selected files from the Hard disk (or a memory card) to a memory card inserted
- View JPEG photos up to 16 MegaPixels, run slideshow, view Exif information, Rotate by 90 degrees, Zoom in/out
- Play MPEG-1 or Motion JPEG in AVI or MOD format videos
- Play MP3 and WMA music
- Audio/Video outputs to plug to a TV and/or listen on headphones
- Infrared remote control is supplied
- 3 hours of battery life with the LCD Screen on (up to 6 hours when the LCD is in standby)
- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backward compatible) connection to a computer
- Faster transfer speed than current XS Drive models (VP2060, VP300, VP3310, VP3610)
A 1GB Compactflash card takes 7 to 8 minutes to download to the Hard disk

The LCD Display and the control buttons provide an easy to use interface to copy files from your memory cards to the internal Hard disk, play the stored multimedia files, copy/paste files between the Hard disk and memory cards.

The X’S-Drive Super and the MMV include built-in internal rechargeable batteries using a Li-ion 3.7V 1800 mAh FujiFilm NP-120 battery.

You can access the files stored on the Hard Drive via your computer with the new USB 2.0 Connection - you can also use the X’S-Drives as a USB Combo card reader.

More information and firmware is is available from www.xs-drive.com