Menneisyys
10-31-2007, 03:28 PM
Anyone having read my article “Everything you will ever need to know about the power consumption of Pocket PC audio players (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1656&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)" knows x50mix and UdaEq, hardware audio equalizers for Dell Axim and Compaq / HP iPAQ devices (and some other) used with wired headphones. Unfortunately, they can only be used together with wired headphones – neither built-in speakers nor A2DP Bluetooth ones will be affected.
Hardware equalizers have the BIG advantage of not adding any additional CPU usage, unlike software equalizers used by most multimedia players. Therefore, if you need to have absolutely the best battery life, you use wired headphones and you won’t suffer from the equalizer’s resetting upon reinitalization of sound hardware (switching to next track in non-cross-fade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_%28audio_engineering%29)- or gapless playback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapless_playback)-capable multimedia players), make sure you give it a try.
HTC has also released its own equalizer compatible with most (but not all) HTC Pocket PC Phone Edition models. It’s available HERE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339199) (mirror HERE (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/HTC%20Equalizer%201.0.2.cab)). After installing, manually create a link file to \Windows\Equalizer.exe. I’ve done this for you (it’s HERE (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/Shortcut%20to%20Equalizer.lnk)) – just copy the file to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs or anywhere underneath it.
http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/HTCEqulizerMain.png
It also has some presets (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/HTCEqulizerPresets.png), and you can define / save /reload your own as well (screenshots: 1 (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/myownEQpreset.png) 2 (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/myownEQpreset2.png))
Finally, it allows for setting the microphone level or enable AGC as well (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/myownAGC.png).
Note that it isn’t compatible with Smartphones at all as can be seen in THIS (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/htcequOxygen.png) and THIS (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/htcequVox.png) screenshots. In addition, it won’t work with some HTC Pocket PC phones either; for example, the HTC Wizard (I’ve tested it with XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632) – it MIGHT work with other versions)
Also note that there is a catch: when you play back a song that closes and reopens the channel (WMP is like this; media players offering gapless playback and/or cross-fade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_%28audio_engineering%29) aren’t), then, you’ll end up having to set the equalizer again (by quickly dis-, and, then, enabling the checkbox). Look for my forthcoming Multimedia Bible (yes, I’ve started working on it!!!), where I also list all the multimedia apps that, in this respect, work flawlessly.
Related threads: 1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334978), 2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332556), 3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328827).
Hardware equalizers have the BIG advantage of not adding any additional CPU usage, unlike software equalizers used by most multimedia players. Therefore, if you need to have absolutely the best battery life, you use wired headphones and you won’t suffer from the equalizer’s resetting upon reinitalization of sound hardware (switching to next track in non-cross-fade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_%28audio_engineering%29)- or gapless playback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapless_playback)-capable multimedia players), make sure you give it a try.
HTC has also released its own equalizer compatible with most (but not all) HTC Pocket PC Phone Edition models. It’s available HERE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339199) (mirror HERE (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/HTC%20Equalizer%201.0.2.cab)). After installing, manually create a link file to \Windows\Equalizer.exe. I’ve done this for you (it’s HERE (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/Shortcut%20to%20Equalizer.lnk)) – just copy the file to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs or anywhere underneath it.
http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/HTCEqulizerMain.png
It also has some presets (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/HTCEqulizerPresets.png), and you can define / save /reload your own as well (screenshots: 1 (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/myownEQpreset.png) 2 (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/myownEQpreset2.png))
Finally, it allows for setting the microphone level or enable AGC as well (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/myownAGC.png).
Note that it isn’t compatible with Smartphones at all as can be seen in THIS (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/htcequOxygen.png) and THIS (http://www.winmobiletech.com/102007HTCEquiv/htcequVox.png) screenshots. In addition, it won’t work with some HTC Pocket PC phones either; for example, the HTC Wizard (I’ve tested it with XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632) – it MIGHT work with other versions)
Also note that there is a catch: when you play back a song that closes and reopens the channel (WMP is like this; media players offering gapless playback and/or cross-fade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_%28audio_engineering%29) aren’t), then, you’ll end up having to set the equalizer again (by quickly dis-, and, then, enabling the checkbox). Look for my forthcoming Multimedia Bible (yes, I’ve started working on it!!!), where I also list all the multimedia apps that, in this respect, work flawlessly.
Related threads: 1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334978), 2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332556), 3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328827).