Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1850 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Linx
• Model: MEMOIRE 10.2B
• Released on: 2008-06-11

Features

• Linx Multimed 10in DigiFrame Black 118155

Manufacturer's Description

Bring your photo's back to Life! Relive your treasured memories and bring your old pictures back to Life with Linx Memoire digital photo frames!
	High Resolution, LCD Screens The Linx Memoire frames use a high resolution digital LCD panel* that enables you to get the very best out of your pictures and to relive those cherished memories in the best possible way. Why is high resolution important? Quite simply, the more pixels you have on display the clearer and crisper the image looks. So Linx use a high resolution screen in the Memoire photo frames* to ensure that the images you are displaying look as clear and crisp as possible. Brightness and Contrast Controls The Memoire photo frames give you the added control of contrast and brightness adjustment which allows you to make slight corrections to the light levels and the brightness of the photo frame. *Memoire 7LTD and Memoire 7B use analogue LCD panels – 480 x 234 resolution
	4-in-1 Memory Card Reader No PC? Don't worry! Memoire photo frames have a built in card reader that allows you to take the memory card straight from your digital camera and simply insert into your Memoire frame and start viewing your pictures! The 4-in-1 card reader allows your frame to read either MS (Memory Stick), MS-PRO (Memory Stick Pro), MMC (Multi Media Card) or SD (Secure Digital) giving compatibility for most common digital cameras.
	USB Connectivity As USB memory sticks are becoming more and more popular and inexpensive now these provide an ideal way of storing your photos. At Linx we have taken this on board and included a high speed USB port in the Memoire so that you can simply plug in your USB stick and view your photos through the easy to use menu's on the Memoire.
	Built-in Battery Wouldn't it be great to have your digital photo frame on display where everyone can see it? Or even better, wouldn't it be great to be able to pass it round when friends and family come over for even easier viewing of all your pictures? Well the Linx Memoire* allows you to do just that! The built-in battery allows the frame to run for around 2hours without mains power - this is perfect for those living room view sessions! *Excludes Memoire 7LTD
	Auto Rotate There’s nothing more annoying than having your photo’s displayed in the wrong way! So, we’ve built in an easy to use auto rotate system* in to the Memoire photo frames that can tell which way up your frame is and will arrange the picture accordingly! *Excludes Memoire 7LTD
	Stereo Speakers – find the perfect sound track to your pictures The ideal accompaniment to your photo’s – the built in speakers allow you to listen to your favorite MP3 track either on its own or while your viewing your images. The Memoire photo frames also allow you to view video clips* (MPEG4) in the same way that you can listen to MP3’s or view photo’s. This is great for when you take short video clips on your digital camera of those "can’t miss moments" such as your child first bike ride, or your friend’s birthday party! *Excludes Memoire 7LTD
	Full function remote control The full function remote control that is supplied with all of the Linx Memoire photo frames* come with a full frame remote control that gives you easy access to all of the main features of the Memoire frames. This is great for switching between picture/mp3/video playback or for a quick glance at the clock calendar when you boss makes a stop by your desk! *Excludes Memoire 7LTD
LIFE! Slideshow Transition Mode NEW! For 2008 the Memoire range of digital photo frames (excluding the Memoire 7LTD) include a range of new slide show modes designed to give your photo’s a new level of depth and dimension. What’s more, the LIFE! slideshow mode incorporates a variety of zooming and panning styles to literally "bring your photo’s back to LIFE!"
	128MB of Built-in Memory Exclusive to the Memoire 10.2" frame we have added 128MB of built-in memory. This allows you to store your favourite images on the frame without the need to keep finding your memory stick or card. The built-in memory is ideal for quickly and easily transferring pictures (or MP3/video clips) from your PC (via the USB port) or memory stick/card to your frame. 128MB of Built-in Memory Exclusive to the Memoire 10.2" frame we have added 128MB of built-in memory. This allows you to store your favourite images on the frame without the need to keep finding your memory stick or card. The built-in memory is ideal for quickly and easily transferring pictures (or MP3/video clips) from your PC (via the USB port) or memory stick/card to your frame. for use whenever you need them – or whenever your relatives pop round unannounced!
	Easy-to-use navigation buttons The Memoire range of digital photo frames incorporate the new navigation buttons which make on-the-frame navigation a breeze!

Box Contents

Customer Reviews

What a great improvement
Just delivered today it's up and running straight out of the box, and I'm chuffed to bits.
I previously had the Linx 10.2 " with the silver frame which I had to return for a refund due to a malfunction and I'm so glad I did.

The memoire is a new model with improved looks much improved programming.

Some bullet points (mainly positive) for consideration.

1) The overal appearance is much more grown up with no more naff blue lights on the side.

2)There is no longer any wall hanging bracket just a push twist and click prop / support stand.
I did think the prop was a bit fiddly to fit and seemed a bit flimsy, so don't go mad with it when assembling it might break ?

3)You can now opt for time intervals between displays from a few seconds / minutes to an hour. Great.

4) plenty of transition themes to choose from.

5) Audio is the only area which is worse than the previous model.I never was expecting stereo quality, but the sound on this one is quite literally painfully tinny. ( what a shame).
You might also like to note that music playing be it background or otherwise is MP3 only. ( just done a quick painless MP3 conversion crash course so no problem now)

6) On screen menu and remote control functions really self explanetory so no headaches there.

7) Even the translator for the instruction manual has got his / her act together so Chinglish is replaced by near proper English, not that you need the book because the on screen menu / remote control functions are a doddle. ( throw the book away and play it should be and is that easy to use).


Still plenty more functions to explore so I will end this review now.

Despite the crap sound quality I would not hesitate to give this model a mighty thumbs up.


Stop Press - The Missing LINX


I regret that I am now obliged to edit my review, in the light of a glitch / functionality issue that I have discovered with the auto on / off function.

I have tried and failed to get any response form Linx customer / tech support via their links, ( as was the case when I enquired for info before buying this product).
I even contacted Amazon to assist with contacting Linx, in order to avoid a negative write up, but they were unable to assist.

I can only conclude that Linx are not interested in me or issues re their products and heve totally lost my confidence in them.

Therefore I have taken up Amazon's offer of a refund and I am returning the product, but more because of the lack of response from Linx, than the minor defect in their product, which I could have probably lived with.
I won't be back to LINX.

Good looking screen let down by poor graphics and s/w glitches
At first glance I thought I had bought a great frame and for a good price. Unfortunately it had to be returned because of:

The colour depth on the screen is not good, at least on my unit. I suspect the graphics card is quite limited by today's true colour standards. This means I get very noticeable colour banding on photos that have a wide range of colours. Given this product is a photo frame, this is enough of a reason for me to reject it. I see no reason why the image quality should be no less than that which I get with my computer monitor. Please note that I am not talking about resolution, that is fine for the job. I also felt the screen could have been brighter but turning the brightness up just washed things out, so I guess this may be a factor of the not too brilliant contrast ratio.

Second issue is that the auto on timer starts the unit at the main menu and not playing photos / videos / music (or whatever the unit was doing at auto off time). Would anyone want their unit to automatically come on at a set time and sit there doing nothing? I very much doubt it. This is a very useful feature ruined by bad software design in my opinion.

The third issue is that screen speakers make a worrying popping noise when turned on or off (this might just be my unit though), certainly louder than a typical power on/off mains surge click. I am concerned about the overall effect this will have on the unit's life.

Finally, the documentation regarding the internal battery states you should not charge the unit for more than 8 hours to preserve the battery's long term life, and claims the battery charge will last for about a month. This means you should unplug the unit after 8 hours, let the unit run till the battery is flat, then start all over again. The Linx website says the battery will last about 2 hours, which conflicts with the documentation. Clearly some confusion here, maybe just a documentation error, but certainly leaves an unanswered question in my mind.

I just want a unit I can plug in and forget with auto on/off to save power. I thought this was the one, but unfortunately that was not the case for the reasons mentioned above. The unit is now being returned. I will go for a more expensive mainstream brand next time.

Good picture, but s/w lacks important functionality
This was an impulse buy from a High Street retailer. Having got the product home I thought I would check if there was any information about it on the net which brought me here. Here are the main points:

Good:
- The frame is stylish with the border not encroaching too much on the actual display.
- It has a decent resolution of 800x480 so you can't see any horizontal lines which are somewhat obvious on other frames. If you look closely then yes, you can see the pixels. But if you're more than a foot away, you won't notice.
- It's easy to setup and use.

Bad:
- As others have mentioned, when using the auto-on feature, the frame does not start showing pictures, it simply sits at the menu. This is a major drawback as the primary purpose is to show pictures.
- Again, when switching the frame on manually, it does not immediately start showing pictures, just shows the menu.
- When playing a video (tested with a .avi), the sound and picture went quickly out of sync (less than 5 minutes).

Unfortunately, as I intended this as a present for someone who is older and not technically minded (like others here), the fact that the frame does not immediately start showing pictures after switching on is major flaw. I also tested removing the power to see if it would start showing pictures on power-up, but of course it has a built-in battery so that's no help either. In case anyone is wondering, there is no configuration option in the setup to change the behaviour of the frame on power-up. So regardless of what you do, the frame will not show pictures after power-up unless you interact with it.