Philips Digital Photo frame 9FF2CWO/00

Philips Digital Photo frame

I bought a digital photo frame the other day from Linuxbutikken in Norway. The unit arrived at home three working days after I placed the order. The photo frame is small and easy to work with. The navigation button can sometimes be tricky to work with, but was easy to learn. From what I can see I got three dead pixels on the screen, so now I get to try out a Philips service center. They are not easy to spot when viewing images though.

The contents of the package includes

• White power cord and adaptor.
• The picture frame, as seen below.
• USB cable.
• Documentation and CD with software.

First use

This screen is easy to use. It was very easy to learn how to navigate through the menus.

The easy way to start is to insert your memory card and turn it on. When you turn it on is starts a slideshow in less than 5 seconds. According to documentation the battery is supposed to live for about one hour with full brightness.

The first thing I did was to turn down the brightness a lot so the picture do not stand out and scream for attention.

Common slideshow settings include:

• Display time pr. picture.
• Picture fade effect. Random effect is also a choice.
• Background color outside the picture (when the picture is rescaled to fit).

Picture fading is slow, so I turned if off.

Features

Why this product?

• Solid design. I would not drop it on the floor but the case is heavy and solid. (Not cheap plastic that is glued together.)
• Support for external storage. CompactFlash type 1, Sony memory stick, multimedia card, secure digital and xD.
• Internal memory. From the specifications there is room for 110-150 pictures depending on how you resize them.
• Orientation. Physical that is. You can place the screen in landscape or portrait orientation. The screen will try to fit the pictures to the screen.
• Auto turn on/off.

How to transfer pictures to the screen

Philips ships with their own software on a CD called Photo Manager for Photo Frame. I have decided to use Breeze Systems BreezeBrowser Pro. I make proofs of the pictures I want with 800x480 pixels resolution. This way I don't have to install another product to my computer just to manipulate pictures.

There is no need to resize your pictures as the photo frame will resize the picture for display. This resizing does not take any time with my 2-3MB JPEG pictures. But you get more pictures when you do resize, so I have decided to do so.

Photo Manager for Photo Frame

This software can crop and resize your pictures to get the most out of the units internal (or external) storage capacity. It also makes it simple to transfer pictures to/from the picture frame.

Links

• Product homepage.
• Some specs and documentation.
• Tags: digital picture frame, Philips, 9FF2CWO/00, LCD.