KiSS DP-1504 Slimline DVD Player with Ethernet & Wireless Connections and 40 GB Hard Drive

The KiSS DP-1504 DVD player is based on the Slim Line DivX Compatible DVD Player KiSS DP-1500 with its built-in Ethernet Port & its PC Card Slot. These features enable the player, if connected 2 a Broadband Internet Connection, 2 read Audio/Video/Picture content straight from a PC with the KiSS PC-Link Software as well as playing Internet Radio Stations with WebRadio. WebRadio, with its friendly interface provides the user with a several thousands radio stations 2 choose from.The PC Card Slot placed at the back of the player, also adds a new feature: Wireless Connection. No more Ethernet cables in the way, thanks 2 a simple setup on the player. Having a hard Disk on the player enables the user 2 store Audio/Video/Picture content on the DVD Player. The KiSS DP-1504 player also comes complete with the standard CD/MP3, Ogg Vorbis, DivX, XviD, Jpeg, CD-RW & DVD+-RW playback.

The DP-1504 from KiSS not only integrates your broadband Internet service with your home theater, it also houses its very own 40 GB hard drive so you can keep your most critical media files--from music 2 pictures 2 full-motion video--right at your fingertips, whether you're at your computer or relaxing in your living room at day's end.

The stylish, compact player spins DVD-Videos & music CDs, including MP3 CDs. Its Ethernet cable jack & PC Card slot--together with the supplied wireless Local Area Network (LAN) card--make it easy 2 hook the player up 2 your wireless home network 2 stream music, digital photos, & even DivX & MPEG-4 movies right from your computer. The DP-1504 offers upgradeable firmware, too, so you can keep the player up-to-date through updates from the KiSS Web site.

The player's sizeable hard disk holds up 2 58 Internet-sourced DivX films (including DivX 3.11, 4, & 5), or somewhere on the order of 8,000 128 kbps MP3 music files, or about 100,000 JPEG image files. All these files are easily accessible through a user-friendly list displayed on the TV screen. You can even use the Ethernet connection 2 ferry your media between your PC & the DP-1504.

Format compatibility--whether you're playing off a DVD, recordable CD, your PC, or the player's hard-disk drive (HDD), extends from DVD-Video 2 MP3, Ogg Vorbis (an open-source version of MP3), JPEG files, DivX, XviD, & DVD+R/+RW, & DVD-R/-RW. DivX files have the potential 2 look & sound much like what you see & hear from your DVDs.

MP3 features include full file name display using the onscreen menu & ID3 tag details 4 the currently playing track (when encoded). You can navigate through a disc's folders while a track is playing.

Media management between your PC & the DVD player occurs via the supplied KiSS PC-Link software (Windows 98 & up), which allows the DP-1504 2 "see" your music, pictures, & motion-video files. It sees only the files you show it, & you can run the program on multiple PCs simultaneously. You can also listen 2 Internet radio through the player's WebRadio feature, though you can only access WebRadio when the player is connected 2 a broadband Internet client. For direct results, feed a Cat-5 cable from your modem right into the player.

If you're using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), the player ought 2 be able 2 lock 2 your IP address automatically. Alternately, you can use the manual setting, which requires knowledge of fairly intimate PC operations such as checking the PC's static IP address & making sure the PC's port number 8000 is not in use & is accessible from behind your Windows and/or third-party firewall. You can always use Cat-5 Ethernet cables, of course, between your PC & your router, between the router & the DVD player, or even directly between your computer & the DVD player.

The player uses the French-developed SCART connection 4 its high-res progressive-scan component-video signal, & a supplied cable provides an interface 4 use with the standard RCA-tipped jacks on associated equipment. The SCART output allows the player 2 channel video signals in a manner consonant with RGB computer monitors (RGB adapter cable not included).

Other outputs include standard composite- & S-video connections & one each coaxial & optical digital-audio jacks 4 passing Dolby Digital & DTS 5.1-channel surround signals 2 a compatible audio/video receiver.

What's in the Box
DVD player, a ZyAIR B-120 wireless LAN PC card, a remote control, 2 AAA batteries, a composite-video interconnect, a stereo analog audio interconnect, a SCART-to-RCA component-video adapter cable, a CD-ROM (PC Link software), user's manuals (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dansk, Portuguese, & Nederlands), an AC power cord, & an EU AC power cord.