Just out of general curiousity... What in the world was Sony thinking when they decided to use that stupid connector on the bottom of the NW-HD3? (I think the HD1 uses the same connector?) The one where the power and USB connect, only you need the BCA-NWHD3 to connect to it first...
No audio can go through there, no control can be accessed from there... All it is, is USB and power. Why didn't they just put USB and power connections there? Is it really that small that they couldn't have used a very small DC-in jack and just a regular mini-USB connection? The reason I ask is because Sony charges like $56 US for the part that connects there. $56? Are they nuts? For a little plastic connector with some contacts in it? LOL.
At least with the HD1 they had a dock/stand and with the A series they have docks as well. The HD3 has nothing... No docks, no stands, nothing. What is the point of that connector? I guess it is nice since you can keep a USB cable and the adapter plugged in all the time and just connect one thing, but it is really that much more difficult to connect two things instead of one? IMO, it's just to make Sony money when someone loses it or it gets broken... Sure they'll sell you a new one, but it will cost you like 1/4th of what the player cost you! And no they are no cheaper on eBay...
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Just out of general curiousity... What in the world was Sony thinking when they decided to use that stupid connector on the bottom of the NW-HD3? (I think the HD1 uses the same connector?) The one where the power and USB connect, only you need the BCA-NWHD3 to connect to it first...
No audio can go through there, no control can be accessed from there... All it is, is USB and power. Why didn't they just put USB and power connections there? Is it really that small that they couldn't have used a very small DC-in jack and just a regular mini-USB connection? The reason I ask is because Sony charges like $56 US for the part that connects there. $56? Are they nuts? For a little plastic connector with some contacts in it? LOL.
At least with the HD1 they had a dock/stand and with the A series they have docks as well. The HD3 has nothing... No docks, no stands, nothing. What is the point of that connector? I guess it is nice since you can keep a USB cable and the adapter plugged in all the time and just connect one thing, but it is really that much more difficult to connect two things instead of one? IMO, it's just to make Sony money when someone loses it or it gets broken... Sure they'll sell you a new one, but it will cost you like 1/4th of what the player cost you! And no they are no cheaper on eBay...
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