SAMSUNG YP-K3JQB DRIVER - If you already know which part you need, replacement parts for many Samsung products can be found at the following websites: Its glossy front is trimmed with chrome, giving it a sleek and stylish look. For new and existing orders. If high quality audio and fantastic design is your cup of tea, give the Samsung YP-K3. Note 1: Since the middle of September 2008, there have been mixed reports as to the success of this method: some people have reported having trouble, others a flawless experience (see the comments at the end of this page—and please report your experience so others can get a sense of the likelihood of success). I don’t know why this is—it could be that Samsung has changed something on the device in some markets to stop people from reflashing the firmware, for example. Once again: if you try this out, please report your results below so others can gauge how likely they are to have success. Note 2: Although the instructions below indicate that you can only use tcctools with Windows, the author of tcctools indicates that the utility can be compiled with Linux meaning you may not even need a windows machine (see comment 21). Note 3: Please remember that as with all such posting on the web, I am simply sharing what worked for me. I gathered this information from other sites and posted it as a mnemonic for myself. Others are free to use it and initially nobody seemed to have anything other than my flawless experience. Recently some people have been reporting trouble. Since Samsung have tried in the past to make the firmware difficult to change, it is always possible that they might try again in the future. Whenever you try to hack an electronic device you need to be prepared to accept the risk that you might wreck things as well. You should never try to hack something if you are not prepared to accept failure. ![]() I’m getting tired of flying on Air Canada and discovering that the on-board sound system is broken. So I went out and bought myself an digital audio (i.e. I am a Linux user and as a result have a moderately large number of ripped CDs encoded using the open source OGG Vorbis standard, rather than the proprietary MP3 format. In looking for an audio player, therefore, I needed one that could play the open source standard alongside MP3s. And be used with a non-Windows operating system. After a little research at the and at the site for my local electronic retailer, I settled on the Samsung YP-K3JAB (4GB). According the retailer specs, this was supposed to play Vorbis format files. And while the specs suggested it might only be compatible with Windows operating systems, it is actually pretty rare to find a peripheral that really only works with Windows. ![]() Somebody has always created a workaround. Compatibility Problems When I got the player home, I was disappointed to make a couple of discoveries: • Despite what the retailer’s spec sheet indicates, the Canadian version of the player could only handle MP3 and WMA (Windows Media) file formats. • Support for MTP in Linux is pretty poor: while Rhythm box can import from MTP devices, it can’t write to them, meaning it was next to impossible to get my music onto the device without going through Windows. Why the K3 doesn’t work as advertised After some further research, I discovered both the problem and the solution. It turns out that Samsung ships two or three versions of the firmware that accompanies the K3 • a 1.xxx/3.xxx series firmware that plays only MP3/ WMA formats and uses the MTP protocol that restricts the device for use with Windows • a 4xxx series firmware that plays Vorbis as well a MP3/ WMA and allows the device to function as a standard UMS (Flash Memory) device and work with all operating systems. The 1.xxx/.3xxx series firmware is shipped with the K3 everywhere except Korea, where the 4.xxx series is used. As an added complication, the most recent version of the 3.xxx series firmware (3.09) is designed to stop users from switching to the 4.xxx firmware.
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