Xclef player information

General information

Xclef makes two harddrive players, the HD-500 and the HD-800. Model 500 uses a 2.5" disk, while model 800 uses an 1.8" disk. For information related to Multichannel's flash player MT-500 see XclefMT500 wiki page.

The players are sometimes sold OEM under other names, such as for the Xclef HD500:

• Pogo Products Ripdrive
• DMC Xclef 500
• ISM Jukebox
• disk2go Jukebox
• H&B JK20
• Asono HD500

and for the Xclef HD800:

• Trekstor i.Beat 500
• DMC 800
• Asono Sound-hub
• Boghe VIP20

Photos

I found some reviews with lots of photos in a dutch forum:

• About the HD-500: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/811305
• About the HD-800: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/885532
• More HD-800 photos at DAPreview: http://www.dapreview.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=23

Size comparison:

Photo of HD-500 internals (from Emmau):

Hardware seen in the photo:

• Microcontroller: Motorola MCF5249L, with a ColdFire CPU clocked at 120 MHz.
• Flash: AM 29LV160DB-EC90 2MB
• USB controller: Our old friend the In-System ISD-300A1
• Codec: Wolfson Microelectronics WM8731
• The display resolution is 160x105 and uses EL backlight.

Hardware not seen in the photo:

• RAM: Samsung K4S281632E 16MB SDRAM

Photo of HD-800 internals (by Roland):

Hardware seen in the photo:

• Microcontroller: Motorola SCF5249, with a ColdFire CPU clocked at 140 MHz.
• RAM: Samsung K4S561632E-TL75 32MB SDRAM
• USB controller: Our old friend the In-System ISD300
• The display resolution is 160x105 and uses EL backlight.

Motorola sample block schematic (from Emmau):