MP3 Player for Toddlers

Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 10:10 AM | Category: Business, Tech 2 comments

It’s true. Fisher Price sells MP3 Kid-Tough Players for Toddlers as well as digital cameras, but we couldn’t find digital cameras anywhere — it was a popular Christmas gift. They’re available again and my little guy will have to wait till his birthday in the spring to get it.

fp3a.thumbnail MP3 Player for ToddlersMy son loves listening to music on his MP3. So far, it has survived being dropped, getting caught on furniture corners and being dragged. The software is easy for a parent to use except for a couple of usability problems.

The software kept reporting the firmware has been updated and asked if I wanted to update it. Finally, I believe after rebooting the computer and turning the MP3 player off and back on, it stopped asking. The problem is the second instruction where it says to click the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon to restart the player. Well, where is it?

fp3b.thumbnail MP3 Player for ToddlersThe “Remove from Player” button is for removing songs. I searched the documents, Fisher-Price’s web site, the Internet… nada. Sounds like someone forgot to add the feature or remove the error message.

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2 comments

  • Posted by Andy Mason on February 5th, 2007, 3:53 PM

    Meryl,

    The Safely Remove Hardware icon is a feature of Windows XP, designed to power down current to your USB device, and is found in the bottom right corner of the screen next to the clock.

    See this article for more info.

    Regards,
    Andy.

  • Posted by Meryl on February 5th, 2007, 3:57 PM

    That never dawned on me! I was focused on Fisher-Price’s software not WinXP’s. Not all parents will know this and it would help to know the company was talking about Windows. Thank you, Andy.

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