Aluratek ADMPF007F 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame With Remote

Nice frame, but I had some "issues"

10/18/2008

I purchased this frame as a gift. Fortunately, I wanted to load it with some pictures and music before I gave it to the person. I say "fortunately", because. . . at first. . . the remote did not work. I really didn't have time to return it, and I thought that perhaps it was a simple issue that the battery was dead. I purchased a new battery, but it didn't work either. Finally, I thought that perhaps it was an issue of the battery simply not being snug enough to the metal tabs to connect for power. I was right. When you remove the battery, it is held into place by very flexible (and cheap) plastic. I simply bent the plastic up a little. . . then replaced the battery. . . and . . . TA-DA. . . it worked.

For the price, I thought the picture quality was good. Though the sound quality was ok that it. . . . just "ok".

Though there are buttons on the back of the frame, you're limited on what you can do with these buttons. You can do much more with the remote.

I was never able to find out how you could start from the beginning, if you were in the middle of a slideshow, without simply turning it off and then back on. I could also not find a way to manually go through the pictures faster if you're in the middle of a slideshow. I could also not find a way to go back to the last picture, if you're in the middle of a slideshow. If I had more time to play with it, perhaps there is a way, but simply pressing the forward or back button does not work, and one would think that would be the easiest/smartest way.

Again, overall, for the price, I was ok with it, but if I had more time, I would have returned it, simply for the fact the remote didn't work like it should have, and I'm afraid that it would be a constant problem.

Great picture quality and easy to use

5/28/2008

It's simple and the picture looks good. Turn it on, insert your memory card and it starts playing slideshows. This is a great gift item for those less technical (which is why I purchased two).

Very Nice

5/9/2008

To add to my previous review, this does support music in mp3 format. I finally started to use this feature while playing slideshow. This frame is truly plug and play. I will be buying more frames from Aluratek!

Quality and service problems

4/28/2008

I normally don't take the time to comment on products but the technical support of Aluratek is the worst I have ever seen. I purchased the model ADMPF110 and it was dead out of the box. I go round and round with their technical support via email and finally they give me an RMA to send it in for repair. I wanted to put this in the wall of a new house we are building so I needed it back pretty quickly. So I sent it to them over-night with all of the necessary paper work. 90 days later I get it back. By this time I had bought another brand unit to put in our new house. We were really busy getting the house completed so I didn't get around to looking at the Aluratek unit I got repaired under warranty unit about 3.5 months later. It was dead out of the box again! This time it made a faint clicking noise when turned off and on which was an improvement over last time, however, still nothing on the screen. Absolutely dead in all modes. Aluratek said that I had it over 90 days and that it was out of warranty and if I wanted to send it back in they would repair it for a fee. I explained that I never got to use it even once. The said it was out of warranty. I explained it was just barely out of warranty and they said it didn't matter, I should have checked it out when I first got it back. I told them that I am not their quality control department. Unless you want to get stuck with junk that doesn't work or unless you want to do the quality control for this company I suggest you don't buy any of their products.