Comments on: iPix Portable Video Player for Kids

By: Leonie T

Leonie T — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:30:53 +0000

I have tried other coversion programs and avs4you is the only one that works for the ipix. To load the video, find the video that was converted and highlight it. Click on “copy this file”. In the window that opens, find the ipix player in “My Computer”. Make sure the ipix is plugged in. Find the video folder for the ipix and highlight it. Click on copy and the video should transfer over. I am having a problem getting the jpg. picture to show on the ipix. If anyone has some info on how to do this I would appreciate it.

By: Lis B

Lis B — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:55:19 +0000

ok, so I just bought this product and am having lots of trouble with it. How do I even get the videos on to the player? It keeps saying “No Videos Found. Error Code: 0003.” I converted some videos to wmv like you guys said, but they dont want to get onto the player! can someone give me a step by step tutorial of how to make this thing work? Thanks.

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:14:34 +0000

I have 1 of these and it is fantastic. I never went to the web site or anything . just converted my kids movies to 320×240 wmv put a jpg in the folder with the same name and my 3 year old is off and running. Bought it at walmart for $40 cdn.

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:09:40 +0000

Hey everyone, thanks for the heads up. Was going to buy a couple for my kids but after reading your comments I think I’ll pass.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:15:59 +0000

Hey everyone Look at Ray’s suggestions they absolutely worked!!

thanks ray- PS - I used the youtube downloader and got all kinds of thomas the tank that is loving all because of you..

Many thanks my friend
Mary
here is what he wrote…

In AVS4You I choose the “To WMV” and the profile “Video for Pocket PC’s/PDA” and then the only thing I change there is the frame size. Before you convert I also go to “EDIT” and play the video to obtain a snapshot which you save as a Jpg. This is also copied into the video folder and will be displayed in the IPIX selection list. (The video and JPG must be the same name). Hope this helps.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:16:01 +0000

I was just wondering if anyone knows how to erase stuff from the ipix?????????

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:15:01 +0000

I have tried to sync this stupid thing and I can’t ! anyone know what I need to sync it? also I tried downloading the 2 free cartoons. it downloaded them and then erased them. what a joke!

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:00:43 +0000

We got one for our 22 month old son for xmas and thanks to this site, I used AVS4you last night converted some of my son’s fav shows and music videos. It works like a charm and he was really enjoying the ipix last night…only problem is, it tends to freeze (sigh) but if you hit the reset button at the back it goes back to normal. Since IPIX site has limited videos, it is best to use AVS4you.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:37:05 +0000

I went to the ipix site and went to faqs. There the question was “what do you do if it freezes?”. The answer, (and it worked for ours), was….
under the stand in back, there’s a tiny little pinhole, that’s the reset button. You just have to find something that’ll fit in there and just like resetting a modem, it resets it. Works fine now
Now I’m going to check out that conversion tool because my daughter is dying to see spongebob in it, but, unfortunately, can’t get it from this ipix download site

By: casey

casey — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:40:28 +0000

avs4you converter worked fine. tks for the info Ray. Still having problems with the unit freezing. How do you reset it? Do you have to let the batteries run out first before you can turn it back on again?

By: Kevin G

Kevin G — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:52:28 +0000

Hello all,

I purchesed the IPIX player and it simply will not synchronise. First off it tries to apply a firmware update and as any IT professional will tell you, if the firmware update is bad or does not work then kiss the device goodbye. I replaced the unit with another and used another computer for the syncronization with the same result. I also called support and they are closed. As an IT professional myself I am truly disterbed by this device and all buyers should beware.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:49:48 +0000

By: russ

russ — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:49:37 +0000

Appreciated

By: russ

russ — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:00:49 +0000

I have used this player with only the web content working pretty good froze a couple of times but my 2 1/2 year old navigates it very well but i am still having trouble with my own conversions used avsforyou and it did convert to wmv but still error code 0002 any help would be greatly appricated Thankyou Merry Xmas

By: Danny C

Danny C — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:25:55 +0000

This “toy” is a complete joke and so is the company producing it. I tried calling their support phone number and they are still “closed for the holidays”, even though today is a normal business day. The sync tool doesn’t work (won’t sync up with my computer), you can’t get it to work by just loading normal .wmv files on it and it won’t load videos from the website onto the unit (nor does the website work properly even with the latest version of Internet Explorer). Basically it is useless and I will be attempting to return it to Walmart.

BUYER BEWARE!

Danny C,
NS,
Canada

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:57:07 +0000

Hey Ray

I tried to convert them to a wmv format (320X240) but I still get the error 00002
How do you get it to work?

thanks
Mary
Ontario Canada

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:09:51 +0000

My grandchild also got one for Christmas. To upload your own video’s you need to convert them to wmv format. This can be done with numerous video converter programs. A good size for the video is 320×240. This file can then be copied into the video folder on the Ipix player just as you would copy files to a USB stick.

By: frustrated mom

frustrated mom — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:26:27 +0000

I live in canada and I bought both my children a ipix player which by the way are not cheap and I have since christmas morning I have been triing to get it to work.This is suppose to be easy for a child to do if a grown up cant how are they suppose to.Somebody tell me what to do with this.Oh since i opened it the store wont take it back so now what.

Help!!

By: david cow

david cow — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:58:08 +0000

%d�xcellent blog with lots of useful information Are there any forums that you recommend I join

By: Annette

Annette — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:38:25 +0000

Hi There

My 5 year old son got one of these for his birthday this weekend. I am having issues with it constantly freezing and needing to be reset. However after he got bored of watching the 2 free shows he had on there I did figure out how to add our own movies. They need to be converted to a wmv file. Then you simply drag them over to the video folder on your ipix player and you’re all set. avs4you makes a great video conversion software…just make sure you dont convert it to hd.

Good luck!!

By: russ

russ — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:22 +0000

I have tried every format of video on this piece of @#$%^ but nothing please help me ipix hater

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:28:47 +0000

I have all of the exact same complaints as Jeremy. Do not waste your time and money on this product. Useless support, no web-site up yet (over a month late now). No downloadable videos yet available, and you can not add your own videos. Absolutely horrible.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:32:02 +0000

I have recently purchased and attempted to use the ipix play for kids. All aspects of it seem to not work at all. The application they force into your computer is unable to recognize the player, the coupons for more time are not accepted on the website. Many aspects of the website do not work, finding, viewing, purchasing and downloading the videos are all unusable. I purchased this from walmart and will be returning it immediately, if you have purchased one i suggest you do the same. This was clearly rushed to be out for christmas and we as consumers suffer for irwin toys and walmart trying to make a quick dollar.

By: april

april — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:35:16 +0000

what is the website called that u used so I can have a look??

By: Collin

Collin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:12:09 +0000

just plugged in and downloaded two cartoons to the player for free…
additional cartoons can be purchased requiring you to buy “coins” from the site at the cost of 50 coins for $10.00…each cartoon so far costs 10 coins so $2.00 for each cartoon…will post agian tomorrow after the player is fully charged and we view the quality of the cartoons