HDDTool
for Philips™ HDD 100/120 Audio Jukebox

How to use the Philips™ Audio Jukebox without the DMM software.

How to use it

Revision history

Technical details

• transfer audio files (MP3 and WMA) and playlist files (M3U and WPL) using a drag and drop from Windows™ Explorer to HDDTool

• choose audio files or directories on your PC and transfer them to HDD preserving folder structure
• you can also transfer files to HDD using only Windows Explorer while HDDTool is running

• transfer playlists from PC to HDD even if they are not in same folder than corresponding audio files (HDDTool will try to find them on the whole HDD)

• duplicate files (same directory and name) are not re-transfered to HDD (save time and risk-free)

• HDDTool lists all the audio files and playlist that HDD holds

• auto-rename file names on HDD to make them playable by Philips™ HDD Software

• when closing HDDTool audio files and folders are renamed according "HDD rules" to be recognized by HDD firmware

• HDDTool has ability to restore original names of audio files and folders make them "human browsable"

• other files and folders (not audio or playlist) are not processed to preserve their names

• hidden files and folders are not processed

• copy or move files from HDD to PC

• you can copy or move a selection of audio files from HDD to your PC

• copy/move preserves the folder structure of the files according the one they had for transfer from PC to HDD

• delete files from HDD

• you can directly delete a selection of files from HDD

• play audio file from HDD

• you can directly play an audio file from HDDTool

• Equalizer management

• you can set the parameters of equalizer models of HDD

• you can manage the associations between genres and equalizer models ; used in "automatic genre" setting on HDD

• rebuild HDD file structure if altered

• when starting HDDTool checks for the folder structure and important files on the HDD ; if necessary missing files and folders are re-created (no need to use DMM even after formatting HDD)

• you just need to copy the Philips firmware you want (the last one is on http://www.philips.com/support)

• auto adaptive language interface

• HDDTool detects your Windows interface language and choose the correct messages and texts (now working for french, english is the default)