The CH505 does not play jpegs' or mp3's using a media player but the CH500 in the US does. Basically if I had 10 folders with 20 mp3's in each folder I would get a list of 200 mp3's on my screen using the CH505.

With the CH500 different stories, you can goto into each foler seperately just like in Windows Explorer. Does the same thing with jpg's as well including transition effects from image to images (slideshow).

Have a look at this:

www.red-sector-a.dsl.pipex.com

I've heard about possible firmware upgrades for a mediaplayer for the CH505 like the CH500 on the German forums. I'm not talking about region or mv hacks.