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Summary: GreatPlayer,but!
Review: Well if you want something to take with you running its ideal.
Just wish you could add a flash card for more storage.
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Summary: WMA do not work. Plug ins to use player only.
Review: I have no tracks through my Windows Media Player. It's because my songs are in WMA format and although it looked like it was loading into the DMK, it never showed up. I finally tried using MP3 files and was able to load, see tracks , and play them. DMK contrary to what others say, is not WMA compatible. It allows for a Windows Media Player plug-in which means you can use Windows instead of the MPIO manager program. But if all your music in Windows Media Player is WMA then you're out of luck. I like the player and got a good deal at Best Buy but it would have been better if it was WMA compatible. If anyone knows different, I am curious to find out.
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Summary: great
Review: i just got this player the other day and its totally rad! its so small and light. its also easy to use and add the songs too. the only crappy part is the manual which is not real good. when you get this player there is a function which is not written very well in the manual. YOU CAN PRESS DOWN THE FF/REW BUTTON.. it'll bring up the equalizer and song titles and stuff. overall this is a great player with awesome quality.
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Summary: Mostly good, few bads.
Review: I love this little thing. I've had no problem with it at all. It's small, it's relatively reliable, and it can take a beating. I even dropped it in a sink of water. With a week to dry out, it was fine.However, the manual is horrible. It is a total candidate for engrish.com! It's obviously translated from another language and it isn't done very well. It took me a week to realise I could actually depress the RW>FF button to get to a whole new menu. The software it comes with is really easy to use, I find. However, actually installing it is a bit confusing, and I hate their flash layout. They've tried to be hip and flashy, and that's all good and such - unless you have to use it frequently, or have a PC which can't handle flash well. Otherwise, I give this product a 4 - they lost a point for their crappy software and crappy manual.
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Summary: Be Warned: 256MB does not support .wma files as advertised!
Review: Be careful, I had a bad experience...the advertisment for this 256MB player states that it accomodates .wma files, unlike the 128MB. Not true in my case. I use windows media player and therefore purchased this player so that i could easily use .wma, and not have to convert to .mp3. Well, i was wrong and now feel totally misled. It took nearly three frustrating days to figure what was wrong and why it wouldn't play .wma files. The product manual is very basic and not very helpful as there is no troubleshooting mention at all for the file format feature. I tried contacting the manufacturer by email and no response. I did notice, however, on the message board for the manufacturer's website that many other consumers were frustrated by the same problem. On the bright side, I still like the physical features of the player, so I decided to keep it and just use .mp3 files, despite the inconvenience. (I live outside the U.S. and I didn't want to be burdened with the process of having to send it back). To solved the 'no .wma' issue, I purchased software to convert my .wma files to .mp3. The bottom line here is that it seems this product has a lot of r&d technology invested in it, but falls short in the area of customer support and marketing. They promised .wma file support, but didn't deliver...and that caused a lot of disappointment, frustration, and wasted time trying to figure out the problem and fix.
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Summary: No, it does not support WMA, only MP3
Review: Disregard all the misleading statements in the Amazon product site and customer reviews. I spent a good day on this and confirmed with the Digitalway tech support: this player will only play MP3. The firmware is not upgradeable. Quality is excellent, even on the lower bitrate MP3s and the volume is very good. It will block outside noise even at half the maximum. The neck strap and earbuds cord is pretty short, but it is designed specifically to reach from the arm or the neck to your ears. One problem with the setup is that the belt clip (which is designed to stay on the included armband) will not hold the player securely. You can easily shake the player out of the clip. But, when you wear the clip on the armband, unless you are doing flips, it will stay. One good thing is the point where earphones connect to the player is secured with a part of the neckstrap, so there is no chance of messing up that fragile connection. For software, I recommend checking out FPIO at http://hem.passagen.se/frasknas/ which removes "the file upload back to PC" restrictions and adds a very nifty WinAmp plugin. Also has volume normalization. (Once again, don't worry about any of the WMA features; this player will not play it). Real One Player support was shaky; I had to restart several times to configure the download. But the good thing is that Real One Player will re-encode your playlist to a lower bitrate as you download it to the player.
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Summary: Slick MP3 Player well worth it!
Review: Ok, I am a computer veteran who has about 400 MP3 files and finally decided to get a player for the gym. I compared all models, like the RIOs etc and decided on this one. Great choice! I went for the 256mb one and it is the only way to go. I have over 45 songs in my playlist and it works flawlessly. I would strongly recommend this unit to anyone who wants to get a player. Its simple to use and very intuitive. Here's the 2 shortcomings I do have (I have to nitpick): 1> the ear buds while OK are simply not long enough to really use if you want to clip it on your waist. I dont like ear buds anyway so I use my Sony over the ear phones instead. 2> downloading songs to the unit is very easy. Arranging and re-arranging the song order with the included software once downloaded is cumbersome and tricky though. Not to worry though, once you figure out how to do it, its workable, but that first couple of times, it is frustrating! Once done, its OK. Thats it! Bottom line: Great unit well worth the cost! I would recommend to anyone, novice to expert, and even plan to buy a few more for my wife and Dad shortly. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
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Summary: Someone who knows what he's talking about!
Review: Great little player, but it DOESN'T PLAY WMAs. I bought this for my wife for christmas because one of the reviews said that he got it to work with WMAs. Well, you can load WMAs onto it, but the player will not recognize or play them. There is no firmware upgrade at this time, so be prepared to use MP3s if you buy this product.
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Summary: Hard drives or Flash Memory? What I have found out.....
Review: Okay. Here is a write up, that I did, on the comparisons/contrasts on MP3 players. Mainly, the Harddrive versions (I.E. Rio Riot/Apple IPOD -both of which I own) and the flash memory type... (I.E. Memorex 3642 Mp3 Player, of which I own as well).
What prompted this little jaunt (of which you may send to as many people as you like) My (expensive) Apple IPOD died during a sync last month. Just me copying files over to it, and the battery ran out of juice. I would have not attempted to copy music had I known the battery was low, but the battery read FULL STRENGTH. Anyhoo, I called Apple, they said return it for maintenance.
I did. Sent it back.
They returned it, still broke. To my suprise, there is only a TEN DAY return policy. TEN DAYS. I did not realize this at all... and will not ever buy another apple product. So, after a month or so of messing around trying to find another MP3 player... I decided to go with a flash memory MP3 player, the ones that use memory sticks. SO, here are the pro and cons of these devices. Pro's for the Memory Stick Mp3 players -Cheaper. WAY CHEAPER than Hard drive types. -If you go into music match and file convert to MP3 Pro and shrink the size of your MP3 to like, say 3o percent... you can really make a good Kompression. Example. My Memorex MP3 player has 32mbs of memory on board. It is expandable to 256mb. 32 mb will basically let you put one cd's worth of music. It is easy to put music on and off of them, due to your computer reading the USB as just another hard drive, so you drag and drop to put on, delete them to take them off. But, after you shrink your files to MP3 Pro 30 percent, you can put twice as many. So, basically a 256mb chip will allow me to put 208 songs on my little less than palm size MP3 player. And it wieghs like 3 ounces. - More on memory. These little chips are the size of the upper part of your thumb, at least my thumb anyway. They come in 128mb, 256mb, 512mb and even though there aren't any MP3 machines out there to handle them YET, you can even buy a 1.5gig thumb size chip thingy. Considering the size of the chips and the shrinking kompression I told you about earlier, I could shrink my whole KOLLEKTION down to 10 of those 1.5gig chips. At the current shrink rate I am at 5 DVD's, which are way bigger and more fragile than these little chips. - Not as fragile as hard drive type. You can drop one of these chips and not scratch it. I wouldn't stomp on one with my foot, nor get one in water, but they are encased in plastic. Ruggedish. - Batteries last for like two days. There isn't much going on here, no moving parts, no laser or hard drive to put power to. Most of these flash Memory types have a single AA battery. I use a rechargeable type, so we are talking very low cost here.
In comparison to the hard drive types, where you will get a solid 8 hours of playing, this really whupps up. - Size. Small. Very small. Mine is three inches by three inches. A square. But, you can get smaller ones. And the memory chips that go in them are the same ones you use for your camera. And you can put files on them. If you want to put a word doc on your memory chip, you can. Your Mp3 won't recognize it, but it is nifty storage. COMPARISON/CONTRAST - Size does matter. In the case of hard drive Mp3 players... lets face it, you can, if you so chose to, put a library of congress on these monsters. They are the caddilacs of the hand held devices, and guzzle batteries like gasoline. But when it comes down to it, size is the only thing they have going for them. I don't mean to downplay the hard drive types, but don't drop them, don't shake them, and after shelling out $499 to Apple you might consider insurance. Apple doesn't care about you or your apple after 10 days of ownership. - Price/Komparison. IPOD ran me $499 bucks. My memorex MP3 player ran me 45 dollars. The 128 memory chip runs you 50 bucks. Owch. There really isn't a comparison to the two. The memory stick Mp3 players just kick ? on this issue. And, you get MORE than a ten day return policy, since you buy these things at Target/Wal Mart etc... So, that is my review in a nutshell
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Summary: 256 MB?????
Review: I bought this product based on the good reviews and ignored one which said that they had gotten an 128 MB instead of the 256 MB. I thought since this had happened once already they would've taken care of this, unfortunately they didn't and the same happened to me!!!
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