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User Submitted Sony 8 GB Slim Noise-Canceling Video MP3 Player (Black) ReviewsDate: 2009-01-08 Didn't work for me The noise-canceling earbuds were very uncomfortable to me. The sound was good, though. However, the reason I didn't like this product (and returned it) was that I wanted to be able to listen to downloaded audio books while I drove or exercised. However, it does NOT have the ability to bookmark a place within an audio file nor fast forward at a high rate. You can fast forward, but it's slow. And when you have a 10 hour audio book, it takes forever to get 3 or 4 hours (for example) into the file...where you left off listening. My fault for not exploring this issue prior to buying it. Date: 2009-01-07 Sound Quality If it's sound quality you want consider this player. My check list in order of importance for a new player was as follows: #1 sound quality, #2 drag and drop or sync with WMP, #3 display cover art, #4 lightweight and pocketable, #5 radio, #6 reasonable price (I went up on this due to the n/c earbuds), #7 8GB capacity or more. With my Grado SR-60s or the earbuds it comes with it sound awesome. Much better than my Creative zen nano, and noticeably better than my old iRiver iFP-890. I haven't really had a chance to test the noise-cancelling ability yet. I couldn't pass it up here for the price offered. When you consider that most noise cancelling / decent earbuds cost about $100, then it's like getting an awesome mp3 player for less than $100. It's simple and intuitive. Drag and drop worked but didn't transfer cover art. But cover art came to when I synced using Windows Media Player 10. It's supposed to transfer from the iTunes too. Battery life is great. Sony finally got their act together by ditching their sonic stage software, and attrac format to offer a easy to use MP3 player. Date: 2008-12-07 Much better than ipod I purchased the S738 about a month ago and have been totally pleased. The audio quality of this player with the enclosed earbuds is much better than my Apple Ipod Mini using Shure e3C earbuds. And this is at about half the cost. Note that the earphones that come with the Apples are worthless to me. I do value high quality sound, so I purchased the Shure E3C earbuds, which ended up costing more that the Ipod. Go figure. The controls on the Sony are intuitive; easily matching those from my previous ipod. The custom audio equalizer settings are handy for tuning the sound spectrum to my preferences. One other reviewer reported that his Sony takes 2 minutes to shut off. Mine is nothing like that. It shuts down after holding down the button for 5 or 10 seconds. Although I am not a FM listener, the FM tuner works great and is easy to use. The antenna is built into the earphones, so if you switch earphones, you lose the FM. The earbuds sound great. I do not like the asymmetrical cord lengths though. The built in noise cancellation system does remove some of, but not all of the noise from commercial jet aircraft. Again, change your earbuds and you lose this feature. I agree with the other report that a good sealing set of earbuds is more meaningful that the noise cancellation system. I don't believe the Sony earbuds are the best in this respect. I am enjoying the ability to show jpg files and movie clips, though I am still a novice at it. The software that allows one to drag and drop files from Itunes to the Sony memory is very quick and easy to use. Battery life = great. Date: 2008-11-30 7.19GB not 8GB As others have said, this is a great sounding player, with an easy to use responsive user interface. It is small and light but still feels solid. My major grip with it is that Windows reports 7.19GB not 8GB. Even using 1000 bytes in a kilobyte rather than `proper' 1024 it is only 7.7GB, which is not good enough at this price! Next problem is that if, while listening to a podcast, you accidentally press pause at the same time as pressing forward, it jumps to the start of the recording which is really annoying! I find that this happens a lot as the keys are small. The USB connector on the device is non-standard, so don't lose the supplied leads! The content transfer software works well but seems a bit slow to transfer files when compared to USB stick. Whenever you plug the unit in it pops up and you can drag and drop files on to it. The registration card encourages to you register for a free gift which in my case was 10% off accessories, so not really worth the hassle of registering for. The Media manger software requires a lot of information to register it. It seems to work ok, but takes a while to get the hang of it. The noise cancelling function only works with the supplied headphones. The really cool thing is that you can plug Walkman in and external audio source such as an in flight entertainment system and use its noise reduction facility to improve the audio. The user manual is very verbose, but not terrible helpful. Date: 2008-11-26 Great Player I was looking for an easy to use, lightweight, high quality audio player to use while working out. This player fits the bill. Sound quality is excellent, user interface is intuitive and easy to use. It's lightweight, durable and well designed. The noise cancelling earbuds work as advertised. Synching music from Windows Media Player is a snap. I have hundreds of songs loaded. Load a lot of music, put the player in random shuffle mode and you have an endless variety of music. I have made a point of using the player only during workouts, turning workouts into an entertainment event, something to look forward to! Sony has an intelli-sense function (SensMe) that analyzes the music and automatically creates playlists by genre. You can shuffle within these playlists. The automatic categorization is so-so in my opinion. It would be nice to be able to create your own playlists (like Windows Media Player) and shuffle within these playlists instead of just the SensMe playlists. Overall, highly recommended. Great quality for the price.
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