Sonic Blue MP3 Player (psa[play 60) Review

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(More customer reviews)This review applies to the psa play 120 which is the same as this but with twice the memory.
This little player has lovely lines and texture, is very tactile and robust. Unfortunately it is spoilt by some quality and functional issues.
Good points:
Looks and feel.
Sound quality is good.
Has a good quality armband - but it does slip (slowly) down if you exercise wearing it on your upper arm.
Has a belt clip - You can use either the clip or the armband but not both at the same time.
Bad points:
If you leave the battery in the player it runs down, regardless of whether or not the player is switched on. This is really annoying - but there is a firmware fix available on the web.
The remote is difficult to operate and gets confused. I have not used it since the day of purchase.
The headphones are not suitable for the sporty purposes of the player. They are the most bizarre in the ear design that directs the sound forwards and backwards rather than into the ear- if you run with them you get inerference from wind noise. You need better headphones - Koss (s)portapros are great.
The software is not very flexible. E.g. I have not been able to get it to recognise files that it didn't record itself.
Connecting with the pc is either unreliable or complicated - i.e. when the software fails to communicate with the player, either it is doing something wrong or I am - impossible to know which. I have found a usb port that seems to work consistently now - I suspect it is my mistake rather than the software's.
If you record mixed cds (i.e. DJ mixed) the player puts small gaps between the tracks on playback.
The lock player facility is incorporated into the on off slider switch between on and off. This is crazy - its too easy to switch the player off when you are trying to lock it.
When you pause the player, it suffers from long term memory loss - after a relatively short time it forgets that you paused it and starts at the beginning when you press play.
Despite these flaws I have not tried to get it replaced, because, after all, it is quite a lovely thing.

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REVIEW: Exercise to your favorite tunes with the featherweight Nike psa[play60 digital audio player--weighing less than three ounces--which is compatible with both MP3 and WMA formats. It has 32 MB of flash memory, so your music won't skip no matter how hard you exercise. This amount of memory will hold approximately a half-hour of CD-quality MP3 music (encoded at 128 kbps) or one hour of WMA. It can also be expanded using MultiMedia Cards up to 64 MB. The round LCD displays song title, track number, and time. It comes with music management software for both Windows and Mac, and you can transfer files via USB 1.1.
What's in the Box The psa[play60 player, remote control, belt clip, AA battery (alkaline) headphones, USB cable, printed QuickStart guide, CD-ROM with music management software.

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