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(More customer reviews)I just got this yesterday and haven't used it in water yet, so I may come back and amend this review after my swim tomorrow.
I really like this MP3 player so far. The first thing I noticed is that while they are advertising this as a 2GB MP3 player, it actually has nearly 4 GB (3.9). If you go to their website (DiverMP3 dot com) it appears that is the only size they actually carry, so you are getting even more than you pay for and this is already a GREAT price for a waterproof player.
The player comes with 2 sets of headphones, one regular and one waterproof pair. You MUST use the waterproof pair when using the player where it is in danger of getting wet. Though other reviews say that they waterproof pair has terrible sound, I don't agree. I am very sensitive to bad quality recordings/sound, so I really think they are fine. I don't listen to anything with a really booming bass so maybe it doesn't support heavy bass as well as some people like (those who prefer to "feel" the bass in the song), but there aren't a lot of headphones that support that and having something sealed into your ear and booming bass into your head like that would be terrible for your hearing, anyways.
Loading songs on it is super easier.. just open one window with the MP3 player's contents and another with all the songs on your computer and drag and drop. No software needed. It support MP3 and WMA files only.
The instructions are lacking somewhat in my opinion. It comes with an armband (for land use only, not in the water), but it isn't even mentioned in the instructions and it took me a little while to figure out how to use it. Also it is my understanding that it has both a continuous linear play function (plays in the order they are on the player) or a shuffle option, but I can't figure out how to turn it off of shuffle. It keeps playing the same dozen or so songs when I have about 40 loaded on at this point. Sometimes it will play one song, then another, and the next song is the one played the first time, which is really frustrating. I'm sure if I could figure out how to get it off shuffle it would fine. If anyone figure it out, let me know..
ETA: I figured out how to switch from shuffle to linear play (or I should say my husband did). The power button on the side is both the on/off AND the mode switch. To change modes, you just press and release once. A blue light means shuffle and a red light means linear play. To turn off, you hold the button down until the light disappears. Also, I went swimming today and used it for an hour and a half with no real problems. I had to release the water out of one side several times because it was muffling the sound on that side, but I attribute that to not finding the right size cover for that side.. my ears need different bud sizes for headphones and I got the right size for my left ear but not my right. About halfway through my swim I stopped having any issues with water getting into the earbuds, though. I'm going to try going up one size on the bud on that side next time. Other than that, no issues whatsoever. What a great product!
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