how much does it cost? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: really small mp3 player
> It sounds like a neat little device. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chrissie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:23 PM > Subject: really small mp3 player > > > > Hi Folks > > > > Just thought people might be interested in a new mp3 player I've just got > > hold of. It's made by CNMemory and they just call it an mp3 player - no > > special name. > > > > It's about the size of a largish cigarette lighter and is done in three > > types, 256, 512 and 1gb storage capacity. I've got the 1gb one. so what > > is > > it. Effectively it's a pen drive. It plugs into the computer via a usb > > cable and looks to the computer just like any other drive. Obviously > > working like that you can in fact store data on it, but it also has its > > own > > built-in player which can handle mp3, wma .wav and its own format - I > > think - act. The act format is used for dictation, as it also has a > > simple > > built-in recorder which records in the .act format at a mere 8 khz and > > sounds quite honestly awful. However, it can also record in .wma and > > .wav, > > the latter at 44.1 khz. The only thing, however, is that it will only > > record from its built-in microphone but nevertheless, for, say recording a > > small meeting it would be absolutely fine and at 44.1 khz you'd probably > > get > > about 2 hours' worth of recording on the 1 gb flash memory. > > > > The mp3 player itself can handle bitrates from 32 to 320 and is reasonably > > blind friendly in that once you've switched it on, you hold down the play > > button for about 5 seconds and you're into the play mode. You can then, > > using a little joy-stick control, move through the files and by pressing > > the > > play button again it starts playing. You can also, press the play button > > first then move through the files and it will start playing each one, so > > you > > can get an idea where you are. I've only had it a day so far so don't > > know > > if there's a way of fast forwarding or rewinding through a file - I've a > > feeling not, though, if you turn off the player, it'll start where it left > > off when you turn it back on again and go into play mode. > > > > The player itself is very compact with the bottom plastic section coming > > away to reveal the usb port. > > > > The only real drawback with it are the other menus. It does have features > > like, 7 different graphic equalisations, shuffle mode, and the ability to > > update the firmware and flash memory, but these are all within sub-menus. > > You get to these menus with the joystick control, by pressing it in, then > > moving up and down through them and I suppose once you got the order of > > them, it would in fact be quite easy to use as they are large definite > > movements. > > > > There seems plenty of kick in the amplifier and it comes with a reasonable > > set of those ear bud phones. All in all for mp3 on the move it's really > > good. The problem I may well have is losing the thing, it's so small. > > > > I'll hopefully be doing a review of it for main menu. > > > > More details can be seen at www.cnmemory.com > > > > Chrissie > > > > Oh yes, you can get a version with a built-in fm radio. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
