The key drawback of this MP3 player is that it is very inconvenient to operate. The screen is tiny and has fairly low contrast (black graphics on liquid crystals display illuminated with blue light). And yet, despite the tiny size, the manufacturer squeezed up to two rows of icons and text into it, which made some symbols very hard to read. The controls are weird, each button has several functions, one has to go through a sequence of pressing and pushing the buttons to get where one wants, and the sequence is not always obvious. The manual is not very well written. I ultimately gave up the idea of creating a folder structure to browse through it since browsing with these controls and these screen is just too much effort. Instead, I save audio books one at a time into the root folder, and it works fine this way. Switching to the next or previous song is very easy. Changing volume is also easy. So, as long as I stick to the simplest operations, this player is easy to operate.
Copying files onto the player is very easy, you remove the cap from one end of the player and plug in the connector hidden by the cap into a USB port. The player comes with a disk with drivers, but they are not necessary under Windows XP - the computer recognizes the player as an external flash drive.
The player is reasonably small, a little under 4" long (98 mm), 1.25" wide (30 mm) and 3/4" thick (20 mm). It is certainly not the smallest player on the market, but it would still fit almost anywhere.
The player has a built-in FM radio and a voice recorder, but I have tried to use them.
The is one huge advantage of this player over almost all other ones - and that is that it runs from an AAA battery. Not only the battery life is huge (I was able to run it probably for 20-25 hours before it ran out), but it is also very easy to swap the battery. I find it very advantageous on long transcontinental flights. Those of us who occasionally have to travel long distances will definitely appreciate this feature which almost all other player lack.
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