320 8GB Flash MP3 Player

by Transcend

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0017M71IE
• Item model number: TS8GMP320
• Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,197 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 3, 2008

Product Description

Transcends new MP320 is compact and portable, with measurements of only 85.5mm by 25.5mm by 13mm. Weighing in at a mere 29g (with rechargeable Li-ion battery), the MP320 is light enough for users to conveniently carry around all day long in a purse or pocket. Its special high-gloss front face is attractive and blends well with any fashion motif, so you can even wear it around your neck to show off your unique personal style. Additionally, the MP320 has a brilliant dual-color OLED display that can easily be viewed at any angle, even in broad daylight. As a high capacity portable music player, the MP320 allows for storage of up to 2000 songs, and provides 15 hours of seamless music entertainment on a full charge.

The versatile MP320 also features several useful value-added functions, such as a built-in FM radio that can be easily recorded on the fly whenever you hear something you like. Other functions like A-B repeat and variable playback speeds are excellent tools for students and professionals alike, allowing easy review of important class lectures, meetings or foreign language lessons. Above all, the MP320 is a great music player with support for MP3, WMA, WAV, and even WMA-DRM10 subscription music. To adjust the music output, you can select from not only the seven built-in equalizer modes, but also Transcends special USER EQ mode that lets you create your personal music style. Moreover, the MP320 includes a karaoke-style Lyrics Sync function so you can sing along to your favorite tunes with perfectly synchronized lyrics text display.

The compact, feature-rich MP320 supports display of 13 languages and comes bundled with a unique software application that allows you temporarily lock your computer, password protect files and partition the MP3 players memory into Public and Private areas.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Flawless..., July 3, 2009

By 

R. Mathew - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 320 8GB Flash MP3 Player (Electronics)

PROS:
-Just plug in via USB and manipulate the files on it like its a flash drive and even set up the order and rename stuff via Windows Explorer (it shows up as a Removable Disk). So yeah, truly plug-n-play no software required, and works on a Mac.
-OLED 2 color display + the face has a mirror finish and weighing only 29grams its really light (like a flash drive) so thought has been put into design/aesthetics and that is much appreciated.
-8 gbs of memory is more than I hoped for and wonderful for dumping all my audiophileness onto this thing. You can even dump non-audio files onto this thing like a...flash drive.
-radio feature + 20 presets + recording what you hear on the radio = a victory for user functionality.
-also appreciated the voice-recorder for my classes and further adding to its indiscreetness.

CONS:
-plays only MP3 & WAV and WMA files. COME ON TRANSCEND! WOULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT HARD TO PUT SUPPORT FOR AUDIBLE AND OGG VORBIS FOR THE MP320 IF YOU HAD THOUGHT OUT THE OTHER STUFF WELL? GET WITH THE TIMES! AUDIO BOOK LISTENERS LIVE OUT THERE like the reviewer before this one. Now you have to force me to CONVERT my audible and ogg vorbis and AAC files to MP3 using...oh just Google it:/
-front having a mirror finish means...smudgy fingerprints on it that are noticeable in bright light
-manipulating the navigation keys you see to the right of the OLED screen isn't too bad but if u got fat fingers like me well it can get annoying sometimes and feels a little sticky-clickety...but then again maybe its cause mine is new and hasn't been broken into yet.
-15 hour battery life...is adequate, as long as I remember to plug in every now and then. But I expect MORE battery life given today's technology and because I can compare it to that Philips GoGearMix that boasts 25 hours. You also face competition from Sony Walkman's NWZB133F that boasts 16 hours (and 90 minutes playtime on just a 3 minute charge!)

Truly a wonderful product Transcend, and I do enjoy my 8gb black model, but like your namesake please step up your game and address my cons with your next model/iteration of your line of USB-stick mp3 players.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok I guess, March 28, 2010

By 

Ben S. (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 320 8GB Flash MP3 Player (Electronics)

I was turned on by the idea of a minimalistic player: a flash drive with an audio port, basically.

You canNOT use this as a flash drive since it's marginally faster than a floppy disk. I'm exaggerating of course but not by much.

The battery life is nice but nor 15 hours, more like 8. Still good.

Sound quality is ok, if you pay attention there's a constant soft whisper noise, which turns louder and squeaky when the music falls silent. Very noticeable when playing quiet music in a quiet setting, but noticeable if you pay attention when not quiet (windy bicycling for example).

Scratches super easy. After a week of accumulating scratches I put a piece of tape over the screen, because it turns out that tape is much more scratch resistant than whatever this thing is made of.

Everything is slow. No need to elaborate on that. Except the clock, fastest clock ever, I don't think a pendulum clock played with a cat can be faster.

Other than that it's ok. I've been using it for a couple months, want to get something better but decent minimalistic players don't seem to exist. Oh well. It's not that terrible. You'd think Transcend would do better since they're flash cards are so awesome. Then, you take apart a flash card and see "Samsung" printed on the chip and it makes sense.

To reemphasize: the idea is great. The mindset of this thing is perfect but the execution is two star.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great MP3 player & radio, November 2, 2011

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jevans - See all my reviews

This review is from: 320 8GB Flash MP3 Player (Electronics)

I bought this about a couple of years ago and have been very happy with it. Very easy to use. The battery life is more than adequate for me. I use the FM radio nearly as much as the music player.

About the only thing I didn't like was scratching the screen within a few days of getting it, but it has held up fairly well since.