Customer Reviews

Samsung YP-S5JAB 4 GB Slim Portable Media Player with Speaker (Black)

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I researched MP3's for several weeks after having a bad experience with the Creative Zen V Plus. My primary interest in an MP3 is to listen to audiobooks, downloaded from my local library for free, while traveling. I wanted it to be easy to use and to have good bookmarking features. I narrowed my list to those recommended on the library's link to Overdrive, the service they use for books.

I got what I wanted and more with this great little unit. First, it looks cool (though I wish the shiny surface didn't get so marked up with fingerprints). Books are easy to download. I like the feature that allows you to shut off the player and return to where you left off in a book or song when you turn it back on. Bookmarking is easy as long as you remember what track you were on (if you want to listen to music after you listen to a book). It's easy to fast-forward or reverse.

It took a few minutes to get used to using a light touch on the touchscreen, but now I love it.

The battery lasted almost as long as my flight to Japan, and it recharges quickly. I do recommend getting a plug-in charger for travel if you aren't taking your computer.

It's great to be able to set the FM radio to various countries--I recorded songs from the Japanese radio stations to play as background for my slides--way cool! Fun to wake up to J-pop (Japanese popular music) while I was there (using the alarm feature).

Haven't used the bluetooth feature yet, and the screen is too small to enjoy videos. Seems like there is room so they could have made the screen larger.

Music quality is great, and it's fun to have the speakers. The earphones did take a little getting used to because of their shape, but they deliver wonderful quality sound.

Since I'm not very intuitive with products like this, I really appreciate the very thorough manual that comes with this, though you have to download it and print it yourself.

I recommend checking the various message boards on Amazon to get a variety of opinions before you purchase an MP3. I found them very helpful. I also recommend going to the company's website and taking a look at the manual to answer questions before purchase. In this case, it's samsung.com.

The only complaint I have is that it doesn't come with a case and it's an odd size. I found a cool case in Japan.

All in all, I'm delighted with the size and features of this MP3 player and hope it lasts a long time.

This mp3 player is loaded with features!! The interface is intuitive and responsive and the display is crisp and clear, albeit a bit small. This slim player fits easily into your pocket or the palm of your hand. The FM recording recording function is a big plus for me. Other cool features are a sleep timer and, get this, an alarm!! You can wake up to your favorite song every morning. However the thing that really sets this player apart from all the others is the SPEAKERS!! The speakers are attached and slide out from behind the unit. This makes it easy to share your music with friends or to listen when earphones aren't convenient. These speakers are surprisingly clear and loud for their size. Blue Tooth is an added bonus, so you can use blue tooth enabled head phones or external speakers. Oh, did I mention it also plays mp3 and wma's?? All of this bundled into a cool, light weight, smart package!! Good job Samsung!!

My daughter wanted a new MP3 for Christmas, but as she had one that still worked, we told her she needed to save her Christmas money and buy her own. She did all the research on several different sites and chose the samsung YP-S5JAB over everything else in that price range (under $200.). She loves the new MP3. Wanted it to come before school vacation was over so she could have time to load all her music, but it took less than 3 hours to have the 2GB of music she had stored on the computer all loaded and named. She loves the built in speaker feature, and although she's tried all sorts of earphones, she likes the way these fit and how they feel. I would give this MP3 a 5 star rating, and would tell anyone looking for an MP3 in that price range to look no further.

I ordered the Samsung S5 a few months ago and so far it has proven to be a pretty well made player.
I was a bit wary at first because this was my first mp3 player and wanted something other than an iPod. Not because I'm anti Apple, but because people should realize that a lot have more features than the iPod.
Anyway, What I like about it is the size, sound quality, and the capacity. It struck me as odd however that the 8gig version will never be available in the North American market unless you get it imported. The Bluetooth has also come in handy many times for when I'm working and will not be able to hear the phone otherwise. However a text alert would be helpful too (instead of just calls). The sound quality is amazing. The sound is loud and with different equalizer settings (including a customizable one) the sound has proven itself for my 4 sets of headphones (2 over head models and 2 ear bud models).

Now the nitty gritty:

Pros-
Good sound
Small size
Speakers very useful for sharing with friends
Dropped a few times, and is still functioning and not too many scratches
Radio is handy to have
Voice and radio recording
Text reading capabilities

Cons-
Software slows down my computer (but files can be dragged and dropped by Windows explorer)
Some mp3s are difficult or unable to transfer to the player
Battery life is short if you're not the playlist type
After long play time with the hold button on, the buttons become 'stuck' and I have to reboot.

This is my second mp3 player my first one was a creative wav (2gig) but this one is much better. I dont know where to start at because there is so many things it does. The bluetooth is slow with large files such as songs and video, but it does work. Has built in games and customizable menu. Great sound and includes 7 band eq. The touch screen is some what sensitive but cool. In my opinion this mp3 player is better than any other mp3 player on the market including ipod and zune. The price seems high but well worth it

I'm very pleased with my S5 the first day I got it. From a design perspective I still like the old YP-K5's simple/retro speaker design but overall the S5 is slimmer, lighter and cheaper compared its old predecessor. The headphones that came along looks very stylish and also doubles as an antenna for the fm radio but it falls out of my ear every now and then when I use it. The interface is surprisingly user-friendly and the new blue-tooth connectivity is a pretty nice addition. Only cons I have found so far are 1. The graphic equalizer is very sluggish, 2. Video file compression has some audio quirks/delays when I tried converting AVI movies into the player, and 3. You can't turn the on/off animation screen off. On the plus side you've got a nice slim mp3 player with a built-in speaker and microphone, a very user-friendly drag and drop file browser, fm tuner, blue-tooth, image and text viewer, voice recorder, alarm, world clock, games and a very useful audio-in adapter in case your friend forgets his/her headphones for his/her mp3 player :D

I've had the product for a little while now and the sound is great. I am very impressed with the quality of the speakers, being that they are so small. The only thing I don't like abou it is there are too many screens to go through to get to what you want. there also doesn't seem to be a way to search through a song. Other than those minor issues, this is a great mp3 player.

100 times better than the first generation mp3 player. i bought it 4 my daughter and she absolutely loves it.there are so many more features accompanied with the new model:voice recording;blue tooth feature which allows you 2 sync it with your cellphone and use it as a phone;easy 2 sync with your computer;video play back feature;manual as well as pre set equalizer functions and much more. very small and lightweight.only improvement needed: more storage space;maybe a 30gb version would be awesome.all in all a well thought out piece of equipment. thanks heaps samsung.

I bought the YP-S5J AB specifically to play audiobooks that can be downloaded from the local library. This model was on a list the library made of devices that worked with their files, so it does work for this purpose sometimes...just not for me. I spent about three hours trying it various ways, downloading firmware, and double-checking with the library to see if I missed anything (The books played on my computer fine, so it wasn't a problem with downloading from the library). I would get the error message "It is not possible to transfer this file. Contact device maker for firmware update." I then spent half an hour on the Samsung Technical Support Line. The only thing they could tell me was to go to website and download any firmware updates, which I had already done (twice) so I am returning it. I also didn't like the design of the device with regard to its actual usage (turning on, selecting music, etc.) Using the push screen felt akward and I had to press the "buttons" multiple times before it would take, although maybe this would improve as you used it longer.

nice and clean looking music player. a tad slimmmer and lighter than Samsungs K5 with the same quality speakers. If you need a mp3 player with a speaker this is the one for you!