Sony D-NE319 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman (Blue)

by Sony

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007Q2GQS
• Item model number: DNE319
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,250 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With Sony's DNE-319 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman Portable Compact Disc Player (Blue), you can be assured that you'll never have to worry about missing your music or skipping a beat while you're on the go.

The player's Skip-Free G-Protection technology provides quick recovery from both horizontal and vertical shocks, so hitting those unexpected pot holes or making sudden stops won't ever interfere with your listening. Playback options include 18 playback modes and a bookmark function that offers a wide array of listening choices, including hearing one track repeatedly, hearing a selection of tracks in a desired order, or listening to tracks randomly.

Compatible with Sony's ATRAC3plus technology, the DNE-319 Walkman is loaded and ready to play the rewritable CDs of albums and tracks you download and burn from Sony's Connect Music Store. The player also comes bundled with Sony's SonicStage CD Simple Burner software. Compatible with most CD burners, this application transfers songs from CDs or MP3 music files from your PC's hard drive and burns them to recordable CDs using ATRAC3plus compression.

ATRAC3plus is Sony's high-quality audio-compression technology that reduces the size of digital audio files while preserving much of a track's original sound quality (similar in concept to MP3 or Dolby Digital sound formats). With ATRAC3plus, music can be burned and compressed at 132, 105, 66, 64, or even 48 kbps (kilobits per second), letting you select the right balance between fidelity and storage space, and allowing you to burn up to 490 songs to a disc at 48 kbps.

Other features include Sony's Digital Mega Bass Sound, which produces rich, deep, bass tones with extremely low harmonic distortion; a five-direction control key, which means that you control five individual functions from a single button; a three-line LCD that provides fast and easy identification of track, title, album and artist information along the location of specific songs; and an automatic shut-off feature that powers the player down when it's not in use, helping to further conserve battery power.

About Sony Connect Music Store and ATRAC3plus
Sony's Connect Music Store (http://musicstore.connect.com) offers one of the most extensive music collections online. Customers can choose single tracks or entire albums from independent and major-label artists for purchase and download. Sony's proprietary ATRAC3plus is an advanced audio compression and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology offering multiple bit rates, allowing you to create music compilations tailored to your listening preference with the ability to get up to 490 songs on one CD-R/RW disc at 48 kbps. Songs downloaded and burned onto CD-R/RW media using ATRAC3plus technology can be played on any device that supports ATRAC3plus.

What's in the Box
Sony DNE-319 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman Portable Compact Disc Player (Blue), MDR-027LP Stereo Headphones, and SonicStage Software on CD-ROM.

Product Description

The Sony D-NE319 CD Walkman(R) delivers the best in CD playback with the options you need to get more fun out of your music. Skip-Free G-Protection(TM) Technology adds shock protection for skip-free listening. ATRAC CD-R/RW Playback and bookmark playback lets you enjoy your own mixes and programs your favorite songs with the touch of a button. Digital Mega Bass(R) Sound uses digital processing technology to produce rich, deep, bass tones. 18 playback modes give you multiple choices, from hearing one track over and over, to random and shuffle play. The Automatic Volume Limiter System (AVLS) maintains volume below distortion thresholds, for cleaner sound. 2 position automatic volume limiter system (AVLS) Runs on 1 AA battery (not incl.) Comes with Walkman(R) earbud headphones SonicStage software supplied Color - Blue

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome product with great features for a low price, December 26, 2005

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This review is from: Sony D-NE319 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman (Blue) (Electronics)

This player is the best for only 40 bucks at walmart. It has a lot of features, including custom equalizer, 3x bass boost, track time left, and it also memorizes your place and resumes it after you stop it and play it again. It also only uses 1 battery at a time and lives for up to 41 hours on just that one battery.

Minor problems: buttons kind of small and sound is not the best quality at the highest volume, and no backlight (if this is a big problem for you, bring a flashlight).

But it is overall the best product out there you can get inexpensively with tons of great features and a massive crapload of mp3 memory and features.

However, I must edit this review now to say that I got a cheap Creative MuVo mp3 player and it is MUCH better.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great product !, October 12, 2005

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Elewis "Ed" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony D-NE319 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman (Blue) (Electronics)

It has been a while since I have been so very impressed with a product. Unless you need to spend hundreds more for peer approval, this product will fit almost anyone's need for MP3 playback. Easy to use, thin,sleek styling,intuitive,logical, lightweight yet tough ...just like something SONY would do. Although I am not an exclusive brand addict, this product moves my purchasing compass clearly in their direction once again. The ATRAC software loads and executes flawlessly, very easy to use with logical organizing structures. Finished result sounds great. With it you get plenty of capacity - I put over 30 full albums on one CD-RW. Playback sound dimensions (awesome) can be tailored for any preference via several options of preset types or self-programmed setting. The included earbuds are also great which is unusual. Battery life (one AA) goes on and on just like the package claims, which is testimony to the efficient design technology behind the whole unit. LCD display is clear and easy to read under most light. Could use a nightlight but for the price who's complaining. Variety of display options is appreciated, as are the other playback and organizing options too many to list here. I've had this unit for over a month now and love it more everyday. Way more than I expected for the money, and I don't often say that. Thanks, SONY.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cheaper, less advertized, but nonetheless great version of an iPod, July 28, 2005

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I am so smart...S-M-R-T (Arvada, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony D-NE319 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman (Blue) (Electronics)

For the past three years, I've had the same, twenty-dollar piece of crap c.d. player that you could buy from Target in the clearance section. I hated its guts,I can tell you, mainly because it was big and bulky and cheap and not an MP3. My experience with crappy c.d. players soured my look on electronics, but then, on my birthday, there was salvation. A friend bought me the D-NE319 and my whole outlook on c.d. players changed.

This is a great MP3 player for the money. Seriously.

Pros:
>Tough as nails. I've dropped mine three times on cement and once on a treadmill (not on purpose, of course) and the thing still lives and breathes today.
>Great sound system for the money. If I got better earphones instead of the buds I have (which aren't too bad, mind you) the sound coming out of my player would be amazing.
>Incredible software program. I've crammed over 30 c.d.'s onto one, normal, 700MB c.d.
>Lightweight, fits pretty well in the hand. Is great to jog with.
>Has a nice, sleek look.

Cons:
>Makes weird squeaky noise when it's reading a c.d. Kinda creepy.
>Like most people have said, this MP3 doesn't have an LCD screen, making it difficult to read or find music during the night.
>Once you make an ATRAC MP3 c.d., you can't play it on any other MP3 player except Sony. A cruel marketing scheme.

Altogether, this is a steal of a c.d. player for the money. Instead of getting an iPod, which has more memory than you'll ever honest to God need, and would send you to the poorhouse because of the price, you should get this Sony Walkman, because it is a steal for the money and is just great all around. I know I'm going to have mine around for a long time.