Sony D-NE518CK ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Car Kit

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [845kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008W7LJ
• Item model number: DNE518CK
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great CD player for MP3 files, May 30, 2003

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Georg W. Koester "Arny" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony D-NE518CK ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Car Kit (Electronics)

This player does what is advertised. I do not enjoy playback of MP3s at 48kbps, but I am satisfied with getting 170 songs at 132kbps at 4 min. avg. song and 700MB CD (their claim) rather than the unbelievable number of 490 per CD. The small print on the back of the package was in blue and very hard to read. Thus, beware a 300 MHz Pentium II is a minimum requirement for the Atrac3Plus compression software. I am not going to list all the other computer requirements, but would encourage you to find those out before buying, if the Atrac3Plus feature is important to you. By the way, that format will only play on the CD players that can read that format, obviously or not so obviously. You are likely going to love this player, if you need one for your car and/or home. It finds mp3 songs fairly fast (faster than my old Rio player) and continues play where you left off unless you hold down the play button. One problem I am having with my model is that the forwarding and rewinding through a track does not work as said in the manual with the mp3s on my CD-RWs, but works fine with my CDs, hmm. One other feature I would love to see to make this player even better is a carrying pouch with beltclip. While it does come with velcro adhesive for play in the car, eventually I usually manage to have the player knocked about accidentally. A carrying case would provide additional protection against damage. Hope this helps.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Re: complaint about resetting when car is turned off, July 8, 2003

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AmyStar (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony D-NE518CK ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Car Kit (Electronics)

All you have to do to retain your settings and have the music start up where you left off when you turned off the car is to keep batteries in the CD player. Apparently the power supplied by the batteries (even though you're not using the batteries to power your CD player while your car is running) is enough to retain the settings, etc. This is probably true of any CD player, not just this particular one.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Minor niggles aside, this is a very decent product, January 3, 2004

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K. Chang "kschang88" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony D-NE518CK ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Car Kit (Electronics)

This MP3/ATRAC/CD player with car kit was what I needed to play MP3's in my car. I keep the player in the glove box and leave the "remote" outside to swap songs. It's cheaper than buying a MP3 head unit for the car.

The first (and so far, only) MP3 CD burned with Musicmatch Jukebox worked great. I have the stock stereo in my car so sound quality is "fine", as I'm not an audiophile. I usually listen to news radio any way. :-D

With a bit of volume adjustment on the CD player and the stereo, the optimum volume was achieved. And with a set of batteries in the player, the settings are saved (and even the last song played) to be easily resumed next time. People who complain about the player losing settings should just keep a set of batteries in the player itself. One pair lasted a very long time, esp. when most of the juice is delivered by the car adaptor when it's being used.

Sony COULD have made it better though... Just a few nits to pick...

1) the "switch song" beep was way too loud, and it's either all on or all off. I wish they had a way to choose 3-4 different volumes.

2) The power adaptor should include a pass-thru so I can still plug in my cellphone adaptor or something. It's not as if this little CD player would draw that much power, right?

3) The cassette adaptor should also tell the CD player to "stop" when the adaptor is no longer being played (like when the stereo was turned off or adaptor ejected) instead of having to use the remote to stop the player.

4) the cassette adaptor could have been quieter, as it does make a bit of creaking sound while in use.

However, these are minor nags when the core functionality is fine, and cheaper than buying a real MP3 head unit for your car, while maintain portability. If you need to play MP3's in your car, consider this MP3/CD player which delivers on all its promises, and comes with features such as bass boost, remote commander, and more.