Customer Reviews

Sony D-NS707F S2 Sports ATRAC Walkman Portable CD Player with Digital Tuner (AM/FM/TV/Weather)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This player takes CDs, including CD-Rs and CD-RWs with 20+ hours of mp3 on them, in stride. It plays them through, and does fast forward and rewind about as well as my solid-state mp3 player. Utilizing CD-RWs, I use this unit instead of a juke box. I still use my solid-state mp3 player only because it is more compact than this unit. As I prefer having TV audio available, no other player/receiver would have entirely satisfied me. The impressive technical accomplishment of this product will cause me to favor Sony products in future.

The exterior design does leave things to be desired. The control buttons are cheesy and hard to operate. The display is too small. Instead of a carrying case or an anchor for a strap, there is a stupidly designed protruding flexible handle that makes the unit twice as bulky as it needs to be.

Pros:
1. Long battery life.
2. Decent sount (on CD's).
3. Easy to read display.

Cons:
1. Plays first quarter of an MP3 fine, then it starts scratching and eventually stops.
2. Plays first tenth of an ATRAC disk fine, then it starts scratching and eventually stops.
3. Takes about 5 - 10 minutes (not seconds!) to read a MP3 disc before playing.
4. Button placement makes it easier to use with your left hand rather than right.
5. You have to press a button rather hard and long to make the function work.

In other words, if you listen to the radio and CD's only - and are left handed, this is the perfect player for you!

I have not encountered any of the problems other reviewers have had. To prevent the screen becoming scratched, put a piece of clear Scotch tape over it. True, the strap is bulky, but you don't have to hold it; I loop it through my pants belt with the controls facing upwards, then I can control everything with one finger without even looking at the unit. I wear it all day long and love it. I have noticed that it is very complicated to enter programs into the memory, but I just keep it at the stations on MA, FM & TV that I like the most. The station memories remain intact while you change batteries, and mine have always worked perfectly, irrespective of which disc I am playing. Perhaps I just get the good ones, but I am on my 5th one, having used and given away as gifts the others, which never failed to work perfectly, after being constantly bumped, dropped and splashed on. I cannot find anything else made by anyone else that comes near this quality. Keep your receipt; If you get a defective one, return it and try another. This is America! Way to go, Sony!

If you are looking for a very nice and modern discman, with mp3,fm and am radio ,tv and weather stations' tunner, then this one's for you!!! But be aware: the hand strap is non removable,and it doesn't appear in the pictures, because it's on the other side of the player, which makes it a little bulky. The pictures should definitively be better.Nevertheless it exceeded my expectations and I'm really happy I got it.

My niece runs track in high school and loves this CD player & FM radio! She wanted a model that she wouldn't have to worry about dropping in puddles during winter. I wondered about the wrist strap when I purchased it as a gift, but she likes that too - easy to hold onto while doing practice runs. She's thanked me many times over for picking this model, and exclaims "the sound is wonderful and the headgear rocks!" I don't think she's tried MP3 files yet.

I gave this as a gift for my friend who dosn't speak english. a bi-lingual manual would've been helpful. He tells me that the top dosn't always stay closed and it doesn't read his cd's or mp3's. but after reading someone elses review i now know i have to tell him to wait about 10 minuites for the cd to be read. I have been to sony.com and can not find this product on their site. discontinued? I wonder why?

Sound Quality is excellent, it feels very solid very firm, does not feel cheap at all.
BUT!!! the software is terrible, it looks nice it's easy to use but it took me about 2 1/2 hours to copy 182 songs on a P4 2.8GHz, 640MB RAM, I mean come on! Media Player does the same job and it only takes a few minutes to convert to wma, so why does it take SonicStage so long to convert the songs to ATRAC3???

However once you take a nap and come back and finally get to listen to your songs... well... all I can say is: "I would definitely recommend this product to anyone", FM radio works fine sometimes you just have to walk around a bit or rotate the cd player a little bit to catch a good signal but, RADIO + CD PLAYER... woohoo!
The clip headphones are awesome! The menu is easy to use. Hmmm I got my self a nice walkman!
Walkman 5 STARS, CINCO, VIJF, FUNF!
SonicStage Software 2 stars (and that's just because it looks cool)

$90.00 and the thing lasted for less than a year?!?!? It still plays CDs, barely: I can't move forward or back from one song to another, only play the disc straight through; the Play button doesn't work--to restart it I have to pull the head set and/or the plug-in (when I am using AC instead of battery power) out and then plug it back in, or sometimes open the case and then re-close it; and the volume button no longer works either, it's stuck at one volume permanently...

Up until these problems started arising, about 7 months after I bought it, I thought this was one of the best CD players I'd ever had... I don't use it for mp3s, so I can't comment on that.

But I like the wrap around over-the-ear phones, and I LOVE the hand strap!! That was one of the best features! Makes it so much easier to carry in your hand. I'm looking for one now that has a handstrap but is NOT this brand/model

There are an excessive amount of directions to get it to do everything it can do, but I just set it up for what I wanted and never changed it again.

Still the lack of longevity alone makes me say "don't buy it"
The one I had prior cost me $50 and lasted almost 3 years, even though I dropped it 3 or 4 times.

I did not see anywhere when I bought this product that it only fits on the back of my hand. It is very cumbersome and hard to
use, constantly in the way. I truly do not like it at all and would not recommend it to anyone unless they never move their hands.

If you are a person who has small hands be advised that this product will be hard to lock the cd cover. Additionally the hand strap which is not visible in the picture will not really adjust to small hands.