Sony 4 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013B88IQ
• Item model number: NWZS716FBNC
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,417 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 30, 2008

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description -- Posted May 22, 2008

Unwind on a long trip or just relax in your home with the tranquility of noise-canceling headphones. Included with this 4 GB Walkman Video MP3 player, these headphones use the integrated active noise-canceling system to reduce outside noise and deliver dynamic-range playback using a variety of on-board sound technologies. You have the choice of listening to your own music--in a variety of file formats--watching video on the beautiful 1.8-inch QVGA LCD, or even listening to the radio via a built-in FM tuner with 30 station presets. The attractive, slim-line player easily fits in your pocket, and the 8 GB built-in memory can store up to 925 songs or up to 15 hours of video for a mobile multimedia library that goes wherever you go. A long-lasting battery is included. Also available in red and silver.

8 GB built-in memory stores up to 925 songs or up to 15 hours of video.

A mobile multimedia library goes wherever you go.

This attractive, slim-line player easily fits in your pocket.

Integrated Active Noise-Canceling System
Combining Clear Stereo function with the Clear Bass function and using the supplied noise-canceling headphones with a 13.5 headphone driver unit enables a wide-range frequency and wide dynamic-range playback with powerful bass sound.

High-Quality Video Playback
Playback your favorite videos--up to up to 15 hours of them--right on the player using MPEG 4 and M4V profile at 30 frames per second. Easily view your movies, photos, and music information on the high-quality 320 x 240 display, which allows for easy viewing in either a portrait or landscape position.

Battery Life
With up to 33 hours of audio playback and up to 8 hours of video playback, you don't have to worry about running out of entertainment.

Compatibility
The Walkman is compatible with secure Windows Media Audio, giving you more options than ever for downloading and listening to music. It supports playback of MP3 and WMA DRM and non-DRM audio files downloaded from multiple sources. The Walkman also supports non-DRM AAC content, giving you multiple options for downloading music the way you want.

Clear Audio Technologies
Utilizing five Clear Audio Technologies, the Walkman reproduces crystal clear, CD-quality audio:

• Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) restores the higher sound frequency lost when creating compressed music files.
• Clear Bass enhances the bass sound while minimizing distortion.
• Clear Stereo reduces signal leakage from one channel to another.
• EX Series headphones deliver deep bass sound from a closed design that's compact, lightweight, and comfortable to wear, thanks to changeable silicon rubber earbuds that also help isolate outside sounds.
• Noise-cancelling function is built into the Walkman and works in conjunction with the headphones.

Time Machine Shuffle
The shuffle feature lets you play among songs from a randomly selected year. (Information will come from CD information that is downloaded from the Gracenote CDDB.) Or, use the first letter of the song, album, or artist to easily find the music you want.

FM Tuner with 30 Station Presets
Allows you to preset and listen to your favorite radio stations while on the go.

What's in the Box
Sony 4 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black), USB Cable (22 pin to USB), CD-ROM with Windows Media Player 11 and MP3 Conversion Tools, Noise Cancelling EX Series Headphones, Attachment for Accessories

Product Description

Sony’s NWZ-S716F Walkman MP3 player combines your favorite multimedia entertainment with the benefits of built-in noise cancellation technology that reduces up to 75 percent of ambient noise. The slim yet powerful digital music player features a 4GB storage capacity, a bright 1.8” QVGA LCD display, and up to 33 hours of battery life so you can enjoy up to 1,000 of your favorite digital music tracks, hours of high quality video, or hundreds of photographs. The addition of Sony Clear Audio technologies, including the supplied Noise Canceling Sony EX Series headphones, helps ensure you’re treated to a superior audio experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars probably 4 1/2 stars, July 24, 2008

By	S. Lee - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sony 4 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Red) (Electronics)

this Sony Walkman has noise canceling mechanism built into the player. For what it's worth it does an adequate job. It probably won't do the job those expensive noise-canceling headphones can do, but it is in my opinion sufficient.

My experience in reading reviews were best if I arrange it in points rather than narratives. So I will do that here.

Strength:
1. it has outstanding sound quality. It is not that outstanding right out of the box, however. You have to tweak and toggle some settings. You have to turn on bass features and play with equalizers. I had every single version of iPods and the only iPod that comes close (but not quite) to the sound quality of this is first generation iPod shuffle. It has amazingly clean bass. The earbud that comes with the player is miles better than iPod earbuds. You usually have to spend $40-$50 for this type of earbud.
2. I actually like the size of this player over iPod nano because it is easier on my hand to grab. iPod nano was too thin and it is difficult to navigate since it is too small.
3. interface is really clean and I really like how you can skip fast to the last of the list by clicking right button. This is just one of those subtle feature that makes the experience better.
4. I like how this player has dedicated tactile volume button.

Weakness
1. it does not have gapless playback. This is a problem for me because I listen to a lot of Euro style mix musics.
2. it does not arrange songs by disc numbers. This is a problem since I arranged my albums in a way that it sorts out by disc numbers.
3. the biggest knock on this player probably is limited types of playable formats. It plays mp3, aac and wav. The problem with this is that if you have some odd formats like mp2 or ogg, when you are importing the music via windows explorer you will have problems with system crash. This is mostly windows Vista issue, however.

So most of the weaknesses are either subjective or nitpicky. Overall I love this player's sound quality. Since sound quality is the top 1st, 2nd, and 3rd important thing for me when I choose my mp3 player, this one is a winner.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, July 17, 2008

By	Dave Martins "Insurance Agent, Singer/Songwriter" (EVERETT, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony 8 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black) (Electronics)

This is my first MP3 player. It's easy to use and sounds great. I like the noise cancelling feature. That's probably what most influenced me to buy this. I mostly have been using it on the treadmill and when I mow the lawn. The noise cancelling headphones completely block out the sound of the treadmill. Very nice. Also, this is the only music player I've ever been able to hear while mowing the lawn. While the noise cancelling headphones don't completely block out the sound of the lawn mower, they do cut it out enough so that I can hear the music without having to crank the thing up too loud.

I've got three minor beefs: I don't like the design of the headphones. Great functionality, but having the wire that goes to your left ear so much shorter than the wire that goes to your right ear can be irritating. If I've got the player down in my pocket, sometimes turning my head to the right will cause the plug to be pulled out of my left ear. Secondly, I agree with an earlier reviewer that it would be nice to be able to delete songs on the player. If I'm using the thing and decide that there's a song I don't want on there anymore, I need to hold that thought until I'm back at the computer. And with a thousand or more songs on board, it's easy to forget the sucky one you want to delete. Finally, and this might not be a problem with the player, I can't seem to get all of the album covers to transfer from the computer to the player. Many of the tracks just have the Sony logo instead of the album cover corresponding to the track. Pretty minor issues. All in all, I would recommend this player to all. Again, the sound, speed, and ease of use make it well worth it.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just great, May 6, 2008

By	gonzalo "gonzalodr" (Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony 8 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black) (Electronics)

this one is a keeper for me. everything is just great in this player. it's my first one and I found it very easy to use, even without reading the manual, file transfer is by drag and drop in windows media 11, very intuitive and super fast. the sound is superb, and you have various enhancing options, starting with an equalizer. functions and menu are easy and the upper right button offers contextualized options. the earphones come with 3 sets of earbuds, i found them very ligth and comfortable, beeing able to use them for three straight hours with no discomfort. and the noise cancelling feat works just great. highly recommendable. keep in mind, though, if you have a very large music colection, that 8 gb may not be enough for you.