Rio 90260110 - Nike psa[play120 Digital Audio Player

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• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005T37D
• Item model number: 90260110
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #90,528 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Exercise to your favorite tunes with the featherweight Nike psa[play120 digital audio player--weighing less than three ounces--which is compatible with both MP3 and WMA formats. It has 64 MB of flash memory, so your music won't skip no matter how hard you exercise. This amount of memory will hold approximately one hour of CD-quality MP3 music (encoded at 128 kbps) or two hours of WMA. It can also be expanded using MultiMedia Cards up to 64 MB. The round LCD displays song title, track number, and time. It comes with music management software for both Windows and Mac, and you can transfer files via USB 1.1. It also includes a sport armband, for easy use during your workouts.

What's in the Box
The psa[play120 player, remote control, belt clip, AA battery (alkaline), sport arm band, headphones, USB cable, printed QuickStart guide, CD-ROM with music management software.

Product Description

The Nike psa[play120 is the first portable digital audio player designed for the athlete. The ergonomic, lightweight, skip-free design makes it the ultimate portable sport audio solution. Plus, it has enough built-in memory to give you a marathon worth of music.Capture and playback up to two hours digital-quality music from the Internet or your CDs. Seize your audio, master your mix, retool your memory, then take it where other players can't go - it's music on the move! Whether your passion is alternative, hip-hop, or the fringes of spoken word, the Nike psa[play120 delivers the music that keeps you moving.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great when it works!!, November 18, 2001

By A Customer

I loved this PSA player, and then it stopped working two weeks after I received it. The computer software could not recognize the player and made changing the music impossible. Also, the player stopped working. I found out, dealing with Sonic Blue customer service is a NIGHTMARE. It looks as if I MAY get a new player 1 to 1.5 months after I returned it due to lack of stock on their part. The player itself was sleek, and easy to use, but
eats batteries fast. Rechargeables are needed to make it cost effective. All in all, the player is a good design, Sonis Blue and their warranty/customer service get a zero for their help and support.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Especially for Jocks, December 25, 2001

A Kid's Review

I recently was given this MP3 player and can honestly say that it is very good. It is even better if you plan to run with it.
In this review I will breifly run off exactly what is in the box and what the speceific features are.
I.In the Box
--A.Nike PSA[PLAY 120 Player
----1.64 MB of on board Memory
----2.Cavity for a disk of up to 64 MB
----3.Cavity for 1 AA battery
----4.Cavity to screw on either the included armband or belt clip
----5.Place to plug in Remote Control
----6.Controls

-----a.On/Lock/Off Switch
------1.Lock, all controls other than On/Lock/Off are disabled
-----b.Play/Pause
-----c.Next/Previous Track
-----d.Fast Forward/Rewind
-----e.Stop
-----f.Volume Increase/Decreas
------g.EQ
------1.Toggles between Seven preset Equilizer positions
------(Don't worry if you don't know what this means it's not
------all that important)
--B.Nike PSA[PLAY 120 Remote Control
---1.Place to plug in included Head Phones Socket is a garden
---varity socket

---2.Attatched belt clip
---3.Attatched wire to plug into Player
---4.Liquid Crystal Display
----a.Track Number
----b.Track Title(taken from your computer when track is
----downloaded to player
----c.Track counter
----d.Battery Power
-----1.4 levels
------a.Excelent 3 bars
------b.Good 2 bars
------c.Floundering 1 bar
------d.Dead would be 0 bars but when it reaches that level the
------display shutdowns like the rest of the player so you won't
------able to see the lack of the bar in the battery
------display
------e.Wether or not the controls are locked
------f.Volume level when volume is changed
---5.Controls
----a.Lock/Unlock
----b.Volume Increase/Decrease
----c.Play/Pause
----d.Next/Previous Track
----e.Fast Forward/Rewind
----f.Stop
--C.Head Phones.
---1.Over the head band
---2.Buds on ends that go inside ears
---3.Cord used to plug int Remote Control or Player
----a.If cord is plugged into player than remote control cannot
----be plugged into player and subsquently not used at the given
----time.
---4.Collapsable for easy storage.
--D.USB cable to plug into USB port (Windows 98 required)
---a. Plugs into the same socket as the Remote Control or
---Headphones so you can't listen to music while you are putting
---music on.
--F.One AA battery
--G.Belt Clip
---1.Screws onto the back of the player with tumb screw
---2.Provides secure attatchment to an article of clothing
--H.Arm Band
---1.Screws onto the back of the player with thumb screw
---2.Provides sucure attactchment to a limb fits snuggly around
---my upper arm
---3.Measures approx. 16" before it is stretched.
--I.PC/Mac software for transfering tracks to player
---1.I don't use this software I prefere Windows Media Player

Pros
-Rugged, good for exercise, doesn't feel like it will break easily
-Intuitive Control design
-Can opt not to use the remote control
-Secure connections so you don't worry about it slipping
-Good velcro strap for the arm band
-Headphones fold up for easy transportation
Cons
-Arm band is a bit to snug for my arm and leaves a small mark if worn for a long time
-Lack of features such as repeat and shuffle play
-Head phone buds which are designed to be inserted into your ears are very oversized and hurt when crammed in ears for a while.
-Battery can't be changed when belt clip or armband are attatched

Overall: The weakist link is easily the headphones but you can just use a different pair of headphones. Since head phones are about 5 bucks they don't detract a whole star from a 200 dollar product. Other than that none of the other problems are that annoying, the lack of features is made up for by the remote control which makes it so easy to change tracks that you can listen to whatever you want. Not being able to change the battery when the belt clip or arm band are attatched is ok because chances are when you are running you don't have a battery any way and isf you do you can always just unscrew the thumb screw and change it. The last slight con is the arm band being a bit snug, this was unavoidable because if the band wasn't a bit snug the player would not be secure to your arm and it is no where near tight enough that it will ever cause any damage to your arm. I find that be putting the band over my shirt sleeve feel barely anything. Overall this is a great product and should be considered if you are shopping for a player even if you aren't an athlete.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Loved it for a year, broke down week after warranty, May 2, 2002

By A Customer

For the past year I have completely loved having this MP3 player to take to the gym, on my commute, etc. The arm band was great for working out and the remote allowed me to put the player in my coat pocket or purse when commuting. Unfortunately, I had a lot of problems with it:
3 months: The flimsy belt clip broke
5 months: The remote's LCD screen stopped working
1 year: The player could no longer be recognized by my computer nor could it play the music already downloaded. It was determined that the player was no longer functional.
Additionally, sometime in the last couple of months while trying to dowload music to the player I would recieve an application error or the program would simply hang.
The software itself is horrible and customer support is a bit surly.