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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great device, features, March 22, 2006
After doing extensive internet research on waterproof players, I selected this one. I can not be happier. It comes with both sets of headphones (water, non-waterproof). I tested the non-water, they sound good, but haven't used them much since the main reason I bought it was for swimming.
I use it very often (4-5/week), and do not think the controls are bad at all. This has to do w/ the fact that 99% of my use of it is swimming, so all I do is press play, and volume up/down. I loaded it w/ about 900Mb of music, set it on shuffle, and forget about it. I wear it on my googles' strap, and do not feel it there much; except for the long headphone cord which I also wrap around the strap, so it's no big deal at all. Battery life is great. I have not run out of battery during my swims (40-60mins). I charge it when I remember, usually about once per week.
The problems I have found are real minor. When you turn it on, it does not remember the last song played; I find myself fast-forwarding the first song all the time. Using the shuffle feature, that does the trick since the next song is usually one I have not heard.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Functional MP3 Player - Period, May 23, 2006
This is the best thought out mp3 player on the market period. Just load mp3s, set it on shuffle, and go on with your day - be it walking, running, swimming. I bought it for the distance/pedometer/stopwatch functions, called "sport" mode, which works well. And, well, waterproofing helps all things electronic in Seattle.
There are three different modes (music/mp3, FM, and sport) and the monochrome display uses three different backlight colors so you know what you are looking at. The battery length is good and the sound quality is solid, including a handful of preset equalizer settings to adjust to your preference.
In sport mode, the player's design is packed with nuanced features. One of the many really neat features is that the display can electronically flip itself upside down, which lets you glance at your distance, steps and time easily on your arm or waist. Other nifty features: an alarm (useful for long timed runs/laps), goal distance/step countdowns, an electronic metronom (an adjustable rhythm beep for pace/provides distance stats), regular headphones with adjustment ringlets (helps secure the wires from flapping around), metric and imperial/US measurement adjustment (good for marathon/triatholon training, laps, etc), and as mentioned below, the break away beltclip. (There's a BMI calculator but I never use it).
In music/mp3 mode, it is straight forward. The FM mode is simple as well and a nice addition (no AM).
You don't really need any software other than the device driver, though they supply you with MusicMatch Jukebox. It appears as a USB drive so you can just drag and drop mp3s onto the player.
The area that this product seemed to lack dealt with instructions. For example, the instructions don't say anything about setting the stride other than "correctly measuring distance depends on accurately setting the average length of an individual stride". Since I was replacing a pedometer, I knew to measure ten strides and divide it by ten to come up with an average and that you need to change it for jogging/running strides versus walking strides. However, if you don't do this sort of culumative averaging or setting changes, I could see someone being disappointed or confused.
As for the complaint that it turns off, I've noticed if I somehow bump 1) the power button hard, it will shut down or 3) the sport button, it will reset the pedometer and shut down. However, there is a button hold function that locks them from being accidently pressed and solves the problem. Again, this could have been addressed in the instructions more thoroughly.
If you use common sense and look at the instructions occasionally, you'll figure it out fast and become endeared to all nuanced features it offers even faster.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of a kind, much utility, good design, good battery life, March 20, 2006
I purchased this product to use during weight loss (gym use) and to use when out on the water in my boat. To tell you the truth, I have yet to test the waterproof capabilities of this mp3 player; I mainly wanted the waterproof capability for insurance against a drop into saltwater and against sweat. The battery run time is good. Once in a while (and I've had two units that have done this), the until will just shut off in the middle of your pedometer count and mp3 playback. I don't know if it hits a file it doesn't like or what, but this happens about 1-2% of the time. Also, sometimes the pedometer won't count, again, one or two percent of the time. Shutting the unit off and powering it on again fixes these problems. The arm band will not fit on your bicep if you have a large arm; you'll have to wear it on your forearm or use the clip on your clothing. One really nice feature is that the clip "breaks away" if the cord gets caught on something. Also, music can be organized into folders and played back just as it was laid out on your PC; no special number is necessary like on previous Oregon Scientific models. The huge storage space, two sets of headphones (use the rubber ones even for working out as sweat can damage the others), arm band, etc. make this a great package. Radio reception is not 100%, and can even get staticy just from the swing of your arm. But local stations or city dwellers should be just fine.
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