I got L1 brand new. I had to add USB 2.0 to my pc in order for HD to be recognized, which was fine with me. There is Audiophile software that comes with it, and is is very cool program - you can even add your own start-up picture (must be monochrome bitmap file in specific size, but I knew how to make one).
This unit looks very good, very sleek and has very nice blue backlit with purple backlit under the joystick type button. I had no problem figuring it out fast, although on some other reviews I noticed people complain about being hard to navigate. Not for me.
Also, unit comes with calendar, 4 games, fm recorder, but when you record fm song, you must open Audiophile and edit the name (since it just gives you number), plus it will not show up in your player untill you edit it in Audiophile.
I really loved the way it looks and it's size.
Now, most important (for me) part of this player killed my joy of having this neat unit in a matter of minutes: THE SOUND.
If you are average (or even bellow average) portable music device user, you may be happy with it, I don't know.
Good thing is that factory preset equalizer sound OK, however closer you are to maximum volume, more distorded the sound is. And I do like to listen at high volume, and even if I weren't, It would just bugg me a lot to know that it would sound bad if I did.
Other then preset Eq, other choices are plain and simply total miss. Once you switch from preset one, the sound goes very close to MONO effect, and no matter what you change, overall sound sucks. So, you (at least me) are left with no choice but to use original, preset sound setting, which, again, it may be ok for average user, but not for me.
I was really dissapointed that unit can look so nice and not deliver what would be expected from brand new (I think it came out few months ago) 20gb player...
Customer service was not bad, at least.
Included paper manual has very minimal info on the features, and their website has NOTHING. So, I had to email them for manual, and I got one in Word format, which I could not even open! (Corrupted or something). Then I emailed back and finally got another one in .pdf format, and that one is well made, has a lot more information then paper one the unit came with.
So, if you want the very nice piece of hi-tech player (I did not say nice sounding), you may want to check it out. But, if sound matters a lot to you, just pass this one.
I am giving it 3 stars only becose it looks nice.
If I were rating sound, it would be 2-, looks would get 5. So,I guess 3 would be right to rate it overall.
I no longer have it but I kind of miss it, although I know bad sound would just drive me crazy if I kept it.
Unfortunitely, this was another proof that NOT ALL IS IN THE LOOKS. Mp3 players are MUSIC PLAYERS, and the way you hear it is what is all about, if you goind to use it often. But it looked so nice... :)
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