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| Date Reviewed: 01/05/2005 |
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Strengths: price/storage value excellent, Wifi works great, FM rx/tx works great, easy to use, card slot for memory expansion, cool blue screen, comes with real headphones (not those stupid ear buds
Weaknesses: Large size, carrying case, no replaceable battery
Summary: This unit is an excellent value for the money. Try to find a 1.5 gig MP3 player for less than 100 dollars. The initial setup was very easy. Just connected the USB cable and the software setup on my computer and the firmware was updated. Since then all transfer have been done wirelessly. The wireless function works GREAT!! The FM TX has worked flawlessly. It has a memory card slot so the memory can be upgraded to 2.5 gig. The head phones supplied are real head phones not those annoying ear buds.
The only downsides are the size of the unit (not a factor for me) the carry case doesn't have an oppening to access the buttons or screen and the battery is nonreplaceble.
All in all this unit is great and well worth every penny I spent on it.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/24/2004 |
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Strengths: good amount of space, hard drive, fm tansmiter, shuffle feature, carrying case, quick transfer, not bad headphones
Weaknesses: small instruction manual, though there is a larger 1 saved into the player already, had to go online to use it with windows media player 10, can't use media with high bit rate, no car adapter included
Summary: 2005-01-02 18:56:46 To me this is the perfect player. I did a couple weeks worth of research to find the player just right for me. It has more than enough space, and even if I need more, you can use an SD card to expand it. It transfers quickly using USB, a couple seconds for the typical song. It comes with a nice leather case, headphones that go behind the head and have good quality sound, and a USB chord and power adaptor. It is also inexpensive for the amount of space, most 512MB players are double the price and some 256MB are even a little over. The looks aren't bad, and is the size of a 20GB iPod. This player, in my opinion, beats a iPod mini for quality because after you buy for the iPod the fm transmiter, receiver, and other features this has, this player will much better for the dollar, including more than doubling the cost of this to cover the difference in GB. Also, going to the details, it does have a shuffle feature which I was surprised to see many other players didn't. The FM transmitor works very well and can be used at least 1 room away with the door closed (didn't get to test farther than that).
Now for the negative, which is sparse. The instruction manual is weak, however if you have trouble there is a large one saved on the player. Also, the software included on the player doesn't work with Windows Media Player Version 10. However, going online to the manufacturer site will fix this problem. There is no car adapter with this, however there is one you can buy, costing an extra $30. Though I haven't checked, I'm sure you could buy a third party car charger for less. Finally, the worst of all for me is that it has a limit to the bit rate you can put on it, making it to where if you want to put music from a CD on it, it won't work. I have only ripped from CDs in WMP, so I'm not sure if you can overcome this with another program, but if you download from the internet you should have no problem. One other worthy thing to note is it has a higher max bit rate than the iPod.
Overall I love this player so far. I still haven't tried WiFi, and if I do or find anything else to add, I'll come back to add it.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/06/2004 |
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Strengths: All the features work well, I especially like the FM transmit feature.
Weaknesses: The battery life could be better, especially in the FM transmit mode, however there is a car adpater available I have not tried. I also had a small problem with file corruption.
Summary: I did not like the support/help, they only respond via email, no phone calls. I am to impatient for this. They did respond with in 2 hrs.
Over all I really do like this unit, it has features I have not seen in other MP3 players.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/02/2005 |
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 Broke in 6 weeks. Tried to get service. Only servi ... Strengths: price - but don't waste your money
Weaknesses: Broke in 6 weeks. Can't get an RMA for service. If you buy through internet (pricegrabber) - Soniqcast will not honor your warranty!!!
Summary: Broke in 6 weeks. Tried to get service. Only service is through email. All that they send is canned scripts which have no thought behind them. They refuse to honor warranty because I bought on-line. They say that the company I bought the unit from holds the warranty, not me. They won't issue an RMA!!! Now they want me to pay for shipping and service on a brand new, in the box unit!!! Stay away from this one for sure. I'll be real careful what I buy on-line now.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/06/2004 |
- marioc55
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Strengths: greatest mp3 player ever, wifi is great, the size of an ipod, better than an ipod not much hd but who has 10,000 files on their mp3 player, no one
Weaknesses: nuthing at all, it is a great product
Summary: 2004-12-06 10:19:22 greatest mp3 player ever, wifi is great, the size of an ipod, better than an ipod not much hd but who has 10,000 files on their mp3 player, no one
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| Date Reviewed: 01/12/2005 |
- asbrand
from GA
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Strengths: The only MP3 player on the market (that I know of) that not only has both USB and Wireless (802.11b), but will also broadcast on an FM station of your choosing. The sound from this unit is incredible.
Weaknesses: Only comes with 1.5gig space, upgradable to 2.5. Slightly large for a unit with such limited space.
Summary: I was so impressed with this item, that I bought one for my 12 year old daughter for Christmas. We both listen to ours continually. I don't even bother with CD's any longer, other than to rip them to MP3 and put them on my player! Excellent item. I highly suggest it for anyone!
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| Date Reviewed: 01/06/2005 |
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Strengths: FM transmitter
FM reciever
Dual headphone jacks
SD mem card slot
with optional power adapter - powers on and off with engine in car
Weaknesses: Wirless - although it's nice, it's not very functional
there's little you can do with it, other than sync your playlist. It would have been nice to have advanced features here.
Summary: The 1.5 gb HD is a tad small.. i can fit maybe 20-30 cd's on there. Which may sound like enough, and it is for 1 or 2 days use.. so if you dont mind switching your stuff out every few days then it's not a problem.
All in all a good product.. i would recommend it to anyone searching for a good MP3 player.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/18/2005 |
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I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE WOULD CHECK TO SE ...
Strengths: NA
Weaknesses: I PURCHASED 2 OF THESE ITEMS ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 - ONE OF THEM DID NOT WORK - HAD TO SEND IT BACK FOR REPAIR ALREADY.
Summary: I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THESE PRODUCTS WORK FIRST BEFORE SELLING. MY NIECE WAS NOT HAPPY TO FIND OUT HER MP3 PLAYER WAS NOT WORKING.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/07/2005 |
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Strengths: Radio Transmitter is awesome,
Functional software included,
Sound quality is good,
Leather case and ear phones are neat,
Second ear phone plug is innovative,
Radio receiver is nice
Weaknesses: Rubber buttons look cheap,
Battery life could be longer
Summary: All in all, I think the price-to-value-ratio is fair. Of course that device cannot compete against an IPod - but it has not! Built in features like radio transmitter, WiFi connectability or the second ear phone plug make this player worth the money.
Battery life could be a bit longer and the overall appearance looks a bit cheap.
But anyway, I am quite satisfied and it is a very innovative product.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/27/2004 |
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 Device needs a real browser in it. You have to cli ... Strengths: nice product for the price. FM transmitter works great. Not too bulky.
Weaknesses: The connection at the bottom of the device broke the 1st time I connected it. I now have to hold it in place to sync and charge. Come on, make a better connection! :(
only has USB 1.1 connection.
Summary: Device needs a real browser in it. You have to click next next next while in a playlist or play one song at a time.
The boot time takes about 30 seconds to start. That's too long. The software is very confussing. It searches for the device and doesn't see it unless I continue to turn it off and on.
Now for the positive.
I like the fact that it's 1.5 GB Hard Drive and can be expanded with SD card. It has rechargeable batteries that actually hold a charge. It came with a decent carring case. Most importantly it's not over $200 like Ipod's.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/18/2004 |
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I wish I'd known more about mp3 players before ord ...
Strengths: Seems to be a very nice MP3 player, although we can't figure out how it works.
Weaknesses: I'm hoping I selected the right one for my 16 year old. He is having a tough time learning how to work it; he's not dumb, but there are very minimal instructions.
Summary: I wish I'd known more about mp3 players before ordering. I think I should have ordered a more popular name brand that would have had more instructions. Just a QuickStart flyer just doesn't cut it for novice users. BUT.. We may figure it out after all.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/06/2005 |
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Strengths: Good Sound Quality
Weaknesses: Difficult Set Up
Summary: The delivery was excatly on time. Thanks so much for your speedy delivery and quality products.Premium mylar capacitors are employed to filter the tweeter for uncompromising high-frequency smoothness. The system-specific network is housed in a compact, outboard case and features adjustable tweeter output level and solid-state tweeter protection circuitry.
peace.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/23/2005 |
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Strengths: Large harddrive. Nice having radio on it. Two headphones pull into it.
Weaknesses: Kind of large.
Summary: I love carrying this amount of music with me. There is no shuffle but you can change where you start the song list. You're able to sort by genre, artist and playlist. Came with a pant clip but not arm clip. Background light makes it easy to read. Very solid unit. Great buy for the $.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/04/2005 |
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Strengths: wireless, good quality
Weaknesses: Big and heavy
Summary: the AIREO is a good product:1.5GB mp3 and AC power adapter.
With 802.11B wireless downloads. The service is good.I received the order just in 2-3 days.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/30/2005 |
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It's not bad for the price,But its bulky and freez ...
Strengths: Wireless feature to listen on any fm radio,Big 2.5 g hd,Easy to follow menu
Weaknesses: bulky,Freezes up,Cheap looking buttons,poor x-Fi fm reception,
Summary: It's not bad for the price,But its bulky and freezs up a bit when used for a long period of time.Cheap looking buttons.But user freindly.
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