ordered a new mp3 player
I ordered a new mp3 player on Thursday of last week. I got an email from sony saying they were doing good deals on refurbished 6gb and 20gb models. I got a 20gb mp3 from sony the last time they did this, but this time round they were even cheaper still and I did have a few issues with my old one so I decided to go ahead and get one.
I have ordered a Sony NW-A3000. Ill post next week about what I think about it. The issues I had with my old NW-HD3 were as follows were only few but niggly
Backlight - Whilst great in the dark it was very hard to read on a sunny day
Dongle - To recharge or to connect via USB u had to use a dongle which looked very easy to break or loose.
Portable HD - Although you could use the mp3 player as a portable hard disk it didnt work on all computers unless you plugged in the power supply.
Sync software - Sonic stage..... sucked
I have already seen that they have got rid of the dongle for the usb cable which is good news although it looks like they have gone for a none standard cable :( which is bad. They have changed the screen type on it so will have to see how good that is compared to the old one. I also noticed that this one comes with some new software.. sonic stage is no more :) just hope this one is an improvement.
If anyone does use a sony mp3 player and is stuck with sonic stage but has their music stored in folder format rather than with good mp3 tags then do a search for a utility called mp3 File Manger. Its freeware and you install it to the mp3 player hard disk and run it from there. It then lets you just drag and drop your music onto your player.