Advice On MP3 Player Needed Must have FM tuner + min. 2 GB capacity

	Advice On MP3 Player Needed - Must have FM tuner + min. 2 GB capacity
	Discussion by sparx with 22 Replies. Last Update: November 14, 2007, 8:59 pm (View Latest)	Page 1 of 2 pages.

sparx

Hello all !

Someone I know is flying to Dubai and has very kindly agreed to get me any electronic consumer goods that I want. Right now, a personal music player is at the top of my "I want this..." list.

However, I want to ask the advice of users on the forum as to what particular model they'd suggest. The following parameters are must-haves:

At least 2 GB capacity
FM tuner
ability to play WMA, MP3 - a must. (Plus points if it can also play MP4 / OGG / AAC)
good battery life - 10 - 12 hours actual playback (which means a rated life of about 14 hours)

I don't need/want a colour screen. Even removable AAA battery would do as I have plenty of rechargeable batteries lying around.

Looking forward to your inputs, guys !

Wed Apr 12, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Streamus

Finding an MP3 player with radio is difficult, because a hard disk is sensitive to magnetic fields and an radio antenna creates a magnetic field.

I think that you'll have to go for a solution with external radio plugin module:
Such as: Ipod nano 2Gb (199$) + radio Remote (49€)
Link

Wed Apr 12, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Jeigh

Nah, I don't know for sure which ones have them, but there are a good number that have built in fm tuners. I wanna say the zen micro's would fit all your criteria but I'm not sure... I'm sure someone will show up soon to list off the best ones :lol:

Wed Apr 12, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Streamus

QUOTE (Jeigh)

Link: view Post: 75256

Indeed, there are a certain number of players with built-in FM, but I haven't heard good comments about those. The apple-solution that I metioned earlier is both very extended (? English is not my native language :lol:

) and very easy to use.

Wed Apr 12, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Jeigh

Oh really? I've never heard any complaints from the people I know who use tuners in their mp3 players. Then again, that doesn't rule out the possibility for fault, it just could mean my friends are all lucky hehe. Streamus, happen to know any sites that discuss if that is a documented problem with any mp3 players? Just curious about it now

Wed Apr 12, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Streamus

Well, I believe your friends as much as I believe the posts on forum's I've read so far.
What I've read, was written on the Telenet Forums (but they are written in dutch, so I fear you won't understand).

As I recall (and it's a while ago) the problems were:
- Difficult to save radio stations
- If the HD was spinnig, a high frequent buzzing was noticable while listening to the radio.
- Euhm, that's what I can recall. I'll try to find the thread and will edit this post if I have more info.

But I believe you, and maybe you can post the brands and series of players your friends use, so I can recommand them if other people come up with the same question.

(My sister is looking for such a player as well. :lol:

)

Wed Apr 12, 2006 Reply New Discussion

sparx

Thanks for the replies:

Two options currently are both from Creative:

The 20 GB Creative Zen Sleek

6 GB Creative Zen Micro

Both of the above have an FM Tuner and seem to fulfill my required criteria.

Thu Apr 13, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Jeigh

I asked a few of my friends that had them, and they all had variants of the zen micros (one had another creative one... he wasn't sure the name since he didn't have it on him, probably a zen as well)

Thu Apr 13, 2006 Reply New Discussion

HellFire121

I would suggest an ipod nano or a creative zen that would give you what you want.
I am currently using a creative muvo 128mb and the battery life is quite high, it can go on for days playing and it doubles as a flash drive.
It can also support wma and mp3 and it is very easy to install.. just plug and play :lol:

So yeah, have a search around for the one you'd like the most, if i were you i'd pick one of the newest ones because they usually come with all those features as standard.
Good luck picking one!

-HellFire

Fri Apr 14, 2006 Reply New Discussion

iceblade

QUOTE (sparx)

At least 2 GB capacity
FM tuner
ability to play WMA, MP3 - a must. (Plus points if it can also play MP4 / OGG / AAC)
good battery life - 10 - 12 hours actual playback (which means a rated life of about 14 hours)

I don't need/want a colour screen. Even removable AAA battery would do as I have plenty of rechargeable batteries lying around.

Looking forward to your inputs, guys !

Link: view Post: 75253

Er, my oppinion is that an ipod nano 2 GB will run you I guess someone said... $200? It fulfills most, or maybe a little less then most, of those requirements. The one that I am sure that it doesn't fulfill is an FM tuner. I think it fulfills the others though. I am pretty sure it can play AAC and MP4, not sure on the OGG. I think it has a rated battery life of 14 hours, though maybe it is just 12 or so. maybe a little researc hat store.apple.com or pcmall.com and/or macmall.com is in order?

Tue May 2, 2006 Reply New Discussion

Jimmy89

from your two choices sparkx, i would have to go with the 6gb zen micro. its smaller then the other one, but then again, you said 2gb so thats heaps.

the zen is a good sturdy player and has great menu structure and is easy to navigate. I have owned one of these for the last year and its seems to be still going every day! this is my suggestion.

happy hunting
-jimmy

Sat Feb 3, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Grafitti

LOL i think his Dubai trip is already over.

Sat Feb 3, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Sudeep Nayak

My work deals with mp3 players and i've tested/used most of those available in the market. I can easily say, eyes closed, that Sandisk's Sansa player is the best available out there. It supports a lot of protocols not even out in the market (the general public doesn't know about these things) and i'd say its future proof for the near future. Gives a decent 20 hr playback, FM, wma, mp3, also supports video. Also has Rhapsody, which was recently announced by RealNetworks. Can also record FM as well as voice. Sansa E250 is the one i'm using.
iRiver would share second place with ipod+remoteFM. iRiver's models are sturdy while ipods are sleek. iRivers, again, support the protocols i mentioned earlier, and are future proof.

Tue Feb 6, 2007 Reply New Discussion

issdiscovery04

QUOTE (Sudeep Nayak)

Sandisk's Sansa player is the best available out there.

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The Sansa is a very nice player but it is well over priced. Sandisk Sansas are rather expensive and the storage isn't very large either. I can get a much better player from iriver, iaudio, or creative than the sansa for $300.

QUOTE (Sudeep Nayak)

iRiver would share second place with ipod+remoteFM.

Link: view Post: 97369

Please be kidding. It is truly degrading to compare a very good line of products to the pieces of crap known as ipods. Ipods are overpriced, lack many functions, and have horrible sound quality. The only reason why those pieces of crap sell is because of mass marketing and the domino effect.

Sat Feb 10, 2007 Reply New Discussion

starplex

Samsung YP-Z5F

Specs:

Storage: Flash
Capacity: 4 GB
FM Radio: Yes
Color Display: Yes
Interface Type: USB 1.1, USB 2.0
Weight: 58 g
Dimensions: 42.2 x 89.8 x 12.3 mm
Supported audio formats: ASF, MP3, WMA

Very good sound quality. Compared to the HD soundcard on my laptop the YP-Z5F plays broader frequency range IMHO. The strange thing about this device is the mixture between normal buttons and touch-pad, which requires "getting used to" time. The Flash storage does not interfere with the FM tuner.