MP3 player/voice recorder

Life Technology
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Any recommendations for an inexpensive mp3 player/voice recorder?

I found some music online at www.bearshare.com (yay! idiot proof!) and now want to be able to take it with me, but it would also be nice if I could also record stuff.

Thanks in advance!!

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How much are you looking to spend?

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As little as possible of course! :laughing:

$3000 max

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I purchased the “Magic Star Combo” MP3 player from 3C a couple months ago. It was 3000 for the 128, or 4000 for a 256 (megs?). It works well, but it quickly sucks the power out of the double A batteries. It can record voice as well, although the unit has to be quite close to the speaker to pick anything up. By “close” I mean 10 feet seemed okay, any further and the sound was extra “grainy”.
I’d suggest you test out a few before you buy. The operating system on mine isn’t as developed as I’d like.

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Sorry for the double post. I meant AAA batteries. Not doubles.

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Hmmm, not quite NT$3000, but I was going to suggest a Palm Zire 31 PDA. It has a headphone jack and plays MP3s, and you also get a datebook, addressbook, calculator, etc.

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Sounds interesting! So how does storage work anyway? So if I’ve got music that averages 2 mb then I can store roughly 60 files on the 128 player?

(mb/kb always confuse me)

Thanks!

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Thanks Ben, I’ve already looked at the Palm add-ons. I saw the mp3 kit but I’ve got a Palm M130 and I guess I can’t use it with mine… not ready to replace it just yet either. Thanks anyway.

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I’m running Windows XP and I plug it into a USB port. It shows as an extra “flash memory drive kinda do-hickey thingy”. I just cut and paste MP3 files into that drive. Right now I’ve got about 3 - half hour pimsleur lessons, as well as about 25 (roughly three and a half minute long) songs on it. I’ve also got a couple of cheesy voice tests on it.

What I don’t like about it is that I can’t fast forward through tracks to find a particular spot in a file. That’s a feature I would find useful.

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Thanks Ben, I’ve already looked at the Palm add-ons. I saw the mp3 kit but I’ve got a Palm M130 and I guess I can’t use it with mine… not ready to replace it just yet either. Thanks anyway.[/quote]

The Zire 31 actually has MP3 capability built in, so no add-ons needed. But, if you aren’t ready to replace your M130, then it’s kind of a moot point.

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Bought one about 2 months ago. It’s an “Alfa” MP3 Player/Recorder/Radio.

Stores 256 MB, takes mp3 recording samples (ultra sensitive mic so the sound is really good even if recorded from far away), and a radio tuner to boot. Takes a single AAA battery which lasts a long while, has a dial so you can fast forward or rewind the track, multiple menu tweaks, and so on. I’ve been nothing but happy with it. Don’t exactly remember, but I think I paid just under 4K for it, too. :sunglasses:

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I bought one a week or two ago and I’m very happy with it. It was the smallest I saw (or close) which is the main reason I like it so much. About the size of a matchbox but thinner. Very light. It holds 256MB which I find about right for 5 CDs of music. Records voice and has an FM radio too. You have to recharge it. It’s too small for batteries (so perhaps not best for long distance travel/camping etc). It has a neck chain thing, which sounds dumb but is actually really good for stuff like cycling, which is what I intend to use it most for. Good easy to work controls. OSD is Englih, but manual.

Name on the front is Piere Cardin Paris (so obviously made in Taiwan).

4700NT

Brian