Best Regards, Cornell> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Fw: the overlooked MP3 player> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:24:17 -0600> > > > I've seen a few people who have put together guides to accessible MP3 > players, and they all tend to overlook this one. I don't know why, because > it's just as screeneless, reasonably priced, and it's a rather unique piece. > This is the Sansa Shaker by Sandisk. I got a deal on it from> www.buy.com> in May when the red 1 GB model was on sale for about 20 bucks with free > shipping. If you want to skip my description and see the official one by > Sandisk, use this here link> http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Default.aspx?CatID=1253> otherwise, you can read ahead.> > So, this thing may be overlooked because it is marketted towards kids. But I > think if you are a gizmo nut like me, you just won't care and will find it > fun to use. It comes in various colors and you can get it with either 512 > megs of storage or 1 GB, and I think you can also use a 2 GB SD card in the > 1 gig model. Oh, that's right! This is a player that has no on-board memory, > but will store your stuff on standard SD cards.> First, what's it look like. Again, for you gizmo fans, you'll like the > shape. It's pretty much a cylinder with a flat top and bottom and it's > thinner in the middle than it is toward the ends. I suppose it's what you'd > call an hourglass shape. I call it my salt shaker because it also looks like > a high-tech salt shaker. The controls are way way easy to use. First, on top > there's a small speaker, and although the sound is strong and not extremely > shrill, the fidelity is limitted, probably best for voice recordings. There > is one button which is flush with the rest of the unit, and that's more > towards the bottom. This is your power and your play/pause button. There are > two standard mini headphone jacks on it so two people can listen at once if > you like. Finally, there is a band at the top for adjusting volume and a > band at the bottom for skipping tracks forward or back. You just grip the > band and twist it one way or the other to perform a function, and let go > once you have things the way you want them, since they spring back when > you're done. It is called the Shaker because you can also skip tracks by > pressing and holding the Power/Play button while your track is playing and > give it a vigorous shake up and down. You'll hear a camera shutter noise and > it will skip tracks. I'm not sure if you can control in which direction > it'll skip this way, so it may be a sort of randomizer.> It's powered by a single AAA battery, and the website claims that will last > ten hours while you are under headphones. The battery and the SD card as > well as the port for the USB cable that comes with it are located under a > twist-off cover on the bottom of the unit. You do not need special software > to transfer files, so you can just use Windows Explorer to copy and paste > from one location to the player. I believe it will only play MP3 and .wav > files, and it comes with a small folder of sample MP3 files. I find that it > will not play some MP3 files, but not sure what exactly it's picky about. > But I'm pretty sure it'll play most MP3 files. It does not avhe any resume > capabilities, so when you shut the player off and turn it on later, you are > at the beginning of the file you were listening to.> I actually use mine to play books on, even though the books are on MP3 CD as > well. I can just use its little speaker and play my book while doing stuff > in the kitchen or whatever. It's a nice little player, and it seems to do > what it does well. Yes, I still think the Zen Stone is the most versatile > off-the-shelf player, but this one is good if you want to either store > things on multiple SD cards or you just want a groovy-looking gizmo to play > your files on. It's worth a look if you just want something to play your MP3 > files on.> > Please feel free to share this review wherever you'd like, as I don't think > too many folks know about this one. Also, you can send it to anyone you know > who might be putting together a guide for off-the-shelf players.> > Chris> > > _______________________________________________> Sps mailing list> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ogts.net/mailman/listinfo/sps_ogts.net> > __________ NOD32 3301 (20080727) Information __________> > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.> http://www.eset.com> > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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