Sony D-NF610 ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Digital Tuner
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Customer Review: Best CD player i've had!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this Cd player, not knowing what it had. I knew it had a player,radio,weather,and TV, but there is a feature thatmade me love this thing. The feature is the Atrac3plus. It lets you put on like 500+ songs on one cd, all you need to do is download it on your computer and put all your cds and mp3 stuff on one cd. Its awsome and no one really cares or trys it. Well besides that, this player is awsome. It like I said, has a cd player,radio,weather,and TV. Its also a mp3 player. This player has such clear sound, I heard things I didnt hear on my old panasonic. It also has 3 different bass choices, none, medium, and alot. It of course has the different modes like shuffel, repeat, etc....It has 3 different displays, normal, wich is how much time the song has beed paying, Time left, and the song # out of all the songs. It also has a jog dial where you just spin the dial and push in to choose a song, and it helps when you got 200 songs on one cd so you need to use it to look for your song. Also you can turn of the player and it will go to the exact spoyt where u stopped.
The only probably is that when you pause it, it makes an annoying beeping sound, but i got used to that.
Altogether, you need to buy this cd player.
Customer Review: Great CD Player!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this portable CD Player last July for an upcoming vacation. This was the fourth portable player I had to buy, after buying unimpressive players I was so glad I shelled out the $90 to buy this. I used to lug around a CD player and tape/radio player, because I would listen to radio sometimes on trips, this player was perfect for me.
Pros-
*GREAT battery life- I took a pair of rechargeable batteries on the trip, and a charger. I didn't even really need the charger. I needed it after listening to it about 5-6 hours straight and then sporadically for about 20-30 minutes each.
*ATRAC software- I've had great luck with it. I love being able to compress my CD selection down to just one CD because you can put so many songs on one. It's very convienant.
*Great sound- I've gone through a couple different pairs of headphones, most of them had great sound, but one pair was not great, and the pair they give you is not that great.
*TV/Radio- I listen to radio all the time and on this player the batteries last longer when listening to it then any tape/radio player could. Also I usually just listen to late night on the TV function, it's convienant because when I watch something it keeps me awake, just hearing the sound helps me go to sleep.
*Skip free- I've never had mine skip on me. I've took it on plane rides, bus rides (in a school bus and a tour bus), and walking, and I've never had a problem with it skipping.
*Thin design and lightweight for when you go jogging or are going on a trip, the headphone take up the space, not the player
*I love how it can be off for a week and it will still go back to the exact spot where you turned it off, middle of a song, or beginning, it will come back at that spot.
Cons-
*About a month ago when I went to press the button in to get the battery door to open up, the clip broke, so the door swings free, not a big problem but if it's turned upside down then it could ruin the CD
*The CD buttons- play, pause, and skip buttons are pretty bad. There all smushed together on one button so if your trying to skip a song you might hit stop instead, it's annoying.
*Volume buttons could be bigger also, it's hard to press.
*The hold button only goes for the CD part, the radio/tv part can still turn on and then in order to turn off you have to turn off hold and stop it.
Overall after a year, I love it, it has gone on all my bus trips and is about to come to Florida with me again. I suggest you buy a carrying case to, I got one free which was nice because it prevents it from accidentally turning on. You get what you want for $90 that's for sure!Customer Review: great CD PLAYER but..................
Summary: 4 Stars
this cd player i would recomend for someone with a big colection of cds. I dont rely hav alot of cds and i thought this player would easily download stuff. well it doesnt. until i found the connect website store. the software that it comes with is simple and easy and i give it 10 out of 10. the headphones broke after i steped on them lightly and i cant belive that sony would put headfones that mess up your hair with this player. 4 out of 10. the sound quality is outstanding and is the strong point of this but it is hard to hear on a bus so id give it a 9//10. the durability is excellent and iv droped it on concrete a couple of times and it still works perfectly fine and it has withstood back pack life.the radio is hard to hear and the reception is poor if your not standing still and the headphone wires arnt straight. it is sooooooo frustrating to program your radio stations cause it never seems to program it rite unless you hold and press, hold and press, and finaly hold and press the radio buton until it finaly works [7/10]the jog dial is great cuase it is simple and easy to navigate through your files [9/10] baterey life is also outstanding [10/10]. the atrac is incerdible. you can fit 350 songs on a cd!![10/10].
botom line
this is an awesome player if you want to take your entire cd colection werever u go and hav some extra stuf [radio etc.] if u want to download onto a tiny player get a dell dj or ipod.
Customer Review: Solid CD Walkman
Summary: 4 Stars
I had my doubts about this unit after reading the reviews from naysayers here. However, those doubts proved wrong.This is a solid unit with very good sound. The only detractors are the non-lighted LCD, could-be-better ergonomics, no included AC adapter and reasonably useless enhanced bass settings. The latter produces good bass, but minimizes treble, which I need to hear to enjoy music. The mid-range bass setting is OK but still reduces highs too much. The extra bass setting is heavy-handed and overkill.
I bought this unit at a bricks and mortar Target for $64 on clearance, and consider this an excellent buy at this price.
The SonicStage software for recording ATrac disks needs work, and Sony is reportedly working on a version 2.0 --- the sooner the better. 1.0 is nothing but a glorified beta release in my opinion.
The radio features are a definite convenience.
I've paired these with a pair of Sennheiser PX100 headphones, probably the best sub $100 phones on the market (bought for $35 off Amazon). With these headphones, frankly, I don't need any extra bass boost. They sound wonderful with this Sony player. Do yourself a favor if you buy this unit and trash the included headphones for a quality earphone; you won't regret it.
Unlike other reports found here, I have experienced no audio anomolies --- no background whining or other artifacts as others have reported --- just clean, perfect sound. I've also been using rechargeable Monster batteries, and they seemingly last forever between charges.
This unit is a very good choice for casual portable music users. If you're hard core and need sound all the time with you, you should consider an iPod. But if you're like me, and use portable audio to a lesser degree than a typical "iPodder," a unit like this might just fit the bill.
Customer Review: From a Sony fan from North Carolina
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this CD player. So much. I researched what I was going to get before buying it, and although it wasn't the model I was looking for (I wanted the 710- $10 more, generally), I am very glad I got this. I'm going to make my own little pro's and cons list, since it seems to be the thing to do. Cons:
~Headphones it comes with. Kill them! I'm guessing Sony wanted to keep the price lower and thus didn't include the behind-the-head model that rocks, but they shouldn't have. A true music lover spends $80 or $90 on a CD player and knows sucky headphones. I reccommend Koss behind-the-head headphones with the little volume adjuster on the wire. Very nice.
~Radio band: the reception is not very good, although it can be awesome. I live in Raleigh, a major city, and often times the recpetion is static-y even for a local station. It does help to stretch out the wire, but that can be annoying.
~ATRAC software: I use it a lot so that I don't have to take my CDs with me everywhere, and it breaks down a lot. Especially with my MP3 files. Be careful. Don't overload it with stuff, you waste time because it will crash. If it does, reload it and it should be ok, at least for a time.
~Battery location: inside of it. And if it needs a battery replacement, it erases all of your favorites on CDs, which sucks.
~Play/Stop/Change File Button (I'm not sure what its called): This really makes me mad. Often times I will push the next song button and it will go on pause or turn off. GRR! It's quite annoying and I hate that function. Also quite easy to mistakenly turn on.
~Not nearly enough bass. Disappointing.
~Its not very pretty.
Pros:
~Volume: Awesome range, and easy to find.
~ATRAC Options: I love the options this gives you... song name, artist, album, its incredible. I really reccommend using this program. The only bad thing is that the CDs you make do not play on other CD players. But who cares about them?
~Display: It constantly amazes me how the words just drift across the screen. My last CD player sucked, ok?
~Jog Dial: to the other commenter... learn how to use it. It's so useful, especially on ATRAC CDs. Learn those too. Technology amazes me.
~Favorites: Even though I don't much use this option, its really cool. It takes some time to figure out at first, but it's worth it.
~User's manual: call me a nerd, but I use it. And I love that I have to. All the options make it very useful and necessary. It explains things quite fully and easily.
~Hold button: a CD played without it is ridiculous.
~Battery life: its AMAZING. They say 90 hours, they mean it. Tip: use rechargable batteries. It is meant to use those, and they last the longest. No more wasted money on batteries!
~Radio. Although at times it sucks, it is ultimately very useful.
I think that covers everything... I highly recommend this CD player. Sony strikes again, another step towards world domination.