A good player even if its a bit outdated now... (Sony Walkman NW-A3000 20 GB)

Member Name: herbie__53

Product:	Sony Walkman NW-A3000 20 GB
Date:	30/01/09 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: Good storage, great sound quality.

Disadvantages: Size and weight

I bought one of these players about three (maybe four actually) years ago, and its still going strong. I think I paid 159.99 for it, it's the 20gb purple one. I bought it from Comet and took out the three year insurance on it, which actually paid off in the end as I will explain later. The player is quite heavy and bulky compared to the new ipods such as the ipod nano, I actually bought a 16gb nano a few weeks back and the size and weight difference is enormous. The player never let me down, it always worked as it should, no problem there. The software you use to manage the player is called SonicStage and is fine, its user friendly and you can easily view your music, create playlists and import cds. The software doesn't show the album art however. The player doesn't have a colour screen, it's a sort of dot-matrix white colour writing. But its kind of cool because when the player is switched off or in sleep mode you cant actually see where the screen is, it just looks like a big purple pod... The battery life was good at first, lasting 20 hours or so. But after a couple of years of fairly heavy use - and by fairly heavy I mean around 6 hours a day, 5 days a week - the battery would not even last four hours before giving up. Because I took out the extra three year insurance on it I took it back to Comet and explained the problem, and they sent it off to Sony to have a replacement battery fitted. It came back and the battery lasted as long as it did the day I bought it. BUT - I did lose all my music so make sure you have it all loaded on to your pc first!! I have heard that you can fit new batteries yourself but as mine was still under insurance I let them do it. The headphones you get with the player are a bit rubbish, I bought new ones. Its got loads of storage on it though, I have almost 3000 songs on mine and loads more space to fill.

Summary: It shouldnt let you down.

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