[pct-l] MP3

[Brian Lewis]

Tatoo Joe said:
“I like the Sandisk 4g mp3, and they do not make it anymore ... am looking
for one or another brand that meets the same specs, any suggestions?”


Can't match the memory capacity, but otherwise a ~comparable choice would be
what I'm carrying --- a Creative MuVo v100.  I  read good reports on it from
one of various online backpacking discussion groups, don't recall which one.


It takes a single AAA battery, claims to get about 18 hours per battery.
With a normal (not lithium) battery included it weighs 1.6 oz.  UI isn't the
best in the world but acceptable.  No radio included, but does include a
voice recorder, which I find to be handy on the trail.

I have the 2 GB model, the largest one they sell in this model.  About $70,
here for example:
http://tinyurl.com/26sctu

I was somewhat bummed by the built in limit to just 3 folders at first, and
the documentation is somewhat skimpy.  Reading online elsewhere I later
figured out that I can manually add per-album or per-artist sub-folders and
navigate that way on the device.  Not as good navigation as my Rio MP3
player, but I can learn to live with this.

And it supports DRM, so I can buy audio books for it from places such as
www.audible.com   I've got maybe 150 hours or so of audio books loaded on
mine with something like 1/2 GB left over to carry the music that I listen
to most often.



	Brian Lewis