Sony NWZB143B 4GB USB Walkman - Black
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Product Description
Ultra compact 4GB (1000 songs) Walkman® MP3 player with Bass Boost ZAPPIN™ song search and direct USB connection. With 3 minute quick charge and 18 hours battery life 3 minute quick charge When you need instant music on the go you don't want to wait hours for the battery to charge. Plug your WALKMAN® mp3 player directly into your USB port for quick charge and get 90 minutes playback time in just 3 minutes! Perfect for busy lifestyles and daily commutes. Quick charge for music on the move As well as outstanding battery life to keep you listening for longer you can charge up and go in just three minutes! Plug in your WALKMAN® for only 180 seconds and get up to three hours continuous playback - perfect for when you're in a hurry or simply don't want to sit around and wait! Drag-and-drop your favourite content Transferring video and music to your WALKMAN® is so easy with drag-and-drop you'll have your whole library at your fingertips in seconds. Using Windows Media Player 11® iTunes® or Windows Explorer managing your playlists and moving files over is hassle-free. Just drag drop relax and enjoy. Connect charge upload and go! Charging up and getting content onto your WALKMAN® is even easier with USB. Connect to your PC or laptop via USB port then sit back and let it soak up some power. Or upload new music and movies by simple drag and drop from Windows Media Player 11® iTunes® or Windows Explorer.
Customer Reviews
Good - when it worked!
As with some previous reviews, my Sony NWZB143B worked fine for 8 months, then suddenly stopped. Wouldn't charge, wouldn't come up on my computer. Luckily Amazon have taken it back to be refunded. (They don't have any more in stock - only 3rd party sellers). Don't touch this model.
Keeps crashing
I have had to send this product back twice. Constantly crashing and playing possum for the first couple of weeks. Then after a month it gives up the ghost and will not switch on. Avoid!!
Good even after a wash.
This is great for what I need it for - at the gym and pootling about. Volume is good enough with the bass function activated. Works with the pc very easily. It's been through a complete washing machine cycle and spin dry, and still works just the same. Very good value.
Good sound, but the comments about the USB cap are right!
Bought both this and the Samsung equivalent (YP-U5JAB) as one getting one for my dad and me. With the base option on this definitely has the better sound quality, but I agree with other reviewers on the USB protective cap. After removing circa 8 times it was getting close to dropping off on its own, to the point where I suggested to my dad he sellotape it between charging for fear of losing it (kept the Samsung as better for sports use). As an aside, it did at least open my eyes to Windows media as opposed to i-tunes (on Windows 7) and I now wish I had ripped all my music CDs on to this, but then we do have i-pods in the house as well so use i-tunes for those and Windows for the Samsung and Sony.
No fix
A relatively good player, the song and playlist ordering isn't great and I find that the voume is too low, none of the songs I put on my player stayed in any sort of order and there was nothing that would allow me to change on the player or the computer.
My biggest gripe with this player is actually a problem with sony, this palyer lasted around six months of daily use before it stopped registering itself as an mp3 player, all the songs where gone and it would not load to the navigation system, it just started up and tried to load for thirty seconds or so before turning off again, Sony will give me no information on how to fix this, apparently this is a low end product that can only be replaced and no repairs can be done. I spent to long trying to figure this player out and if I can't just fix it I'm not going to get another one.
