MP3 player- easy to use

Posted: Thu, Jun 02 2011, 11:41 am Post subject: MP3 player- easy to use

Does anyone have any recommendation for a very easy to use MP3 player? Like, an "MP3 for Dummies?"

I don't really use the mp3 for music, usually I listen to various shiurim when I drive to work. I want something that has a screen that's easy to navigate, a way to pause in the middle of a shiur, etc. I don't need video, wi-fi, apps, or anything like that.

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I got a cheap one from ebay (chinese seller) for $18 for exactly that, I didn't bother with the manual. I just pressed the buttons till it did what I wanted. It's not that dummified (no easy labels to see what does what) but I still managed to figure it out (and even better -- teach my husband how to record!) without trying to decipher the manual.
If you're interested, I can see if there is a link on ebay for the same model.
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Posted: Thu, Jun 02 2011, 11:53 am Post subject: re: MP3 player- easy to use

nah, thanks anyway. I am specifically looking for something that is easy to navigate when I am trying to find a specific that I downloaded from a CD or something like that... Does that make sense? Ie- if I have the set of Dina Friedman CDs, and if I specifically want to listen to "Information session from week 20" then I want to be able to find it easily.

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This has a screen that displays text/video (it even has an e-reader, despite it's miniscule size...wonder who uses that feature!) so you can label things on your computer, and you'd find it, but it might not be what you're looking for.

If you want to borrow mine to try it out, let me know...but yeah, I wouldn't get it unless you knew for sure it did what you wanted it to do.

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Posted: Fri, Jun 03 2011, 10:35 am Post subject: re: MP3 player- easy to use

thanks for that suggestion! seems like creative has some reasonable priced ones on amzon in the "zen" line....

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-Mozaic-EZ300-Player/dp/B002BDTLX6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

any opinions? it says this has a bookmark feature, which is great for listening to a shiur, and coming back to the same spot later on in the day.

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Can you record? Did you want that option?

(Not all of them have a bookmark option? Mine automatically starts where I left off....I did NO research though.)