Which mp3 player?

YorkshireTraveller

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

Do you have an ipod yourself?

simply use sharepod to extract the music from there onto your desktop then sync it over using the mp3 player you choose to buys software onto the mp3 player.

I don't - but my other half does - iPod and iTunes. I'm quite sad . . . have had the same 6 CD's in the car multichanger for a year!

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Well any mp3 player you choose will come with its own software to transfer so if you have the music outside of your itunes then it will be dead easy

pww2004

Second the Sony - easy to use and charges very quick (daughter has one).

Use USB plug charger and 1 hour charge lasts at least a couple of weeks.

YorkshireTraveller

Thanks to everyone for their help and advice.

The Sony it is then!

EricGeek

I suggest Sony mp3 player.

Esqui

I just bought the Sony B163 mp3 player, so I can vouch for it. As some have said above, it's not as loud as some (my old Archos Key was louder) but it's well built and got a good sound quality.

devizes18193

NeverAgain wrote: »

I read somewhere iTunes doesn't like syncing content onto some non-iPod mp3 devices.

If you are sure it will, fine, but might be worth double checking.

They don't .
However a way round it is to convert the songs you want to copy to mp3 I tunes makes a mp3 copy . Then use media player add music future wich will pick up on the mp3 songs you just made .

YorkshireTraveller

Just thought I'd update everyone that offered advice.

I bought the Sony NWZ-B163 off Amazon together with a [dual voltage] mains/USB plug for recharging. My other half has been copying songs from his iTunes onto a memory stick and passing it to me to copy onto my computer, these have been (mostly) in an .mp4a format. I've then used the (free) Switch Sound File Plus converter from NCH software [I already had this on my computer] to convert these files to .mp3 format which I've then copied onto the Sony mp3 player.

Really pleased with the outcome - may thanks for everyones help. My Aunt will be rocking on her cruise!

oldagetraveller

With some MP3 (maybe all sold in the EU) players the volume is limited if EU is selected as your location rather than the rest of the world during the initial switch on/ set up. Nanny EU trying to force us to listen at a volume of their choosing.
I always select rest of world and decide whether to potentially damage my hearing or not!

santer_2

With the Sony, there is common settings and an option to have AVLS on or off