Panasonic E-Wear SV-SD50 MP3 Player (Panasonic-SVSD50)

Reviewed by: biker_thai

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Small, Light, Long Battery Life.

Weaknesses: Converts files to secure files so can not be used on other players???

Overall Evaluation: This player is light and compact (lighter than the keys in your pocket) It comes with a separate Panasonnic SD card reader so you don't have to connect the player to your computer. However, if you lose the card reader, you'll be in trouble. The data is transferred to the SD card through Real One. Real One places creates secured file in your SD card specifically for the player, so you can't copy it to some other computer through the card. (Sucks) Other than that, the player is everything it is advertised. It is light and the battery does last a long time. I've been using it of and on 1-2 hours each day for 5 days on a NIMH battery and its still going strong (The battery indicator does go from full to 1/2 full pretty fast. But it stays at 1/2 full for a long time). I put in a 256meg card so the player can contain enough music for a whole days worth of bike riding without changing card or battery. The unique play/stop/foward/revere toggle switch is so easy to use that I can do it blind. (Easier than a Yepp 64 with remote), The volume up/down button is next to the toggle is also easy to use blind. The three buttons for the other function are tougher to used blind but you don't use them much anyway. All in all the player is good. I'm not giving it 5 stars because of the way it handles the file transfer!!!