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Panasonic E-Wear SV-SD50 MP3 Player (Panasonic-SVSD50)
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More…| Ease of use | Very good |
| Features | Good |
| Memory card slot | Secure Digital Card |
| Formats supported | MP3, WMA, AAC |
| Voice recording | No |
| Battery | Takes one AAA (not included) |
| Software | RealOne |
| Other features | USB Secure Digital Card Drive |
| Support policies | Very good |
| Policies | Ninety-day parts warranty, one-year labor warranty; 8.5-hour toll-call support weekdays, plus Saturdays |
Bottom Line
One of the smallest players we've reviewed, the SV-SD50 will easily fit in a pocket or hang as a pendant. The trade-offs are its display--one of the tiniest and least readable--and its relatively limited standard amount of memory.
Panasonic SV-SD50 E-wear SD Audio/MP3 Player
E-Wear SV-SD50 MP3 Player (Panasonic-SVSD50) Review, by Melissa J. Perenson January 30, 2003
WHAT'S HOT: This is one of the smallest MP3 players we have reviewed to date, measuring just 2.9 by 1.9 by 0.9 inches. Though some of the buttons are small, they are fairly easy to press, and larger buttons for changing the volume are on the side. There's also a wheel for navigating forward and backward. The unit lets you scan within a song--you can hear the song playing at a quicker-than-normal rate as you fast-forward to a specific point.
The SV-SD50 does not have a USB port, instead coming with a USB 1.1 Secure Digital Card reader/writer for quickly transferring music files. (Panasonic charges $80 for this drive by itself.)
WHAT'S NOT: The tiny three-line screen is difficult to read, and the curvature of its bottom edge doesn't help. This device has no internal memory, relying exclusively on the Secure Digital card; you'll have to pay about what the unit costs if you want to get a larger memory card.
WHAT ELSE: Though the content in the foldout manual isn't copious, it is adequate for getting you started. The RealOne software bundled with the SV-SD50 defaults to 96 kilobits per second, but you can manually set the Jukebox to encode music at 128 kbps. You'll also have to manually switch from the default AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format to MP3, assuming that's your preference. Copying files is relatively simple: First you create a playlist, and then you can select the "copy to" option and choose the device. Alternatively, you can select specific music files and then send those to the device. We fit about ten songs on a 64MB card, encoded at 128 kbps.
Sound quality was good in our tests. The included headphones fit over your head, but the earpieces are designed to sit inside your ears.
UPSHOT: One of the smallest players we've reviewed, the SV-SD50 will easily fit in a pocket or hang as a pendant. The trade-offs are its display--one of the tiniest and least readable--and its relatively limited standard amount of memory.
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Reviewed by: biker_thai
Strengths: Small, Light, Long Battery Life.
Weaknesses: Converts files to secure files so can not be used on other players???
Overall: 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!!!
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