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(9 customer reviews) 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
The YP-U1 512 meg player is absolutely fantastic!,
February 19, 2006 HomeUser - See all my reviews
This review is from: SAMSUNG YP-U1X 512MB USB MP3 Player (Electronics)
I have a Samsung YP-MT6Z that I use often, but was intrigued by the new design and the new features that this YP-U1 offered, so I opted to purchase the 512 meg model.
Since I'm a very heavy audio book listener, two new features (ones not offered in the YP-MT6Z) in particular appealed to me.
- Adjustable Search Speed
- Adjustable Skip Interval
Fellow audio book listeners can probably appreciate those two functions. Sometimes you get audio books that have tracks every 3 minutes or so, but others may have entire sections of the book divided into very large chunks, say 70 or more minutes long.
When they are in huge chunks like that (I have had one book that was provided in segments that were 240 minutes long each), you may have to do quite a bit of fast-forwarding, and depending on the configuration, that can be a pretty slow process.
Many players only offer a single, fixed fast-forward speed and only allow skipping forward on...Read more
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Solid, but with one quirk.,
February 27, 2006 Jonathan Acheson "Jon Acheson" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SAMSUNG YP-U1X 512MB USB MP3 Player (Electronics)
So far, for the price I paid, this seems like a far better deal than the iPod Shuffle that was its competition.
Sound is good, operation is straightforward: it works like a flash drive, just copy your MP3 folders in and you're good to go.
The one sticking point I have found is that it is finicky about which USB sockets it will work in. It wants a socket with a good power supply, which means that it won't work in unpowered USB hubs. It won't work in the USB ports on the front of my computer, for instance, but will work just fine in the ports on the back of the computer. Likewise, it doesn't like the USB port on the keyboard of my Mac at work, and gives a "USB Low Power Notice."
Under Windows, plugging it into a USB port without enough power causes the Device Manager dialog to flash on and off, apparently because the electronics aren't working 100%. You get the same behavior in the dialog that lets you shut down removable devices before ejecting...Read more
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Very Nice Mp3 Player,
February 24, 2006 H. Chou (Somewhere, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SAMSUNG YP-U1X 512MB USB MP3 Player (Electronics)
1. It's almost exactly the same size as an iPod Shuffle.
2. The 4-line display is clear and bright with white backlit LCD.
3. Multi-lingual support (14 languages) for both menu and Mp3 tags -- pretty nifty.
4. Built-in rechargeable battery, charges in a USB port.
5. The USB jack "flips" out so there's no cap to lose.
6. The menu controls are pretty intuitive.
7. The build quality is very good.
I would recommend the Samsung YP-U1X over the iPod Shuffle. It is just so much more versatile a product with an LCD screen.
