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Sort Results BySort By: AvailabilitySort By: Merchant RatingSort By: Price Sony Vaio VGF-AP1L (40 GB) MP3 Player Sony Vaio VGF-AP1L (40 GB) MP3 Player Best Price:$37.00 Product Rating 3.5 out of 5 Read Product Reviews Merchant & Rating Product Details Price* Availability* PDAPreferred Usually Ships within 24 hours Rated 4.000 / 5 Sony VGF-AP1L Portable Music Player MP3 & MP4 & PMP Battery (CS-SAP1SL) Sony VGF-AP1L Portable Music Player Replacement Battery designed specifically for your Sony MP3 & MP4 & PMP device. Designed with performance and reli... $36.88 Buy it from PDAPreferred In Stock Shipping Info: $9.00 Product Reviews from Amazon.com (Rating System 1 to 5) Review Rating Last Updated wonderful unit that has exceeded my hopes After having this unit for about 3 months, I am still in love with it. Like many consumers, I researched several MP3 players and found the Vaio to be a very good choice for the price. Although the unit is slightly larger than ipods, its design makes you forget about it. I have never had a problem throwing it in a pocket. By utilizing the remote, there is no need to ever dig through your pocket. Pros: 1. generic things like the color screen, large capacity, great asthetics, ect... 2. the remote is a godsend. it allows me to scroll without digging through my pocket. it is a one handed operation. 3. The user interface allows for many more navigation options. Although it takes some getting used to, the touch grid is a nice feature. All the common extras that you need can be accessed while on the now playing screen. No more scrolling through menus to turn on shuffle of EQ's (ipod). 4. Sound quality was the main reason for me buying this unit. I have always been skeptical about MP3 due to its audio compression. However, the Vaio excells in reproducing MP3s more like a wav quality. I have directly compared the vaio to the ipod and it makes me wonder how people can listen to the ipod. The vaio extends further into the lower frequincies, while also reducing audible distortion. If you are looking for sound quality, this is your unit. 5. Battery life is amazing. Although they claim 20 hours, its hard to really see that happening. Last week I used the vaio at full volume, with full EQ on, and shuffling through all the songs. The unit played for over 14 hours with occasional specific song selections. After 9 hours I was thinking that it was going to die, but it kept going. Cons: 1. headphones are a stupid length. The ont sound too bad though. However, mine have already malfunctioned, causing the right one to go in and out. good news if new headphones are cheap. 2. software has some issues. I havent been really annoyed with it yet, but there are some glitches. 3. I wish the scrolling device went faster. I have a lot of artists on mine, so to get to the end it takes a while. This is the only thing that the ipod has on the vaio. Apple's scroll speed is something that could be useful. Again, I haven't been fully annoyed with it though, I am just nitpicking. 4. When I have the unit in my pocket and i am really walking fast, I have noticed that it can skip. Just slowing down for a second usually brings it back to normal though. 5 Today Awesome awesome awesome After months of research on ipod alternatives, I purchased an Vaio Pocket (sale, $239) and was very impressed. I take it everywhere with me, very unfortunate the product had such a short shelf-life; I also bought (and returned) the newer Sony 20GB mp3 walkman, but decided I wanted graphics. I can support the reports of the reviewers about the graphics quality, it's really sweet. If you can't find a case, PDAir's site is selling VERY functional ones, as Sony's are a bit difficult to track down these days. As for the discouraging remarks about the included headphones, I have to say that it would be the same with any other player, from any other brand. Definitely not unique to Sony. Affordable ear buds with a longer cord are available just about every wear. The cool thing about the Vaio Pocket is that you don't even have to use the screen to navigate through your album (there's an included cord menu navigation thingy that you hook up to the earbuds). All I wish for is a travel charger or battery extender... 5 Today Vaio Pocket - Amazing & Stylish I bought this after much searching - in fact I bought an ipod mini for my wife so I have some experience of both brands. For those who love their music quality and want some style this machine is a great choice. 1. It is a 40GB player and cost £199 when I bought it - you will struggle to get a different 40GB player for £199 anywhere (even if it is being discontinued) 2. The screen is ace and displays almost all the information you could ever want to see of any track. The track title The Album cover The Artist The sequence number of the track (1 of 11 of an album or 211 of 9500 if you are just playing randomly from tracks on the machine. The elapsed time AND the track length AND a graphics of how far along in the track you are. The current time. The battery life That is a lot of information to put on one screen. 3. Browsing your music is made easy. The album display shows both album name and artist name as you search through. When searching by track - it displays artist as well. 4. The sound quality is excellent and there is EQ management. 5. Cradle is a boon. Keeps machine protected and sturdy and provides drop in and out when when connected to either PC or stereo equipment. Also it is a great place to leave the machine when not using it meaning it will always be charged when you want to use it. 6. Navigation is simple once learned - same with ipod - you have to learn it first. 7. Robust build quality. 8. Battery life is excellent - I get at least 20 hours. (That is with a mix of Atrac3+ (64kbps)and mp3(192kbps) files. Every review I have seen quotes 20 as the minimum. 9. The searching mechanism (with the firmware upgrade) means I can search through 9600 tracks in a bout a minute just by keeping my finger on a button. This is impressive. 10. You can transfer pictures to it from teh camera. This is not limited ot sony cameras - I have an olf Fuji F601 Zoom and to connect it to a XP PC you need to download the drivers. I was able to connect it to the AP1 and download the pics directly - AMAZING!! I have had to reset it twice(or thrice) I think but on the whole it is an absolutley excellent machine and well worth the money. It is let down by the software - Sonicstage - which must be used to manage the music on the player. Sonicstage is not terrible in it's functionality but in it's operation(although there are some real holes e.g. not being able to create playlists on the PC and transfer them to the player without retransferring the tracks). It holds up the PC it works on and is generally slow. Once the music is on the player however - you are free and can enjoy it. With the firmware upgrade you no longer need to convert mp3 files to Atrac - they just copy directly onto the player. Also instead of using Sonicstage 2.3, 3.2 has just been released which is a big improvement. It uses USB2.03 so is very fast. I love it - I have 9882 tracks on mine (there is nothing like having all your music with you) and have nearly 5 GB left. This is in addition to hundreds of pictures. I thoroughly recommend this wonderful piece of Kit. 5 Today another unsatisfied customer I was initially very impressed with the sony vaio music player aamazed at the 40gb size also it looked cool a little big and heavier then some other players but i figured i could live with it for 40gb. however i had problems with the battery running out after a few hours at times also the screen would freeze at times and it wouldnt allow me to reset restart or shut down. rather i would have to wait for the battery to run down before recharging it. despite this i didnt ask for it to be fixed accepting these as relatively minor problems. however it later stopped working altoghether after 9 months so within the warranty period. i sent it to sony which took a week or 2 to pick it up and they sent me an invoice after 3 weeks claiming it was out of warranty and i should pay £201GBP (APPROX) for repairs - i could buy a brand new player for this price - or approx. £40GBP to have it sent back to me unrepaired because there is apparently some minor water damage and as such sony will not repair the item. so i am currently without a player as such i would warn anyone against purchasing a sony player in light of the restrictive warranty policy which does not cover everyday wear and tear. 1 Today Great Product/ Alternative To iPod But Versatility Is Limited Sony almost hit a homerun on this one. The product has an excellent user interface, huge storage capacity and superior sound!! However, Sony missed the boat in a couple of crucial areas. 1) The only way to charge the unit is to place it in the cradle. This is fine if you only use it on the subway or bus ride from work. However, for those of us who travel extensively,it would have been nice to include a charger port on the unit so that you can take along a power adapter and not have to pack the cradle as well. 2) Yes, the unit allows you to store and view pictures, however, what Sony doesn't tell you is that the delay between each picture is excrutiatingly slow. On the iPod, scrolling between pictures is for all intents and purposes, instantaneous. Not with the Vaio. There is at least an 8-10 second delay from one picture to the next(for high res pictures). I expected more from Sony. Also, the fact that they have discontinued this product and don't seem to have a replacement, lends one to assume that they are waving the white flag to iPod. 3 Today Better than an IPOD in most ways (with new firmware) The audio quality on the VGF-AP1L is better than the ipod. The menus are better, the pointing devices is not quite as nice but after a while it ain't bad. The device looks better than the ipod IMHO. With the new firmware the transfers of MP3 is very fast (they do not get converted to ATRAC but DRM is added). The only complaint I have is the Photo Viewer does not seem to offer a thumbnail feature (if someone knows how to do this let me know.) the album jacket feature does have a thumbnail feature so it should be possible. 4 Today really cool i got this item a week ago and i think its really great! the reason i bought it is because i think it looks so much better than an ipod, and that its a sony (never had a problem with sony products before). sure enough, when the package arrived i was not disappointed. it looks even better than in the pictures and it is very easy to operate. the battery lasts very long and the connect store is user friendly. now for the bad stuff... 1.the software supplied is obsolete..you have to go to the sony website to download the latest version of the firmware as well as the the software for downloading music at the connect store. Once you finish the upgrades though, the vaio pocket works beautifully. 2. This product has been discontinued, though i dont see any reason why since sony does not have other 40gb music players available. this could be a bad thing if you need replacement parts in the future (though i spoke to a sony rep and they said they do have replacement parts even if the product has been discontinued). this could also be a good thing though: you'd be one of the few people who own this sleek piece of electronics. do i recommend this player? absolutely. 5 Today Great MP3 player First the good... 40GB of space with a real battery life of 14hrs. With the updated firmware you can use native MP3s. Sound quality is excellent. Vaio Pocket supports gapless track playback, Color screen, Store all your photos and you can use it as an external HD. And now the bad... there is just one thing in this list... the user interface is not very user friendly. I got used to it quickly but it did take some getting used to. I love the Vaio Pocket... I'd buy it over an Ipod any day. 5 Today It suprised me to say the least! My 5 Star rating is based on my 2 weeks love affair with Vaio Pocket after three upgrades that are ESSENTIAL for out-of-box product. The upgrades allow the player to BECOME MP3 Player. If you don't upgrade it will be ATRAC3 plus Player, which is Sony version of MP3. First install the software's on the CD that comes with the player. Then do the following steps: Upgrade 1: Firmware on Vaio Pocket to version 3.0 from Sony Site: http://www.css.ap.sony.com/VAIO/download/downloadList.asp?cat=VAIO%20Accessories&Model=VGF-AP1 Upgrade 2: Vaio File Transfer program from Sony Site: http://www.vaio-link.com/Vaiopocket/downloads/downloads.asp?l=en&f=VMTU Upgrade: Sonic Stage 3.2 from Japanese Site (Link is for English version): http://www.aii.co.jp/contents/sonic/_data/sony-ss32/SonicStageInstaller.exe This MP3 Player when connected to you PC is recognized as a removable Hard disk. So, using the Vaio Music Transfer program or Sonic Stage, you can copy your MP3 files as easy as drag and drop. Use Music Transfer Program if you have lot of MP3 in an organized format. The copy speed is much better than I've seen in iPODs and Rio's. I didn't find using the G-sense pad to browse and play my music files. I felt it was just as easy, as the wheel on iPOD. Pros: 1. It has to be the screen. As good as any screens from Sony and it's bigger than iPOD Photo. 2. 40GB hard-disk 3. Jacket Picture (Cover Art) that you can assign to your albums. Player displays it while playing songs from that album. 4. Sound quality better than many other MP3 Players including iPOD. 5. You can transfer pictures from Sony and several other digital cameras to this player without PC. But you need to have the cradle, which comes with the player as it has the USB outlet. 6. Very cool remote that can be used to navigate some simple features while listening to music. It has a two-line LCD screen. 7. Can be used as removable hard disk with 40GB capacity. 8. Replaceable battery unlike iPOD. 9. 20+ hours of runtime once charged fully compared to 5-8 hours on iPODs. 10. Very classy color metal and finish. Cons: 1. It definitely has to be the length of headphones cable. I wish it had couple more feet. Fortunately, it's not an expensive accessory to buy. 2. Have to have the cradle to handy if USB connetion is needed or when it's time to charge. But with 20hrs life on battery, it's something we can live with. 3. Less choice of cases unlike iPOD which sometimes is worth buying just for the cool cases out there. I got a case from PDAir site which is made for this player. Excellent quality. So, no complaints now. 4. Crashes when playing some corrupt MP3 files. The solution is to delete that file using SonicStage software after restarting. For $250, I think it beats iPOD Photo in many areas. I personally, would prefer this over iPOD even if it was same price as we get several accessories already included with the Sony and the battery is replacable and sounds and feels better. If you are a techie, you will even find it user friendly like the iPODs which is it's main strength. 5 Today Very nice mp3 player. As soon as i got this, i did a firmware upgrade, so I do not have much experience with firmware version 2. I had some problems transfering my wma files, which sonic stage was supposed to convert for me. The program would just crash every single time i did it. Mp3 files transfered fine, however. While there's no one aspect of Sonic Stage I can point out to say that it's bad, the program isn't very well made. Something's there that makes it seem bad, but I can't quite place it. The player is harddrive based, so there were short pauses when navigating large menus of playlists, albums, etc, but the pause wasn't that long, so I didn't mind. I expected a little bit of lag time for the harddrive to spin-up. The screen is absolutely beautiful on this music player, and the GUI is very nicely made, but I wish there were more skins. Sony gives you 4 skins and the default to use, but they give you the ability to add more; I couldn't find any skins to download on the internet though. Sound quality is very clear, with low noise levels. I haven't used this in loud places, but it feels like this player won't get loud enough in those situations. The included headphones are weak, so I recommend buying another set. A player of this quality deserves better headphones. I use a pair of Sony MDR-G74SL street style headphones, which has a decent sound output. Looking at screenshots and pictures makes this unit look really big and bulky, but when seen in person, it looks sleek, small, and aesthetically pleasing. The design screams high quality design. The remote that is included is very nice, as it is able to control almost everything that the player itself can do. Though this unit has flaws, its strengths greatly outweigh the weaknesses. 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