Tag : nf600 atrac, sony d, player with, digital tuner, portable cd, am fm

Company : Sony List Price : $169.99 Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• Portable CD player compatible with MP3 files and Sony’s ATRAC3plus compression technology; 4-line display with ID3 tag recognition
• Built-in FM, AM, TV, and Weather Band radio with 51 station presets
• Includes remote control, carry case, and SonicStage CD Simple Burner software to facilitate ATRAC3plus CD burning
• Skip-free G-Protection technology eliminates or reduces skipping during many active uses
• More than 42 hours extended playback with 1 AA battery (not included)

Product Description

SONY D-NF600 — From the bicycle to the boardroom, this player delivers performance in spades, keeping you entertained and informed up to the moment. SonicStage Software Supplied 4-Line Dot Matrix Display File View Display Image Jog Dial Navigation with Easy File Search Supports ID3 Tagging and CD Text Customizable Equalizer Clip-On Style Remote Control Supplied Up to 80 Hours Continuous Playback with 1 AA Battery (Not Included) Off Timer Auto Shut Off Feature to Conserve Battery Life Skip-Free G-Protection(TM) Technology CD-R/RW Playback 18 Playback Modes Auto Ranking Playback Function Bookmark Playback Function for Easy Programming Carry Case Supplied Digital Volume Control Heat Resistant Lid 2 Position Automatic Volume Limiter System ( AVLS ) Color - Silver

Customer reviews

Easy Listening
This CD player is easy to use, the sound is great, and the earphones are comfortable - all features that were important to me. It has other, more advanced features that I probably never will use - but I knew that when I bought it. I do wish it had come with an AC adapter, since I use it primarily at home in bed.

A fantastic buy!!
The sound is exceptionally good which is what I wanted. I am an older person; but found it very easy to learn the various functions involved because it is digital. I would recommend this particular model to anyone who enjoys clear sound plus the choice of AM, FM, TV and weather!!

love it
this is my first cd player. i looked at lots of them before i purchased this one. i felt it was the best for the money. easy to use and sound is great.

OOPS SONY DOES IT AGAIN? NOT As good as first indicated
UPDATE: 6-6-05 Just lost functionality of the Remote again. last time I had to send entire player back, as it was NOT the remote. So in 3 months this is the 2nd player to suffer the same problem. I’m not sure I want to send it back to get yet another player that will suffer the same problem within a few weeks. AARGH! I had said I was pleased with the “initial” quality. I guess “initial” in this case means “Short Lived”. I’ll stand by the rest of my review:

I purchased this CD/MP3/AM/FM Player despite some of the negative reviews I read. Primarily because of my experience with SONY overall and because it had an AM tuner (which I need to receive baseball games!!). I have to say that I am extremely pleased with the initial quality and functionality of this player; and have to say that it performs as advertised. The only drawbacks that I can find are: the display is not backlit, the radio reception is just OK: local stations within 30 miles I get, beyond that it’s static or very location (elevation) dependent; the carrying case seems a bit over designed for “carrying on one’s pants”.

I found the Sonic Stage software to be better than described by reviewers. I have a CD burner at work for professional reasons and I have a very slow burner at home (8X), yet this software (which allows you to connect to Sony to do an upgrade in place to 3.0 from 2.0) burns the CD rather quickly once it converts the files for compression. That does take a long time, but not so long that it is not worth the wait. My son is so jealous that I can fit 300 songs on a CD and he is on his third cheepo CD/MP3 player. With the money he has spent so far, I spent a little more a got a much finer product.

The Skip-Free G-Protection is great. I’ve dropped it several times while it’s been playing CD’s from 3 to 4 feet onto my carpet at home and it’s not skipped once. It has also taken a ride in my car (around turns) without missing a beat. Wish Sony (or someone) made a Dash(board) connecting kit. I think I will make my own using double sided tape and velcro.

Sony does it again.

I have never bought a SONY product and been disatisifed.

The new king of the hill?
THE GOOD

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Top 3 Features that beat my Rio Volt SP250

1)Battery life >30 hrs (maybe 40+)

Much better than my RIO 250 of 10 hrs

2)Shake proof

Light years ahead of sp250

3)AM radio

excellent reception

-Sound quality is great

what were other complaining about?

-275 songs to a CD in ATRAC

120 typically with MP3s

-Uses 1 standard AA battery (no gumstick battery)

Who is the moron who thought it was so important to make the player thinner? Its the width thats the problem and Sony did a great job trimming it.

-Small and light

Just a little thicker than slim models but still uses a std AA battery (big plus for me)

-Reasonably loud

Seems louder than 5mw feels the same as my 7mw rio sp250

-FF/RW in mp3 or ATRAC

No Panasonic can do it

-Decent 4 line display

Not as good as the rio

-Starts up from song where it was turned off last.

only if you dont open cover. SP250 tracks the last 10 cds or so

-Useful little remote control

-Seems much, MUCH, MUCH tougher than the brittle plastic of my rio sp250

THE BAD

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-FM, TV and Weather bands have very bad reception

my rio FM reception sucked also. Is a radio so hard to build?

-Firmware not upgradable

-No display on the remote

-Jog dial not nearly as helpful as it seems if you make a disk properly with subdirectories

-Doesn’t remember where you left off of last disk let alone last 10 or so like the iriver.

-Not nearly as many config settings as riovolt / iRiver products

-No WMA support

THE DETAILS

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After trying a number of low and midlevel units and owning the best model of its time, the Rio SP250, I have to admit this sony really rocks. I started with my 1st mp3 player, the Koss cpd 3100. A shockingly good unit for its time and price. I still have it and would use it in a pinch. It lacked only in ID3 support, battery life and handling R3MIX mp3s. My second unit was the excellent rio SP250. For the right price I would probably buy it again but it was time to move on.

My new choice seemed to come down to a contest between a sony and an iriver. The only other possible competition at the moment seems to be Phillips or Samsung. Never got my hands on the samsung but the one phillips I tried seemed to have potential but it was a lower end unit.

The real question is how good is this model compared to the competition? I wish I had some personal time with the new iriver units but instead I read all the reviews I could find on them. Comparing them with my knowledge of other models plus my 2+ years experience with my very excellent rio sp250 I think I have good feel for the market.

I loved my rio/iriver sp250 but it has a delicate case, is bump sensative and has been taking a beating. Reviews tell me the newer iriver units still have the same problems. They add to the battery problem because of those stupid gumstick batteries. The plus side showed the upgradable firmware was better than ever

and you could play with settings for hours. Is that really the reason for music or a CD player? In reality I stopped playing with settings years ago so uber congurability wasn’t a hot point.

When my wife told me she had sony credit points I could use, that made my decision for me. I bought the D-NF600 and so far am very happy. It fits in the pocket well, takes a shaking better than anything I’ve ever even heard of and the battery really lasts. I’d rather have 2 batteries and 80 hours but its still 3-4 times my rio. It has an LED that is supposed to be able to shut off but I can’t find the setting. I may also have to return it because my backlight doesn’t work on this unit but I have a trip coming up soon and so at the moment you’d have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. If you could have the best of this unit and the best of the iRiver it would make the perfect player. Next stop is a unit that can use DVD media. 9GB here we come.

I hope this review has been helpful. I made it long because I was so tired of reviews that said players were either excellent or sucked with no reference or comparison. I hope this puts things into perspective and please add any corrections or additions.

Damon