OK, here are a couple of things, I found out about MP3-CD-players: iRiver players are relatively accessible, although they use a menu system, for which one might need sighted help, to adjust some initial settings. They all have the fine study beep mode (see my Main Menu review for the IMP-150). With most of their CD players, one has to use the remote control for some functions. The only fine current players, for which this is not the case are the iRiver IMP-700 and 700T. They have all the buttons on their casing. As much as I know, the 700 and 700T aren't available in the U. S. As I said, the other players like the IMP-550 are useable too, they may even sound better, but one has to use the remote to operate them.
Panasonic nowadays makes CD-MP3-players which resume at the exact stop position. Earlier models from them only remembered the beginning of the last played title. However even the current models cannot cue or review on MP3-CDs. One cannot go back a sentence or two in an MP3 talking book. Some Philips MP3-CD-players also remember the exact stop position, but it is not too reliable and one cannot cue or review on MP3 CDs. So for me, the only alternative to iRiver MP3-CD-players are the ones from Sony. They even have one significant advantage: Buttons for previous and next directory. With iRiver players, one has to first press forward or backward briefly and then hold it to go to a different folder, but with the new Sonys, one just presses a button on the player. The D-NE300 has all the buttons on its casing, no remote control required. It can remember the stop position of the current CD as long as you don't open the lid, and one can cue and review in all types of CDs it plays: MP3, ATRAC and Audio CDs. The cuing and reviewing on MP3 CDs sounds a bit strange, like a not so good cell phone connection and one cannot set different cuing speeds as with iRiver MP3-CD-players, but it is useable. I heard, that the D-NE300 costs around 60 bucks in the U. S. <*** Michael Lang ***> You wrote: > Michael, Are all Iriver players equally accessible? If not, would you > please give us a capsule synopsis of the differences? Thanks. > Don Roberts > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:54 AM > Subject: Re: cd/mp3 players > Sony D-NE300 or a new iRiver. > <*** Michael Lang ***> > You wrote: >> I have an iriver player which broke. I am looking for a rather cheap >> player which has true resume for at least one disk. Any suggestions? >> Thank you. >> Kurt >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
