Originally Posted by
gossipgirly:
“Hi
I'm deciding which mp3 player I would like for Christmas and I've seen the Sony WALKMAN NW-A1200 8GB MP3 Player for £128.99, which seems to me to be a pretty good price for that amount of space. Does anyone have one and know if its any good/ any major problems?
If anyone has any other suggestions for me, it would be greatly appreciated. I want an mp3 player with at least 4GB and it must be less than £150, and relatively easy to get tracks onto(I don't have i-tunes)
Thanks for any advice
”
I have got one!!

- got it for my burfdee in September

(I have the black coloured one, as whilst I really liked the chrome silver one, I was scared of scratching it

) - but I have bought the Sony Walkman
carry case anyway, to keep the front cover all nice and pretty
anyhooooooo.......
The NWA1200 is the latest product in Sony's MP3 range - and according to "the man in the Sony shop in Bluewater" was brought out to sort of 'replace' the earlier versions of this model (the 20g one) as the SonicStage software is able to convert or download more song formats (ATRAC, WAV WMA etc) (and.............I have managed to copy over all my iTunes purchased music files!!

sssshhhh! )
The SonicStage software that comes with the player has been zzzzzched up

as apparently, the previous version was clunky, slow and crap!
This version is very easy to use - you just install the software as is - plug the USB cable into the PC port, plug it into the Walkie and then insert your CDs into the drive, import it the music in by just clicking on the Music Source prompt; once the CD tracks have been copied over to the puter hard disk, you can either select all or just choose what tracks you want to transfer over, then click the transfer arrow or use the drop down transfer menu and within one minute, the files are on the player!!
It really is as easy as that!
You then can develop a comprehensive music file on your hard disk and anything you do or change to this, you can then change the details on the player.
The sound is fab too......although, I have purchased separately, "around the ear" phones, so I can listen whilst laying in bed; those "plug" type phones hurt my ears after awhile
You can build your own sound choice too, choosing bass/treble etc
The little screen display gives all the information about the track/artist you are listening to....
Tracks can be selected by artist, year, genre etc or Intelligent Shuffle...or you can just create your own playlist in SonicStage and transfer it over or bookmark the tracks you like as they are being played and just play those.....
I have also bought the
Sony Sound Dock speaker set so I can listen in and around the house
and I have on order, a little
portable speaker set set to take with me so, so I can listen in the car!! (I am also waiting for the remote control device as well, so hurry up please Mr Amazon man!)
I am so impressed with my little player, I will be buying two more, for my children, for their Christmas presents!
So yes.........in a nutshell -
I LOVE MY SONY WALKMAN NWA1200 MP3 PLAYER!!
EDIT:
they are £128.99 from Amazon - mine cost £149 (from Sony Bluewater) only 6 weeks ago!!!
Last edited by weedledeedle : 22-11-2006 at 10:18