Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48352 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: NWS203FBC.CEW
• Released on: 2006-09-13
• Dimensions: .6 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Keep moving in style

The NW-S200 series WALKMAN combines sports-friendly features, ranging from a stop watch to a G-sensor to measure steps, distance and calories, in a stylish water-resistant body, boasting a unique easy to use design.

The NW-S200 series WALKMAN is a compact, sophisticated digital music player that allows you to get on with life. You want something that won’t slow you down or break your concentration. The new WALKMAN is lightweight with an aluminium body which is not only tiny, but completely seamless and water-resistant. Whether you’re hitting the slopes, riding your bike off road or battling the rain, the NW-S200 series won’t ever skip or drown.

Throw in a bright display, and you’ve got one seriously hot-looking WALKMAN. It’s the first WALKMAN to boast this stylish new look.

The easy-to-use navigational facility means you can quickly skip to the next cool track without ever missing a beat. All functions are easily operated via the jog dial shuttle.

And if you want to spice things up, you can move onto the Shuffle function by simply shaking the stick three times.

Get the most out of your exercise

Not only is the WALKMAN a highly resilient little player, thanks to the in-built gravity sensor (G-sensor) it also comes complete with a host of sports-related functions to help you really get the most out of your exercise without having to load up more equipment.

Together with the specially designed armband, which is included in the package, it allows you to keep moving without ever really noticing your WALKMAN is there.

You can check your timing with the stop-watch setting, dream of the next chocolate fix with the calorie and step counters, and when the hard work is done, you can even flick a switch to slow the pace of your music to fit in with your (well-deserved) cool-down.

And if you need of a bit of encouragement to get going, you can make use of the target features. For example, if you want to work off 300 calories in one go, you simply key in your instructions and let the music guide you: when the tunes stop, you know your work is done.

Using the ’Music Pacer™’ feature, you can programme the new WALKMAN to adjust to your pace: it will automatically skip between your pre-selected ‘Walking’ and ‘Running’ play lists dependent on what speed you’re doing. Your exercise programme will never have been such fun.

Get moving in only three minutes

If all this sports talk is giving you the sudden urge to get moving, get this: the WALKMAN also comes complete with an extra-quick three-minute charge, which stocks you up with three hours’ worth of music playback in the time it takes to grab some water and get out the door.

After a full 45-minute charge, the NW-S200 series give you 18 hours worth of continuous playback which is perfect for even the most die-hard of competitors.

And because you want to look cool even in the gym or on the track, the design is cutting edge and the colours a stylish silver, pink or black.

It’s ideal for even non-gym bunnies who just want a brilliant WALKMAN. It’s available in a variety of models for every use; it just depends on how much music you want to carry, and whether you’re after a radio.

The NW-S202F comes with an FM radio too; the NW-S203F features 1GB of space and FM radio while at the top of the range you have the NW-S205F with 2GB space and FM radio.

To make things even easier for you, the NW-S200 series also has multi-codec compatibility; this means you can listen to music files in ATRAC, MP3, WMA non DRM, AAC non DRM formats.

So whether you love or loathe exercising, the new WALKMAN range is designed to give you the extra boost you need to get out there and get moving.

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Customer Reviews

Top Notch
I have always bought Sony as the quality is excellent however, having researched this before buying, i was a little nervous after reading one review from a person who said that the sound was rubbish and was only good if you had hearing like a dog. I would just like to say he must be [...] as a post if he couldnt hear the superb sound quality that comes from this mini machine. i only had it turned up to 20 and it was begining to hurt my ears.
I run with it on the beach where it is always windy and could hear everything perfectly. The software is easy to use and transfer of tracks is relatively simple if you read the instructions, getting track info from tinternet is also very easy.
The kit is lightweight and looks quality, one thing though, to keep the sound quality buy some sony headphones for running as the ones supplied will fall out of your doglike ears!!
All in all, mint.

Nice little player
I bought this player primarily for running and in that respect it is a fantastic player. The distances measured with the device are pretty accurate once you have configured it. I find by far the best feature is the charging speed. A 3 minute charge gives 3 hour playback. A couple of caveats however are that the volume can on the low side and you are forced to use Sony's software which isn't exactly the nicest. The software forces you to transcode the music you want to put on to the device into Sony's format which although performed relatively quickly is a bit of an annoyance.

Nice little Piece of kit
I bought this with abit of caution as previous MP3 Players Ive had from Sony turned out faulty.
This one however I really do hope it doesnt develop any faults-Ive had it for less than a day and I love it!
Sound quality is brilliant, navigation(once read manual) is easy and quite different from anything else Ive had before.
The added features - Calorie counter & step counter are also very good. Not that I take any notice of of the Calories - But the step counter comes in handy, just for the sake of knowing how many steps & miles you have done!

Also for those type of people who enjoy there Music on the Shuffle mode - with a couple of hundred of my favourite songs on - Its brilliant. I got this model simply because anything over 1gb(1000 songs) Im never going to fill, I dont put albums on it, as I like the Shuffle to go through my choice of music. Plus if you ever get bored of your own Music - The Radio function is there for you to use. Very good reception so far - Although ive only used it once.

All in all - Highly recommended for anyone - Very Low price considering the little extras you get.
Love it!