Product Description

Sony NWZA818P 8GB Pink WALKMAN Video MP3 player, MP4 Video Player (MPEG4 AVC BL)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58158 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: NWZA818P.CE7
• Released on: 2007-09-14
• Dimensions: .39" h x .39" w x .39" l, .12 pounds
• Display size: 2

Manufacturer's Description

The Sony Video WALKMAN NWZA Series

Easy Operation Crystal clear display coupled with a simple user interface means that you can find your music, video and photos quickly and easily. Intuitively designed, the WALKMAN video offers enhanced searching (and cover art display) meaning you can conveniently access every classification (artist/album/genre etc) from the Now Playing page.

Video Playback Video playback lets you play video 'podcasts', downloaded content from other internet sites, TV content recorded directly to your PC, and even movies you shot on your camcorder. It's versatile and easy to use. You can change screen format from vertical (portrait) to horizontal widescreen (landscape) and you can zoom in during playback. Stores up to 1000 video files. High speed playback, up to 30 frames per second for smooth viewing. With the 8GB version, you can store as much as 32 hours of video (at 384kbs).

Photo Playback Your mobile picture library. Play your photos individually or use the slideshow setting. Plus you can even enhance the experience by adding a soundtrack. Easy to use, you can display your photos in portrait or landscape. The display format of the photo list can also be changed to your preference: ‘Title Only’, ‘Title With Thumbnail’ or ’Thumbnail Only’.

Your Music Downloads Your WALKMAN NWZA is WMT compatible, so you can purchase and download music from most online music providers – look for the ‘Plays for sure’ logo.

Easy Music Transfer Transferring music to your WALKMAN couldn’t be easier – simply select, drag and drop compatible files using ‘My Computer’ and you are ready to go!

Multi Format Music Playback The WALKMAN NWZA series plays a variety of file types including WMA / MP3 / AAC / Linear –PCM Intuitively designed, the WALKMAN video offers enhanced searching (and cover art display) meaning you can conveniently access every classification (artist/album/genre etc) from the Now Playing page.

4 Clear Audio Technologies WALKMAN has always stood for the highest quality portable audio. The WALKMAN video NWZA has four ‘Clear Audio’ technologies: Clear Stereo: Technology keeping the two signals clearly separate. So what you should be hearing in your left ear will never ‘leak’ into the right ear. Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE): This unique feature improves compressed audio quality restoring high frequency signals to poor recording. Clear Bass: Gives clear, rich bass without distortion. EX-Headphone: The unique shape of the earphones allows the biggest possible sound unit (13.5mm) whilst maintaining the most comfortable in-ear fit.

Display 2" QVGA colour LCD, high resolution (320 x 240), high brightness, high contrast and superior colour reproduction display your videos at their best. To avoid the problem sometimes experienced when viewing small screens, Sony has used its TV expertise to create a great picture. For example, using a low temperature poly-silicon TFT panel with LED backlight to reproduce 262,144 individual colours so mobile viewing does not mean compromising on quality.

Battery Life Prolong your entertainment with the WALKMAN video. Fully charged you can access thirty hours worth of music playback or eight hours of video. To fully charge the battery takes only three hours. *Music: ATRAC 132 kbps **Video MPEG-4 384kbps

Dimensions Big sound and big screen performance doesn't need to weigh you down. When you're on the move with a WALKMAN video, size is everything. Length: 88mm Width: 43.8mm Depth: 9.1mm Thinnest part of WALKMAN: 8.3mm Weight: 53g

Colour And Memory Options 8GB - Pink / Black / White - up to 5500 tracks or 32 hours of videofiles 4GB - Pink / Black / White - up to 2700 tracks or 15 hours of videofiles 2GB - Black / White - up to 1300 tracks or 7 hours of videofiles

Customer Reviews

Superb sound quality, crystal clear display... so simple!
I've had my new toy just a couple of days and it's so brilliant I can highly recommend it to anyone looking for alternatives to the ipod nano. Sony have completely revitalised the Walkman brand and done themselves proud with this one.

This A series is supremely easy to use when it comes to music & mp3 files. No special software required... it's plug & play. You just hook up your new player to your PC (no idea how easy this is to use with a mac) with the supplied USB cable and your player will start charging straight away. Once you're connected, you can either synchronise your music with files in your Windows Media Player if you use it (you'll need v.11 supplied with the player on CD or downloadable from the net) - just click a button and away you go - or you can drag and drop files from your C drive directly onto the player. Couldn't be easier!! So, when it comes to music it is fool proof.

There is a BUT... I'm still trying to work out how to get DVD files onto the player. The player doesn't come with conversion software to convert your DVD files into MP4's compatible with the player so you'll need to find (and buy if you want something reliable) the software to do this. I have the software now and have converted some files into MP4's successfully, I've put them on my player but it's coming up with "file not recognised" messages. I'm clearly doing something wrong but I'm not a novice at this kind of stuff and it's not simple to work out. Sony really should have supplied some help here with the player - some software would have been nice, and some simple set up guidelines. After all, it is a "video" Walkman.

That's my only grumble. I primarily bought my player for music (replacing my much out-dated iriver mp3 player). This is world's apart. It sounds fantastic. I'm not so keen on the earphones supplied as I don't find them that comfortable but have some other Sony in-the-ear earphones I bought just a short while ago. I've put 100 CDs on the player so far & still have 2.5GB of space left to play with. You can use it for storing photos too if you want. The Spiderman movie trailer that comes installed on the player is crystal clear. I'm sure I'll get my video files to work soon...

As an mp3 player I can totally TOTALLY recommend it. So easy to use & such fantastic sound quality. What more can you want? Super sleek and slim and the battery seems to just keep on going at the moment - just a brief plug into the PC tops it up for hours. I went for a deal where I got my player with a free leather case and neck strap - I can recommend these. In fact, I don't see why they don't come with as standard, as they're kind of essential of you're using it on the move (and who isn't?!).

Walkman have proven that they're "back" with this!

Cute and sounds great
Great little MP3 player that not only looks great (cute and girlie) but is really easy to use. Have loaded on lots of tunes and really love it. Highly recommended.

Sony Mp3.
Firstly my sister bought this in black, because her other sony mp3 was outdated and pratically broken. It was superb, the graphics on the video are excellent. The quality of the music was also superb, there are many settings you can change it to depending on the quality of the song (eg Studio, Live, Club, Arena, Matrix and Karaoke). Using this is also superb because if the song is really bad quality you can make it sharper.
You can store pictures on this mp3 which is superb when i want to show my friends.
There is a "hold" button, which prevents from using the battery and prevents from switching on and off from accidently pressing buttons.
If the mp3 is on "pause" for rougly about a minute it automatically switches itself off - Which i think is brilliant!
The mp3 itself is small and sleek, and so MUCH easier to use than a ipod.. they're only buttons on it.
The signs on the mp3 are very clear and precise it's easy to follow and easy to put songs on.. Just plug it in, drag and drop. BUT if you want a playlist you would have to use a program, any program would do. I use windows media and it works fine.
The screen is rather large, which is what i love about it.
There are two tiny screws on the back which on my sisters one fell off instantly, yet no harm has happened to it.
If you drop the mp3 nothing really happens it's quite a solid piece of metal. (considering i drop mine ALL the time).

The only bad point i have with it.. Is the fact that every 2 weeks to 1 month i have to reset it. Probably from where ive dropped it.
Ive only had it from April. But personally i dont see this as a major problem.
Also the earplugs which came with it, aren't that good and dont fit in your ears very well. (It might just be me though!)
Also previously to charge my mp3 i have had a charger which plugs into a plug. This time they only give you a USB. Which is rather annoying, but because i have a sony adaptor to a plug there is no problem.

Overall i think this mp3 is amazing. Totally better than a i-pod and all other mp3s!