Freeze again and again.

Whne i recently purchased an i-pod it worked up untill about a week before freezing twice both within th same week or so.Then not so later after this is went completely black and unfortunately hasnt been working since.

Sandisk MP3

Great little item. Easy to use and good quality. only slight drawback is time to recharge the battery, but that really does not deviate to much.

Not bad for the price

For the money, I guess this isn't a bad little machine, but I'd agree with all the other people who've said that it's a bit too quiet. In an otherwise quiet environment it's fine, but out in the real world, even at full volume, it really doesn't cut the mustard. I find it loud enough for rock music, but pretty useless for talking books, on the street or on the train, and especially on planes. You can't hear a damn thing! I'm not a big classical listener, but I also find that orchestral stuff isn't as loud as it might be. Listening to a Star Wars soundtrack the other morning as I walked to work, I could barely hear it even at full volume, and the road I was walking alongside wasn't THAT busy. I think I can reasonably expect the London Philharmonic at full volume on a walkman to blow my head off.

Also, I find it REALLY doesn't like CDs that I've burned myself, and won't play them, despite the fact that it's supposed to be able to cope with CDRs.

So if you're going to be using it indoors, it's pretty good. But out and about, I'd spend the extra money and get something else.

Do not buy !!

I have had the displeasure of buying 2 of these ipod radio remotes now and both have broken within 6 months, the radio is rubbish and the wires connecting the remote to the ipod have formed a loose connection in the same place in both remotes i have had and the sound keeps cutting out.
Do not buy this remote it will not last very long and is expensive compared to the rest and definitely do not buy for the radio.

Apple Products are unreliable and poorly made

I would never buy another Apple product after my experience with Ipods. I have had one for one year that I have gotten replaced 6 times, and after buying an extended warrenty they informed me that the warrenty was not registered on the computer (by the fault of the APPLE store I bought it at) and thus they could not find it on their system. Their customer service is not helpful, the products are extremely poorly made, and the only reason they are successful is because they have become a trend, not because they are a worthwhile investment.

hours of entertainment, i reccomend this product..

i bought this player a while ago, and i'm am nothing but pleased so far, origionally i was looking for an MP3 player, but this is a GREAT alternate, altho i have not tested the software that comes with it, i used Nero6 express.. the quality good, i heard someone say about the earphones supplied were not loud enough, but i use some from my old player anyway. overall i think this is a great player at a really decent price, in my opinion totally worth buying! (its great to have a few hundred songs on one CD and battery power last very long!)

I would give it 0 stars if I could

I am truly disappointed with this, the sound quality is terrible. If you turn it up the distortion is really bad. The build quality seems good but when you look a little closer mine is inset crokedly. I brought the stereo speaker and chargepak with itso it all came to around £160.00 (not from Amazon), I am taking it all back today. The Dualit radio is far superior for sound my only problem with it is the position of the display thus I have already taken this back too. I am unable to find a DAB to suit (want one with Aux in and battery pack so I can take it in the garden). The plus side for this unit is probably only the charge pak does keep its charge for a very long time.

Huge Sound from a Shoebox

You know when you stand outside the room the music's coming from and you wonder what might be playing it? The first time I did that, it was my parents' 1960s HMV stereo radiogram - five feet wide with big elliptical speakers at either end and a valve receiver in the middle. The cabinet was made out of wood, there was plenty of metal and not a sign of plastic - a bakelite knob here and there - but that was about it.

The sound was euphonic rather than pure hi-fi. But the Top 40 on a Sunday night sounded good. The bass rumbled away, voices soared out of the cabinetry and Tommy Vance seemed as if he was, if not exactly in the room, at least very close by. It was the best that Patsy Gallant ever sounded.

And that's what the Creative Soundworks 745 sounds like. A 1960s big, euphonic sound, unbelievably from a largish shoe box that sits on the smallest of your nest of tables. The integration between the hidden subwoofer and the tiny speakers at each end of the box is incredible. Treat it like a portable. Just plug it in, switch it on and off you go. On the downside, the remote looks like it came out of a cereal packet, but that's about it. Now I can listen 1960s-style again, in the room next door, imagining that the music's coming from a box the size of a sideboard.

froze after a few days

after a few days after getting it for xmas, it froze after being hardly used

the replacement is now done in ater a few months so i would not recommend it at all

Sound build, adequate function

This product has the dimension and style of a biscuit tin, 'buzzers' that beep and an FM aerial that looks as if someone in the design department realised"Der crumbs Maisey, we forgot the FM aerial" just as the first batch was coming off the assembly line. Apart from that, it's fine.

As with other Sony items, the plastic casing feels solid and built to last. The sound is fine for a unit of this price with enough volume to reach the far side of a double bed :) The radio works well on FM but AM reception is hampered by the sheer number of radio stations elbowing each other for bandwidth. Consequently AM selectivity is not great. The FM aerial consists of a length of thin wire issuing from a hole at the rear of the unit which is why I think it was added late in the design process.

There are two independent alarm systems which can wake you with either radio, CD or buzzer. The utility of having two alarms in a single unit escapes me - unless your partner has long enough arms to reach the snooze button from the opposite side of the bed. The 'buzzer' beeps like a travel alarm clock - not like a mains driven unit - and, given the unit's night-time ambiance, viewed from the level of a pillow, of a Sherman tank, seems rather incongruous and pathetic.

The CD allows you to step through the tracks sequentially but there's no random play or repeat function. There are 'sleep' intervals of 90, 60, 30 and 15 minutes to turn off the radio or CD. The alarm 'snooze' time can be set from 10 to 60 minutes in multiples of 10.

The display digits are 35mm high with three switchable brightness settings which seem to cover most situations. There's an 'audio in' socket to connect your portable MP3 player (not controlled by the sleep timer).

Overall? No prises for beauty but, at half the cost and a third the size of a more stylish item, I feel justified in sacrificed my aesthetic needs at the alter of pecuniary interest.

Style: ***
Build: *****
Function: ****

Misleading advert

I ordered via Amazon.UK a Sony walkman CD player that reads CDs recorded in MP3 format. It is for my 94 year old mother to listen to archaeological and other reports that I get as podcasts.
It arrived within 2 days from kkelectronics and works perfectly. We are very happy with it, especially the fact that once stopped, it resumes where it was stopped, very useful when there are a hundred or so MP3 tracks, or 30 or so hours recorded. The radio works well too.
However, there was no AC adaptor in the pack. The Amazon advert stated that there is an AC adaptor included in the box.
I emailed kkelectronics about this and got the following reply.
"Hi
Amazon listing is incorrect-if look in the leaflet with the product,it lists what is included in the pack
you can return it for full refund
regards
jawar"

I don't want to return it for a full refund. My mother loves this little machine. The machine itself deserves a 5 out of 5. However we now have to spend another 20 pounds on top of the machines original 38 pounds cost to get a Sony AC adaptor that the Amazon advert said was included.
Because of this I only rate this Sony D-NF340 MP3 CD Walkman at 3 stars

Pleased

I bought this device a few weeks ago and so far so good. They now supply a spur lead for you to connect headphones with a normal size jack plug into it. The sound quality is great. My only gripe is that whereas my laptop PC allows me to drag and drop files to the player, my desktop PC loses communication with it within a few seconds of it being connected. Overall though, for the price, I am very pleased.

Good but with niggles

I like these head units so much that I have bought 2 of them! They do everything they say they will very well. You even get an aerial adapter in the box so everything should be ready to go!

The only down side is that the instruction manual can be a bit hard to follow at times but once you have set up the AUX input for your ipod and got rid of the demo scrolling message you will not need to look at it again.

Also the volume control does the balance/tone settings and if you accidentally push the control instead of turning it, you have to go through all the settings to get back to change the volume. This took a bit of getting used to, but it's a niggle not a bad flaw.

If you can live with that then I would recommend this player. I have not had any problems with skipping or jumping on CDs. It goes loud without any distortion and sounds good. MP3s in folders are recognised and you can get the folder names scrolled as well as the mp3 titles when navigating through. If you have folders within folders only the mp3 folders are shown eg: 2diskalbumdisk1track1.mp3 will just show as disk1 in the folder menu, you will never see 2diskalbum.

I'm very happy with mine and for the price it is great value!

A great little unit

A great little unit comes with a remote controller which is not always mentioned but very useful. Controls are well placed and easy to use. I could have wished for a slightly better tone but mega bass is available which makes a lot of difference. I really congratulate Sony for using re-cyled cardboard packing instead of that ghastly plastic foam which gets everywhere these days. Just missed giving it 5 stars because the price is just a tad high for the speaker quality which one gets.

brill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have just got mine its fantastic and i'm 11 so that show how good it is i reckmend by it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love Anniexxx

sandisk clip Pink

bought for wife in february.
holds its charge fine.
can transfer music to it very quick and easy.
would recomend.
the wife loves it.

great gadget

I bought this because of the radio - and unlike the radio on my phone this can auto detect half-a-dozen stations wherever I am! easy to do fast recharge via USB and fast transfer of music. Doesn't have the loudest of volumes, but no doubt my ears will thank me in years to come and it is possible to boost this with a set of volume controlled headphones. Great for exercising as there are no moving parts (unlike some brands we all know) so there's no skipping or jumping of music.

If you buy this I can't see you being disappointed.