Mp3 Players

Buying an MP3 player can be a daunting task because of the large number of players available. This article is all about mp3 players and will explain the options and help to guide you towards the MP3 players that best suits your needs.

Choosing between these two will be your major decision in an MP3 player purchase. In a nutshell, mp3 flash players are great for exercising, while mp3 hard drive players have the capacity to be used as portable hard drives and provide lots of storage space for videos.

Don't be put off by the seemingly small size of mp3 flash memory players. Each gigabyte of memory can hold about 250 songs, so a 4 GB MP3 player has a storage capacity of 1000 songs - more than enough for the most ardent music fan.

And don't forget, you can easily change the contents of an MP3 player if you get tired of listening to the same songs. So even at 250 songs with a 1 GB player, you have plenty of music to listen to.

Mp3 Player Navigation

With the large capacity of modern MP3 players, the navigation system becomes important for finding individual songs. The navigation system should be easy to operate, require relatively few button clicks to reach your destination, and ideally should be customisable to your own preferences.

When you are trying out various MP3 players for their navigation, here are a few things to consider. You should be able to hold and operate the MP3 player with one hand. Some MP3 players have a clumsy layout of buttons, placing some of them on the sides of the player and some on the front face. All of the controls should be under your thumb.

The display should allow you to identify your position in the directory structure so you can move up and down the directory tree easily. You should also be able to create directories at any level in the structure.

Finally, there should be a search function allowing you to locate songs by different criteria such as song title, artist or album.

Mp3 player Batteries

It is inconvenient to have to frequently recharge the batteries in your MP3 player, so pay attention to the specifications regarding playing time. This figure can vary widely - from 10 hours to 36 hours. It is affected by the type of batteries as well as the features that are included. Quite simply, the more features that an MP3 player has and the more you use them, the shorter the battery life. 

Rechargeable batteries are the best option for an MP3 player. Lithium-ion batteries are the most popular but players which use AA or AAA batteries can use Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries.

Lithium-ion batteries are usually enclosed in the case of the MP3 player. With some players (notably the Apple iPod) the battery is not accessible to the user.

This means that batteries cannot be swapped, and it also means that at the end of the battery life the whole MP3 player has to be replaced.

Lithium-ion batteries have a recharge life of about 500 cycles. After that, they must be replaced. Since the iPod battery is not accessible, you have to send the entire iPod to Apple to have the battery replaced.

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