This is a somewhat different MP3 player, the neck strap has volume and track controls built into it, change them by just pressing the fabric of the strap.
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Certainly some ground breaking ideas go into the Wearable MP3.
However it also takes some getting used to and you will need a good
memory to remember where what track is, and, perhaps more importantly
how long you have been using it.
The battery is rechargeable, nice idea, however the audible warning
as to when the battery is low comes only a few seconds before total
discharge. There is no LED display so no battery state meter and of
course no indicator of what you are playing.
Battery charging takes place by pulling a small end cap off the
8.5x3x1cm unit, this reveals a standard USB plug, place this into any
USB socket on a PC and then switch a small button on the side of the
unit to off/charge there is a small circular LED on the other end of
the unit that glows green during the four hour charging period, once
charged this goes out and you should have charge for around 6-7 hours
of playback. There is another small unit that can take a standard AAA
battery and this can be used should you need it to provide around
another 8 hours of playback, using it will double the width of the unit.
There is no documentation to speak of to installing the supplied
Music Match software or using the Wearable MP3 however a mini CD is
supplied and the .pdf file should help. This however refers to two
different products and totally bemused me as it mentions switches to
increase/decrease volume & move tracks back/forward when in fact
the fabric in the strap does so.
Once you have mastered the control on end of a 5cm lead attached
to the neck strap press to turn on, press to pause, press to turn
off, the rest relies on your memory.
Music Match is one of the two major MP3 burners and once you have
burnt your tracks you move them to the Wearable MP3 by switching to
playback/download on the side of the unit and drag and drop the tracks
to the root folder of the unit. As you have no control of the folder
structure all files must be in the root. Move files in the order you
want them to play and as stated a good memory is useful if you store
more than one genre of music.
By diligent use of various ripping modes I got 140 minutes of
acceptable music on the 128MB of the Wearable MP3. There are a set of
earpieces that have a 33cm lead, they attach to the back end of the
neck strap and while this works okay they were to large to be
comfortable for my ears and connecting my favourite headphones worked
but the neck strap was out of balance and needed to be placed in a
pocket thus defeating the ergonomics. The price around £119.
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