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Yep, wait for it to turn up on ebay!!

It's enough to drive you CRAZY. Why do they always do something to p**s us all off? Even the logistics of separating the markets must actually COST them money. They are bonkers,just bloody BONKERS.

According to this review there will be a cradle to record tv direct to this player in MPEG4 format. Does anyone have any idea if this cradle will be available in the UK/Irish markets. Now that would be worthy of an upgrade!!! http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=28425073

If you look hard enough,ebay etc, you will find a Walkman for sale that uses the same cable. Just make sure it is uses the WM port. Then you will get a second cheap Walkman with your cable thrown in. I saw the NW-S603 somewhere recently for £29. Just a thought.

Nice one, I doubt it will help though. I understand the authors are otherwise busy with their lives. It would be nice if they handed the passwords and access codes to somebody willng and able to clean it up. All we want is to remove the news section really as it makes the site look abandoned..........right?

I have been waiting for a High Capacity Walkman for a long time now and this has been the long awaited news..that is until I learned about the 16GB version not being available to us. I agree with Juli, why on Earth ( or some parts of it at least ) would anybody want to make an expensive upgrade from an 80* or an 81* just for Bluetooth. ''SONY, IT'S MORE CAPACITY WE WANT, WILL YOU LISTEN FOR ONCE ?''

SONY, like most other companies would never promote a site they cannot control. Remember, this forum is used for criricising Sony as much as it is for commending them. When Sony first relaeased DAP's (Memory Stick Walkmans in particular) earlier in the decade they started up a 'sanctioned' forum to discuss their products. The language was so overwhemingly 'anti-Sony' and 'anti-antrac' that they pulled the site, never to be repeated again I would say.

Thanks for the support.

Will somebody PLEASE remove the front page from this website as it no longer is a source of any information. Any one who visits Atraclife does so for the purpose of accessing the forums IMO. It's just becoming a little boring...that's all!!!!!!!!

I would say a very important win regarding Sony's future. I believe the income from the copyright protection technology alone will be a big money spinner for Sony. Maybe now we will see increased uptake and a big drop in prices.. Don'y buy your Bluray player for another few months.

1/ Normal; you cannot listen to your walkman whilst connected to your pc via usb. 2/ It will only charge iwhen disconnected from usb if you have a chrger connected ( you can play music while it is charging)...you will need a cradle for this feature to work. 3/ The message you got was probably related to Windows Media Player. You can sync the device with WMP via options in the WMP file menu.

Hi Juli, Thanks for the very detailed review. I too moved outside my Sony comfort zone recently (I broke my HD3) and purchased a Creative Zen 8GB DAP. I have complained about Sony in the past but I have to say that this device is manufactured for the 'masses' with 'acceptable' sound and build quality. I don't like it, and like you I find I have to make numerous button functions to navigate the device where one or two clicks would suffice on ALL of my Sony DAPs. It also hangs frequently requiring resets, another thing my Sony's never do, I would have to look for the reset button on my Sony devices, to be honest. So, I went to ebay and bought a NW HD1 from a nice person who no longer had any use for his. I know I am restricted to Atrac ( no firmware upgrade ) but it will be worth it.

I notice you joined on the 1st of April. Seriously, unless it is a piece of code specifically targetting the MP3 Players' on board O.S I cannot see how it would affect it in any way.!!!!!!!

I bought the Creative Zen Vision 16Gb because I decided to get the hump with Sony..........mistake. SQ is nowhere near Sony SQ. It has to 'boot up' from cold taking up to 30 seconds, unlike my A805 which is almost instant. And worse of all it has crashed at least twice in the past week requiring a frantic search for a pin or needle to reset it. For video playback all of my MP4's have to be converted to AVI before the Zen will play them. Now I'm kicking myself for having the bravery to try a different DAP manufacturer.

Absolutley, exactly my point entirely.You shouldn't hae to pay for this...........I hate to say it but does Apple charge for itunes?

Do you not have to pay to upgrade media manager to do manage the video aspect of the NWZ-A series. Taken straight from Sony; http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/...site=hp_en_AP_i "Media Manager for Walkman has no video file conversion function. (Media Manager Pro for Walkman has video file conversion function."

I didn't post the last comment 3 times...don't blame me!!!

Me too......After years of buying Sony DAPS ( bought the NW MS7 at a crazy price years ago) I have decided to ditch them. My latest device is a Creative Zen 8GB and I'm quite pleased with it.They don't charge you for the software to use the device either. In fact this forum has died a death as well, the last news update was months ago!!!!!

Me too......After years of buying Sony DAPS ( bought the NW MS7 at a crazy price years ago) I have decided to ditch them. My latest device is a Creative Zen 8GB and I'm quite pleased with it.They don't charge you for the software to use the device either. In fact this forum has died a death as well, the last news update was months ago!!!!!

Me too......After years of buying Sony DAPS ( bought the NW MS7 at a crazy price years ago) I have decided to ditch them. My latest device is a Creative Zen 8GB and I'm quite pleased with it.They don't charge you for the software to use the device either. In fact this forum has died a death as well, the last news update was months ago!!!!!

I wonder if SS4.4 ( released in Japan) solves any Vista issues. I fear Sony may leave us high and dry now that ATRAC is no longer featured in the newer players ( ex. Japan). To be honest I replaced my broken HD3 with a Creative Zen last week. I have sacrificed sound quality for a much more customer focused service.

I have done a search on this forum on members experiences with Vista. I know 4.3 is supposed to have solved compatibility issues but I am having some problems. SS is using a huge amount of resources when active, my CPU is dancing all over the place and transfers are stalling. Even when a transfer is successful it takes 'forever' to complete. Also. pop up boxes close as quick as I open them ( I cannot get to click on an option). Does anybody have any experience on what these problems are all about. My PC is new and as clean as a whistle, so I doubt there are problems with my system.

I once brought a printer back to the shop with 2 days left on the warranty..........I got it repaired free of charge. Always claim what is rightfully yours. If you have a local repair agent take the device straight to him ( with the warranty). Cutting out the shop can speed things up as some of them might only deliver and collect from an agent once a week (or so).

Agreed, Sonicstage 4.3 is fully mature software and is a lot better than this Media Manager stuff. To be honest it is of no use to me as I don't have an open format player. The reason I had a look was to keep myself fully up to date with what Sony is doing as I intend to upgrade to a high capacity player soon. I don't think it will be a Sony though; especially as they don't have one.

Why is this software a 40MB download? Why should you have to pay for an upgrade to deal with video when the devices it is designed to service have video capability? Why does it look so bland after all the feedback Sony have had down through the years? Why do I still buy Sony?