Hi all I just bought a E005F

[blur5e]

hi all

i'm from HK

just bought a black E005F

one thing about it is that it takes sooooo long to transfer songs into the player

SonicStage is not as bad as many others point out (im now using 4.0)

as i heard most others are put off by this software when they come to choosing an MP3 player

i think in some ways it's better than iTunes!

i have some questions

1. for how long should i charge the battery for the first time?

2. which ATRAC is the best?

thanks in advance for ur help

[markey]

Hi Blur5e and welcome to Atraclife! I would charge it for approx. 3-4 hours to begin with and a 3 min charge will give you 3 hours of playback. Obviously you want a happy medium when it comes to putting the music on your player, a compromise between quality and not using up too much space. Personally I wouldn't record at 48 or 64 kbps as the quality at that level isn't too great, but I wouldn't record at 256 kbps or above either as you would use up too much space on your device. Go for something in between. Does it support USB 2.0? if not that may be the reason why it is too slow. Also your pc may not support USB 2.0. Good luck with your new purchase and enjoy!

[blur5e]

Thanks ANGRYBADGER

yep, my PC does not support USB 2.0

it takes me like 3 hrs to transfer 1GB of songs...

I'm now still working on the transfer

can't wait to try my new Sony player =P

[grenert]

3 hrs still seems like too long, even with USB 1.x. Are you transcoding (converting bitrates) your files that are copied to the E005F? Transcoding will take a long time. If you make sure that "Delete converted files" is NOT checked under advanced transfer settings, then you will only have to transcode each song only once. The next time you transfer those songs, it should be faster. The downside is those converted files take up space on your hard drive.

[markey]

I'm not too sure about your model but quite a few sony models support mp3 file manager. If you have some mp3 files you can download this program onto your player, not your pc and it will allow you to drag and drop mp3 files onto your player. Even without usb 2.0 it is quite quick.

[metal]

Still using USB1.1? Hmm, maybe about time to upgrade your PC.

In any case, congratulations on your purchase.

[kingrob]

I also bought the Sony NW-E005F - it is absolutely fantastic!

Hated the Sonicstage software (I prefer Media Player 11) and downloaded VoidMP3FM, it works a real treat and works the same as my MuVo TX. The big difference being that I had to buy a new AAA battery for my MuVo every week, whereas with the Sony I don't need batteries anymore - hooray!! Also, the battery life on the E005F is superb.

The FM tuner is very good, get better reception and sound with it than with my MuVo.

My first MuVo was USB 1.1 and it took a long time to fill up 128MB - scary? The Sony is USB 2, my pc supports it and it doesn't take long to fill up 2GB...

[madleet3]

3hrs is too long doh

even on my old sony E series with USB1.1 wont takes 3hrs

best u encode it on lower bitrate or get a USB2.0 port

yup SONY';s FM still the best

Edited September 10, 2006 by madleet3

[Ascariss]

if you are transcoding MP3s into atrac, I suggest you don't, waste of time in the end.

[kingrob]

The MP3 format is good enough for me and it's universal - maybe it's because I lost half my hearing with my first car's audio system?

[mariposa_traicionera]

kingrob, dont u have volume problem with your player? and do you hear hiss sounds at the transitions of songs(listen it at night in silence)

i hate my nw-e002.

[Guest Stuge]

kingrob, dont u have volume problem with your player?

I don't think Kingrob will face that kind of problem b'oz He must have bought his player in South Africa (After reading his profile ) & Volume Limitation only exists in European bought units .

[kingrob]

Yes, Stuge is right, I think my NW-E005F was inported directly from Japan, so it hasn't got the problem that the European ones got.

The European ones are limited to the amount of dBs that it's allowed to pump out.