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So I bought an a829 in Japan to replace some old 2gb sony one where the headphone jack gave out after I accidentally dropped it a few too many times. Here are a bunch of pictures (some of them are blurry):

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Shot of the supplied equipment... there are headphones (S / M / L size tips), a wm-port / usb cable, and some stand

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The menus are Japanese-only, but text can appear in English

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A little bit thicker than a pencil.

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This is the leather case accessory.

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Some instructions

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Picture of the player with the case on

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There is a sort of keychain..

Notes: the supplied headphones are very good, on the go playlists are there, the menu is easy to navigate, it doesn't feel as solid as the nw-hd5 (the case material is probably different), lots of customization available with the equalizers / noise cancelling / etc

If there are any questions, ask away.

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It won't let me use those %7Boption%7D tag things when I go to edit it... ??? If someone can fix it, go ahead.

The software supplied was a Japanese version of Sonicstage... I installed the SS 4.3 Asia-Pacific version. I am guessing gapless works, but I don't have any atrac3plus format songs.

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those earphone look like the ones which came with the s700 with noise cancelling. correct me if i am wrong.. but the a829 has bluetooth but no noise canceling... and if i am wrong, which of the new series has nosse canceling ? from what i remember only the new s700 series has noise cancelling....

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those earphone look like the ones which came with the s700 with noise cancelling. correct me if i am wrong.. but the a829 has bluetooth but no noise canceling... and if i am wrong, which of the new series has nosse canceling ? from what i remember only the new s700 series has noise cancelling....

If I'm right japanese version has both NC and Bluetooth.

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the supplied earphones can cancel noise; there is a switch (like the hold button) on top of the player that can turn noise cancelling on / off. very similar to the nw-a9xx series in japan.

one very curious thing about the supplied headphones: the plug is the same size of any other one, except there is a bit jutting out the side, so if you try to plug it into any other mp3 player / computer / etc, it won't work. the nw-a829 accomodates the little part jutting out... (think of it as a key fitting into lock type A (nw-a829)... if you try to put the key into lock type B (pretty much any other headphone plug, it will not fit)). i just noticed it now when i went to plug it into my computer. an annoying tactic by sony.

the player is capable of bluetooth as well, but I have not had the opportunity to test it.

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the supplied earphones can cancel noise; there is a switch (like the hold button) on top of the player that can turn noise cancelling on / off. very similar to the nw-a9xx series in japan.

one very curious thing about the supplied headphones: the plug is the same size of any other one, except there is a bit jutting out the side, so if you try to plug it into any other mp3 player / computer / etc, it won't work. the nw-a829 accomodates the little part jutting out... (think of it as a key fitting into lock type A (nw-a829)... if you try to put the key into lock type B (pretty much any other headphone plug, it will not fit)). i just noticed it now when i went to plug it into my computer. an annoying tactic by sony.

the player is capable of bluetooth as well, but I have not had the opportunity to test it.

They soundlike the NC022 noisecancelling earphones that come with the S705/6.

They also come with an extension cord that has the lug & notch in it.

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Hi z-iron,

Congrats on your new player. Do you know if the Asia-Pacific version of SS 4.3 will work on the English version of Windows XP? Is the program in English and does it support the A829 with Atrac encoded files? I am really interested in purchasing this model. Take care.

BTW great pictures.

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