Sony NWE393/B 4GB Walkman MP3 Player (Black)

A solid MP3 player for the price. I don't understand the negative reviews. Read the manual, and you've practically eliminated three-quarters of the complaints (imagine that). Also, you have to understand that flash drive memory doesn't play music back like a CD. You have to understand flash drive hierarchy assignments, which differ from CD assignments. As a result, you can add playlists to the player to order your music by using Sony software on your computer. The player cannot create playlists. Other than that, it plays the music back in alphabetical order, by folder, by artist, or genre. In sum, this player has good sound, it's built fairly strong, and the features are nice. I bought a USB wall charger plug to supplement computer charging. You can also use most cellphone USB wall plug units to charge this unit.

Easy to use and does what I need it to.

This music player is awesome! Synching music with Windows Media Player is really easy. I only have it 4 stars because of two flaws. 1) the lock button doesn't prevent the MP3 player from turning on. This mean sometimes a button gets pressed and it turns on in my pocket or backpack when I don't want it to and it drains the battery. And 2) The radio isn't that great. The range could be much better, and I don't get a lot of stations that I would otherwise in a car or on a radio.Otherwise it's perfect, easy to use, affordable and PC friendly!

This is my third Sony Walkman mp3 player and the one I like the best. I tried several other brands that failed after a few months of use. All my Sonys have lasted for years of tough use but one uses a proprietary power/data connection and the other a mini usb. All my other devices are micros usb so the micros usb on this one allows me to ditch one more cable. I especially like the long battery life, FM radio capability, sleep timer, and physical lock slide. That allows me to keep my phone on the charger all night. Having only 4 gb memory is no issue as I mainly use it for relaxing just before going to sleep. My Linux OS (PCLOS KDE 5) sees it as mass storage so transfer of files is easy. The only thing I'd wish is the ability to play OGG Vorbis and FLAC files. I can't tell any difference among the many players' sound but can say with confidence the Apple product cost a lot more.

This is my second purchase of this MP3 player. My first one lasted about 7 years. It was very reliable and easy to use. We actually purchased 2 at the same time, and the other one is still playing. I only hope this one lasts that long!

My wife has an earlier model (NWZ-E385). This item is totally unrelated to that player. Her player is nicely textured, has a solid feel, nice weight, decent buttons, etc. What arrived is hollow, has horrible feeling buttons, weights a few grams AND, and I would have overlooked all this, but it does not work at all. Tried 3 different USB cables on 3 different PCs and it does not respond in any of those cases. Physically, totally unacceptable and totally non-functional. Sony should be ashamed for cheaping out like this. Though they have a long history of doing this once a product does well.

I love many features of this mp3 player. It is very small and light, super easy to transfer files to from my computer, and the sound quality is really good, even with cheap earbuds. The only drawback, which unfortunately is a big problem for me, is that it stops playing.I use this to listen to music while I'm working out, so I don't want to fiddle with it. But frequently, it stops and I need to press the Play button again. Then frequently, when I press Play, instead it acts as if I pressed the Back button, and dumps me into settings. And then it can be very hard to get back to Play. I have to stop my workout, and keep trying to get back to Play, but it gets me stuck in a loop that keeps dumping back into Settings. Finally, I have to turn it off then on and start over, and that includes going back to settings, to put it back on Shuffle, then exiting that to get back to Play. I have lost so much time fiddling with it.It's really too bad, as otherwise it is an excellent little player, and if it didn't have this issue, it would be perfect.

I love the size of this! It is perfect for small pockets. I had one before, and my boyfriend took it over. It is so easy to use. I have all my favorite songs on it, and a couple of videos.