Transcend T.sonic 840 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)

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Product Description

Combining a mirrored surface and metal body, Transcend's T.sonic 840 is a real eye-catcher. This compact 4 GB MP3 player boasts a high-resolution, 1.8-inch color TFT-LCD screen, delivering great image quality for video and photo playback. The 3-phase wheel control and the intuitive graphic user interface make the player simple to use. Enjoy your entertainment on the go, and quickly access useful functions like a digital voice recorder, FM radio, FM recorder, real-time world clock displaying local and world times, and more.

The Transcend T.sonic 840 is the perfect marriage of elegance and functionality.

The player features a bright and colorful 1.8-inch TFT screen. (White model shown here.)

Smooth metal backplate.

3-way easy navigation wheel (2 GB white model pictured).

Enjoy Your Music Anywhere, Anytime
The T.sonic 840 provides 30 hours of nonstop music playback, and it supports MP3, WMA, and WAV formats, including WMA-DRM10 subscription music files.

It also boasts a few features you don't find in many players--like the A-B repeat function (which allows you to continuously replay a designated section of a track), variable track playback speeds, and a sleep mode (which will power off the 840 after 15, 30, or 60 minutes). And naturally, you can dial in the EQ--the 840 features seven equalizer settings, including one customizable user setting.

Take Your Entire Photo Library with You
T.sonic 840's high-resolution screen and slideshow screensaver is perfect for viewing your favorite pictures. Pull up JPG and BMP format images for sharing anytime.

A Movie Theater in Your Pocket
Transfer full-length movies and video clips to the T.sonic 840 for convenient, portable viewing. Just use the included Transcend Media Converter software to convert to the ".mtv" format, and you're good to go.

Listen to Your Favorite Radio Stations
T.sonic 840 is equipped with a crystal-clear recordable FM radio with 20 station presets. Pull up your favorite stations in a snap, and if you want to save it for later, just hit record--the 840 features FM recording.

Read Novels Without Turning a Single Page
Leave your books at home, and use the T.sonic 840 to read all of your favorite e-books or other text documents while on the go. The text feature also lets you display lyrics for karaoke-style fun.

Create Memorable Voice Recordings
Class lectures, important meetings, or personal memos can be recorded at the touch of a button with T.sonic 840's digital voice recorder enhanced with voice-activity detection (VAD) technology for high-quality gapless recordings.

Take Your Files with You
The Hi-Speed Mini USB 2.0 port ensures easy computer connectivity and fast file transfers. An added plus is the ability to use the 840 as a USB flash drive for carrying/transferring files.

What's in the Box
Transcend T Sonic 840 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Black), earphones, neck strap, USB cable, software CD, quick start guide, warranty card

Product Details

4 GB capacity for about 1000 songs
30 hours of music playback on fully charged battery
1.8-inch TFT LCD screen with 176 x 220 pixel resolution
Plays MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM10, and WAV audio formats; MTV video format (convert using included software); JPG and BMP image files
2-year limited warranty

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Customer Reviews

Okay MP3 player, but not good for much else

Review Date: July 12, 2009

Reviewer: Kurt G. Schumacher, Broomfield, CO USA

The Transcend T.sonic 840 is an adequate MP3 player, and a decent FM radio tuner. The other functions on the device are pretty much a waste of time and space.

The first thing I did when I turned it on was to start the radio, because I hadn't loaded any files on it yet. It immediately popped up a message requesting me to plug in the headphones. Weird... so I checked the device and the manual, and found that in fact this device does not have a speaker.

Okay, I'm not going to get really great sound out of something like this. But my Zen Stone has a speaker, and I do use it. (Mostly for audio books where sound quality isn't that critical.) So I was disappointed to find that I had to use headphones with the T.sonic.

Once I had the ear buds in (and I really dislike ear buds, but didn't want to spend time digging for headphones), the radio sound was quite adequate. I loaded some MP3 files onto the device, and again the sound was quite good for a device of this type. Navigation through folders was pretty easy.

I really wanted to see how video would look on a screen this small. Then I got another unpleasant surprise. In order to play a video on the device, you have to convert it to their proprietary "MTV" format. Ugh. So I installed their conversion utility and ripped a DVD to my hard drive. I converted one of the VOB files from the DVD and copied it to the T.sonic. The video was pretty blocky, but better than I expected. But... there was no sound. I tried the MP3 and radio to make sure the ear buds were plugged in right, then back to the video. No sound.

So I converted the DVD into a couple of file formats that the T.sonic said it supported and tried to convert them to the MTV format. Whatever format I tried, it popped up a window saying that the import had failed, and that I needed to go find and install some video codecs first.

Okay, that's pretty bad software design. If a conversion programs needs codecs in order to work, I expect it to come with those installed. Better yet, I expect a device that claims to be a video player to be able to use some of the common mobile video formats without an additional conversion.

Overall, this is a pretty disappointing device. I'll probably keep it as an MP3 player, because it has more storage and a better interface than the Zen Stone. But they would have done better to have left the video and other features off. They're just too much trouble for a barely acceptable picture on a tiny screen.

great buy

Review Date: June 18, 2009

Reviewer: Martin Garcia,

this is a gift for my 10 year old daughter and she did like it a lot and I think is really great for the price

Good Player for the money

Review Date: June 13, 2009

Reviewer: C. Allen, Ohio, USA

This is a good mp3/mp4 player for the money. The unit operates very well.

Pros: Very reasonably priced. Works as advertised. 4 Gigs of storage is probably sufficient for most people although there is an sd card slot for those who need more. Great customer support.

Cons: The colors on the display is a little hard for me to read but probably because of the 2.8" screen size. The FM radio doesn't receive very many stations in my area. The touch screen sometimes has a delay after selections.

Save your money

Review Date: May 20, 2009

Reviewer: Wolfies R. Nut Co,

Save your money, unit kept freezing up. It was difficult to find songs and navigate.

Not bad at all

Review Date: April 11, 2009

Reviewer: A. Laber, Maryland

It was really easy to use even for me who had no idea how to even turn one on. You don't have to recharge as often as most of the others(so my son says). The only thing I don't like is that the directions are on a disc but that's how it is with most everything now.

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