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Sony NWZA829B 16GB Video Walkman

by Sony
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)

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Technical Details

  • Get more entertainment on the move with 16GB
  • Store up to 62hrs of video and 4,000 tracks
  • 2.4 inch high resolution colour LCD
  • Incredible Sony sound quality
  • High Quality EX-Headphones supplied
  • Built-in Bluetooth (A2DP)
  • 36hrs battery life
  • Drag & Drop (no software needed to manage and share your files)
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 13 x 6 cm ; 59 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
  • Item model number: NWZA829B.CE7
  • ASIN: B0015RZ7RS
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 10 Mar 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 790 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

The Sony WALKMAN® Wirefree Series
Sony Logo - The Sony WALKMAN® Wirefree Series The Walkman Logo - The Sony WALKMAN® Wirefree Series

The Sony WALKMAN® Wirefree Series

The new Sony WALKMAN® Wirefree gives you freedom without compromising on audio or video quality.
Choose how you hear your favourite music

Choose how you hear your favourite music

The WALKMAN® Wirefree gives you great choice in how you listen to your favourite music. You can stream it wirelessly to your headphones (wireless headphones are supplied as well as in-ear headphones). Alternatively, you can stream music to your car stereo, HiFi or even Playstation3 so you can now listen to.
Choose what you listen to

Choose what you listen to

Enjoy MP3s, WMAs, MPEG4 and many other formats with the WALKMAN® Wirefree. It is able to play lots of different music and video formats, so you can enjoy them wherever and whenever you want.
A sound as good as the day it was recorded

A sound as good as the day it was recorded

Three audio technologies give you an unrivalled sound experience that closely matches what was originally recorded.

Clear Bass gives you a deep, rich bass without distortion. Clear Stereo technology ensures that the sound you are supposed to hear does not leak from either side. The DSEE (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) restores some of the high frequency signals that are lost during compressions.
Impressive looks and ultra-bright screen

Impressive looks and ultra-bright screen

The slim and stylish design of the WALKMAN® Wirefree is perfectly complemented by its 2.4" colour LCD screen. The ultra bright screen is great for watching videos or photos.
Enjoy it for longer

Enjoy it for longer

The battery life on the WALKMAN® Wirefree is superb. With up to 36hrs battery life, you can enjoy all your entertainment on the move for longer with the WALKMAN® Wirefree.
Extremely simple to use

Extremely simple to use

You don’t need any software to load music and videos onto your WALKMAN® Wirefree. Simply plug it to your laptop and then drag and drop your favourite songs and videos. It’s as easy as that.

Add to this the extremely intuitive interface and you have your perfect entertainment companion.
‘Sony’, ‘WALKMAN’ and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation, Japan. All other trademarks acknowledged.

Product Description

Playback video, music and pictures with the slim and light weight Walkman video, including large high quality 2.4 inch LCD with user friendly interface. Stream your music wirelessly to your Bluetooth headset, speakers and other devices.Main Features:Stores approx. 253 hours of music (128 kbps) and 62 hours of video (384 kbps)Long battery life of approx. 36 hours of music (128 kbps) (15 hours if Bluetooth on) and 10 hours of video (384 kbps) (7 hours if Bluetooth on)WMT compatible (supports Windows Media Pla...
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Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By Julikat TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Although the A829 has dropped some of the useful features found on the A800 series (on-the fly playlists, ratings, drect deletion from the unit, playback history, gapless...!) the 5 stars is awarded purely on sound quality. It is superb with a capital 'S'!

The previous series sounded excellent. I have the A808 and I didn't imagine the sound quality would be any different on the newer models, but it is. There's an increased soundstage which is very noticeable when going back and forth between the two units. It also has a slightly more neutral and less 'bright' sound (while still keeping the same famous Sony 'punch'.)

It's so good that I'm selling my Zune 80 which I loved for the expansive soundstage, but the A829 competes with it very closely.

For those of you with the 800/810 series, the menus are almost identical, which makes the transition to the 829 very easy. It comes with the same EX082 earphones as the previous series, which are nothing short of amazing for bundled phones. They don't isolate much, due to the design - they sit slightly outside the ear canal - but they sound very good in quietish environments.

The 829 is still tiny, hardly bigger than the 808, but the increase in screen size makes all the difference. The display is much brighter and clearer than the 808 and soooooo pretty! I had both units turned to maximum brightness to compare them - and the 829 is a LOT brighter at the highest setting.

I also discovered that it is fully functional with the CPF-NW001 speaker cradle for the 700/800 series, which is great, since I have two of them.

One minor annoyance is that the Bluetooth switch is located directly beneath the volume rocker, so it's easy to press that by mistake!

Syncing with WMP is easy peasy. Just select the 'sync' tab at the top of WMP, and then drag everything you want from the library straight across to the sync pane. If you have any issues with album art, try using mp3 tag to edit the files. It worked really well for me.

Although gapless is not advertised - it does in fact play gapless WAV files which was a huge surprise since I didn't know this beforehand. True, with only 16GB to spare, you won't want to put too many on there, but I just chose a few favourites and I'm more than happy with it.

If you're looking for something that has fantastic sound quality, and looks really cute at the same time - then look no further. You really won't be disappointed.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Good MP3 Player! 26 May 2008
I got this player to replace my creative Zen 16gb player..which although was very nice..was very unreliable and was constantly freezing and messing up. although i got a replacement for the first one the second still had these faults so i decided to go back to Sony after havin previously owned (before the Zen) a very trusty sony NW-A1000 that lasted me 3 years.
I can say im very happy with my new sony walkman! the sound quality is amaaazing- it has many different sound experiences for u to fiddle with such as 'Matrix','Live' and 'Studio'. The walkman itself is lovely to hold, has nice quiet buttons (that dont click rly loudly when u press them-which i find very irritating having experienced with the zen) and the screen has a very lovely display.
Some things im disappoined with are firstly that u can create playlists on the player - this has to be done on the computer. Another is that songs cannot be deleted from the player or put in a 'trash bin' to be deleted when connected to a computer.

Great Player altogether tho! But for those a little confused..the 16GB doesnt come with bluetooth headphones..just the EX earphones. disappointing yes..but its still a good player!
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Awesome 11 April 2008
OK, it's not an ipod, so you can't touch the screen to scroll through the music collection.
But the fact it's not an ipod is a good thing! Because the music quality (admittedly using Shure earphones) is awesome.
It's an easy to use player, but also has lots of options if you want to tweak the sound quality or effects.
The big advantage over previous Sony mp3 players is no need to use any Sony software - simply click and drag using windows explorer - and will recognise folders up to 8 deep. (If someone can think of a time when you'd use that many folders please let me know!)

Received it on Wednesday evening and had 6GB of music ready to go for the next morning within an hour.

Haven't tried bluetooth headphones yet, but will update the review when I do.
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