MP3 Player Specifications
MP3 Player Specifications

Before you purchase your MP3 player, you need to know what specifications are required.

Recorded Books has provided a list of portable listening devices they have tested with the digital audiobooks and reported their various features:

Support of WMP/DRM encrypted files - all recommended players meet this criterion.
Adequate memory - 256MB will hold one eight-hour book, 512MB will hold two books, 1G will hold four books, etc.
Bookmarking or "Off/On" - "Off/On" defined as shutting player off without stopping/pausing, then restarting player to return to the same place in the file.
Full time display/Forward and Reverse - other aids to navigability.
Ability to play 34Kbps WMA files.

A list of recommended players is below. Ask salesmen for various features.

  • Rio Nitrus
  • Rio ce2100
  • Rio Forge Sport
  • Rio Karma
  • Creative Zen Nano Plus
  • Creative MuVo Slim
  • Creative Zen Micro
  • Archos Gmini XS100
  • SanDisc 256
  • Dell Pocket DJ

To find more information on Supported Portable Listening Devices please see NetLibrary's Hardware and Software Tips section in Help.

IPOD players will NOT work.



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