A lot of features in an MP3 Player
The Aiworth 32gb mp3 player is a pretty solid value. It comes with a 32gb microSD card already but that is in fact upgradable in case you want more storage space. It reminds me of the last gen of the Sony MP3 Walkman but with a much sleeker and more functional approach. It’s impressive what you can do with this unit: listen to mp3s via headphone & built-in speaker, record, listen to and tune radio stations (with headphones attached), stopwatch, calendar, read TXT files, watch AVI files… all with Bluetooth support. It’s not a smartphone nor does it claim to be, so don’t expect a touch sensitive screen. It has light-up buttons below the main screen that allow you to navigate around and make your selections. Note: If you remove the sticker (as I did) you get a super sleek black bar of electronics… that is very easy to forget which way is up. The screen is small so reading a full book would be challenging at best, but it is legible and the fact that you can store some passwords is kind a slick feature. Likewise, video file viewing isn’t terrific, but the fact that you CAN means if you are in a place that doesn’t allow smartphones, or your phone is dead, it’s a nice backup to be able to slot in your micro SD card to this unit. Also, at times it looks like there is a graphic equalizer bumping in sync to your music, but it’s more of a repeating image so don’t expect an accurate visual representation of your music. Adding in a mass of songs and having it shuffle around works, and it can also take your songs that are organized into directories and play them back sequentially as well. It’s funny to think of how much I used to agonize over playlists before… especially now that we have access to on-demand streaming services. However, I found traveling and losing cell service means the Aiworth player is my rock-solid backup if I need to pull out some of my favorite music. I was unable to import any kind of playlist (m3u, etc.) from my main computer so the only option was to do it on the device, which is a bit clunky. This has been the case though for pretty much all of the mp3 players I have owned over the years (all have had proprietary playlist creation) so I can’t really fault them for that. There was mention of an alarm feature in the instructions but every time I tried to make it function it was either too quiet or failed to go off, but thankfully I wasn’t in need of that. Connecting the unit to a Bluetooth speaker is quite easy, and having that feature makes this a great second device to keep in a bathroom synced to a speaker in case you wanted some tunes while you shower. Another reviewer mentioned that the volume can be too low in a noisy environment and I can kind of agree, but I tried a few different sets of ear & headphones and found that ones that were more firmly in your ear canal worked fine for loudness. Using on-ear and over-ear options both were loud enough for me. Basically, if your earphones have rubbery wrap around them you should be set. Also, it’s underrated that it has a built-in speaker. The speaker won’t win any awards, but it allows you to hear sound stored on the device. It is a great way to record someone and then play back for them what they said quickly, or share a song without having to share earphones. In addition to being able to play back audio files (and it does this well with the addition of the configurable equalizer to suit your audio tastes), you can also do recording very easily. Sliding the side button puts you into record mode and you can choose the quality settings and away you go. I had it fully charged from dead in about 1.5 hours and got about 7-8 hours of playback before it was dead again, so close to what is advertised. It’s a good value at regular price and if you can find a discount it becomes an even better value. It plays MP3s well, and it has a nice list of other features it does too, so it is one to consider. Read more
