Companies like AXDIA International take great care in marketing multi- media products to the international community. With zest in creating user friendly products that are both appealing in style and function, they have come with many innovative goods. MP3 players have been one of the arenas of interest. These players have a huge market in today’s world. Nothing matches the convenience of the MP3 players for listening to one’s favourite tracks on the go or for that matter anywhere one chooses to listen.

The ODYS MP3-S8 MP3 Player is an unpretentious gadget. The MP3 player is very small and slight in appearance. It supports the most accepted file formats and has a reasonably adequate memory to store the desired number of tracks. With instructions coming in eight different languages and an ID3 tag demonstrates user friendly features that are fancy and functional. Now let us look into the finer details to further evaluate this product.

The basics:

The Odys S8 MP3 Digital Media player weighs about 22.5 grams without the battery. This makes the gadget quite light and easy to clutch around. The player is very compact with a dimension of 85 mm in height, 29.5 mm in width and 15 mm in depth and fits comfortably in the pocket. The exterior is completely black in colour so it is easy to maintain. Moreover it makes it possible to use it universally as it looks smart and neat.

The memory and the add- ons:

The ODYS MP3-S8 Compact MP3 Player has a choice of 1GB, 2GB and 4GB memory to store all the favourite music tracks. This memory is quite adequate and has the ability to store most of the desired tracks. Windows 98SE, ME, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, MAC OS 10 or Linux 2.4.2 are the various operating software support that help to play, manage and download the music tracks. Further to this capacity it is USB 2.0 enabled. This speeds up the transfer of the music files. With the help of the USB port, card readers can be used to access more number of tracks and can act as a secondary storage too.

The display and trimmings:

The MP3-S8 MP3 Music Player has a LCD screen for display. The display has a picture quality of 128 by 32 pixels. Details like the title of the track, the album name, the singer and the play lists are well illustrated with the help of ID3 tag that it comes equipped with. The menu can be displayed in 8 different languages which actually accentuates the fact that it is a multinational product.

Musical features:

File formats like MP3 and WMA are the well supported by ODYS MP3-S8 MP3 Player. Though fancy file formats like the OGC or FLAC does not function here, the player has the formats that are normally used by most of the people. This makes it all the more reliable and straightforward to enjoy. The compression rate of the files in a MP3 is about 8-320 kbps and in WMA is about 5-384 kbps in this player. Yet another musical function that is found in this player is the repeat function where a particular song or the entire play list replicates itself.

The output of the sound is about 20 Hz to 20 KHz which is quite adequate for a player of this size. The sound output is greater than or equal to 85 dB. Though top of the line should be more than 90 dB, this sound output can be ranked as average in terms of performance. The earphones have a power output of 10mW each on its left and right plugs.

The equalizer has a wide menu. Music can be tuned to as either jazz, classic, rock, pop, normal or bass. This variety helps in adjusting the music output.

Power:

The player is powered by an alkaline AAA battery. This helps the player to continuously function for about ten hours.

Box and its contents:

ODYS MP3-S8 1GB, 2GB, 4GB MP3 Player comes along with an earphone of 3.5mm. The USB extension cable and one AAA battery is complimentary. The user’s manual is included in the box to assist the user to get familiar with the gadget.

As stated earlier, this MP3 player is a modest and simple gadget that fulfills the basic need of listening to music. There are no frills included but it tends to stick to the fundamentals and proves to be of utility value.

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Odys MP3-S8 MP3 Player – Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer ODYS
Model Name MP3-S8 MP3 Player
Media Player Type MP3 Player
Dimensions ( H x W x D) 85 x 29.5 x 15 mm
Weight 22.5 grams
Display LCD
Display resolution 128 x 32 pixels
Available Body colours Black
Back light Yes
Battery type AAA alkaline
Memory Capacity 1GB, 2GB, 4GB
No. of languages 8 for menu
Supported formats MP3/  WMA
Compatible OS Windows 98 SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP/ Vista
MAC OS 10
Linux 2.4.2
Equaliser Jazz / classic/ rock/ pop/ bass and normal
Interface Button operations
Recording No
Music display ID 3 tag
Music function Play/ play all/ A-B/ repeat on/ repeat all
Battery life Audio: 10 hours
Interface USB 2.0
Package MP 3 player
Headphones 3.5mm
USB extension cable
1 AAA battery
User’s manual

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