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Mp3 players resume function

I listen mostly to audiobooks. As such, the resume function of an mp3 player is critical to me when my files are typically ~60mb large and 2 hrs long. Basically my question is which mp3 players in the market now can resume at exactly the same spot at which I stopped the track and powered off.

I know that Iriver and Ipod players have this capability but sadly these are out of my budget. I'm interested in the Creative Nomad Zen NX, can anyone verify if it has this resume function?

Thanks!

Mp3 players resume function

Reply #1 –
It's a short list, but check out Audible.com's "compatible devices". It's a requirement to be listed (if something's not listed it could be for other reasons).

And if money is tight and your an audiobook listener, you can also sign up for a year membership and get a free player. It's only 64 megs, but I believe it's expandable with MMC/SD cards.

I use their service and like it quite a bit.

One other thing, if you end up with a HD based player, consider splitting the files. It will kill your battery with the amount of necessary disk spins.

Mp3 players resume function

Reply #2 –
Funny - i listen to audiobooks and radio programs which are usually >30mins, and while i really like my Iriver 350 to read the CD-RW. And it is nice that it will continue from the place where it was turned off.

The thing i don't like is that if you hit the stop or similar function, which is not hard to do, it will reset to the beginning of the track, and then you have to advance to the place where it stopped. This is not a big problem on a 3-4 min song, but on a 2hr lecture, it can take several mins to advance since it seems to track at a constant advance rate.

Of course I just checked this out by reading the manual ( "if all else fails - read the manual") and in the menu, control section, you can adjust the scan speed of the 350. The default is 1x which seems very slow, there is 2X,4X, and 6X. I just switched mine to 6X and it does advance much more quickly. It would be nicer to have a variable advance feature on the scan (where it starts off at 1x and the longer you hold the advance button the faster it scans), but i'm happy now with it.

@redryder - i would suggest you really spend the extra money for a good player, some of the cheaper models have problems with the low bit rates of audiobooks as well as handling VBR mp3s. Also as I mentioned the scanning through the audiobook at faster rates - things like this would have never occured to me before actually being in the position of having to advance through a 90min audiobook at 1x. You can check some of this out at
Old Time Radio
This site reviews some mp3 players for old time radio which falls in the same catagory
best of luck