Transcend T.sonic 820

Transcend T.sonic 820

Pankhuri Bajaj, Aug 17, 2007 1629 hrs IST

For those seeking reasonably good sound quality at a reasonable price, here's a product you should check out.

Battery life, Loads of settings, Simple Interface, Video playback, Bundled Security Software, Value for money.

Bundled earphones could have been better, Can play limited formats, Average build quality.

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The Menu

The T.sonic 820 greets you with a flashy Transcend logo, followed by the available memory info on the screen. It takes about 3 seconds for it to start, and around the same to switch off.


The menu is quite intuitive, and you get a hang of it almost immediately. If you must know the details, here's a run through of the menu brass tacks.

Music

You can listen to MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM10 (subscription music) and WAV music formats on this player.

Apart from the standard functions like play, pause, previous, next, rewind and fast-forward; you can have some fun using the record button to continuously play a designated part of an audio piece - this is called the A-B function.

When transferring music to the player from your PC, you can segregate it by genre, artist, album, etc. This in turn helps you quickly find the music you want to listen to with the help of the menu and navigation keys.

Radio


When you choose the radio function, the player automatically searches for frequencies and saves the strongest radio stations; you have the option to select them manually as well. You can save up to 9 stations on it. That's a bit strange as the cheaper players from the same company let you save 20 stations. You can record a radio session by holding the record button for 2 seconds to record what you're listening to on the radio. The quality of FM reception is pretty decent.

Record


You can record voice on the 820 through the in-built microphone by pressing the record button for 2 seconds; or through an external device like your music system with the direct line-in recording facility.

Anyone can get a hang of recording with either options as it is not at all complicated; else there's a useful manual for step-by-step instructions just a click away.

Photo


You can add BMP and JPG images simply by 'drag n drop' through your PC. The picture quality is not great, and you'll only be able to see a close-up well enough. Images are grainy; nevertheless, provide for a go-through of the pictures you want to see.

Video


Inspite of the small 1.5" screen that makes for a tiny and distorted video playback, I still think it's a nice addition to this player as a part of the whole deal. Staring at the screen for watching a movie could be strenuous, but fun nonetheless.

All video files need to be converted to .MTV format to be played on the player. A 700 MB AVI file took about an hour to convert. After conversion, it shrunk to 258 MB in the MTV format.

E-Book

You can read TXT files on this player. The screen size being petite, it's not fun reading long articles on it. I would prefer storing small text files like addresses or notes on it.

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USER COMMENTS

I cant able to switch ON my transcend mp3 player.... can anyone tell me the solution for this?????

by Vaideesh, Chennai, on Nov 03, 2008 12:39 PM, Report abuse   Reply

format my player

by siva, bhimavaram, on Oct 27, 2008 07:43 PM, Report abuse   Reply

can u tell transcend service center in chennai ,india my ipod is not working now

by R.senthil, chennai, on Jun 11, 2008 02:02 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Whats the latest price... any idea what would it cost in the "grey market" :P

by i dont want to , nor the city, on May 07, 2008 12:27 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Techtree is on the ball with this one. I have the Transcend T610 (2GB) with EP630s but this model looks much more promising. Video playback too! Good effort by Transcend..

by ganpat, mumbai, on Aug 17, 2007 07:43 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Does it works with iTunes. I have all my music in iTunes.

by Josef Stalin, Moscow, on Mar 19, 2008 10:43 PM, Report abuse

I have been unable to attach the device to my windows 2003 computer. Are there a different set of driver to be used with Win 2K3

by vickey, bird, on Mar 05, 2008 06:19 PM, Report abuse   Reply

could u you please tell me wheather there is any service centre for the same in Navi Mumbai??

by Vineeth Hari, Navi Mumbai, on Nov 24, 2007 02:37 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Which is better tsonic 840 or tsonic 820? tsonic 840 has TFT LCD screen where as 820 has a OLED Screen, which will play video more better?

by Raj Pawan, gulbarga, on Nov 19, 2007 11:38 PM, Report abuse   Reply

i bought it for 40aud which is around 1400R, nice review, go transcend

by tanmerteder, Yorkshire, on Oct 14, 2007 12:16 PM, Report abuse   Reply

good

by vasu, mumbai, on Aug 30, 2007 01:06 PM, Report abuse   Reply

nice review - way to go

by Chris, mumbai, on Aug 30, 2007 12:25 PM, Report abuse   Reply

excellent review - keep it up - hope to expect more review like this in the future

by Sean, Mumbai, on Aug 30, 2007 11:25 AM, Report abuse   Reply

NERDS AND GEEKS !!! NERDS AND GEEKS!!! EVERYBODY READING THESE ARE NERDS AND GEEKS !!!!

by Atif, Lahore --Pakistan, on Aug 19, 2007 12:32 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Yes, my friend. :)

by Anonymous, :), on Aug 19, 2007 04:30 PM, Report abuse

Atif, youre gayy.

by lemon, Bangalore, on Aug 21, 2007 11:37 AM, Report abuse

Ms. Bajaj. This piece of writing is pretty decent. It is a great improvement over the last semi-abstract attempt to show-off language skills that fell flat.

by Emil, Mumbai, on Aug 20, 2007 04:46 PM, Report abuse   Reply

plese inform the price

by rao, gudivada-521301-AP, on Aug 20, 2007 12:17 PM, Report abuse   Reply

he good news guys on Saturday 18\08\2007 i brought a T.sonic 820 4GB(Black Colour) for a mere 3700Rs. with 1 year warranty from computer selection, lamington road.

by Kalpesh Chingle, Thane, on Aug 19, 2007 08:16 AM, Report abuse   Reply

I got it for 3550 on sunday ... haha! Anyways, this thing is already rocking.

by Ajay, Mumbai, on Aug 19, 2007 10:57 PM, Report abuse

it is nice!

by snehidel, Delhi, on Aug 18, 2007 06:10 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Please let me know the price.

by waran, chennai, on Aug 18, 2007 12:03 PM, Report abuse   Reply

eye yama waranin you. Read de rearview weary garefooly oryells dare veil b traubel!!!

by dafox, Goa, on Aug 18, 2007 04:47 PM, Report abuse

i want to know the price and if any other latest model

by Ravi Kumar, Dubai, on Aug 18, 2007 05:45 PM, Report abuse

please let me know the price asap

by abdul salam beg, kanpur, on Aug 18, 2007 03:31 PM, Report abuse   Reply

If I tell you, I'll have to kill you.

by Vagabond, Kingdom far far away, on Aug 18, 2007 03:54 PM, Report abuse

here's a sap askin for the price asap when the frikkin prices r already given. R E A D the entire review, vacuumhead!!

by dafox, Goa, on Aug 18, 2007 04:42 PM, Report abuse

If you want to listen to music on this, better buy any Iriver player (even if it is 256 MB) for the same price. You would not mind changing the songs every now and then but you will definetly enjoy the quality of sound.

by Ravi, Mum, on Aug 18, 2007 12:02 PM, Report abuse   Reply

good

by Vijendra, Mumbai, on Aug 18, 2007 11:53 AM, Report abuse   Reply

it looks good but 4000 is little high

by amit, MUMBAI, on Aug 18, 2007 10:15 AM, Report abuse   Reply

wht's it's price !

by steel, Mumbai, on Aug 18, 2007 09:18 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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