Sony New NWZ-B172F/B Walkman Player Review

Review

Sony has been delivering remarkable music players to quench your music thirst with powerful bass driven music. Dedicated to all the music freaks, Sony brought Walkman NWZ-B172F/B Digital Media Player ensuring highly portable music experience for your on-the-go maneuvers.

Features

Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F/B is the new generation media player which features Bass Boost technology which adds power to your music playback. By simply pushing the bass button you can let your ears grip the powerful beats of your favorite music.

The Music player comes with 2GB internal capacity which would never run you short of saving your favorite playlist for long outdoor activities.

For transferring and deleting your music content, you can make use of Built-in USB. The Built-in USB lets effortless transferring of WMA, AAC-LC, MP3 and Linear PCM Audio files through dragging and dropping from your PC and also allows ease of sync with latest version of Windows Media Player.

Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F/B – B Series Digital Media Player features FM tuner with Voice and FM recording. Listen to your favorite FM channel and record your favorite song off the airwaves using built-in FM Recorder or you can also be a memo-recorder via Voice Recording Function.

For those music aficionados who love listening to hours of music playback, the ZAPPIN function is there to provide with ease of attaching this sleek and stylish design just with the help of attachable clip.

What can be more stylish than color pulsation according to the music you play? The Color Illuminator feature helps your music come alive with LED flash syncing that happens according to the rhythm of the music you play.

Battery Performance

B Series MP3 Player from Sony lets you feel the bass and groove to the tunes of music for up to 18 hours. Charge it for three minutes in your rushing schedule and its Quick Charge Technology will let you enjoy the music playback for around 90 minutes.

On an average, the full battery charge takes approx. 70 minutes for charging the inbuilt Lithium ion battery of the media player using USB based charging.

Other Variant

Sony Walkman B series Digital Media Player comes with another variant with similar features. Sony Walkman NWZ-B173F/B – B Series Digital Media is 4GB version in the B series Digital Media Player which cost around Rs.4K.

Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F/B B Series Digital Media Player – Rs. 2,990/-

Technical Specification

General

• Storage Capacity – 2 GB
• Display Text – 3 Line
• Display Type – LCD
• Input/Output Ports – Headphone / USB v2.0
• FM Tuner with Voice / FM Recording

Sound

• Equalizer – Bass Boost / 5 Band Equalizer (Heavy / Unique / Pop / Jazz / Custom)
• Searching – All Songs / Album / Artist / Genre / Release Year / Playlists / Folder
• Playing Option – Normal / Repeat All / Repeat 1 Song / Shuffle All
• No. of Songs – Approx. 450
• Max. Recording Time – 29 hrs 20 mins

Media Formats

• MP3
• WMA

Dimension

• Layout – 89.2 x 24.0 x 15.0mm
• Weight – 28gm

Battery & Power

• Max. Power Output – 5+5 mW
• Power Source – Built-in Li-ion Rechargeable Battery / USB power
• Charging – USB-based charging
• Charging Time – Approx. 70 minutes (full charge)

Accessories

• Quick Start Guide
• Heaphone
• USB Charger

Also Available in 4 GB Option (NWZ-B173F/B) at Rs. 3,990/-