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Why Use a Sport Sports Mp3 Player?


Music makes the miles pass quickly, providing motivation and making your workouts more enjoyable or even educational (with downloadable books). The same device that provides you with thousands of favorite songs and other media also monitors your workouts.

Portable sport players have a number of features to enhance your workout. They will track important statistics like split lap times, distance, calories and pace. These devices will also help you set and reach goals and some will even calculate your body mass index.

Sport mp3 players are designed to be unobtrusive so you can run, jump or even swim without the player being a burden. These portables are lightweight, small and configured to fit your hand or in an arm or belt holder. The navigation tools are accessible and easy-to-use, even while on the move.

In this site, you'll find articles on portable music players, news stories and comprehensive reviews on sport mp3 players that will help you make an informed decision on which player will boost your workouts. At TopTenREVIEWS – We do the research so you don't have to.™


What to Look for in Sport Sports Mp3 Players

Forget about the frills and fashion, sport mp3 players are all about function and features. The top sport players do much more than play music. They play music completely skip free, are easy to navigate while exercising, monitor the important stats of your workout and some are even waterproof.

Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate sport mp3 players.

  • Feautures – First class sport mp3 players offer many practical features. Some of these features may include an FM tuner, stopwatch, sleep timer and the ability to repeat and shuffle play lists.
  • Stopwatch Functions – Stopwatch functions are unique to sport players and improve your workout. These players track information like pulse, lap splits, distance, calories and pace.
  • Battery Life – Mp3 players should have a lengthy battery life, between 15 and 50 hours, so there is a lot of listening time between charges.
  • Physical Features – A good sport player should fit like a good pair of running shoes—consider size, weight and comfort, as well as ease of navigation.
  • Music Formats – The best mp3 players will play music in various formats including aac, mp3, wma, wav, ogg and more.
  • Help/Support – manufacturer of the sport mp3 player should offer adequate help and support, including email, live chat, phone, documentation and so forth.
To read the review on the Oregon Scientific Waterproof Mp3 Player, the player our reviewers ranked #1, click here.

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Be In Tune with Your Workout

You + Exercise + Music = Sports Mp3 Players—designed with motion in mind, these portable players provide you with your favorite media and important statistics before, during and after your workouts.

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Features
Equalizer                    
Built-in Clock          
   

Calendar and/or Alarm          




Repeat                    
Shuffle                    
Sleep Timer
   


   

FM Tuner  
               
Record Line-in and/or Radio

   

   

Record Voice

   


 

Removable Disk Function  
   
       
Customizable Parts/Colors
   
 




Stopwatch    


   
   
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Music Browse
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Supported Music Formats
mp3                    
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Sports Functions
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Physical Attributes
Width (inches) abt. 2 1.6 2.52 3.38 1.5 2.42 2.5 2.56 2.51 2.8
Height (inches) abt. 3 3.5 1.77 1.61 2.7 3.17 2.3 1.75 2.51 2.8
Depth (inches) abt. 1 0.27 0.67 1.16 0.9 0.88 0.7 0.84 1.04 1.01
Weight (ounces) 1.9 1.5 1.27 1.7 1.6 2.32 3.2 2.3 2.6 2.5
Main Menu Scroller Type buttons clickwheel joystick buttons thumbpad buttons joystick, buttons joystick rocking faceplate buttons
Hold/Lock Switch        
         
Max Battery Life (hours) 10 14 50 53 50 18 20 153 15 12
Battery Type internal internal AA AA internal AAA AAA internal AAA internal
Backlight and/or Lit Text                    
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