Aiwa AM-F70 Personal MiniDisc Player
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- Backlit Display: Yes
- Recordable: Recordable
- Built-in Equalizer: No
- Headphones: Yes
- Remote Control: Yes
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Portable Greatness!
Pros
Small and light, great features, fully backlit, great remote, very easy to use.
Cons
Headphones kinda crappy, batteries don't last very long.
Recommended it?
Yes
As soon as I saw it, I knew the Aiwa AM-F70 was the player/recorder for me. The look of it is great. It has a sleek silver color, and the buttons, display, and dial are all in very good places. They make use from the unit very easy. The unit is also fairly lightweight, I couldn't tell you the exact weight, but it is light. It is also very, very small. I had no idea how tiny these things were until I saw one up close. It fits easily into any pocket and even into my mouth (not like I've ever put it there). This doesn't make it hard to read from, though. The text from the unit is very easy to read, but I also have very good eyes. The display is easy to read by any standards. Also, it is fully backlit. That is great for night or concerts or whatever is dark. Also, it is pretty much shock proof, I've never heard it skip and I've jogged with it before.
It has a whole lot of great features too. You can play discs and record on them too. You are able to record from just about anything: tapes, CD's, other Minidiscs, the Radio, TV (I think), and even get a mic and record from that. That is handy for recording at concerts. In addition to recording you can: Name Tracks, Name the Disk, Combine Two Tracks, Divide One Track to Make Two, Renumber Tracks, Erase Tracks, and Erase all Tracks. These are all really cool features and help a whole lot. It is very easy to do all of these things, too. To record, you slide up the record button and press play on your stereo, or whatever you are recording from. The unit will either mark the tracks for you (which I like best), or you can mark them yourself. I don't know why you would want to do it manually because you can just split or combine tracks.
In addition to recording features, it has a mega bass with off, and levels 1, 2 ,and 3. The only problem is the bass often sounds pretty crappy on heavy bass songs with the provided headphones. I usually just leave the level at off or 1. Also, it has all the track features such as: repeat, repeat all, random select, and program where you tell the unit to play just a few songs in a certain order. Lastly it has a display selector where you can select to display: track time, track name, disc name, remaining track time, and date the track was created. These are all really cool.
Now on to the remote. The remote is one of my favorite things about the whole unit. It is really handy if the big unit is stowed away somewhere. It is really small, and very cool. It is also backlit which makes it even better in the dark. It has almost every essencial function, including volume, track search, play/pause, stop, hold (makes the buttons not work while turned on), Dsl (bass), display, and mode. The only problem is that it looks pretty fragile. It seems like it would break easliy, though I haven't had any problems with it. Just don't sit on it.
The headphones have a pretty cool design. Aiwa calls them "swoops". Instead of going on top of your head, they go in your ears, hook over the top of them, and "swoop" around the back out your head. They are very comfortable, and fit in your ears very well. One thing I don't like is the fact that you can't rest your head back on something. That is a really big problem that could have been fixed by making them adjustable. It would have been very helpful. Also, the sound out of them isn't great. I can sometimes not get the thing to go as loud as I want it to go, and I guess that is the unit's fault. That is very rare, though. Also, the sound quality with bass is pretty bad. It is full of static when you crank it. I think I will probably just get better headphones.
As for the batteries, you get two with the unit. You get the rechargable Lithium Ion battery which has a fair life. You get about 4 hours of play time and 2 of record time. You also get a seperate battery pack which, when combined with the Li-ion, will give you 10 hours of play and 4 hours of recording time. If you have recharable double AA's, it would work perfect.
Overall, this is a great unit. If you want a portable player/recorder with Aiwa quality, look into this.
It has a whole lot of great features too. You can play discs and record on them too. You are able to record from just about anything: tapes, CD's, other Minidiscs, the Radio, TV (I think), and even get a mic and record from that. That is handy for recording at concerts. In addition to recording you can: Name Tracks, Name the Disk, Combine Two Tracks, Divide One Track to Make Two, Renumber Tracks, Erase Tracks, and Erase all Tracks. These are all really cool features and help a whole lot. It is very easy to do all of these things, too. To record, you slide up the record button and press play on your stereo, or whatever you are recording from. The unit will either mark the tracks for you (which I like best), or you can mark them yourself. I don't know why you would want to do it manually because you can just split or combine tracks.
In addition to recording features, it has a mega bass with off, and levels 1, 2 ,and 3. The only problem is the bass often sounds pretty crappy on heavy bass songs with the provided headphones. I usually just leave the level at off or 1. Also, it has all the track features such as: repeat, repeat all, random select, and program where you tell the unit to play just a few songs in a certain order. Lastly it has a display selector where you can select to display: track time, track name, disc name, remaining track time, and date the track was created. These are all really cool.
Now on to the remote. The remote is one of my favorite things about the whole unit. It is really handy if the big unit is stowed away somewhere. It is really small, and very cool. It is also backlit which makes it even better in the dark. It has almost every essencial function, including volume, track search, play/pause, stop, hold (makes the buttons not work while turned on), Dsl (bass), display, and mode. The only problem is that it looks pretty fragile. It seems like it would break easliy, though I haven't had any problems with it. Just don't sit on it.
The headphones have a pretty cool design. Aiwa calls them "swoops". Instead of going on top of your head, they go in your ears, hook over the top of them, and "swoop" around the back out your head. They are very comfortable, and fit in your ears very well. One thing I don't like is the fact that you can't rest your head back on something. That is a really big problem that could have been fixed by making them adjustable. It would have been very helpful. Also, the sound out of them isn't great. I can sometimes not get the thing to go as loud as I want it to go, and I guess that is the unit's fault. That is very rare, though. Also, the sound quality with bass is pretty bad. It is full of static when you crank it. I think I will probably just get better headphones.
As for the batteries, you get two with the unit. You get the rechargable Lithium Ion battery which has a fair life. You get about 4 hours of play time and 2 of record time. You also get a seperate battery pack which, when combined with the Li-ion, will give you 10 hours of play and 4 hours of recording time. If you have recharable double AA's, it would work perfect.
Overall, this is a great unit. If you want a portable player/recorder with Aiwa quality, look into this.
