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Combining the renowned Swiss Army Knife's multi-tool versatility and a detachable Swissbit MP3 digital audio player, this three-inch-long device goes from office to hiking trail while looking cool in both settings and all those between. In addition to storing up to 2 GB of MP3, WMA, WAV, or OGG Vorbis sound files, the audio player includes a stereo FM radio with recording capability.
The detachable audio player plugs into any Windows or Macintosh computer with a USB port and also can be used to transport images and other data. Its lithium battery recharges automatically whenever the audio player is connected to a USB interface and lasts up to eight hours. A fetching remote control displaying the Swiss Army Knife's famed Swiss-flag logo of white cross against a red background has two earphone jacks. (One set of earphones, with adjustable neck and arm straps and anti-dangling mechanism, and belt clip are included.) The silver-metal Swiss Army Knife housing that stores the audio player offers a knife blade, a combination nail file and screw driver, a scissors, a retractable ballpoint pen, a LED mini light, and a key ring.
To pass airport-security checks, the audio player detaches from the Swiss Army Knife housing, with a cap to protect the USB interface.
Being a fan of Swiss Army products, I was waiting for the 2GB version of this device to show up at a reasonable price. When I got it, I really liked the small size and the fact that it supports what people call "USB On The Go" which simply means that your computer will recognize it as a flash drive and you can copy MP3 files to it without any special or proprietary software. It also has it's own USB connector so you don't even need a cable. Now for the bad news. There is *no* support for playlists and *no* support for playing based on the folder structure, even though the documentation implies that these things are supported. To be clear, the documentation states that it supports the ability to create a playlist in, for example, Windows Media Player and then "sync" with the device. This does work, but you can't access the playlist once the music is on the device, and there's no guarantee the files will play back in the order you specify in the playlist. This is really a deal-breaker for me since it misses the point of why people create playlists in the first place. A third (somewhat related) flaw is that, when you try to play by "CD" (i.e., the ID3 "Album" tag), it messes up the sorting and plays things in the wrong order, even though I'm fanatical about making sure my file name ordering and ID3 "Track" tags are 100% right. I'm going to try to contact the Swiss Army people and see if they will accept suggestions for firmware fixes but if I don't get a quick response this thing is going back.
Features:
- Memory Capacity: 2 GB
- Dimensions: 74 x 22 x 24 mm
- Weight Complete: 72 grams
- Weight MP3 Player Unit: 32 grams
- MP3 Chip: STMP 3550
- Decoding Format: MP3 & WMA (8 - 320 Kbps), WAV, OGG Vorbis
- Encoding Voice, FM & Line-in WAV: (8 - 48 Kbps)
- FM Radio: Stereo, 87.5 - 108 MHz (Japan 76 - 108 MHZ)
- FM Radio Presets: 15, with automatic storage
- Display: 3 lines high-contrast backlight reverse LCD (FSDN transmissive)
- PC Interface: Standard USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- Navigation: 4 + 1 direction key
- Headphone Output: 5 mW max (L + R at 16 ohm)
- Accumulator: 3.7 V lithium polymer
- Power Consumption: Operational 25 mA; standby 20 mA; power off 0.2 mA
- Play Time: Up to 8 hours
- Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP + 98 SE/ME with drivers; Mac OS X Version 10.2 and higher
- Operating Temperature Range: +5º C to 35º C
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