Creative currently isn't making any players that use replacable batteries. I
wish they were.

You can find out on Audible's site which players play Audible files and you can
find out on Overdrive's site which play their files. But most don't. No Coby
players do. Trekstor has one model that plays Audible files but they make a lot
of models so the one J&R has probably isn't one of those. Impeca and Jwin won't
play Audible. I've had one Jwin player and it was very cheap and barely worth
that.

I have a Coby player that's kind of interesting but won't play Audible files.

Most players, even the ones that do play Audible files, are fairly useless for
MP3 audiobooks, lacking features such as resume and accellerated fast forward
and rewind.

You might take a look at the Rio Forge at:
http://system.s2gstore.com/site/RioAudio/RIO-28260105R.htm

This is only 128 meg but it's $30 and it will take a 2 gig SD card that costs
less than $10 and can be found for less than $5 if you shop carefully. That
means for $40 you get a 2 gb audiobook player that plays everything and is one
of the best audiobook players ever made. This is a refurbished player. They no
longer make new ones. They use a single AAA battery and get about 18 hours from
it.

Barry


--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Hendon, Alison <a.hendon@...> wrote:

> From: Hendon, Alison <a.hendon@...>
> Subject: RE: [audible] AAA Battery Player?
> To: audible@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 9:44 AM
> I have written Creative Labs to ask
> if they're going to have a new model using batteries (I
> received no useful response.)  I am babying a bunch of
> old Creative Muvos along (some Zen, some v100) because I
> love being able to replace the battery instead of having to
> charge it.  I looked at Walmart.com where I used to be
> able to buy the v100 but they're not there anymore.  I
> searched J and R's website because you can select by battery
> type and there are several brands of which I know nothing:
> Coby
> Trekstor
> Impecca
> Jwin
> I don't know if they support audible or overdrive.
>
> Alison
>
> Alison Hendon
> Youth Selection Team Leader
> Brooklyn Public Library
> a.hendon@...
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: audible@yahoogroups.com
>
> > [mailto:audible@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Barry
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:33 AM
> > To: audible@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [audible] AAA Battery Player?
> >
> >
> > There's the Rio Forge at:
> > http://system.s2gstore.com/site/RioAudio/RIO-28260105R.htm
> > or
> > http://tinyurl.com/35bj89
> >
> > I'm not sure this player will be accessable if that's
> an
> > issue.  It's probably not.  If that's not an
> issue this is
> > probably the best player ever made for
> audiobooks.  It works
> > with Audible and Overdrive and NetLibrary and all
> > subscription services.  It's great with MP3
> audiobooks. It
> > has more audiobook related features than any
> player.  It's
> > resume is very stable.  It has bookmarks. 
> It even remembers
> > it's place if the battery dies.
> >
> > It gets a little more battery life from an AAA battery
> than
> > the Zen Nano.
> >
> > It's only got 128 meg of memory on-board but with the
>
> > addition of a 2 gig SD card it becomes a 2 gig
> player.  I
> > never bother with the on-board memory.
> >
> > I see that Audible no longer lists it in the device
> center
> > but if you go to their help section and type in Rio
> Forge it
> > takes you to everything you need.  I still use
> mine at times
> > and I have the latest Audible software.
> >
> > If your friend gets it it may or may not come with the
> latest
> > firmware update, which can be found easily by googling
> "Rio
> > Forge firmware".  That firmware adds a number of
> new and very
> > nice features.  They released it long after the
> player was no
> > longer being made.
> >
> > This is a refurbished player, not a new one, but this
> is
> > being sold by an authorized dealer.  I've bought
> a few from
> > them and so have a number of other people, at my
> suggestion. 
> > One person got a bad one and they replaced it.
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Barry Margolius <bfm@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Barry Margolius <bfm@...>
> > > Subject: [audible] AAA Battery Player?
> > > To: audible@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:32 PM
> > > Are there any AA or AAA players still
> > > available new?  My friend who loves her Zen Nano
> needs a new player
> > > and prefers not to go the eBay route.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > -barry
> > >
> > >
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