am-fm

As stated above there are positive and negative aspects to this product. Don't buy it to record music.

- Converting the "special" RVF audio format to standard MP3 format may be done with a simple program that a user discovered at: http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~y-katow/rvfmp3.html (See also the Yahoo! Group "RadioYourway" that was setup for various other points and views.)

- Battery usage is high (especially since it uses only 2 AAA batteries rather than AA ones), so creating an external battery pack or using an adapter is almost a requirement.

- When batteries die during playback you get to search to find your place again, since it goes back to the beginning rather than pausing prior to turning itself off.

- Once playback begins fast forward only occurs at a slower speed, making even getting through commercials a pain at times (can be lived with though).

But it is certainly a small compact portable design and is at the moment about the best thing that you could come up with for recording talk radio into an easily portable digital format.

You know, I went to camp and lost my CD/mp3 player. SO I decided it was time for an upgrade. I am saving for a car, and I'm being very VERY careful with my money. At first i thought i wanted an mp3 player, with an fm tuner, atleast 64mb built in and expandable. As I researched about 100 different mp3 players, from every single company I could think of, and many hours, I found FM and Voice Recording. This seemed like a miracle for me! I no longer have to struggle to find the name of the song i'm looking for! Just record it! I did contact the tech support from ......(which has very good service) and they said it will record in some strange file type, but I can convert it to mp3 on my computer. Kinda a hassle, but easyier and way cooler than downloading. The super good parts are that:
1. The earbuds are the fm antenna, giving it great reception.
2. There is a speaker on board, and when listening to the radio on the speaker, it has an fm antenna to plug in, giving it great reception.
3. The audio-in port. This means, I could plug in my friend's cd player to this machine, and use it as a speaker, or record directly from that or any source.
4. It's able to switch to an external hard drive mode
5. The great price from Amazon.com, from the pogo website, it is $$$ and has a 10% restocking fee. Amazon.com is much cheaper, and I trust them.

The bad parts:
32mb on-board memory, but its expandable. And with the $$$ i saved buying form amazon, i will buy an external memory card.
to recieve radio, you have to use earbuds (which i find uncomfortable) or the antenna, which will be bad for working out.

I ordered this machine this morning, and i cant wait til it gets here. As you can see, with all these plusses, and no restocking fee except S&H, if returned in 30 days, The only thing that can POSSIBLY go wrong, is the antenna being bothersome. But, from the xtensive research, I think I will be extremely pleased.

The batteries on this unit last longer than 3 hours unless you are using used batteries or those sold at the 99 cent store. Batteries on the unit will last from 8-10 hours and if you understand electronics you can get the most life from them. There is an AC adpater that you can buy for 9.99 to record at home (so you only need to use batteries if you want to take the radio with you) Since most recording will be done at home, you will not be using batteries at all. As far as Customer Service goes before you buy the product email or call them and you will see two things.

1.In the case of email a reply usually in minutes.

2.Actually beiing able to get through the phone lines and talking to someone who knows the product.

You can't beat the service. People like "Greg" are just IDIOTS who bash a product with other agendas.