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Cowon S9 32 GB Video MP3 Player with Touchscreen (Titanium Black)

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Brand: Cowon
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$299.99~~
Buy New: $199.99
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1674

Media: Electronics
Batteries: 0
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 4.2 x 2.2 x 0.5
nv: Album Art Supported: Yes
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Audio Output Connections: 3.5 mm headphone socket
Battery Life: Approx. 55 hours audio 11 hours video
Battery Type: Lithium Polymer (Li-Po)
Bluetooth: Yes
Bluetooth Compatible Profile: A2DP AVRCP Profile
BlueTooth Protocol: Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP
Codec Support: MP3/2/1 WMA FLAC OGG WAV APE
Colour LCD Screen: Yes
Copyright Protection System: Yes
DAB Radio: No
Data Storage: Yes
Depth: 12.7mm
Designed for Sports Usage: Yes
FM Tuner: Yes

MPN: S9-32TB
Model: S9-32TB
UPC: 826487529250
EAN: 8809009958471
ASIN: B00267A7QC

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Features:

•	32 GB capacity for about8,000 songs
•	55 hours of audio or 11 hours of video on a single charge
•	3.3-inch, 16-million color AMOLED display with 480 x 272 pixel resolution
•	Supports MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, WAV, and APE audio formats; AVI and WMV video formats; JPEG image formats
•	1-year limited warranty

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
With its stylish, curved-back ergonomic design, the 32 GB Cowon S9 video MP3 player is quite the eye-catcher, and the perfect way to enjoy your favorite movies, TV shows, photos, and music on the go. With the S9 resting comfortably in your hand, you'll enjoy a vibrant 3.3-inch widescreen touchscreen display, Bluetooth support for wireless devices, a voice recorder with built-in microphone, FM radio/recorder, and plenty more, proving that the S9's beauty is way more than skin deep.

An eye-catching way to enjoy your favorite movies, TV shows, photos, and music on the go. Click to enlarge or view controls.

Song control buttons conveniently placed on top of the S9. Click to enlarge.

The S9's intuitive user interface makes using it a pleasure. Click to enlarge.

Freely adjust the zoom with your fingertips. Click to enlarge.

Get a quick preview of your videos before you watch. Click to enlarge.

3.3-Inch AMOLED Display
The S9 boasts a 16 million color, 3.3-inch AMOLED display with a 480 x 272 pixel resolution. Thanks to the low-power display technology, the screen is viewable from virtually any angle. It looks great in the dark and even in direct sunlight. AMOLED turns electric signals into video 1,000 times faster than the speed of conventional LCDs, leaving no ghost images while playing motion pictures.

Intuitive Touchscreen Interface
Cowon S9's interface has been optimized for its durable anti-scratch touchscreen, with gesture recognition features like zoom-able album art, pictures, and text; TrueType fonts for clear visibility at any zoom level; and more.

Video Player
The S9 will play AVI and WMV video files, with codec support for Xvid SP/ASP and WMV9 SP/MP. Enjoy all your favorite clips and shows, and just tilt the unit to switch to 16:9 widescreen viewing.

The S9 also makes browsing your content fun and easy. Preview thumbnail images of all your videos before choosing which one to watch. The "Quicklist" feature allows you to preview the files surrounding the one being played--check to see the next file in the queue, whether you're enjoying music or video.

Finally, the S9 features a composite video out for sending your signal to your television.

Music Player
The S9 is a full-featured music player with support for MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, WAV, and APE formats so you can stick to the format you like.

Get detailed track info on the S9's screen with meta tag support, and view LDB 1.0 and 2.0 lyrics files while you listen.

The S9's track control buttons are conveniently placed on the top of the device for use while carrying in your pocket--perfect for use on the bus or subway.

JetEffect Music Enhancement
Dial in the perfect sound no matter what you're listening to with Cowon's various enhancement tools:

BBE: clarifies music
Mach3Bass: enhances low-frequency bass spectrum
MP Enhance: restores distorted digital music
3D Surround: provides 3D sound effect
5-Band EQ: customizable equalizer with adjustable band and bandwidth filter

FM Radio and Recorder
Enjoy your favorite FM radio programming using the S9's unique "jog shuttle" touchscreen control for selecting stations. Store your favorites in up to 24 user presets, and record live radio for later listening.

Photo and Document Viewer
View or share slideshows of your favorite JPG images, and read your TXT text documents wherever you are.

Bluetooth Freedom
The S9 features built-in Bluetooth 2.0 support (A2DP, AVRCP Profile) for use with various wireless devices. Get rid of those cables and enjoy the benefits.

Digital Clock with Alarm
Set an alarm to play your music or FM radio, and use the sleep timer to drift off to your favorite songs. You also can use the clock to schedule FM recording for a particular time.

Voice Recording
Record voice memos, lectures, meetings, or whatever else you need for later using the built-in microphone. The S9 also supports line-in recording, for grabbing audio from external devices like CD players.

Energy Efficient Entertainment
The S9 will give you up to 55 hours of music playback, up to 11 hours of video playback, and up to 350 hours of stand-by sleep mode on a single charge.

Flash Player
The pre-installed Adobe Flash Player lets you enjoy Flash games and other utilities, along with the Flash content present on many web sites.

What's in the Box
Cowon C9, Earphones, USB 2.0 cable, Manual CD, Quick Start Guide

Customer Reviews:

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OUTSTANDING July 14, 2010
Robert Sandoval
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is an amazing device that totally destroys my opinion of what a PMP can be. You have access to so many features (typist, radio, photo viewer, truly audiophile sound quality, etc...) that makes this a truly unique and fantastic device.

This is a seemingly audio-centric device but, that is shattered by its numerous features and with a great user community that is always tweaking and enhancing your user experience FREE OF CHARGE!, this Cowon player is my favorite purchase of 2010 and perhaps the last 5 years, by far!

Buy one and make sure you purchase some SERIOUS headphones or bluetooth speakers because this thing can push out some great sound quality.

4 out of 5 stars

Solid PMP July 14, 2010
P. Hartman (Missouri, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought the Cowon S9 because I wanted a high quality MP3 player and did not like the experience of being tethered to iTunes when I had my previous iPod. Overall, the S9 was what I was hoping to get.

PROS

- The battery life on this thing is fantastic. I have it running 10 hours a day when I am sitting at my desk at work, and it will go for several days before needing to be charged. Usually just plugging it in for a hour once a week to load on more music is enough charge time.
- The OLED display is vibrant and clear; no dead pixels.
- Playback quality on both music and video is nothing short of great.
- File compatibility is top notch; this thing has played every file type I have thrown at it with no problems. Playing native xvid video files is extremely convenient, no need to convert videos to a lower quality just so you can add it to your PMP.
- The plastic screen is made out of Gorilla Glass which is pretty much impossible to scratch, so it is very durable and you don't need to worry about stuff grinding against it when you have it in your pocket.
- It allows you to bookmark a spot of a MP3 file - this is a great feature for me because I listen to MP3's of radio shows that can be several hours long. This has been a feature that all of my previous players have lacked so I was pleasantly surprised to find this.
- File management with this player is simple, you just treat it like any other external storage you would plug into your computer and copy your files onto the device.

CONS

- The interface is awkward and takes getting used to. Now that I have been using it for about a month it is fine, but it took awhile for it to make sense. You can download user made interfaces and install them on the device if you are interested.
- While rare, I have experienced some odd bugs. Occasionally it will register several mp3 files more than once and I have to restart the player to get back to normal. Nothing huge but they are an annoyance when they come up.
- Hardware was a little smaller than I was expecting. The screen is maybe 30% smaller than a iPod touch.
- The ear bud headphones that come with the player seem pretty cheap, I replaced them immediately.
- FM radio player is extremely bare bones
- No music visualization effects (some of the promotional videos I found on the internet made it looks like it could do this, but I found out it was just displaying movie files that looked similar)

Overall I am happy with the purchase. I use this MP3 player with Ubuntu Linux and it works fine (occasionally it is read only when I mount it, but reconnecting usually fixes it). While I think this player will last me a long time, it has made me a fan of Cowon and I would consider purchasing more of their products.

4 out of 5 stars

Very good player July 14, 2010
T. R. Starner (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Love the EQ on the S9. Wish it had a card slot, but great player.

2 out of 5 stars

Long term durability and quirky interface are major drawbacks June 28, 2010
Scott W. Larson (Portland, OR)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Yes, this is a beautiful player. It has a stunning screen with deep contrast and brilliant saturation and is protected by a highly scratch-resistant screen. It supports a wide range of audio and video formats (except for AAC) and any operating system will recognize it as a USB drive so you don't have to deal with MTP software. The sound quality is excellent and highly configurable. The FM receiver is very sensitive.

Unfortunately the user interface is needlessly cumbersome. I honestly feel the designers had never used any other MP3 player. I have several examples. On my Creative Zen, deleting a video is simply selecting "Delete Video" any time I'm playing it. The S9 will tell you that you can't delete it -- the "X" which means delete will be grayed out. What? Oh yes, you have to go through the file browser, find the video file in the "Video" folder that you were playing and delete that. You'll find that most of the interface is file-oriented so get used to thinking of your songs as files again.

There are countless other confusing methods of doing what are mundane tasks on other players. Selecting random shuffle will give you silence. You didn't know you had to select a song before it would play anything? Adding a song to an active dynamic playlist is a series of confusing operations, and without third party interfaces like Claw, the S9 wouldn't have more than one playlist. Even trivial operations have surprises. Start recording FM radio and you'll discover now you can't adjust the volume. Why? I guess they never thought anyone would want to listen to what they're recording.

But there is a major problem that many S9 owners are experiencing. Sooner or later you'll copy something to the S9 and that will be the last thing it ever does. The copy will abort, you'll restart the S9 and it will say "No fonts No resources" and that will the The End. Nothing will bring it back. Mine lasted eleven months before dying but others have had their S9 die as soon as they start copying all their music to it. It's a hardware defect and Cowon, being a small company, ignores it.

I certainly can't recommend a $200+ product that didn't last a year.

5 out of 5 stars

Cowon S9 32 GB Video MP3 Player with Touchscreen June 9, 2010
Stacy L. Land
Absolutely Awesome. I am so happy with this. Could not ask for a better one. Thank You Amazon.

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