Best Soundfly AUX MP3 Player Car Fm Transmitter for SD Card, USB Stick, Mp3 Players (iPod, Zune, Sansa) with Remote Control

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

Nice Product, GREAT customer support!, November 12, 2010

I bought this mainly for the ability to navigate through folders that contained full albums of music from a usb flash drive. The unit is small, plugs directly into a cigarette lighter, comes with a handy little remote and has a lot more functions than you would expect from an item this reasonably priced. The previous review from A. Preston sums up a lot of the features and was very helpful to me when I was shopping. (thanks A!). Here’s what I have to add.

There’s not a lot of information available about how many folders or songs the player can read or how they read them, so I thought I would add that information for future shoppers.

The unit can access up to 99 folders and up to 1999 mp3′s. You don’t need to have a master folder as in some of the other models from this company. You can have folders inside folders up to a depth of 5, however the unit is only going to show you the names of the folders and their assigned folder number (as opposed to a directory tree like you would see on a computer). The player will see up to 32 gb of either usb flash drive OR SD card memory at one time. The display can show up to 32 characters(scrolling) for song name, 16 characters for artist name and 15 characters for album name in now playing screen.

Since my main goal was to play complete albums, my math is based on averages of my albums…you’ll need to figure the true maximum amount of music you can store based on your preferences in bitrate. I was able to fit 99 albums on one 10gb flash drive and 99 albums on a 10gb SD card, giving me 198 albums to choose from without removing anything from the system. Remember, you’re limited to 99 folders TOTAL, not 99 x 5 depth. )

The only con I can think of for this is the fm transmitter portion of it. I’d highly recommend plugging it into an aux input or if you have a cassette player, a cassette adapter works nicely. When using the FM transmitter, the signal strength varies quite a bit and you wind up getting a lot of hiss from the radio. AUX works great though.

Lastly and definitely not least would be the customer service. I had several questions before I purchased and was answered each time within 24 hours with a personal reply…not some canned FAQ response.

Thanks for your help, Arthur!

I would definitely recommend this product to a friend.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

Exactly what I was looking for and more.., November 4, 2010

I was in a search for car mp3 player for a long time, but couldn’t find the one that met my needs. There were three things I was looking for: able to play through aux port in my car (much clear sound compared to fm transmission), able to view song and folder name, able to resume the audiobook where I left off. Soundfly Aux does it all and more. Here are the things I like and I don’t like:

Pros:

1) Beautiful design: Matches perfectly with my silver interior dash trim, actually it looks like it is part of the car.
2) Easy set-up: Plug in to the cigarette lighter, plug in the aux cable, put the SD card in and it starts to play music immediately. Although there are six buttons on the device itself, there are so many functions, so keep the manual with you until you get used to main functions.
3) Song and file info: While music is playing, you can see the song name, artist name, folder name and play time info on the screen. When you press the NAVI button, you see all the songs in the folder, then press the menu button, and you can visually go through all the folders. This is a neat option that I wasn’t expecting.
4) Bookmark: This is the main function I was looking for and it is so easy with Soundfly Aux. Push and hold the play button while the music is playing and it bookmarks the exact play time. It is better to use this function just before you leave the car.
5) Contrast: It is great that there is a contrast option, I can get a much better view of the screen, when I increase the contrast during the day time.
6) Remote control: You can use all the functions with the remote. It helps a lot to keep an eye on the road.

Cons:
1) Not able to play DRM audiobooks from Audible, only mp3: I just did a google search, audible and drm, and found the necessary software for conversion, but still wish it could play natively.
2) Fast-forward is only through the remote control, so don’t lose the remote.
3) Just the screen could be better looking, but I think they did it for anti glare purposes.

Apart from that, this is the only car mp3 player in the market with all the functions I wanted and I am very happy that it works as expected. Highly recommended!..