Samsung Q1 8 GB Video MP3 Player with Lighted Touchpad (Black)
From Samsung Electronics
- Amazon Sales Rank: #20601 in Consumer Electronics
- Size: 8 GB
- Color: Black
- Brand: Samsung
- Model: YP-Q1JCB/XAA
- Dimensions: 3.85" h x .43" w x 1.97" l, .13 pounds
Take your media with you on the Samsung Q1 media player, one of the slimmest, lightest, and coolest looking media players on the market. This black Samsung Q1 has 8GB of flash memory and a 2.4-inch LCD screen. Load your favorite songs from your MP3 library or subscription music services. Convert and watch your favorite videos. You'll also enjoy a built-in FM radio and recorder, photo viewer, voice recorder, flash games, and more.
 One of the slimmest, lightest, and coolest looking media players on the market. |
 Enjoy your video content on a brilliant 2.4-inch LCD screen. Click to enlarge. |
 The Q1 features intuitive and attractive navigation. |
 Weighing it at just 2.15 ounces, the Q1 is less than a half-inch deep. Click to enlarge. |
2.4-inch LCD
The Q1's 2.4-inch QVGA TFT LCD screen gives you brilliant video, with a resolution of 320x240 pixels and a frame rate of 30 fps. You also can adjust the screen's brightness to your liking, or to preserve a little bit of precious battery life.
Touchpad Control
The Q1's lighted touchpad--which is great to look at--makes navigation a snap. Screensavers on the Q1 are even extended from the screen to the touchpad for an extra visual treat.
Video Playback
Enjoy MPEG4, WMV and SVI video files on the go with your Q1. The included software will transcode other video formats on the computer before transferring to the device, so videos on the Q1 play at the optimal frame size/rate with minimal effort from the user.
Music Playback
The Q1 plays MP3 and WMA audio formats. As you probably know, MP3 files are the most common music format available today. WMA uses a high-quality compression technology so users can have smaller files that sound in near CD quality.
The Q1 also works with subscription content from Rhapsody, Napster, and Yahoo!, giving you access to millions of songs for your enjoyment.
Photo Playback
Add your favorite JPEG, BMP, GIF, or PNG images to the Q1 for viewing any time. Images can be zoomed and re-centered, and also can be used as wallpaper, so you can customize and make the Q1 yours.
For sharing with friends, use the slideshow function, including six transition effects.
FM Tuner
The Q1 boasts a built-in FM tuner with 30 presets and the ability to make FM recordings.
Using Auto preset mode, the tuner will scan the entire FM range in less than 60 seconds, automatically placing the available FM stations into presets. To eliminate stations with marginal reception, users can adjust the sensitivity to only preset stations with strong reception.
DNSe 3.0
Samsung's DNSe engine produces higher quality sound with more natural effects than conventional methods by reproducing the "genuine" stereo sound intended by the music content creators. It achieves this by overcoming the limitations from earphones and less-than-ideal speakers to offer realistic stereo and deep bass sounds. DNSe 3.0 takes this to a new level.
Text to Speech Conversion
You can convert text files to audio files. This feature is free of charge on EmoDio.
Flash Games
Want to have a little fun? Enjoy BombBomb, BubbleSmile, and ChickenRunway, the included Flash games on the Q1.
What's in the Box
Samsung Q1 8 GB Video MP3 Player with Lighted Touchpad (Black), earphones, USB cable, installation CD.
Great Sound / Great Price / Good Navigation
Firstly, let me say that one's inability to use a touch pad navigation should not factor into how good a player is. Basically, if you know how to send a text message (something I have never done), you can navigate this player! Complaining about a player you bought KNOWING had a touch pad navigation, is like complaining about the finger prints on a touch screen player. I just do not get it.
Now, the sound is great! There are many pre-determined audio enhancements you can select, or you can create your own. You can save up to 3 user defined audio settings. You can create playlists (5 of them) and delete songs on the fly. It has both a radio and datacasts. The pictures and videos are vibrant and you can easily set one of your photos as your background as well as change the text font. There is a text to speech function as well as subway maps of major cities with places of interests highlighted as well as a little information about them. Navigation is fairly easy, yes the touch pad might take some getting used to, but it just requires patience. The UI is intuitive and all that you want is just a slight tap/hold/swipe away.
If you have ever listened to the P2 and loved it, well just know that the sound quality on the Q1 is just as good, some prof. reviews say it is even better. I was looking to purchase a 16gb refurbished P2 from Eoutletcadada, but they were out and I saw this player for much less, did some research on it and did not hesitate to order it. I paid under $80 including shipping.
There are great demo videos on Youtube. There is someone there who has a 3 part demo and because of watching that, I have had no need to look at an instruction manual nor have I bothered installing the Emodio software. The player is pretty straight forward! The Q1 has all of the functions of Samsung's highly rated P2 except a touch screen and bluetooth. Also, instead of a 3 inch screen, it has a 2.4 in screen making it more portable.
I own several inexpensive Chinese players that have wonderful sound (check Meizu), but do not have the sophisticated UI's and "extras" like embedded art work and resume play on videos, etc. They do tend to be much more customizable, play many more video and audio formats than big name brands, have expandable memory, and sound just as good or even better than the big name players.
Low prices and great sound/video have steered me to those players, but so long as I can get reliable refurbished Samsung players for the same price, I will opt for their conveniences and bells ans whistles. Having navigated the Meizu, which has a similar navigation system, made it easy for me to become accustomed to the Q1 in a matter of minutes. A HINT, do not press the navigational pad hard. I find it is much more accurate when I barely tap it, pretty much I use a quick, gentle swiping motion.
If you want a great player with superb sound, great video, great album art (except when displayed in the larger size), you like the P2 (but don't need all of the aforementioned extras), give the Q1 a look. You will not be disappointed. Look into eoutletcanada if you do nt mind buying refurbished. I have purchased two of these and they came in perfect condition. Get your own earphones though. Do not let the proprietray connectors scare you away from this. I got extra USB chargers: wall, comp., and car from Ebay for about $10.00 delivered.
Gorgeous player that is unusable
When I read the reviews on this product I did not pay attention to those who cited the control function as being poor. I thought how hard can it be to press a directional control up or down? It is a beautifully stylish player, however upon trying to use it I exclaimed OMG...you have got to be kidding me!!! No matter hard I tried to precisely press the directional control it just failed to do what it was designed to do. I found that it was completely unusable and had to return it to Amazon. I did not even get a chance to judge it on all the other features that people loved about it.
Maybe next rev for this one!!!
Could be better
I have been a patron of Samsung for quite sometime and have owned four different MP3 players made by Samsung. The Q1 is decent in my opinion at best. First, it's a well built player as all Samsung players are. The sound quality is very good. However, the navigation on this player is a train wreck. The four-way center select buttons are a nightmare to use. It is so sensitive it's difficult to get to a specific tract on the first try and that's while I'm sitting stationary in a chair. Good luck trying to navigate on the move! Having 16GB of music on this player is awesome until you want to move to a particular artist or track it is s l o w going. I have only had this player for three weeks now, but if I were making recommendations to Samsung, it would be to take away the surgical sensitivity of the buttons and design the player with the ability to scroll quicker thru the tracks. I have always been a fan of Samsung players and will continue to be, but this one is somewhat of a disappointment. If only they made the P2, or the T9 is 16GB I'd be a happy consumer once again.
Update: I see that they now have the P2 available in 16GB. I will be buying one ASAP and putting the Q1 in a drawer.
