This may sound like an obvious question to ask, “What do you want to use your new MP3 player for?” This is really the first step to get the most out of your MP3 player. It also saves a lot of time and frustration. As it’s easy to find that the player you’ve bought does lots of things that you don’t need and doesn’t do the things that you do need.

It also makes choosing your player much easier and enjoyable, as you may find you are overcome by choice, not really knowing which player is better, or more suited to your needs, than another. Is it just for listening to music while you are jogging or working out? Do you use the radio while in the kitchen? Or are you looking for something that you can plug into your TV and watch videos with?

There are MP3 players with simple button controls. Press play, volume, and up and down to scroll through your music library. Or say hello to touch screens. While Apple have popularized them with their iPod touch, there are now many players with touch screens. Touch screens do have their advantage, feeling that you are in the 21st century is certainly one of them. For many, it’s fun and easy way to control the player. But remember for those who have never used a touch screen before, it does take a little while to get used to it.

You will need to find out if your music and movie files are compatible with your MP3 player. One of the main problems having bought a player, is to find that it doesn’t play your files. While we tend to think that all music files are MP3′s, this is not actually not the case. While MP3 is perhaps the most popular music file format, there are plenty more. We have Windows Media Audio, or WMA, Real Media or RM, and Apple use a format called AAC.

Finding a player that suits you, and then find it won’t play your music collection is common, and there is a answer. You can find many free programs that convert will quickly convert your music files into a format compatible with your MP3 player. You may find that your MP3 player comes with software to do this too.

Ask a friend. If you have a friend or family member that seem to have a good MP3 player, which they find easy to use, ask them about it, let them show it off to you. Ask them what they really like about it, and if they think it would be suitable for you.

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