inputs.text: not bad - sound quality sounds like mediocre box 80s although better things available todaynot bad nothing write home not hold better boxes past shouldnt surprising treble frequencies reproduced clearly little no harshness midrange bass response seems roll 100120hz good news separate bass treble 7 7 db controls not limited often useless preset eq settings radio reception awful thought something wrong could pull strongest local stations not well talking look inside wasnt send back poor reception background electronics noticed one minanal circuits ive ever seen small coil bar replacing tiny ferrite bar brought reception less average instead almost deaf planning listen band repaired disappointed fm overload city one station 100kw thats 8 miles away half dial covering weak signals however medium strong signals come though fine fm mono switch helps clean fringe signals mp3 usb port reads pmpmp3 player like disc cant use controls player also charges device may not want running \\d\\ cells drain card slot works not tried card thats 2g dont know read hc cards navigating done browsing though folders f01 f02 ect clicking though ff next rewind back like cd player no menu way scrolling list files available holding ff rew button scroll though file slow 2x maybe 3x normal speed making long files podcasts audio books difficult navigate no resume feature formats limited mp3 wma wavpcm imho youre better running pmpmp3 player though aux port ipod docking havent tried feature dont ipod trying owning several players found superior ipod im simply not interested editupdate ive tried ipod ok job even navigate though ipods menus complaint controls not exactly user friendly hand find scroll wheel type ipod user interface bit odd mean \\menu\\ back instead center button forward instead thats one reasons dont one one lack drag drop compatibility sound quality touch better though card reader usb port odd may sound seems lasonic better converter go figure please dont get wrong dont dislike limitations job fine something happen one id gladly order another one however really wish would make model sansa dock us would rather not deal limitations ipod aux although limited usb port issue minimal