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Slacker 8 GB Portable Radio with 40 Stations (Black) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Slacker
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $98.99
You Save: $201.00 (67%)
New (18) Used (2) from $98.99
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 18882
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Size: 8 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 3.3 x 5.8
MPN: 90260005
Model: 90260005
UPC: 689076575874
EAN: 0689076575874
ASIN: B000XNR6TW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8 GB Slacker Radio and MP3 player with 40-station capacity | | • | Built-in Wi-Fi auto-refreshes Slacker Radio stations; music plays whether or not connected | | • | Plays your existing music collection (MP3, WMA, and AAC) | | • | 4-inch color LCD displays album art, reviews, artist bios and more | | • | Removable, rechargeable battery |
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Amazon.com Product Description -- Posted May 22, 2008
Take your personalized Slacker Radio stations with you anywhere you go. Built-in Wi-Fi auto-refreshes up to 40 Slacker Radio stations with new content, and the music plays anytime--whether or not you are connected.  With the Slacker Portable, the world's first-ever personal radio player, you can now take your favorite music with you, and discover new music along the way. | Personalized Radio With the Slacker Portable, the world's first-ever personal radio player, you can now take your favorite music with you. Choose from more than 100 expertly programmed radio stations, or custom-build your own using the vast Slacker artist network. The more you listen, the better Slacker gets at automatically delivering the music you want to hear. Effortless
Create your own unique radio experience with Slacker Personal Radio. You know what you like--Slacker knows how to deliver it. Slacker's Internet radio offering is built on the expertise of DJs from all over the country, and just by listening, you make Slacker even smarter at delivering more music that you love. Music Discovery
Perfect your listening experience using Slacker's exclusive personalization tools. With the buttons, tell Slacker Radio which songs are your favorites--and which ones you never want to hear again. Fine-tune any station--get more hits, or request older artists over new, for instance. Album reviews and artist bios come with every song and are delivered right to your Slacker Portable. View them on the 4-inch color LCD. Advanced Radio Clocks
Slacker DJs operate using a proven method of picking and mixing songs to deliver excellent musical variety that complements your tastes. This patent-pending DJ technology is embedded in the Slacker Portable to create the very best radio stations. The more you listen, the better it performs to deliver new music you'll love.  Choose from more than 100 expertly programmed radio stations, or custom-build your own. |  Get new music instantly from the vast Slacker music library by connecting at hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi spots across the country. | Slacker Basic Radio: Free Take the world's first-ever personal radio player with you for nonstop, customized music wherever you go. On the Slacker Portable, store thousands of songs for repeated listening, or connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot to get new music instantly. With hours of battery life, the Slacker Portable is built to go where you go. Plus, it's all completely legal. Slacker has unique licensing agreements with thousands of record labels to give you free access to a variety of music. By working directly with the record labels, Slacker gets the latest content to ensure your radio stations always stay current. Ad Supported
To offer your favorite music for free, the Slacker Basic Radio service might play one to two ads an hour. That's significantly fewer ads than traditional radio, so you can relax and easily enjoy your favorite music. Upgrade to Slacker Premium Radio If you want even more out of the service, pay just $7.50 per month for Slacker Premium, which puts you in control. What's the difference between Slacker Basic and Slacker Premium? First, Premium subscribers can avoid the ads that played in the Basic service. So, it's an ad-free listening experience. Next, Premium subscribers have access to Slacker Request Song, which lets you add your favorite artists' songs to your station. Then, use Slacker's fine-tuning controls to indicate how often those requested songs should play. Third, Premium subscribers have no limits on the number of songs they skip, letting listeners create the exact music experience they want. (Basic listeners are limited to six skips per hour, per station.) And fourth, as a Premium subscriber, you can save your favorite songs with the touch of a button. Saved songs are added to your library so that you can listen to them any time. You also can save your favorites to your PC using the Slacker Software Player. It's the ultimate personal radio experience. Slacker Premium Radio at a glance:
- Just $7.50 per month
- No advertisements
- Request songs
- Unlimited skipping of songs
- Save favorites
Slacker Radio: It's Everywhere With the Slacker Portable, get free and easy access to millions of songs from thousands of artists wherever you are. All of the music you love is automatically delivered to your Slacker Portable for free at any Wi-Fi hotspot or through your PC via USB. Pocket DJ
The same personalized listening experience you love on Slacker.com is available wherever you go on the Slacker Portable. Slacker DJs hand pick songs for your player, and you can use the buttons on the Slacker Portable to further customize your stations. The more you listen, the better the music gets. The Slacker Portable gives you uninterrupted access to your music wherever you are. Thousands of songs are stored on the Slacker Portable to fill up all of your personalized radio stations. That means you can listen to your stations, even if you are nowhere near a Wi-Fi connection. Refresh On the Go
The Slacker Portable automatically can add new music at hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots across the country. Each time you connect, songs that were hand-picked by Slacker DJs are added to your device. Plus, you can add new stations to your Slacker Portable from any PC or Mac with an Internet connection. Built in MP3 Player Already have your own personal music library? The Slacker Portable features a built-in MP3 player. You can store up to 500 MB of MP3s on the 2 GB/15-station Slacker Portable, 1.5 GB of MP3s on the 4 GB/25-station Slacker Portable, or 4 GB of MP3s on the 8 GB/40-station Slacker Portable. Then, listen whenever and wherever you want. On-the-Go Playlists
Create personalized playlists with your MP3s using the intuitive controls on the Slacker Portable. Enjoy the favorites you own in any order you want. As a Slacker Premium Radio subscriber, you can mix your MP3s with saved radio tracks to fashion playlists absolutely unique to you. Software Player
Play your own personal collection of MP3s on the your portable with Slacker Software Player. Simply plug your portable into your PC to transfer songs and refresh your radio stations. Also, such enhanced features as high-resolution, full-screen album art and a variety of visualizations track to the music on the portable's 4-inch color LCD. What's in the Box
Slacker 8 GB Portable Radio with 40 Stations (Black), USB cable, power supply, earphones
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 So far it's useless January 3, 2009
I downloaded and installed their software player. Then I connected the device via a USB cable. When I tried to log in, the player says that the sign in failed. If I try to create a new account, it tells me my email address is already taken. I don't have any problem logging in to their service with a web browser. This gives me no way to refresh the device with new songs.
Next Day: The above problem was with a Windows Vista PC, so I tried to install it on another computer running XP. This time I was able to actually sign in from the Player software and even play music when I turned off my firewall. I then made the USB connection, and tried to refresh the device with music, but nothing happens. It just does not work.
 create a personal radio station December 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had my Slacker player for about a month now and use it almost every day. It's a great device if you like listening to music and don't want to buy (or steal) thousands of dollars worth of MP3's. Even if you do own a huge MP3 library, Slacker is still interesting if you don't want to have to constantly manage the content of your iPod and your playlists.
Slacker sound quality is way better than XM/Sirius or FM radio. I use the free Slacker service and commercials are minimal; maybe once every couple of hours I get a 5 second "this is Slacker radio" announcement.
The pre-programmed Slacker music channels are very good, but the real nice feature is being able to design your own music stream by selecting musicians that you like and asking the player to play only those or (your choice) to discover similar bands. Slacker does not have access to every song ever recorded, but neither does any iPod owner's personal MP3 collection.
Setting up your player does take a bit of work, but it is not rocket science. If you use the wi-fi connection, you do need to know how to set up a wi-fi connection (usually by looking up and entering your MAC address and wi-fi password). You can also download by USB cable, which may be faster. The documentation included in the box is a little sparse, but you can download a more detailed user manual at the [...] web site.
Programming a music stream is as easy or as hard as you want it to be. Easiest is selecting one of the many pre-programmed stream. Second easiest is to select one band by name and asking Slacker to create a stream of similar music. I entered 40 bands and asked Slacker to expand on that by discovering similar music. Then you just connect the Slacker player to your wi-fi and let it download your music. The first download will take a while since it has to download all 8GB. After that, it only downloads enough new music to replace the songs that you have listened to. Do a refresh as often as you want (but 8GB of music should last you for at least several days).
I only have 2 complaints. First the device is kind of big (mostly wide). It does come with a free case, but the case does not have a belt loop. At least the big screen does make it easy to see the album art and read the artist bios and album descriptions. The Slacker G2 devices are smaller, but also much more expensive. Second, the off switch is kind of finicky. Sometimes I have to press it a few times or even try it from different modes to get it to switch off. Other than that, I think the 8GB Slacker for [...] is a great value.
If you're still unsure about Slacker, go to [...] and try the free on-line music player. Create your free own station, and listen to it for a few hours. If you like what you hear and want to listen to it while you are away from the Internet, then this device is for you. When you get the device, you can download the music stream you created on the web site to your Slacker player.
Good Device December 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
1. I like old music, so this device is great for that.
2. I had a Nano for a year or two and never even opened it...so I would fall into the category that welcome pre-programmed music. I like Pandora.
Far as getting it to work that was horrendous. Documentation is scant.
Limited service hours. If using USB disconnect your firewall. Then it is a questions of hours to update 90 minutes per station.
I created my own station and have that in first position. (easy to move).
I like the little guy...it is difficult to power off...supposedly only 1 second,..hold down longer to start/reboot.
I did turn the turn strip off...and just hit "Home" to back out.
If your car is older than 2007 may not have an aux jack. I bought a Belkin cassette adapter (so so) and a homedics MP3 cushion (much better sound). With either of these you still need an mp3 charger...for the device.
That being said, I can think of great uses, car, boat, pool, workout room...and even my easy chair.
Woot sent me a replacement unit I thought this was broke..and may keep it, so I have two units...and two program regimes.
I tried to buy a 8MB unit of Amazon..but it was broken (seller noticed before shipped). He suggested 25 channels and 4 MG would be plenty.
You can change out the radio stations.
The unit did find my wireless...but I never entered in correct password...to update that way. It is clunky updating...I stopped and restarted it...really no way to tell if it is still going...(there is a globe if connected and a status bar, but it seems when it is finished with a station, it may hang...). Could be Comcast.
Far as downloads of own music...mine are wrong format.
Best advice is to enjoy the pre-programmed out of the box.
When you have time and patience, add more channels...keep to a minimum for updating and put your favorite channels up top so they can be loaded first...stop if needed.
 wow!! and it's free!! December 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this thing is incredible. i've found so many new artists it's amazing how much i've been missing. everytime someone sees my slacker, and i tell them about it and what it can do, they're out trying to find one. if you love your music but hate to search for it, slacker is for you. i have the G1 against all the reviews from a lot of people, and couldn't be happier!! sure some of the buttons are quirky to find and use, but at 43 i love the huge 4" screen. look, nothings perfect, but the slacker comes as close as you can get. don't even bother getting the paid subscription. there's only two or three commercials at best in an hour and no longer than 10 seconds, most are less than five. if you want to download into your favorites then get an mp3 player. the six skips in an hour is no big deal either, after all it's the music you want to listen to so skipping isn't something you'll do a lot. hope this helps some of you out, slacker really is original and truly awesome.
Dont waste you money December 16, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
Bought one from Woot, terrible product, spent hours trying to get it to work, customer service requires you to have a Masters in IT, Piece of Junk.
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