For $249, the player provides 25 percent more storage than the leading mini-sized player, plus a built-in FM tuner and dual headphone jacks.
The Virgin Player 5GB has dedicated buttons for changing the volume, skipping to the next song, or pausing the music. The product also includes the Virgin DJ, which in just two button presses creates playlists from a customer's music collection.
For desktop music management, the Virgin Player is bundled with the Virgin Group's own music software and service, Virgin Digital. This system will rip and burn CDs, synchronize music to the Virgin Player and offer consumers an optional music subscription service.
Since the Virgin Player supports both MP3 and WMA music formats, it also works with several other digital music services.
Virgin Player features include:
Sleek, original industrial design in just 3.1 ounces
5GB for storing more than 1,200 MP3 (2,400 WMA) songs or 80 CDs
Integrated FM tuner with eight presets - simple accessible FM tuner switch
Dual headphone jacks for shared listening with a friend
Dedicated power, home, back, volume, play/pause, rewind and fast-forward buttons for simple intuitive navigation
Patent-pending "two-stage" up and down buttons for scrolling one song at a time or zipping through hundreds
Virgin Digital Music Service for synchronization, ripping, burning and digital music purchases
Lithium battery for up to eight hours of play time and a weeks of standby time
Simplified menu system for getting to music quickly and easily
Virgin DJ feature for listening to music in new ways-examples include tracks just loaded, top 20 and "lost & found" to listen to the tracks played the least
Virgin Quiz, a name that tune game that customers play with their own music
High-speed USB 2.0 support
Support for PCs running Windows XP/2000
- From a Virgin Electronics Press Release
