The Sony NWZ-B142F is a Walkman in the B series range and measures 86mm x 23.6mm x 14.5mm making it quite small (about the size of a chunky flash drive). It has a small 3 line display screen that allows you to navigate around the features of the MP3 player as well as showing track details. The Sony B series Walkman has 2GB of memory to store your tracks on and also features an FM receiver to let you listen to the radio. It’s similar to a flash drive in that it has a USB connector kept inside a cap that pulls off the end of the device and once inserted in a USB port on a PC the device charges and allows music to be transferred to and from the PC.
Features of the B Series Walkman include a 5 band graphic equalizer, Bass Boost, Voice recording, power light, AVLS, repeat, shuffle and can play MP3 and WMA files (non-DRM).
The B series walkman has a battery capacity that lets it play music for 18 hours and takes just 1 hour 10 minutes to fully charge. If the Walkman battery is completely discharged and you need to go out then a quick 3 minute charge will see it play music for up to 90 minutes if you switch it to powersave mode. It’s a handy feature should you forget to charge it before leaving home.
Sony B Series Walkman
On the left side of the device there is a 3.5mm headphone connector. On the right side there is a cap that can be removed to reveal the USB connector. On the bottom side of the device is a hold switch to prevent you accidentally pressing buttons while it’s in your pocket, and on the top side of the device you will find volume up and down buttons along with a Bass boost button.
The front of the device has a Home button/back button which takes you back to the home screen. Above that is a Zap button which helps you find tracks by playing a few seconds of the middle of the track so you don’t have to look at the screen. The silver section on the front houses the Play/Pause button in the middle with the top side of the circle skipping forwards a track and the lower side skipping back a track. The controls are very basic but do exactly what they need to do.
Sony B Series Walkman Sound Quality
Sound quality was just fine on the B Series Walkman and as with any MP3 player, you just need to make sure you feed it some decent quality MP3’s and all will be good.
Sony B Series Walkman Final Thoughts
Although the B Series Walkman has a small screen and lacks the video capabilities you really need to weigh up what you will use it for. If you want to buy a Walkman for just listening to music and perhaps the radio then this is for you as it does exactly what it needs to in these areas. So overall, simple but does exactly what it needs to do… play music.
More details over at Sony.
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this year i went nd bought a Sony NWZ-B142F 2GB USB MP3 Player with FM Radio Colour RED but in mexico and its an original device but its been a month now that i got back nd when i connected to my computer it doesn’t work meaning if i connect my device 2 my computer nd when i open the folder “My Computer” absolutely nothing pops up?? could some answer me nd walk me thru n explain me how i can make it work 2 my computer????????????????
yesterday,i brought a Sony NWZ- B142F,2GB USB player,red,but when i connected it to my computer,nothing popped? The computer said -no new drive,can anyone help me,how can i make it work?
You could try a different USB port perhaps. If that doesn’t work then try uninstalling your USB ports in the device manager, they will reinstall when you do a refresh. Once re-installed, test again.
Do following three things to get you MP3 start working.
1. Check your computer USB ports enabled.
2. Reset your MP3 player by inserting a needle in hole on back side of Player
3. Connnect your Player to USB and enjoy……………
good day guys,
i need a help. i just got my walkman NWZ-B142F. I tried plugging it on the laptop and it worked. but today (12/05/09), i plugged it on the computers in the office but what pops out is only the ‘transfer file’ and ‘take no action’ and it doenst appear on the ‘my computer’ winfow. also, the ‘Connected USB’ appears on its LED.
please help.
download realplayer for free from realplayer.com. for me it works perfect! i haved the same problem
hi
,i brought a Sony NWZ- B142F,2GB USB player,black,2gb,i charge it in my laptob , i try to turn it on but its not going on , i try to restart it but it not use,,its not work
plssssssssss
help me !!!!!!!
how can i arrange the songs orderly?it’s hard for me to listen to certain songs..
i want to make separate folders for different songs…… so… please help .. how can i…
jayanth…
even i had the problem of unpopping. i thought of installing wmp-11. but suddenly then one day it popped up and since then there has been no problem.
i need a help. i just got my walkman NWZ-B142F. I tried plugging it on the computers in the office but what pops out is only the ‘transfer file’ and ‘take no action’ and it doenst appear on the ‘my computer’ window. pls help
Can you test on other USB ports on your system to see if they detect it?
same problem………plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help i cant get the driver
To Rei: I had the same problem, any idea what do I do?
here most of them facing same problem….i think its because of u r processor try p4 it will works ………….
Sony 2 GB ‘B’ series NWZ-B142F walkman is working otherwise well. Music files can be transferred to the walkman from the PC. Recording quality is good in the walkman. But the problem is that I am not being able to transfer recorded music files from the walkman to my PC. Is it not possible in the device ? Please reply to help me at the earliest.
dear sir,
now my new walk man on pluging to computer it is not connecting. even after pining the reset putton. the same problem i read others letter. will u pl. send my what is good solution. and also what suggestion u have rendered to others also.
soundararajan
Test uninstalling your USB ports through the device manager and try connecting the walkman to each port to see if other USB ports function correctly.
last month buy sony walkman model.nwz-b142-f but this time its hang can sugges me what can i do…
My NWZ B142F also hanged just now for the first time after I bought it last year. What I did was I use a needle to press the reset button at the back side of the mp3 player and it works OK again!
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Sony mp3 can be detected as removable disk
just follow…be sure your player is connected to pc
go to my computer right click>>properties> IN HARDWARE TAB select device manager>portable audio>right click select update drivers>click next>tick the option let me choose driver for this device>next choose usb mass storage driver from two options click next….
this works for sure , so if it doesnt for u ur probably not doing it right …… i picked it up of this site ….. im posting the link ok …..
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-97417-sony-mp3-walkman-is-not-getting-detected
i bought this walkmen yesteray 4 gb……………its sound qualiry is good..nt so well…….bt in 4000 rs sagment…this walkmen is best….bettery bakup is as usual….. .in simple word i can say that THIS WALKMEN IS maha bakvass,……………..plz dont buy this……..