My one after 9 months lost all song lists, genre etc and would not charge off the computer rendering it useless. Many people on the net have the same problem and I will replace it with another brand. Great while it lasted! ie 9 months

I live in Australia and bought a Samsung YPZ5 for $300 and my friend bought an Ipod for $350. His ipod can play/store movies, pictures and music. Also his has 80GB!! He already had 1824 songs, 24 movies and a million pictures!! I felt beaten. As this product only has 2GB (1989 MB to be exact) and can store about 500 songs.

The fact that this YP Z5 keeps crashing is annoying and outweighs the good points. Not sure that I would buy another Samsung MP3 player.

I used to have a Samsung 20gb player but traded it in for this, which is much smaller and nicer to use, with most importantly, longer battery life. The capacity is not an issue, as now I just put albums on I want to hear, rather than on the old one where everything I had was on it and I spent hours just forwarded though stuff I did not want to hear! I listen to a lot of podcasts as well, so don't need a huge capacity.

I like the fact that it displays the album art of the song playing and you can even have slideshow of your own photos if you want. It is very easy to use.

Very happy with this player which I would recommend to anyone as a good (and cheaper) alternative to an iPod.

For me battery life was a big issue so I've returned the player. Otherwise it was fine - controls slightly fiddly but OK once used to them.

Very good

The Samsung YP Z5 is my 4th MP3 player, and by far the best, I am very happy with it. It feels fairly solid and looks very stylish. The screen is good and the menus are easy to use. The battery Life is Brilliant! quoted at 35 hours, not sure it would last that long, but easily handled a 7 hour flight to new york and back, and a few hours travel time at either end! It is easy to Snyc IF you have built your music collection with Windows Media Players Library, if you have just put MP3 in directories over the years they will not all show in WMP and will have Artist/ Title info missing so will be very muddled on your MP3 player.
Also, this is a flash player, not micro drive or HDD, unlike most ipods, so when you drop it, it may scratch, but it wont die on you!
The bad points are more niggles, ie sometimes the player displays the wrong album cover to what you are playing. Also as stated if you take it out in the cold, and i mean icey scarf weather, and it isn't in your inside jacket pocket, the menus lags, BUT playback is still smooth. The USB only charger is more of an annoyance, but a mains-usb adapter only cost about £3.
All in all, if you want a small, stylish mp3 player with great sound and amazing battery life, this is for you.

For the most part, I am very happy with this player. I started with MP3 players about 2 years ago, and the first one I had was the YH-925. The YP-Z5 that I have now is very much superior to the previous one I had. The sound is marvelous, as is the control scheme (even if the menu looks a lot like the iPod). The transferring of the music is a breeze. There is no software, you just drag and drop through Windows media 10 or higher. For those who have had problems with transferring (as I gathered from reading previous reviews) just press the sync tab, and click on the YH-Z5 icon on the left folder pane. You can make personalized play lists, and just drag it to the player.

I came on the Review Centre looking for cons about this player, but all I've done is re-affirm my satisfaction with the YH-Z5.

The only thing that I cannot work out on the Samsung YP-Z5 MP3 player is how to delete a track from it?

I have it plugged it into Windows Media Player 10, and the songs come up, but then I am stuck!

I accidentally put two songs onto my player three times each. I have deleted them from WMP10, but they are still on my player.

Can anyone help me?

And as I am of the older generation, can it be in plain simple English?

Many thanks

If like me you were looking for an MP3 player with: -
1) Excellent sound quality
2) Low cost but good quality
3) Low weight

Then I would recommend the Samsung YP Z5 player to anyone. I spent many many hours going through all the review sites, and ended up with a shortlist of iRiver, Creative Zen Sleek, and iPod. This is by far the best unit in terms of quality and cost.

People have written elsewhere about the fiddly control buttons/touch pad. I popped down to a local electrical store to try it out and had no problems with it (but some of my friends have not liked it - my advice is spend 2 mins looking at one in a store before committing).

After 6 weeks of use I've sometimes had difficulty switching it on or off - the button for on/off and Play/Pause is the same button. This seems to be the only part of the player that causes annoyance.

Everything else is Superb. Sound is crisp but weighty, and I use it with a cassette adaptor in the car. The look and weight/size is amazing - once you've slipped it into your pocket you wouldn't know it was in there.

The only other points are:
1) - You use Windows Media Player to load the songs onto it - this is fine, but it will take some perseverance to work out how the software works. 1 - 2 days and you'll be fine.
2) - There is no battery charger like on a mobile phone; you charge it by connecting it to a PC via a USB cable (takes 4 hours to charge). If you travel ALOT and are not often near a PC for this length of time you may find this an issue. I've read that you can get 'powered' USB hubs, but I have had no reason to look into this.

The YP Z5 is supposed to be an iPod beater. It is supposed to just plug in and play, synchronize with Windows Media Player and just get on with it - no convoluted software needed - and promises great sound quality and a really long battery life.

The reality for me at least was hours of frustration and wasted time. The iPod may have received some flak in the past but it is now on its 5th generation, and the research and development and the lessons learned from previous models has in my view paid off. Perhaps the 5th gen. version of the YP Z5 will be great too, but for now the 1st generation one is just PANTS !!