Digital audio player facts for kids

The digital audio player is a device that can play digital audio, such as CD and MP3 formatted music. Such devices include MP3 players and CD players. Some are portable and use battery power.

Images for kids

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  A flash-based player (Creative MuVo)

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  An MP3 CD player (Philips Expanium)

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  Rio PMP300, one of the earliest marketed DAPs, plays music in the MP3 format

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  The third generation iPod stores audio files on a miniature hard disk drive.

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  The Archos Jukebox 6000 released late 2001 was a DAP with a hard disk, one of the earliest of its kind

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  PlayStation Portable

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  A recent player, Sony Walkman NW-A35, focusing on audiophilic capabilities such as the ability to play Direct Stream Digital (DSD)

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  Sony Walkman NW-A1000, one of the earliest Walkman players that played MP3 alongside the proprietary ATRAC format

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  Toshiba Gigabeat running Portable Media Center, allowing video playback

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  An iRiver iFP-190 player, with a built-in microphone for voice recording

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  Rockbox, a popular free and open source firmware for various PMPs

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  Interior of a small unbranded flash-based DAP

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  The Iriver SPINN portable media player features Samsung storage and a Telechips processor. It also features both touchscreen and a clickwheel mechanism for navigation. The SPINN implements haptic feedback by vibrating with user input. Additional hardware capabilities enable it to decode the MPEG-4 Part 2 format and play back audio using SRS WOW.

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  An "MP4 player" from Newsmy, a major PMP manufacturer in China

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  A Sansa Clip player with a clip to attach on a person's clothing

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  An iPod Shuffle DAP, featuring no display screen

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  Connecting a computer to a Sansa Clip DAP to transfer content by "syncing"

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  An early DAP (NETrax, from 1999) in its dedicated docking station for charging and connecting to a PC