Touch- Wired Remote Worth

Hi Everyone,
I'm going to get a Zen Touch 40 gig.
Is the optional wired remote control, that can be purchased for about $50, worth getting?
Are you able to control the MP3 player controls from the remote, or does it only control the FM radio?
Any advice on this would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian

Don't waste your money on it, is a plastic piece of junk. I bought one and it only worked for month, the cables seems to be the problem. You can only play/pause, skip one track foward or backsward. The lcd display only show the song title. You can't browse your player with it, only the current playlist is accesible. Many have complained about the Radio tuner's quality, in my experience it has a great quality, to bad it came in such a cheap case. Other features that this remotes enables are voice recording from a mic which is integrated into the remote, and radio recording. The quality of the recordings is good. Still like I said in the begining this is not worth the 49.99+S&H that it cost, plus you are risking yourself that it brokes like mine did in month.Message Edited by lsd_us3r on 07-9-2005 :04 PM

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