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Summary: Buggy
Review: I used this player for approximately 30 hours. To get those 30 hours of music, it required at least 12-16 hours of maintenance, research on the web and re-adding files to the player.
Though, never mentioned in any documentation I found, the player's software is extrememly sensitive to the order in which you disconnect the player from your USB port and close the desktop software. This problem eventually locked the player into a mode I can not break it out of. When powered on, the red light never goes off and the player responds to nothing.
I've purchased a new Rio player and love it. I didn't have the patience to make any more of a time investment into a player with minimal funtionality and a limited storage capacity. Sorry, Samsung.
PS - I made the mistake of buying this from a retail store instead of Amazon, and they won't help me at all! Amazon is more reliable for purchase support and rectification of disgruntlement than any other large-scale vendor I've dealt with.
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Summary: Love at first site?
Review: I was so excited when my hubby brought this little MP3 player home. I am an avid walker...what attracted me to the Yepp was how small and lightweight it is... unfortunately, your limited to "yepp" software... and it is not compatible with Windows Media Player or other cool Apps. The Yepp Software is very difficult to use... and I am a software tester.
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Summary: The Future is Here
Review: I've been looking for a music player that doesn't skip when I jog/run. I used the Sharp 301 MD player which is great for jogging, but when I run, it skips (forget CD - it's worse than MD).So I went down to [a local retailer] to see what they had in the new solid state MP3 players, and I picked up the YP-30SH (128MB) version ... This is a great little product. About the size and shape of a cigarette lighter, it comes in a tubular package with a very nice arm band clip and other peripherals. It's really unbelievable how small this is. It's really tiny. If you have big fingers, you may find the buttons difficult to operate ([the store] has a 14-day return policy if you buy at the retail store). When I get ready to run, I download songs from my PC (ripped with MusicMatch JukeBox) by dragging and dropping into the Yepp Explorer software and then transfer the songs. The Yepp goes into a clear holder (like for a beeper) which clips to the arm band, which I then slide up to past my bicep. I like the display: track, time, etc. - nice readable LCD. It takes a AAA - I use the rechargeables, they last a few hours, so I do the recharge once a week with my Handspring Visor batteries. The EQ settings are good too: the Rock setting gives a nice gentle bass and treble boost, but beware the Rock-DBB setting -- with a good headphone, the bass will be excessive! This will compensate for cheap-headphone bass. I find I can easily get two albums worth of tracks on the 128MB player -- about 2 hours of playing time. I sample MP3s at 160 vs. the usual 128kbs for better sound (your mileage may vary) Best of all: no skipping! I'm giving this 5 stars despite two small caveats: (i) I don't like earbud-style headphones, which this ships with. I ordered the KOSS KTX-Pro ... -- truly a steal for a very good headphone. (specs: 15-25KHz, <0.2%THD, 103db/W). This combination is plenty loud enough, even for an old-school headbanger like me (Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Voivod, etc.). The volume goes to 30, and I have it at around 25-27 for running and 22-24 lifting weights. (ii) I didn't like the yepp Audio Manager so I downloaded yepp Explorer from samsung's website. In short: if you want tunes while exercising, and want something small and light that will never skip, this is for you.
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Summary: Small size, great interface, good downloadable software, A++
Review: If you are planning on getting an MP3 player, this is arguably the best one available. I run WIN98, and setting this player up to download songs was REMARKABLY EASY. You plug in the USB cable to your USB port, then plug the other end into the YP-30s. It automatically installs the driver and you can start downloading songs into it right away. I admit, the software that it comes with is pretty crappy, but you just gotta go to the [web page] site and download the YP-30s EXPLORER which completely replaces the [poopy] software it comes with and is GREAT. My brother owns the Sony NW-MS11 MP3 player (128mb). The sony one goes for 300 dollars (american) which is [darned] expensive, and it's entirely INFERIOR to the YP-30s. Sony uses a crappy ATRAC system where you gotta convert every one of your MP3s into Sony's special ATRAC format (which takes forever) then you can download them to the player and on top of that, each song has a messed up "check-out" limit, where you can only check each song out 3 times and you gotta "check-in" all songs before replacing them. In comparison the YP-30s is HEAVEN in terms of simplicity. The 7mps download speed is about right, but usually it'll go at like 5mps, which is still so fast that it won't matter anyway. It comes with a good quality neck strap and arm strap, and it can also function as a digital voice recorder!!! The Sony model has none of these things. You can also download a cool Logo editor from the [web page] site to customize the logo that comes up when you turn the unit on. I have nothing bad to say about this great MP3 player.
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Summary: Wish I had chosen something else
Review: If you have Windows XP, save youself some trouble and look elsewhere. I didn't have problems loading the software, but once loaded, it is difficult and clumsy. If you find it hard to load files, wait until you try to remove them. What was even more disappointing is the inability to add memory. On the up side, it looks great when you are at the gym. I am a runner and was sick of CDs skipping when I run or having to stop and change CDs. It's great for use while excerising if you can get the music loaded.
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Summary: Wish I had chosen something else
Review: If you have Windows XP, save youself some trouble and look elsewhere. I didn't have problems loading the software, but once loaded, it is difficult and clumsy. If you find it hard to load files, wait until you try to remove them. What was even more disappointing is the inability to add memory. On the up side, it looks great when you are at the gym. I am a runner and was sick of CDs skipping when I run or having to stop and change CDs. It's great for use while excerising if you can get the music loaded.
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Summary: Excellent Product
Review: It seems this product is a hot item as I purchased right after Christmas for [$$]. Even at its current price it is a steal. The directions included make it very easy to use and understand. The software is easy and downloading takes no time at all. The first time I downloaded 15 mp3's it took about 3 minutes total I followed the step by step directions and it was simply. As a runner, it is great as it comes with the armband and waist clip also, along with headphones. Not one time did it skip while I was running, unlike CD players. Volume control is excellent and can get loud. Headphones are included, but tend to fall out of ears. An excellent product that I would recommend. I use it daily in the gym and running and can update songs each day if you want and it takes a little time. Best of all, everything is included.
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Summary: Great Player
Review: It's a great little player, just go to samsungusa.com and download the Yepp Explorer software because the software that came with it is kinda wack, but great great sounds, and you can adjust the bitrate on your Explorer program to get more music out of the player however at a slighly lower fidelity rate, Amazon.com/J&R had a sale on this item which .../... the price shown so i really got a steal,
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Summary: compact and easy to use
Review: just got one and i love it. it's small, compact and easy to use. sound is good and battery life is long. no complaints. samsung has come a long way
Rating:
Summary: compact and easy to use
Review: just got one and i love it. it's small, compact and easy to use. sound is good and battery life is long. no complaints. samsung has come a long way
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