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Summary: Do Not Buy This Product
Review: 1. This product was advertised as working in any cassette deck. It does not. It will not work or not work well in any standard tape deck on any german auto (audi, volkswagen etc) I was told I might improve the situation with a small square of cellophane tape, not what you wish to hear when you just dished out 240 bucks2. The first item sent to me was defective. it took 5.38 hours (my phone counts minutes )of support with both audible and digisette to figure this out. support ran from very helpful to pleasant but not very knowlegeable. 3. The directions are very poorly written. Set up is more difficult than you would imagine. Audible and digisette are partners yet there softwar is not only uncompatible, it actually will crash your system if both are open on your desktop for any period of time. the support people tell you this 4. the device is very confusing. with only one small amber or green indicator, status of the device depends on how long the green light is flashing, whether the amber light blinked once or twice etc..... making the whole operation of the device more of an effort than needs be. especially when the device works differently in different tape decks. I was told just to put it in and fiddle with the deck's controls and i would figure out what they did. Even when functioning the dvice will not let you listen to data stored on the flash card. The setup instructions i received from the support on the phone, involving formating of the memmory etc.. were COMPLETELY different that those in the directions 5 summary. Cool design, great idea, poor execution. in talking/e-mailing other "satisfied" customers, I found that they were only satisfied because the device would play a little music when they put it in their deck. EVErY ONE (21/21 so far) were having contiuing problems with the device but have just resigned themselves to the limited functionality. SAVE YOURSELF>>>>>>>>DO NOT BUY Support at Audible told me off the record they have many problems with this product and she would recommend an Iomega zip player. Thats what I am going to try next.
Rating: 
Summary: Great product for early adopters
Review: All in all, this a great product without a clear competitor. People in the market for an extremely small and lighweight MP3 player who value the ability to play MP3s in their car will be happy with this product so long as they are willing to put up with the few small inconviences that come with using a product that's ahead of its time. The pros:
* Very small size and light weight
* Great sound quality
* Can play your MP3s in any tape deck The cons:
* The software that lets you move MP3s from your computer to this device is not very mature and doesn't support convienences like playlists
* The carrying case is cheap and does allow for easy access to the controls
* The earphones it comes with are flimsy
* The volume control should be a dial instead of a push button
Rating:
Summary: Junk...junk...junk
Review: Although I have owned this device [including one replacement] for about a year, I have NEVER been able to successfully download content from audible.com. The ONLY success was playing the content which Audible itself downloaded to the replacement unit before sending it to me. I have spent ENDLESS hours online with Audible, etc. all to no avail. They remain stumped. [And I am not exactly a novice at all this stuff.] Although the Audible people have been pleasant, I have found them ultimately unreliable [for example, I was told a tech supervisor would call me back the following day...when she didn't, I emailed her ... I got a "response" from her saying she was off sick that day but would get back to me immediately on her return to the office ... that was last June ... apparently she is still sick].
Rating:
Summary: Corrupted memory when running on Win XP
Review: Don't buy this product! It was running OK on Windows 2000,
but when I downloaded and used their Win XP software on my
new XP box, their software corrupted my Digisette's memory!
Now I can't use the Digisette at all!!!!! Some problems
are OK when moving from one OS to another, but it shouldn't
ruin the product!!!
Rating:
Summary: Corrupted memory when running on Win XP
Review: Don't buy this product! It was running OK on Windows 2000,
but when I downloaded and used their Win XP software on my
new XP box, their software corrupted my Digisette's memory!
Now I can't use the Digisette at all!!!!! Some problems
are OK when moving from one OS to another, but it shouldn't
ruin the product!!!
Rating:
Summary: Works perfect for it's design!
Review: I bought this mp3 player for it's small size and becuase I have an older vehicle with a tape deck and don't want to lug around my cds and it works great for it's purpose. The battery life is a bit exaggerated but I don't have all of the cords I had with my RCA Lyra.
Rating:
Summary: Terrible Product
Review: I cannot say enough bad things about this device. It works sporadically, the fast forward and reverse only operate at 2x, it does not jump forward and backward between tracks (even though it is supposed to). Customer service is terrible. The product is so aggravating that I threw it out. I am a very "computer literate" person, and my problemns were not due to user error.
Rating: 
Summary: The cure for your commute
Review: I have now been using my DUO-64 every day for over a year. Every day I download my favorite National Public Radio shows from audible.com and listen to them while I commute. The DUO works great. It has changed my commute from an hour of mind numbing boordom to an hour of learning. It is much better than flipping through the radio stations trying to avoid commercials and obsolete traffic reports. I have a lot of gadgets that I bought thinking they would be cool but mostly sit on the shelf unused. This is not one of them. I use this more than any other electronic device that I have ever owned. I consider it up there with the cell phone in utility. This is an outstanding product that I highly recommend to anyone.
Rating:
Summary: Unbeatable for it's primary purpose
Review: I purchased this device to help ease my daily commute by listening to audio books. I already own an Archos 6GB Jukebox for my mp3 music files, and while I love the capacity allowing me to carry a variety of music, it fell short for audio book content. The primary problem is the lack of a bookmark feature. When I found the Digisette DUO-64 I was intrigued, as it seemed to address exactly the problem I wanted to solve. I read the reviews and went ahead with the purchase, and am very satisfied. One point not very clear in the literature is that a separate bookmark is maintained for each file on the device, allowing you to have multiple books or other content (magazines, newspaper, etc.) active at the same time. Battery life is excellent for spoken audio content and the 64 MB memory allows for around 15 hours of audio book content in Audible format 2. This misses 5 stars only because of the slightly touchy navigation within and between programs, but with practice it can be mastered both with the buttons on the device and your cassette player controls. Given the small size, I don't think an LCD is feasible, and for my purposes is unnecessary. For audio book content this player is unbeatable in features and convenience. As a standard MP3 player it is still a great product given its small size and large capacity (up to 128MB with an extra 64MB MMC card).
Rating:
Summary: Great tool for commuters
Review: I read a few of the reviews before buying. I agree with the other reviewers, the power switch is the Achilles heel of this product. All in all, a very useful device for listening to audio books while driving. Audible.com is a great resource to take advantage of the DUO-64.
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