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Summary: Good MP3 Jukebox for the money.
Review: I bought this unit about two months ago. For the most part, it has lived up to my expectations. The user interface is a little bland, but it works efficient. The OS is a little slow to respond at times. It is very easy to download/upload songs or files from the device. For WinXP and Win2000, there is no need to install any drivers. Just plug the device in and it is instantly recognized. Even though others have stated that play-lists are not supported, I have no problem using them. Although it is a portable device, it may be too cumbersome for jogging (about the same as portable CD player w/o the skipping.) Some of the firmware needs to be updated (maybe they should have a patch) as I have gotten it to lock up on several occasions. The buttons are sensitive so the can be inadvertently pressed when in the travel case. The sound quality out of the line out is excellent, but the headphone out lacks bass even with good headphones. As a portable hard drive, it is excellent. Given reviews of other devices, I would still pick this one over the other hard drive based MP3 Jukeboxes.
Rating: 
Summary: Great MP3 Player!
Review: I first bought one for my little brother. The player's driver was easy to install onto Windows 98SE. We didn't bother with the Windows Media Player application, we just use the player as an external hard drive. I just bought one for myself! I love it! It's so easy to operate, and it keeps my files in clean order so I can play Mudvayne one second then play Enya the next. Here are my tips: When downloading music to the player, don't overwhelm it by downloading way too many files. I'd say keep it at a maximum of 20 files at a time. And, when you just downloaded them, give the player about 20-30 seconds...then you can unplug the USB cable. Also, when you have added lot's of music onto the player, defragment the players hard drive. It's a drive, right! It needs defragmenting just like a normal computer. It will elliminate the possibiility of the player stopping while playing. Enjoy...
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Summary: Great MP3 Player!
Review: I first bought one for my little brother. The player's driver was easy to install onto Windows 98SE. We didn't bother with the Windows Media Player application, we just use the player as an external hard drive. I just bought one for myself! I love it! It's so easy to operate, and it keeps my files in clean order so I can play Mudvayne one second then play Enya the next. Here are my tips: When downloading music to the player, don't overwhelm it by downloading way too many files. I'd say keep it at a maximum of 20 files at a time. And, when you just downloaded them, give the player about 20-30 seconds...then you can unplug the USB cable. Also, when you have added lot's of music onto the player, defragment the players hard drive. It's a drive, right! It needs defragmenting just like a normal computer. It will elliminate the possibiility of the player stopping while playing. Enjoy...
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Summary: all that and then some
Review: I found this a very workable item. I use it on the bike while riding in the gym. I also have used it as a portable hard drive, transporting lots of information from home to work. Forget zip disks... this is the way to go. At a rate of 12Mb/s transfer rate from the USB port, no real problems with time for the downloads. Arranging into folders to better organize helps ease the finding of songs ... already have 1500+ tracks on it and that is not all of my music...
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Summary: Be very cautious when loading player
Review: I had a very similar experience to the reviewer from Columbia.
I started moving files while charging and my computer started giving blue screen errors. I disconnected the D-Link and started it up and some files were there.
I reconnected and attempted to move files and nothing happened.
The D-Link then went blank and now does not work.
I am awaiting a replacement. Will see if it works.
So here I sit with no music.
I would NOT recommend this player.
In hindsight I probably should have went with the Archos 20GB player.
Rating: 
Summary: Very Fragile
Review: I have bought this mp3 to be use in my car and home stereo. It is small but it does not fit in a pocket; Also it is a little heavy. The day I recived it, I have started to charge it and at the same time to move my music to it. Then by accident, I unpluged it from the power. The consequences were very bad. It stopped working. It could not access the hard drive. I am not at the US to return it so I hire somebody to fix it. He had to format the hard drive again and to repair a small pin that makes contact with the battery. Now it is working but sometimes it stop working and I have to reset it every time at least once per day. Also It does not organize your songs on the hard drive so it is a mess and If you have a large collection of songs. it will be very boring. The letter case is not very nice. The only good things are the capacity the speed to change songs and the Super screen very nice. (...)
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Summary: Freezes, crashes, hardely works
Review: I just purchased the Roq-it 10 GB from Amazon. Upon receiving the item, which was shipped promptly, I charged it, hooked it up to my computer. After downloading about 3 GB worth of music, I wanted to see how the device worked. After less than 10 minutes of playing music, it froze. Turned off, then turned on to try again. It'd play for a few mintues then freeze. Sometimes when I'd turn it on, the device would get stuck on the boot up screen. I just went to the Dlink website and there is no mention of this product. Not anywhere. No drivers, no firmware, no tech support, no product info.
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Summary: Was nice when it worked
Review: I love having 10 GB of music with me, and the Roq-it is small enough to travel in a bag or carry around the gym. I'm satisfied with the battery life, and the blue display is bright and fairly easy to navigate. Here are two problems, though, both related to the operation of the internal hard drive:1) Shaking, jarring, or jogging with the device are verboten: it skips worse than a portable CD player. 2) Moving through the menu is slow, and worse, it's not uniformly slow, being faster or slower at times for no apparent reason. This, I think, is some of "lock-up" other reviewers have noted. In my experience, the machine usually isn't locked, it's just stuck for a few moments (which seem to last forever). We're used to speed, and this is annoying. For the price (it's steep) I don't think I'd purchase this item again.
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Summary: Amazing capability, but doesn't travel well....
Review: I love having 10 GB of music with me, and the Roq-it is small enough to travel in a bag or carry around the gym. I'm satisfied with the battery life, and the blue display is bright and fairly easy to navigate. Here are two problems, though, both related to the operation of the internal hard drive: 1) Shaking, jarring, or jogging with the device are verboten: it skips worse than a portable CD player. 2) Moving through the menu is slow, and worse, it's not uniformly slow, being faster or slower at times for no apparent reason. This, I think, is some of "lock-up" other reviewers have noted. In my experience, the machine usually isn't locked, it's just stuck for a few moments (which seem to last forever). We're used to speed, and this is annoying. For the price (it's steep) I don't think I'd purchase this item again.
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Summary: Good but could have been constructed better
Review: I ordered the D-Link Roq-it and I loved it until about 24 hours after It came in. After I opened the box I put the rechargeable battery in to let it charge for "at least 8 hours " as it says to do in the manual. After it was charged, I took out the battery until I wanted to use it, again because the manual said to take it out when you're not going to use the battery. I spent the evening and the next day putting music onto the device and I was going to take it to show a friend, so I put the battery back in so I wouldn't have to find an outlet at my friend's house. When I turned on the power switch it wouldn't power up. I plugged it back in with the AC plug and it came on fine. I unplugged it again and it, again, would not power up. I took out the battery to make sure it was in right (which it was) and I noticed that one of the two battery connector leads was loose, like it became un-soldered from its connection. So now I had an MP3 player that I could only use within reach of a power outlet. It basically lost half its function for me because, although I was going to use it at work where I would use a power cable, I also wanted a portable player to replace a walkman that I could take on trips (thus requiring the battery).
What little use I've gotten out of it so far, I've liked. It has excellent sound when I use either my big Sony headphones and when I plug it into my computer's Altec Lansing speakers (w/subwoofer). I had over 24 hours worth of music and I had only used close to 4 of the 10 GBs.
I just wish they would have done a better job with the battery connection. If it's so fragile that it couldn't take me putting the battery in, taking it out, and putting it back in again, it kind of seems like they need to come up with a better connection. I noticed one other person who reviewed this item had a similar problem with the battery.
I hate to send it back but I can't see paying [that much] for something I'm only getting partial functionality out of.
From the reviews I've read about other similar MP3 Jukebox players, it seemed like this one was the better choice. Now i'm not sure what to think.
I'm not sure how common this battery problem is with this unit. If you get one that DOESN'T have weak battery connectors, you'd have a pretty useful device.
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