Rating: 
Summary: A Good Budget Player
Review: I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this MP3 player on clearance at [local store] the other night for [little money]. I was most impressed that it's memory is expandable. Fortunately I hadn't read some of the other reviews here or I might not have purchased it.First I must tell you that I am afflicted with ETF(Electronic Trinket Fever), so it was hard to justify another MP3 player. This is number three. I told my wife I bought this one because I am a firefighter and I paid too much for the others to drag them around with me at work. Sounded good. I'm running Windows 2000; when I plugged the standard USB cable into my computer, I thought I'd have to use the CD to get a driver. Windows recognized it immediately, the add new device wizard did it's thing for about 30 seconds and the unit showed up in Windows Explorer as a removable drive. I didn't have to do a thing. I dragged 16MBs of MP3s from one of my directories onto the new drive and about a minute later I was playing music. The first thing I noticed before I hit the play button was a soft hiss. When the music started playing the hiss became almost imperceptible. I'm not really sure why some people have had so much difficulty with this unit. I'm using two alkaline batteries from a [local store] and they've been going strong at 80% volume for at least three hours now with 3/4 left still showing on the built in meter. I'm using 128kbs files instead of the 32kbs files recommended in the manual; they probably take less power to decode. I don't like ear bud headphones, so I'm using a standard set from a portable CD Player. The volume is plenty loud for me. Some people are saying that it takes a long time to load the memory; I'm going to guess they are ripping from CD using the included software instead of dragging MP3s into the unit using Windows Explorer. Either that or there is a problem with their system setup. For me it loaded in less than a minute; which MB for MB is about what you'd expect from a USB1 device. Don't use the included software and drivers if you don't have to. When you see the unit as a removable drive in Windows Explorer, make a copy of the .bin file you find in case you accidentally erase it later. The unit won't function without that .bin file. In conclusion:
The unit is slightly larger than I expected. There is a slight hiss. The play/stop button sticks out a little so when you put it in your pocket it sometimes starts and stops when you don't intend for it to. I don't know about the customer support, but I believe it's probably bad... How many ... off brand Chinese devices have you bought lately that had good customer support? Buy it from a place with a good return policy in case you have problems. Overall I like the unit a lot. It's [inexpensive], tough, expandable, and despite a slight hiss the sound quality is very good; it even has several equalization settings.
Rating:
Summary: Solid ... MP3 Player w. MMC expansion
Review: I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this MP3 player on clearance at [local store] the other night for [little money]. I was most impressed that it's memory is expandable. Fortunately I hadn't read some of the other reviews here or I might not have purchased it. First I must tell you that I am afflicted with ETF(Electronic Trinket Fever), so it was hard to justify another MP3 player. This is number three. I told my wife I bought this one because I am a firefighter and I paid too much for the others to drag them around with me at work. Sounded good. I'm running Windows 2000; when I plugged the standard USB cable into my computer, I thought I'd have to use the CD to get a driver. Windows recognized it immediately, the add new device wizard did it's thing for about 30 seconds and the unit showed up in Windows Explorer as a removable drive. I didn't have to do a thing. I dragged 16MBs of MP3s from one of my directories onto the new drive and about a minute later I was playing music. The first thing I noticed before I hit the play button was a soft hiss. When the music started playing the hiss became almost imperceptible. I'm not really sure why some people have had so much difficulty with this unit. I'm using two alkaline batteries from a [local store] and they've been going strong at 80% volume for at least three hours now with 3/4 left still showing on the built in meter. I'm using 128kbs files instead of the 32kbs files recommended in the manual; they probably take less power to decode. I don't like ear bud headphones, so I'm using a standard set from a portable CD Player. The volume is plenty loud for me. Some people are saying that it takes a long time to load the memory; I'm going to guess they are ripping from CD using the included software instead of dragging MP3s into the unit using Windows Explorer. Either that or there is a problem with their system setup. For me it loaded in less than a minute; which MB for MB is about what you'd expect from a USB1 device. Don't use the included software and drivers if you don't have to. When you see the unit as a removable drive in Windows Explorer, make a copy of the .bin file you find in case you accidentally erase it later. The unit won't function without that .bin file. In conclusion:
The unit is slightly larger than I expected. There is a slight hiss. The play/stop button sticks out a little so when you put it in your pocket it sometimes starts and stops when you don't intend for it to. I don't know about the customer support, but I believe it's probably bad... How many ... off brand Chinese devices have you bought lately that had good customer support? Buy it from a place with a good return policy in case you have problems. Overall I like the unit a lot. It's [inexpensive], tough, expandable, and despite a slight hiss the sound quality is very good; it even has several equalization settings.
Rating:
Summary: good beater
Review: I got this for jogging and etc. For the price I paid it's more than adequate. Shop around and you'll see...(...). sure a backlit screen and more memory/functions is good for
serious listening...but drop one of those suckers and you're out some hefty change.
Rating:
Summary: Great introduction to MP3s
Review: I have always wanted an MP3 player and when I found this one at a great deal, I couldn't resist. It isn't overwhelming with features I would never use in the first place. You can jump from song to song, but no rewinding or forwarding within the music. The software installation got a bit messed up when I plugged in the USB at the same time. The software would not recognize the MP3 player (I later learned that I should have waited until the software install was complete). After reinstalling, however, it worked great. It holds a decent amount of music for walking/jogging needs and is very lightweight. It does drain the batteries quite quickly and I find the earplug earphones that came with it are quite uncomfortable. Also, the volume at its highest level is still not very loud, but this is a benefit when my 8-year son is using the player. I don't have to worry about him blasting his eardrums out. Overall, at a clearance price, it's a great deal and I'm very satisfied.
Rating:
Summary: good stuff
Review: i must say that i was really discouraged when i read the reviews on the jamp3. saying that "it was the worst mp3 player ever". so i finally got a hold of my very own. i had never had a mp3 player and i was happy when i got it. a little scared because of all the bad reviews, but happy. so i loaded it up and started playing. the volume starts off on 50 but i guess the other people never saw the volume buttons on the side cause it went all the way up to 100 and it was loud. i mean i'm a musician and i deal with loud music every time i perform (so loud it makes the ear drums rattle) and even i say its loud. i have an aiwa xp model cd player and the jamp3 is just as loud if not louder.
now about the batteries. it does drain batteries. i have rechargeable batteries and they do get drained quickly. i don't know if it drains any faster than my cd player though. i think about the same. i bought some regular sony batteries just to check and i'm still using them. they have gone about 3 days now.
software is good and pretty easy to use. i don't think this mp3 player is for kids but definitely for teens and above. the only problem is it does ask you for a code key when you are installing which i couldn't find anywhere. they say its on the front of the cd but i don't see it. that doesn't mess up the install though and everything works pretty good. doesn't take very long to download either which is good.
the only thing i would have liked it to have is a power adapter plug. i don't know if other mp3 players have that, and they are probably not made for that. i mean what would be the point in doing that when you can just play a cd? the mp3 player is for when you are on the move and don't want to haul around cds, cassettes, 8 tracks, or even 4 tracks. can't forward through the song either. that's not bad because you have all your favorite songs in there anyway. can skip the song though so at least you can do that. memory is not too bad. if you listen at 32 kbps it sounds like an old cassette... so i don't recommend that you use that. i use about 64 kbps and it sounds so much cleaner. i got about 9 songs on my jamp3 on just 16mb of memory. i will be buying the mmc card soon though.
Rating:
Summary: good stuff
Review: i must say that i was really discouraged when i read the reviews on the jamp3. saying that "it was the worst mp3 player ever". so i finally got a hold of my very own. i had never had a mp3 player and i was happy when i got it. a little scared because of all the bad reviews, but happy. so i loaded it up and started playing. the volume starts off on 50 but i guess the other people never saw the volume buttons on the side cause it went all the way up to 100 and it was loud. i mean i'm a musician and i deal with loud music every time i perform (so loud it makes the ear drums rattle) and even i say its loud. i have an aiwa xp model cd player and the jamp3 is just as loud if not louder.
now about the batteries. it does drain batteries. i have rechargeable batteries and they do get drained quickly. i don't know if it drains any faster than my cd player though. i think about the same. i bought some regular sony batteries just to check and i'm still using them. they have gone about 3 days now.
software is good and pretty easy to use. i don't think this mp3 player is for kids but definitely for teens and above. the only problem is it does ask you for a code key when you are installing which i couldn't find anywhere. they say its on the front of the cd but i don't see it. that doesn't mess up the install though and everything works pretty good. doesn't take very long to download either which is good.
the only thing i would have liked it to have is a power adapter plug. i don't know if other mp3 players have that, and they are probably not made for that. i mean what would be the point in doing that when you can just play a cd? the mp3 player is for when you are on the move and don't want to haul around cds, cassettes, 8 tracks, or even 4 tracks. can't forward through the song either. that's not bad because you have all your favorite songs in there anyway. can skip the song though so at least you can do that. memory is not too bad. if you listen at 32 kbps it sounds like an old cassette... so i don't recommend that you use that. i use about 64 kbps and it sounds so much cleaner. i got about 9 songs on my jamp3 on just 16mb of memory. i will be buying the mmc card soon though.
Rating: 
Summary: Wow! What a great deal <almost>
Review: I picked up one of these for my 7 year old daughter. No moving parts, no cd's, no tapes, and I can get any song she ever wants off the internet for free. Well, it works wonderfully! The USB interface is super fast (16 mb dl's to the player in under a minute). It handles about 5 songs at highest quality - 7 songs at near cd quality - more than enough for her. When she tires of the songs, I download a new set to the jamp3. ... My absolute only complaint is that it only takes 2 AA batteries and has a play life of perhaps 2-3 hours. It's not a biggie though - I use rechargeable nicads - but I have to switch them out ofen. (6 hours of play would be ideal for car trips). UPDATE: None of the software that comes with the unit works under Windows 2000, but it does work using Windows media player. That being said...I thought all was well until I had to replace the songs on the unit. The format of the internal memory became corrupt and there seems to be no way to correct the error. KBgear provides virtually ZERO support for their products outside of the info on the website - and the common solutions did not work. Chances are I will never get this little player to work again... I change my rating to a 1. I guess you get what you pay for.
Rating:
Summary: JamP3 Player
Review: I Purchaced My Player About A Year And A Half Ago,Besides It Useing Up Batteries Fast It Works Great. I Have Windows XP And It Sees IT As A Removeable Drive When I Plug it In. It Is A Good Player If You Can Get It For Under $20.(I Spotted Them On Ebay
Three For Fifteen Dollars Before.)
Rating:
Summary: WONT WORK IN XP
Review: I purchased the JAMP3 from the shopping channel sometime in November for
my son for Christmas,,,,I put it on my Visa ,,,I upgraded to windows xp
after Christmas and now it won't work on my computer,,,,,Is there and
upgrade of drivers becoming available? or is there something I can do to
make it work in windows xp?
Rating: 
Summary: DONOT BUY IF U HAVE XP
Review: If u have Windows XP save ur self some time and not buy this. I spent 3 hours trying to configure it to Xp settings and ended up with 2 songs on it. The program is to hard to use!!!!! Its a good value but a waist of time. I would go with the SAMSUNG Yeep. Its super easy to use but it only holds 35 mbs. It would make a good first mp3 player. If u want more memory go with The Creative Nomad II
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