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Summary: Peace O' Crap
Review: Cons:
1.Screen isn't backlit like on the box.
2.Their isn't a "voice recorder".
3.Short battery life.
4.When batteries die it erases songs.
5.Not very duarible,"cheap feel".
6.It cuts about 2 seconds of the first song off.
7.Not very loudPros:
1.Cheap price.
2.Easy to use software.
3.Ok in looks. don't waste your money on it like i did.
Rating: 
Summary: Nice player for the Money
Review: I am one of the apparent few who is very happy with this player. I got it for Christmas and was a little weary after reading all the other reviews here. However, my player works wonderfully. I can get 10 songs on the internal memory and they all play great. The Smart Media Card Slot is nice. It does use its own format and WILL make the card unusable to other devices such as cameras. However, contrary to popular belief, the cards CAN be restored to their original state and universal functionality. All you need is a card reader with its formatting program. I have a SanDisk ImageMate USB reader. It comes with a formatting utility called "SMPREP.EXE" I successfully used this program to restore my 8MB Smart Media Card to work properly with my camera and reader. Bottom line is that this is a solid player, and I would recommend it especially if you are on a budget. If you have a CD Burner, think about and MP3/CD Discman since you get 650-700MB of MP3's (150+ songs) per disc. (The drivers for this player reportedly don't work with COMPAQ machines so be aware of that if you own a COMPAQ) Hope this review is helpful!
Rating:
Summary: Good, but not great
Review: I am one of the apparent few who is very happy with this player. I got it for Christmas and was a little weary after reading all the other reviews here. However, my player works wonderfully. I can get 10 songs on the internal memory and they all play great. The Smart Media Card Slot is nice. It does use its own format and WILL make the card unusable to other devices such as cameras. However, contrary to popular belief, the cards CAN be restored to their original state and universal functionality. All you need is a card reader with its formatting program. I have a SanDisk ImageMate USB reader. It comes with a formatting utility called "SMPREP.EXE" I successfully used this program to restore my 8MB Smart Media Card to work properly with my camera and reader. Bottom line is that this is a solid player, and I would recommend it especially if you are on a budget. If you have a CD Burner, think about and MP3/CD Discman since you get 650-700MB of MP3's (150+ songs) per disc. (The drivers for this player reportedly don't work with COMPAQ machines so be aware of that if you own a COMPAQ) Hope this review is helpful!
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Summary: WATCH OUT!!! I am very serious!
Review: I bought the Rocket MP3 player from Musician's Friend and was very excited at first. I also bought a 1 year warranty on the player. I personally hate this product and the company who sold it to me (E-Blitz). The reason why is because after I downloaded music into the player, for some reason it wouldn't play for nothing!!! I got extremely frustrated from having to constantly restart my comp. because it froze many times for no reason! Every time I tried to play the music that was downloaded into the player, the screen would just display "00" or "01" and nothing happened! Then, after many nervewrecking times of plugging in the USB, it stated that there was an error. It said that there was not enough memory in the player to play, therefore I couldn't use it at all. Apparently, the player couln't handle the MEASLY 3 or 4 songs that were downloaded into it!!!(that is WACK!) How should have I known when to stop downloading songs! The thing was useless! And if I buy more memory, how do I know it won't do the same thing when the memory runs out?! I tried to call the company for a trade or refund, but all they told me was to call another # back and forth! Even with the warranty, I was not helped at all. I couldn't do anything! I wasted my money (...) for something that doesn't even work! If I could, I would warn everybody not to buy this product because if it happened to me, it could happen to you! I believe nobody should be RIPPED OFF like I was! I think that this product shouldn't be advertised at all because it is screwed up!!! (...)
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Summary: WATCH OUT!!! I am very serious!
Review: I bought the Rocket MP3 player from Musician's Friend and was very excited at first. I also bought a 1 year warranty on the player. I personally hate this product and the company who sold it to me (E-Blitz). The reason why is because after I downloaded music into the player, for some reason it wouldn't play for nothing!!! I got extremely frustrated from having to constantly restart my comp. because it froze many times for no reason! Every time I tried to play the music that was downloaded into the player, the screen would just display "00" or "01" and nothing happened! Then, after many nervewrecking times of plugging in the USB, it stated that there was an error. It said that there was not enough memory in the player to play, therefore I couldn't use it at all. Apparently, the player couln't handle the MEASLY 3 or 4 songs that were downloaded into it!!!(that is WACK!) How should have I known when to stop downloading songs! The thing was useless! And if I buy more memory, how do I know it won't do the same thing when the memory runs out?! I tried to call the company for a trade or refund, but all they told me was to call another # back and forth! Even with the warranty, I was not helped at all. I couldn't do anything! I wasted my money (...) for something that doesn't even work! If I could, I would warn everybody not to buy this product because if it happened to me, it could happen to you! I believe nobody should be RIPPED OFF like I was! I think that this product shouldn't be advertised at all because it is screwed up!!! (...)
Rating:
Summary: Worse MP3 Player Ever
Review: I bought this item new at the store when it first came out. I also bought my girlfriend one and bought upgraded memory while I was there. Figuring out exactly how to get this unit to work and run properly in itself takes at least an hour unless your very computer literate, then trying to figure out how to put songs into the MP3 player is atleast another few hours. The instructions "are bad", the set up is very complicated and the overall unit is very UN user friendly. The unit constantly gives errors and is about the most frustrating thing I have ever worked with ever. I DO NOT recommend this to anyone and if you just must have one...I will gladly send you mine cuz thats how little I think of it. Oh and try and look up any number you can call for support on this product or ask questions about it...you will never get anyone. Save your money and buy ANYTHING else. I would take a tape player over this ... .
Rating:
Summary: Nice player for the Money
Review: I guess I'm one of the few to say it's nice inexpensive player. The sounds quality is great for the price...I got this mainly because of the small size for working out.
To compair the 2 I would say the D-link sound quality is close to that of the more expensive Kazoo...
And in my opinion the D-link sofware for downloading is actually more flexable to use than the MusicMatch that came with the Kazoo. Don't get me wrong...I'm very happy with my Kazoo...but for the price difference the D-link is a great bargin...I've had it for over 5 month...no problems. Agian...especially for the price.
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Summary: It trashed my Smart Media Card
Review: I purchased this player last month (but not from ...(this website)) and it works just fine, I am giving it a one star because it formats the smartmedia cards so they are no longer usable in other smartmedia devices, such as camera, card readers, etc. Some MP3 player mfg have developed a utility to format the cards back to the original state but D-Link has not done this for their players and have no intention of doing so. I just want to let you know this before you trash a SmartMedia card like I did.
Rating:
Summary: Bad software
Review: I was wondering whether I am the only one suffering this problem: the software comes with this player won't match up with my Compaq desktop -- it crashed my computer several times and I had to give up by putting it up for sale. Both Compaq and D-Link pointed fingers to each other and won't help me. Be aware if you also use Compaq!
Rating:
Summary: Better than you've heard.
Review: In my experience, some of the criticism of this product is fair, but it shouldn't be enough to warn off all potential buyers. First of all, if you want to use your smart media card for other things, you WILL have to reformat it first. Second, the internal memory is small, and it WILL be only three or four songs if you prefer mp3's of 192 kbs or above. However, I've had absolutely no problems with the sound quality of this player. It's cheap enough that you can throw in a 32 or 64 megabyte smart media card for more memory and still have a cheaper package than comparable players. I actually have more storage than my Rio owning bud, for less than 2/3's the price. It IS a functional recorder, basic but solid. The software is decent enough with most computers, and incredibly easy to use. The headphones are maybe the worst part of the player, and I use my own whenever possible. In short, if you're looking for a low priced player and recorder, a combination that's VERY hard to find, this is a good way to go. I'd only recommend against it if you have a Compaq computer. For the rest of you, don't let the general outrage over it's card reformatting get you down. It's a good machine.
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