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Summary: Mine broke
Review: After about 3 ½ months it won't power up, and I haven't even received my rebate yet! I have seen other reviews with this same problem. This player only has a 90 day warranty. Other manufactures offer 12 months. I would not buy this player again.
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Summary: Uhhh..........it just DOESN'T WORK!
Review: At first i liked it because it met my simple needs-a simple mp3 player that played some songs i like so i dont have to burn a bunch of cds. But, it kept having problems from the getgo. When i put my smartmedia card in, it just froze and the only way to turn it on or off, was to take the card and the battery out before trying it again. Also, it can freze at random times too and i have to take the battery out. You also have to hold the on button for literaly 5 seconds! And it only plays mp3, so i have to downloade free softwear to convert wma or wav to mp3. If this unit just worked how its supposed to it would be good for money, but it doesnt. I mean, the features are pretty good for such a cheap mp3 player but is just that-CHEAP! So right now i curently cant get it to turn on at all, so im gunna try and return it.PLEASE LISTEN AND DONT BUY IT. I DIDNT WHEN OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND LOOK WHAT HAPPEND!
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Summary: great starter player...beware of support
Review: First of all let me tell you that, though the controls are a bit hard to get used to, the player is great for the price. Unless you are wanting a do-everything player, this one is great. With an additional card you can hold a couple of hours of music. It's perfect for the train/bus commute, or for walking around town. And the record mode is great if you are wanting to catch thoughts on the fly. (well, it's a little difficult to navigate to the control, but it works out in the end.) For anyone having problems, I'm sure it starts from the nowevolution.com website. (the "maker" of the device.) I actually downloaded a firmware update on their site which they consequently took down from the website after I called requesting customer support! I got a run-around which included them telling me to return my product! It's brand new and it worked until I installed the update! ...which is the manual for the same product under a different name. (found after much research) So if you are trying to update the firmware, you have to hold down the play button for 5 seconds...etc. But let me tell you, my exhaustive research was well worth it! Now my player is working again, and I'm glad that I sent so many angry emails to get to the bottom of it. So yeah, it's nice. Get one. It's ...seems to be pretty sturdy. One more thing, htough, if the battery seems to not fit exactly, just hold it in and slide the cover over it and it'll be ok. ;)
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Summary: it is so bad
Review: I bought a new one from "J&R Music and Computer World " but it seemd that just like refurbishd one becase there are some fill gold lost in the surface ,that really make me unhappy, and it is said that "Uses 1 AA Battery (included)" but I found no battery in the original box ,I am puzzled . The worst thing is that I download some songs but cannot play well-- there are some ".WAV" files that can play with mp3 player in my computer but cannot play with the "NOW EVOLUTION EV-64AMX Portable MP3 Music Player ",even bad ,the "NOW EVOLUTION EV-64AMX Portable MP3 Music Player "always no responding when play such file and the only thing I can do is drop out the battery to make it power off , it is really so bad. additional,I can not find the "removable drive " after I
plug the usb at the second time , I must restart my computer to find them , bad! # NOW EVOLUTION EV-64AMX Portable MP3 Music Player
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Summary: cheap company that makes plastic players....read this review
Review: i bought this player about a year ago for $70 some bucks. after about 2 months...the hold swtich got stuck while the player was off so i couldnt turn it on. i eventually got a kind of techy friend to disable to switch all together so it worked again.....but within another 3 months the player just wouldnt turn on. when i purchased this player, i was very new to the mp3 business and was short on cash so i needed something cheap....but let me tell you, you can get so much more for your money then this thing has. it doesnt even have a backlit screen for crying out loud. even when i first got it...the player felt really cheaply made. its completely plastic and very cheap looking. i was embarrassed to be seen with this thing, it looked like a toy. this is one of the biggest pieces of crap you could waste your money on. dont get me wrong...other people have bought this player and it works, but the thing is, it is very cheap looking and all plastic. It's not a good investment in money when for $20 more you could get something better....like the Nike Philips Sports player. right now i have ordered the Rio Cali Sport 128 player. rio products are very good and their customer support is excellent. for someone who wants a good durable player and is thinking about evolution...dont get it! instead buy the Rio s10 or s50 or s30 or s35. these are relatively cheap on many sites and they are excellent players. i have tried them all out. hope this review helped you stay away from evoluion....cheap company with plastic products.
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Summary: Comments
Review: I had this mp3 player for about 2 weeks it worked perfectly. Now it wont turn on. WHAT is the problem? What kind of mp3 player stops working after 2 weeks. Dont waste your money.
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Summary: It breaks
Review: I loved this tiny, brilliant machine. However, the one I bought broke in the first three months. Radioshack immediately gave me a replacement, but this has stopped turning on, a mere three weeks later.
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Summary: MTV Now Evolution 64MB MP3 - Pump it up!
Review: I must say how impressed I am with this little jewel. At first I thought it might be cheesy, being how it had the MTV logo on it & it retails for such a low price...but I was wrong. I know of no other unit that has what it does for the price. Many other similar ones only had 32MB, and had no ID tag display for the songs. This has a decent, albeit a little slow, ID tag line. The display is condensed, but gives you the total & elapsed play time for the song. The EQ is pretty typical, having 5 settings. The volume cranks nicely for a unit this small (2.75 x 2.25 x .75 inches). It remains to be seen how long the battery (one AA) lasts, given that it does produce good volume. It does have a small battery indicator. UPDATE: BATTERY LASTS ABOUT 12 HOURS & LOW BATT INDICATOR WORKS WELL. It appears to be well made, and I've had little problem operating the controls once learned. The ear buds seem to be of really nice quality & sound great. UPDATE: I'VE DROPPED IT SEVERAL TIMES NOW ON THE TREADMILL WHILE RUNNING - & IT GOES FLYING OFF. ALTHOUGH BATTERY MIGHT POP OUT, IT STILL WORKS GREAT! It has a fully expandable memory as well, which will then hold over 2 hours of music. Oh, almost forgot the sound quality - very nice! I was hearing things in songs I actually had never heard before. Now for the downside - the CD failed to load. My XP system wouldn't recognise the unit. I had read by another user somewhere, that a patch was needed at the Now Evolution website. You have to go in & download this zipped file. Once you do that, and reboot, it will recognise the new USB hardware (USB cable included). After that, it's just a matter of drag/drop the MP3 files - it sees it as another drive. The user manual comes in MS Word with the patch download. The only other downside is it has a place for a lanyard, but doesn't come with one. Overall, I'm quite delighted to have found this - thinking that I was going to have to settle on something with less memory & without ID display. ... The company is only a couple years old out of N.C. I hope they do well with their marketing stategy, and actually make some proffit to stay in business making inovations like this. Perhaps the partnership with MTV will make this possible. One last note on MP3 players. There seems to be a lot of stinkers out there. I had another brand that started acting funny right away - weird noise pops & shutting down by itself. A friend had a more expensive one that just quit after several hours. (hopefully this one will be OK) So, keep your receipts, check out the warranty, etc! UPDATE: Had for a week now . Continue to be impressed. Battery life is surprisingly good for the volume output. The factory says the warranty is 6 months, which includes parts & labor. Go find one now! 2 WEEK UPDATE: Still great - see above updates in CAPS.
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Summary: For my first ever MP3 Player...
Review: I've had this mp3 player for about 8 months and it has given me nothing but satisfaction. The size is awesome for taking places and i just wish they made a specialized bag for it. Yeah, your thinking, 64mb isn't that much space. Your right. It will hold around 23 songs. Willing to spend 30 more dollars? Go out and buy a 128mb smart media card. All you have to do is slide it into the player, it's that easy. That's what i did and with that it'll hold about 60 songs. I took off the extra star because on the screen it doesn't show the name of the song very clearly. It'll say something like, if the song is Billie Jean, it will say "/_BILLIE/_" across the screen. Otherwise this is a great mp3 player and i think you should go out and buy it!
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Summary: I need the XP or win98 drivers too!
Review: It looks nice but I can't use it because I don't have the drivers! If you have them please share them.
whitton182@hotmail.com Could you add Evolution drivers to the subject box in the e-mail?
Thanks!
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