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Summary: STUPID HEADSET
Review: I opened the box and repacked right away for a refund. I was so disappointed. Don't get me wrong. I own the MPIO FL100 and love it. The design is so sleek and chic. I'm going to get another one. The sound on the FL100 is amazingly clear. I thought I would buy another product from MPIO and this DMK looked unique - small. Ooohhh, how disappointed. The head set is like a freaking 'necklace' You literally have to put this silly thing over your neck and the earplugs comes out of the side. It's as though you are wearing an eyeglass holder around your neck and your glasses are daggling on your chest. You can't tell at all by the picture.
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Summary: I Changed My Mind! (You'll See Why)
Review: I previously wrote a good review for this MP3 player, which I have since deleted. Basically, what happened was a week after a wrote the review, the thing conked out on me for no apparent reason.
What happened was I had just finished downloading Service Pack 2 for Windows XP (don't know if this caused the problem, but I found it to be an odd coincidence). I went to erase the songs, which went smoothly, but when I tried to download some different ones, the program froze up on me. This had happened before, and usually I would just restart the problem and it would pick up where it left off. This time, though, the program would not start. I tried again and again, to no avail.
Well, I figured, I'll give the program a rest. At least I have about ten songs in the MP3 player. I'll just listen to those. Well, I went to turn on the player...nothing. I changed the battery...nothing.
Over the course of three weeks, I e-mailed, called and wrote MPIO a letter detailing the problem and asking for a refund or replacement. I heard nothing back, not even an automatic e-mail message. The only good thing about their customer service is that that don't leave you on hold forever. After fifteen minutes, they ask you to leave a message detailing the problem. That's great...if they made the effort to return your call.
Well, finally, I gave up, chucked the player and bought a new one (another brand of course). I talked to several people in the know about this stuff and they said Service Pack 2 was probably not a factor in the player's demise. Also, my new player works fine, despite my still having Service Pack 2.
I wouldn't have been so ticked off if the thing hadn't cost 100 dollars and I had it for a whopping nine months. I expect something at that price to last for a few years, not a few months.
Well, I won't EVER be buying anything from MPIO again, even if they come out with a player that holds a million songs and looks better than the overglorified IPOD. I am EXTREMELY disappointed in their product and their non-existent customer service.
I once highly recommend this player, but now I say don't waste your money. You're 100 dollars is better spent on something else.
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Summary: I am not a happy camper
Review: I purchased this item less than a year ago. It worked great for a while. I dont like the fact that it is not compatible with windows media player or musicmatch jukebox. The necklace piece is silly..if you run with it around your neck you'll get hit in the face. The arm band is annoying. I clip it to my gym pants and that seems to work fine. The earphones have poor sound. I had to buy good quality earphones for it. You have to have their software. Recently I have been unable to delete tracks and download new music. The player works...however, I fear that in the year 2020 I will be listening to songs from 2001 because I cant get new songs or old ones to transfer. I am upset that I spent this price on a product that has to be replaced within a year's usage. I would never buy this brand again. I highly recommend buying a brand that is compatible with windows media player or musicmatch. What a waste of money!
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Summary: maybe it is me... maybe it is not
Review: i purchased this mp3 player from best buy recently. i had read reviews about installation problems w/ this player and i thought it can't be that hard. well anyhow, after trying it on three different computers w/ windows XP pro and windows 2000, i can say that i will stay away from MPIO. i downloaded the latest drivers and program from their website and every occasion, it either restarted the computer when i turned on the layer, or the program will lock up. when it locks up, you will need to take the battery out to restart it. i attempted to try and reach tech. support to resolve the issue, however the website is useless. the latest drivers/progams does not work. remember, i have used this on three different computers and i even read the instructions before i installed it and on all three computer i experienced the same problem of freezing, crashing my os, or not being able to transfer file. at times, my computer did not even recognize the mp3 player.however, i was able to transfer one song, and from that one song, the sound was really good. it was loud and clear. not much noise/static. overall, the build quality seems to be on par w/ the other leaders in the industry. the lcd screen is another plus for the player. very bright and asthetically pleasing. even w/ the positives, i can't get this to work. maybe it was my fault, but to be honest, i tried many different ways, and just didn't seem to want to work. i guess i could have exchanged for another one, but that was not comforting to know that it broke already. anyhow, i returned it for a full refund. if you decide to buy it, i hope you will have a better experience w/ it that i did.
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Summary: Great Product
Review: I really love this player.
It does exactly what it says it does. It is compact and very light. After receiving it I can see why it won design awards. It is a very cool looking unit. All I wanted it for was to listen to my tunes at the gym. I have already used it for other things. I connected it to my BOSE wave radio and the sound was incredible. The ear buds that come with it have a incredible output. The only negative thing I have found was the same as others the length of the ear bud's cord is a little short.
After going to the companys web page I figured out what I was doing wrong in tryig to play WMA and now it does play both MP3 and WMA files. I know the 128 MB does not play the WMA files. I would by this product again. It is great for the gym. It does not have a voice recorder or a fm tuner. I did not buy it wanting those features. Like I said all I wanted to do is listen to music at the gym in something compact and it has already proven that and more. The preset equalizer setting is a nice feature.
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Summary: Great player, obtuse manual
Review: I received my player just a few days ago and have enjoyed using it tremendously. Once you load your songs, it's simple to use and the sound is quite good. That being said, actually getting the songs from your computer (or CD, etc.) to the player requires some intuitive computer wizardy. The included manual provides the same amount of assistance in this area as, say, reading the rules of golf will help lower your score. It's just not a useful item. Still, I recommend the player to anyone who is comfortable enough with the idea of an MP3 player - just be prepared to spend 30-45 minutes learning how to navigate. The included software is quite good, and once you get the hang of it, it's very easy. Downloading from the 'net works fine, too. Playback has been great through running, working out, and mountain biking. Finally, I have 42 songs on my playlist, with room for probably another 15-20. Compare that to how many CD's you'd need to carry!
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Summary: Great Mp3 Player!!!
Review: I recieved this mp3 player for my birthday and It is fantastic!! The sound quality is exellent and has many different sound options so you can fully cutimize your music listening experience, The sound level does go up pretty high but I would like it to go higher sometimes, but this isnt a major setback. If you do put your mp3 player on full volume then you can hear some static, but this isnt much of a problem either.
The player runs on one AAA battery and the battery lasts for a good solid time (about 10-11 hours.) I recieved mine a year ago and i've only gone through about fifteen batteries even though I listen to music very frequently.
The mpio manager is great and very quick, but it would be better if you could download more than one song at a time into the player.
This mp3 player has 128 megabytes of space on it, it can hold about 35 songs and I'm thinking about getting a new player soon because I would prefer more music.
This mp3 player is great for sports or exercise, its very small and lightweight and it comes with a belt clip (i love the belt clip, mpio did a great job, theres no interference and you hardly know its on your belt) it also comes with a armstrap and a necklace. The player is very durable so if you ever drop it while exercising or playing sports it will be just fine (i've accidently dropped my mp3 player a few times and it still plays like brand new.)
The mp3 player is very sleek and easy to use and understand (the picture they use on amazon.com is horrible, if you think it looks bad because of the pic on the site keep in mind that it is a awful picture.) Well thats all I have to say, this is a excellent choice for anybody looking for a new mp3 player!!
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Summary: This MP3 player is great!
Review: I'm brand new to the world of transferring music to the computer and not especially computer-savvy, but I just got this player yesterday and within 2 hours had loaded the software and filled it up with songs from 6 CDs. As others have said, the interface for the installation software is confusing (and if you only have internal speakers, you should turn them off before loading the software as an annoying percussion sound plays constantly and it, combined with the confusing interface, can start stressing you out.) But if you just click on everything that shows up as you roll the cursor around, you can easily load the MPIO software and RealOne and be all set to go. The player itself is much smaller and lighter than I expected, and the necklace-type holder with attached ear buds is perfect for use on an airplane or the subway (which is how I plan to use it.) The sound quality is amazing. I am really looking forward to using this to drown out screaming babies on my Christmas plane ride home!
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Summary: GREAT PLAYER ! ! COOL DESIGN ! !
Review: MPIO DMK PROS:
Small streamlined design great for pockets
Easy to use and set-up software
Belt Clip and Armband great for excercising
GREAT SOUND QUALITY!
GREAT PLAYER FOR THE MONEY CONS:
No voice recorder (i wouldn't use it anyway)
Doesn't Support .WMA but has a software included so you can convert them to .MP3 I love this mp3 player. I was very surprised when I found this under the christmas tree this year. I was jammin' to tunes 30 seconds out of the box. A great accesory for it is the SiLink FM TRANSMITTER - - it transmits any device with an audio jack to a FM Radio. I would give it five stars, but is doesn't have .WMA capabilities ! ! !
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Summary: For people having trouble with this player
Review: OK I do not have the 256mb player I have the 128mb. That said I have read numerous reviews of people complaining about not getting any songs downloaded to their player. This happened to me, I was trying to download a bunch of WMA. format file onto my mp3 player. I thought it would read them but it wouldn't play them even though it showed up on the manager that I had downloaded in the player. I looked for a solution instead of just giving up and complaining online about it. If you go to Realplayer Jukebox, or download it like I had to, you can go to the Burn/Transfer page. If you go their you have to ENCODE the wma files into MP3 format. It is kind of annoying because each time you encode files it'll delete the current playlist you have but it takes like 3 minutes to delete and recreate a newer playlist so that doesn't bother me. Overall I think that even though I paid 50 bucks for my 128 I would've easily paid 100 for it new. Thanks
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