Rating: 
Summary: But is the random play really random?
Review: I bought the Memorex coat-pocket-portable CD player and
found out it had a fatal flaw -- the "random" setting
was anything but. Here is how "random" worked on that
stupid thing: plays the first song on the CD first, no
matter when you select "random", then plays the second,
then the fourth, then the eighth, then the sixteenth,
then the 32nd, 64th, etc. ALWAYS IN THAT ORDER!I was so disgusted with that "feature" that I will never
buy another Memorex product as long as I live unless they
send me a "pocket-portable" MP3 CD player for FREE as a
replacement. So, my subject line question -- is there any reason to
believe that this MP3123 whatever player can actually
play songs in RANDOM order? I'll pass, for now, thank you very much.
Rating:
Summary: But is the random play really random?
Review: I bought the Memorex coat-pocket-portable CD player and
found out it had a fatal flaw -- the "random" setting
was anything but. Here is how "random" worked on that
stupid thing: plays the first song on the CD first, no
matter when you select "random", then plays the second,
then the fourth, then the eighth, then the sixteenth,
then the 32nd, 64th, etc. ALWAYS IN THAT ORDER! I was so disgusted with that "feature" that I will never
buy another Memorex product as long as I live unless they
send me a "pocket-portable" MP3 CD player for FREE as a
replacement. So, my subject line question -- is there any reason to
believe that this MP3123 whatever player can actually
play songs in RANDOM order? I'll pass, for now, thank you very much.
Rating: 
Summary: Didn't read all my mp3 cd's and not very good sound
Review: I bought this mp3 boombox for work so that I don't have to have to keep changing cd's and 1 cd would get me through the whole day. Well this was the first one I saw, and I didn't think $50 was that bad, so I got it. At first it worked good. I noticed right away, that sound quality wasn't that great and it didn't play very loud at all. Then it wouldn't play some of my mp3 cd's. It would say "no mp3". I took it back and got the RCA RCD125 and for $20 more it's much much better. It played the cd that this one wouldn't. I'd stay away from this one.
Rating:
Summary: Didn't read all my mp3 cd's and not very good sound
Review: I bought this mp3 boombox for work so that I don't have to have to keep changing cd's and 1 cd would get me through the whole day. Well this was the first one I saw, and I didn't think $50 was that bad, so I got it. At first it worked good. I noticed right away, that sound quality wasn't that great and it didn't play very loud at all. Then it wouldn't play some of my mp3 cd's. It would say "no mp3". I took it back and got the RCA RCD125 and for $20 more it's much much better. It played the cd that this one wouldn't. I'd stay away from this one.
Rating: 
Summary: Cuts Off Endings
Review: I ordered this item through Radio Shack to play my MP3 radio shows. At first, I was impressed with the sound. I had been warned that the controls were a little clunky, and it was a little difficult to get the cds in and out because of the way the "hood" opens, but I could put up with that. What I hated was the way, as the other folks have said, it cuts off the end of each program as it goes on to the next. I would think that Memorex would be well aware of the problem. It does, however, seem to play regular cds just fine.
Rating:
Summary: You Get What You Pay For
Review: I ordered this item through Radio Shack to play my MP3 radio shows. At first, I was impressed with the sound. I had been warned that the controls were a little clunky, and it was a little difficult to get the cds in and out because of the way the "hood" opens, but I could put up with that. What I hated was the way, as the other folks have said, it cuts off the end of each program as it goes on to the next. I would think that Memorex would be well aware of the problem. It does, however, seem to play regular cds just fine.
Rating:
Summary: Great for the price. Alot of pleasure comes from it...
Review: I was looking at this item at Radio Shack for the last few weeks, and it went on sale for twenty dollars off. So I had the clerk plug it in and I popped in a MP3 OTR disc I was listening to on a RioVolt SP50 with earphones.
Bottom line; It played the mp3s ok as far as I could tell, and I didn't expect it to display the title artist and album information, despite the fact that my thirty dollar mp3 Riovolt does.....It did list the directory number and file number, but that was a bare minimum needed to play a mp3 cd. It has a nice blue backlight..It worked ok but I don't know if it has any anti skip buffering, but only an issue here in earthquake prone San Francisco...It worked. We all are listening to Mp3s on computers..This was a very nice table radio player, for old time radio shows. As it is, OTR has bad audio to begin with. I can't imagine any music head enjoying any rock and roll on it, however, since it does not seem to be designed for loud booming sound. But for low volume stuff it is perfect. How much noise do you need, anyway? I value peace and quiet, and this mp3 player fits MY bill.
Rating: 
Summary: An *Okay* buy
Review: I've received this product a couple of days ago, and it seems to work fine enough... The major problem I've noticed is, it skips the end portion of the mp3 songs I have burnt on to my CD. Something like the last 30 seconds of each song is chopped off, which is rather annoying at times.
Good point is, it recognized all of the 183 mp3's burnt on my CD effortlessly. But navigating through it is a real pain-
Also, the FM tuner is a knob controlled one, which makes precise tuning rather tedious. A digital tuner is definitely a must.
Sound quality is "okay", not bad, but some tweeting effect noticed at some higher frequencies.
Overall, I don't think it's worth 80 bucks. I had a 25 buck discount coupon, and so I don't feel so cheated;
Good enough if you aren't too particular about too many things..
Rating:
Summary: Does not play the complete mp3 track
Review: It skips the last 30 seconds of all mp3 tracks. That is rather disgusting. Plus, inability to play the lower bit rates without garbling it beyond recognition makes this product a loser. The analog FM tuner is a pain. sound quality is so and so. I bought an iRiver SlimX 350 following this fiasco. That product rocks.. Check that out instead.
Rating:
Summary: Cuts Off Endings
Review: Purchased for the sole purpose of playing MP3 CD format Old Time Radio shows. Great looking unit, nice visual display, radio works fine and sounds good, but cut off the ending of ALL shows (5-minute show, cut off 30+ seconds; 30 minute shows, cut off last 5-7 minutes).
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