Rating: 
Summary: Versatile MP3 player with some flaws
Review: Purchased my MP3123 from Radio Shack yesterday. It plays MP3s with bitrates down to 24K--beyond the specs--better than any unit I could find. Pretty good sound for a little box. It does, however, seem to have a flaw. When playing MP3 files, it cuts off the last 30 seconds or so of the track and switches to the next track. I listen to audio books and I find this unacceptable. I have contacted Memorex and they don't seem to be aware of the problem, but another reviewer here has experienced something similar. Memorex recommends exchanging the unit for another and nothing beyond that. I hope mine is just a quirky unit and that exchanging it for another will solve the problem. Otherwise it is impressive for an inexpensive player. ...
Rating:
Summary: Versatile MP3 player with some flaws
Review: Purchased my MP3123 from Radio Shack yesterday. It plays MP3s with bitrates down to 24K--beyond the specs--better than any unit I could find. Pretty good sound for a little box. It does, however, seem to have a flaw. When playing MP3 files, it cuts off the last 30 seconds or so of the track and switches to the next track. I listen to audio books and I find this unacceptable. I have contacted Memorex and they don't seem to be aware of the problem, but another reviewer here has experienced something similar. Memorex recommends exchanging the unit for another and nothing beyond that. I hope mine is just a quirky unit and that exchanging it for another will solve the problem. Otherwise it is impressive for an inexpensive player. ...
Rating: 
Summary: MP3 CDRW playback lacking
Review: Tried this in a store with two ordinary MP3 CDRWs (both burned at 4x speed). Neither was recognized as an MP3 CDRW - the unit just sat there, mute. (Playing back MP3 CDRWs is pretty much all that I would do with a unit like this, so I didn't test the other functions very much. The radio seemed to work well.) The search for a boombox that works as well as the Rio Volt line of personal players moves on...
Rating:
Summary: MP3 CDRW playback lacking
Review: Tried this in a store with two ordinary MP3 CDRWs (both burned at 4x speed). Neither was recognized as an MP3 CDRW - the unit just sat there, mute. (Playing back MP3 CDRWs is pretty much all that I would do with a unit like this, so I didn't test the other functions very much. The radio seemed to work well.) The search for a boombox that works as well as the Rio Volt line of personal players moves on...
Rating: 
Summary: Great for the price
Review: Works as expected, perfect for listening to OTR shows. I LOVE it.
It is not expensive, cute, small, and not noisy like a computer. It sits next to my bed at night grinding out old time radio shows like a champ. Buy one and see.
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