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Summary: WAIT....BETTER DEAL
Review: Buy the "empty" player for 37, then get a 128 mb card....its only 5 bucks mopre total......
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Summary: Player has some problems with WMA files, some MP3 files
Review: The idea of an mp3 player that uses removable storage is great. You can take a half-dozen jump drives with you in your pocket and have access to enough music for an entire vacation.
But the Lexar media player has some problems:
1) The USB drive seems loose when it is plugged in. Also, it seems to be getting looser - wearing out (as a previous reviewer has noted).
2) The interface is terrible - very clumsy. The navigation wheel is also a button, but pushing it has no effect most of the time. I end up having to push the button a dozen times to get the song to play.
3) The preset EQs are not very effective - none of them have emphasized bass, for example.
4) Some mp3s play with a lot of background noise - like a low-level white noise or static. There is nothing wrong with the mp3s - they play perfectly on my iRiver player, in winamp, Windows Media Player, etc. Only the Lexar player has trouble with them.
5) WMA support is very very poor. Most of my WMAs (encoded at 192Kbps) pop and skip when played through the Lexar media player. I have pretty much given up trying to play WMA files with it.
6) Surprisingly, battery life isn't very good. The player takes two AAA batteries. I use 750mAh rechargables and get about 8 hours of playing time with them. By comparison, my iRiver player takes a single 2100mAh AA rechargable and lasts more than 20 hours. I am guessing that accessing the jump drive is expensive in power terms - not navigating around a lot (i.e. just letting the player play through the whole drive sequentially) could lengthen the battery life.
Overall, I am happy with the price of this player and with the convenience of being able to load media to it without special programs (such as the iRiver players require). I am hoping that the player is flashable (though I don't have any reason to believe that it is) so that when Lexar works out the bugs that cause some mp3's and wma's to play poorly they can post a patch.
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Summary: A good MP3 player and a great value
Review: The Lexar Media Jump Gear MP3 player is a fine player at a great price. It works with JumpDrive Sport USB Flash Memory which can store all types of files, not just mp3's. You can purchase as many of these memory drives as you like and make different collections with them.As far as the player goes, it is compact with adequate volume and sharp display. I was even able to use it in my car with a cassette adapter. The earphones are buds and may be uncomfortable if you aren't used to them. You have the choice of purchasing the JumpGear with the 64MB starter memory or purchasing it without memory and ordering the JumpDrive seperately. Even though I got it with the memory I found that 64mb wasn't enough to hold an entire album. The prices on larger capacity JumpDrives are coming down and you can purchase 128mb, 256mb, or 512mb for a better value. The JumpGear MP3 player is one of the best deals around.
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Summary: A good MP3 player and a great value
Review: The Lexar Media Jump Gear MP3 player is a fine player at a great price. It works with JumpDrive Sport USB Flash Memory which can store all types of files, not just mp3's. You can purchase as many of these memory drives as you like and make different collections with them. As far as the player goes, it is compact with adequate volume and sharp display. I was even able to use it in my car with a cassette adapter. The earphones are buds and may be uncomfortable if you aren't used to them. You have the choice of purchasing the JumpGear with the 64MB starter memory or purchasing it without memory and ordering the JumpDrive seperately. Even though I got it with the memory I found that 64mb wasn't enough to hold an entire album. The prices on larger capacity JumpDrives are coming down and you can purchase 128mb, 256mb, or 512mb for a better value. The JumpGear MP3 player is one of the best deals around.
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