Rating: 
Summary: Highly Disappointed
Review: I had been looking forward to getting this product. Since I've received it I've gotten nothing but headaches. It skips on just about any CD I put in, including brand new ones. Sometimes it registers original (non copy) CD's as "NF DISC" which I assume means "Not formatted." Sometimes it says "NO DISC" which is even more frustrating. I sometimes have to try to press play over and over again until it is recognized. When reading an MP3 CD it takes quite a long time to read all the tracks. When playing from track to track, there is a slight delay between them, as opposed to having a nice flow from one to the other (terrible for mixed DJ CD's). And its bass boost isn't that powerful. I had a...normal Philips CD player before this one, and it performed much better. Don't waste your money. It's not worth it.
Rating: 
Summary: Great performance, great price- no skipping, great sound.
Review: I bought this for using the MP3/car kit features on a 16 hour road trip. I was skeptical, particularly about skipping and the car kit's sound quality. Neither was a problem. Sound quality and volume on my home burned MP3 CDs were excellent using the car kit, and the unit never skipped once, despite potholes and bumps along I-95. I also loved the resume feature, with which the unit would pick up at the beginning of the last track played when turned on- very convenient w/169 tracks on a CD. My ONLY complaint with this product is that you cannot FF/search within MP3 tracks, but that's a small trade-off for such excellent performance at a bargain price. I highly recommend this player.
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Summary: Owned almost 1 year , no skipping, good batt life.
Review: Lives up to the Specs.
One in the house and car. I have owned 2 Philips EXP103 for almost a year. If you want a "reliable" MP3 player. This was, and still, is a best value. I've tried other low cost units like Memorex and had to return them, typically skipping/reading problems. I tried a new EXP201 and returned it because it had the typical skipping problems, especially without ESP on.
The EXP201 also sucked the life out of batteries, not so with the EXP103. I'm looking to buy another unit for my family and I'm tempted to stick with reliablity, even though I miss out on some new features.
Rating: 
Summary: Gets the job done
Review: The eXpanium is a sold piece of hardware. It's sturdy and does everything Panasonic advertises it can do. However, many shortfalls may hinder its likeability. After receiving this as a gift a year ago, here are my thoughts about it: The eXpanium was the first to come out playing MP3-CD on a portable disk. What it lacked though was an ID3 display. The display was only single lined (showing only Track and time) no backlit display for seeing in the dark. Furthermore, the sound quality does not seem to be good at all, especially on airplanes. Keeping my constants the same (CD and headphones) I tested the eXpanium against a regular Sony CD player. Sound wise, the Sony CD player (4 years old at least) performed much better. In addition, the loading time for the MP3s (not so for audio CDs) are long. Sometimes you just want to listen to a track immediately, but the hardware holds you up, especially if you have a CD jammed full of MP3s. Overall, a year ago eXpanium was the best MP3-CD player on the market. Now, it's not. If I were to buy an MP3-CD player now, I would not hesitate to purchase the RioVolt SP250 MP3-CD player. Just check out the reviews.
Rating:
Summary: Disappointment
Review: I purchased the Expanium with the hopes that it would perform as well as my friend said it did. Unfortunately, that was not the case. My first problems were with getting it to play MP3s on a CR-RW. It kept reading the disc as "data", even after I contacted Philips to ensure I was completely the transfer of MP3s correctly. After several attempts, on both CD-R and CD-RW, I gave up and decided I would try an audio cd. Even with the ESP on, it skipped frequently, just walking with it, which my Sony CD player never does. I found the fastforward button did not work well at all. The volume was also very low, even at it's highest setting. Finally I just returned it, displeased with Philips customer service attempts.
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Summary: Awesome deal, awesome price!
Review: I'm glad I bought a well known brand MP3 Player, I have listened to hours of music on it already. I have not used any batteries in it, it comes with a car kit, and I only use it in the car. So far, not ONE skip. It does take a while for the songs to start up if you are skipping around. Not a problem for me, i'm patient. It is very difficult to read the display at night. I would try to memorize what each button does, and not ever try to look at it while driving. It recognizes folders as "albums" and is very easy to skip from folder to folder.
Update: I've been using this for almost a month, I am Not as happy as i used to be. I'm getting more frustrated that I can't fast forward MP3's!! WHY CAN'T I!!??? Some of what I listen to is 60 minutes long! (Internet Radio shows.) [....]
Rating: 
Summary: Not good at all
Review: Bought one last year and was able to use for only 2 weeks. Now it plays (both ordinary cd audio and mp3's) sometimes but most of the time it will not recognize the cd at all. The player did not undergo any rough handling or anything. If all the reviews about how good this product is true, then I guess I'm just unlucky.
Rating:
Summary: Eh... does the job, but...
Review: I bought mine as a cheap alternative to a CD changer for my car. On the whole, its a nice toy. I have several qualms with it, however..
Driving on long trips, it will randomly just shut off, for no reason whatsoever. Power isnt interrupted and there are no disc errors. It just turns off.
Random play.. probably skips over a good 40% of the songs on a CD. That becomes very irritating.
The car power adapter doesnt fit in my cig lighter well, its as if its too long.
The skip protection is great, however. Once you get past the long load time, the poor random, and the unnecessary skips, its a decent player - and a good deal for the price.
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Summary: THIS PLAYER RULES
Review: I love this item. The sound is very clear ive had no trouble with it skipping. I bring it to school and back every day never skips with regular cds or mp3s. Its worth the money.
Rating:
Summary: Save your money
Review: The best thing is the anti-skip. Other than that you will have to make a playlist on paper for every CD you have. You will need better grade CDR's. It is very picky on CDR's. The support is good, but doesn't make up for the lack of backlight, ID3 Tags and the limit of 8.3 naming convention.
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