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Summary: Simply the best!
Review: I bought my unit just over a year ago and I am still in love with it! I am very into the gadgets, any kinda of electronics will make my day. I have to say that that this is still my most favorite of purchases ever. I love the fact that I packed a very small, 10 cd carrier and had with me over 90 cd's worth of high quality digital music in MP3 format. I have gone on drives on vacation, put 1 cd in the unit, hit shuffle, and with 203 tracks on it, I didnt have to put in another cd until over 10 hours later!! This is awesome! The quality of this unit is unmatched by any other. Sure, I undertsand that don't mean that the occasional bad unit will sneek through, but that doses not mean that the entire product like is that way despite what some people think, Il might want you to believe. Bottom line... BUY THIS BABY! You will be so happy you did. 14 months later and counting for me and I am still in love :)
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Summary: Philips, a great company
Review: Bought this unit just before driving from Ann Arbor, MI to Tucson, AZ. Seemed just the thing to play some of the 5GB of my napsterized collection, with their car kit and all. It worked fine for the first day, then one MP3-CD was not recognized. Soon it would only play regular CD's.
Called Philips support line and was told they would send a pre-paid RMA shiping label. They did that and the next thing I know I receive a replacement unit, THE NEXT EXPANIUM MODEL EXP-503/17 with MP3 file readout and all. This model has been advertized at Best Buy for $...
I'll certainly consider Philips the next time I'm looking for electronics, they have excellent customer relations. Something hard to find these days.
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Summary: Great Product and Great Value
Review: It almost never skips. The screen is only hard to read sometimes. The price is great compared to other mp3 cd players and cd players. It has great sound.
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Summary: Disappointing Piece of Equipment
Review: I've used this player in my car and found it to be unable to keep track of where it leaves off from one session to another, despite setting it on Resume. The display is almost impossible to read, so it is difficult to tell what Mode is set, except by memorizing their sequence. The earbuds that come with this -- EARBUDS! -- are wholly inadequate. Despite the good quality of sound reproduction and the versatility of this unit in allowing you also to play MP3 recordings as well as CDs, it was not entirely what I expected. I have a lower-cost Phillips CD player that operates very well, though it doesn't handle MP3 format. This player does function, and does have good sound, but it has these annoying problems: poor display, rotten earbuds, and inability to Resume properly.
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Summary: The Best CD Player I've Ever Bought!!!
Review: This has got to be the best cd player I have ever bought not only because it's been through a lot but because it can do a lot. by this I mean that you can drop it numerous times and still expect it to work. See, I accidently dropped it 3 times, left it on the roof of my truck to blow off on the highway, and then another 2 more times from about 10 feet in the air. It still works GREAT and doesn't skip at all! That's why I rate it "5 stars." Don't stop and think about buying it, just do it! It's well worth it, trust me, I know! In other words...(It takes a lick'in, and keeps on playing)!!!
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Summary: Great player- BUT!
Review: The player works real well,maybe a little slow. The biggest drawback to it is the fact that you can't read the tiny program modes either while driving or stopped. But definately stop to do this mode change.
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Summary: duhhhhhh?
Review: i just recevied the EXP 103 as a christmas gift. i don't know what i am doing. is it able to play MP3s without burning them onto a CD, cause that takes a while? i don't understand the technical jargin they use to decribe the stuff about the MP3s. all i know is that if it can't download songs from off of the internet, they i will return it. i already have a CD player, i don't need another.
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Summary: Great Product, Recommend to anybody!
Review: I recommend this product to anybody who is looking for a portable CD player that also plays MP3s. It has not had any problems and I have owned it for quite a while.
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Summary: Works ok, with some quirks
Review: As always, I will concentrate on the cons of this item:
I use in a car, and I found that after I turn on the car, I have to go through this sequence to put it in the right mode: (1) press play button
(2) wait 30 seconds or so for it to scan the CD
(3) press the mode button to select shuffle mode It has a resume feature where it remembers the last song when it was turned off. Unfortunately it does not remember the shuffle mode. Very annoying. Also, there is no light on the LCD display. But I guess it's ok because there isn't much to see on the 7-segment digit display anyway (looks like calculator display) BTW, my unit came with a defective car cassette adapter. Only the right channel has sound. I hope there is a repair center near me because I don't want to return the whole thing. I have no other complain. Overall I still prefer it over my cassette player.
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Summary: it's got all you want in it
Review: It takes batteries or power from a wall outlet. It comes with a tape adaptor and head phones. It's light. It has anti-skip. I've seen complaints about it not having support for ID3 naming for the MP3 songs, but seriously once you put a disc in and start playing it in your car do you really need to read the title? I would say that as a car unit it's great. As a portable player I'd look for something else.
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