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Summary: excellent price for the number of extras included
Review: At last years prices this was probably not a good value but ..., all of a sudden this becomes an extremely good value considering you are getting a A/C adapter, car cassette adapter, car power adapter. I threw away the headphones as a ... Jensen I picked up at circuit city performed better. I really like the album up/down buttons to go through the albums and also the disc/album option for playing (basically you can play the entire CD containing multiple albums at once or play one album at a time). I wish the stand alone DVD/MP3 players have these options. There are also programming options that I didn't have a need to try. The display has three options: track time - mp3 file name - ID3 tag. In the latter two cases the display scrolls constantly. It displays very long file names.I have held the device in all possible orientations during play and it din't skip once. In fact I have yet to see a skip during walking (no belt clip came with it). Another bonus is built in charger for rechargeble batteries. But the Rayovac rechargeable ones I picked up at grocery store seem to lose charge much faster than standard alkaline batteries. In stop/off mode you just hold the stop button for a couple of seconds and it starts charging the batteries. All in all, a very good value...
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Summary: Great
Review: had it for a year now, surpassed all my expectations.
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Summary: It's a good CD/MP3 player (but no anti-shock for MP3 CDs)
Review: I bought it two weeks ago. I use it as an audio CD player most of the time because it has no anti-shock for MP3 CDs. What is good is that it has a support for CD-R and CD-RW discs. Batteries are enough to play like 4-6 audio CDs with anti-shock feature turned on. I like this CD player but nobody told me about absence of anti-shock for MP3 CDs when I was to buy it. This thing disappoints me. But what is really good is that even without anti-shock turned on it works rather pretty when you walk.
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Summary: Very good item to buy
Review: i bought the MP3 player from the website. it is just same as it looks like in a pic.i got my deliverly on time, and every thing was in a perfect condition and the packing of the MP3 was so good.
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Summary: I expected something better
Review: I bought this Aiwa player because of its attractive price and bacause of my positive recognition of the Aiwa brand. Previously I had a Rio Volt 90 but it malfunctioned.
The only problem with this Aiwa cd player is the squeaking sound produced when turning the volume knob, it went away on the second day, but returned permanently later. I found out that warranty is extended only for 90 days in case of labor so I guess it does not make sense to pay for the repair, whereas labor could cost more then the new player. Battery life is reasonable 5 hours, skipping does not happen too much when walking, design is nice and relatively ergonomic.
I do not care about the attached car kit but I am glad to have the ac/dc adapter so that I can use it when I have access to the 110 volts. Headphones are ok but I bought another set of the earbud type ones. There is no remote control but I do not think it is a necessary gadget.
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Summary: The ULTIMATE MP3 CD PLAYER
Review: I BOUGHT THIS ITEM A MONTH AGO, AND I AM TOTALLY IMPRESSED BY ITS FABULOUS FEATURES. IT IS A ALMOST PERFECT PLAYER EXCEPT FOR THE ABSCENCE OF ESP FOR A MP3 CD. THE BUILT IN BATTERY CHARGER IS SUCH AN ADVANTAGE THAT IT SAVES YOU ATLEAST A HUNDRED $ BY THE END OF A YEAR. THE SOUND QUALITY IS FABULOUS WHEN CONNECTED TO MY HOME THEATER SYSTEM. IT IS A STEAL FOR THE PRICE AMAZON IS OFFERING.
IT SQUEAKS A LITTLE WHEN U CHANGE THE VOLUME BUT ONCE THE VOLUME IS SET IT IS A WORKHORSE. MORE THAN 5 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE ALONG WITH THE BATTERY CHARGER MAKE IT OF THE MOST ERGONOMIC CD PLAYER IN A PORTABLE SETTING. I JUST LUV IT AND HIGLY RECOMEND IT. IF U ARE PLANNING FOR AN MP3 PLAYER JUST BUY THIS WITHOUT FAIL.
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Summary: Good While It Lasted
Review: I found this player to be quite nice until it died. The user interface is good and it played MP3's without problem. Unfortunately, it only lasted about 1-1/2 years before dying. This is with moderate use in an office environment. Absolutely no harsh handling at all. I guess it is a testament to the quality Aiwa puts into their products. Needless to say, I won't buy another Aiwa product again.
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Summary: Good While It Lasted
Review: I found this player to be quite nice until it died. The user interface is good and it played MP3's without problem. Unfortunately, it only lasted about 1-1/2 years before dying. This is with moderate use in an office environment. Absolutely no harsh handling at all. I guess it is a testament to the quality Aiwa puts into their products. Needless to say, I won't buy another Aiwa product again.
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Summary: Neither Good, Nor Bad
Review: i have been in mp3 players for more than a year and last week i bought myself the aiwa xp-mp3 player and can say so far that it didnt meet all my expectations..i was going to buy a rio volt sp100 but because of the reduced price (plus accessories) i made my mind for the aiwa.
the negative points of it are that in addition of not having screen backlight, the contrast of the screen is too light and not adjustable (biggest minus)..on the other hand i found out that it uses up batteries fast (2 hrs) and that the recharger is not functioning properly (while charging it stops without having fully charged)..the support of ID3tag is important and this unit only supports the less detailed ID3v1 tag and not the ID3v2 tag..so if you've burned your CDs with the latter one it will show "No Title" on the screen..another deficiency i think is that info up to album name is supported in the ID3tag (no year, nor genre)..so that the displayed info in the ID3 tag is not really different than the file name..i found the max sound of the unit not satisfactory either, it doesnt have even a simple remote and is not an upgradeable unit.
the pluses on the other side is first its price.. 80 USD for such a player with all the extras is not bad..the headphones are ok..as stated in other reviews there is no anti-skip function in mp3's but it has not skipped that much while driving and doesnt skip while walking..the quick resume function and resume from the last stopped point is a good plus which for example the rio sp100 does not have..it has random play functions both for albums (folders) and for the entire CD..you can do simple navigation between albums (folders)..it is not very slim but is ok..the hold function is also a plus..
besides the attractive price i think this player does not meet the requirements of real mp3 fans who expect a lot..but this player is simple, cheap and you dont have to worry that much when you leave it on the beach and go swimming..i bought this player and surely will use it for a year until i can afford hard-disk mp3 players..
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Summary: Aiwa XPMP3 Portable MP3-CD Player/Car Kit/Dot Matrix Display
Review: I have been listening to mp3 songs for almost three years now, mostly using PC (Kudos' to Winamp team) in the initial years and wanted to buy a portable mp3-CD player for really long time. As with any technology I expected that the price would come down, so I can buy. Finally I bought this player two months back when it was on sale for little less than [money] after returning my Creative JukeBox (20GB,[more money]). My ratings are based on the extremely low price I paid. I use it in both at Home (hooked with my Sony music system) as well in my Car. I am extremely happy with the purchase (less $$$), and happy with the product. Tips/General:
1.If my mp3 CD is organized into folders/files reads quickly as opposed all the files in the root directory.
2.Like all AIWA products the BASS is more in the output, that is a negative rating to me (which is the main reason I went for Sony in the past). Plus:
1. Extremely low price
2. Plays all my mp3 files. Both fixed (128/44) and VBR encoded.
3. I liked the display and the absence of backlight never bothered me. The Album and Track information is more than sufficient for me to decide whether to play or skip a song.
4. Navigation is really simple with Folder/Track skip buttons.
5. I noticed very little skips on very bumpy roads in the mp3 mode.(It doesn't bother me, since most of my driving is in good roads) I don't jog so I can't rate the performance of Jog proof. Negative:
1.Quality of the mp3 decoding is poor when compared with creative jukebox and Winamp outputs. I have offset this by encoding my CD rips into VBRs. I use EAC and Lame for encoding my CDs.
2.The Cassette adopter is poor. It does not align with my CAR deck. I have to manually move the adapter up/down to get better sound. If I listen using headphones it is fine.
3.Output volume is low (It doesn't bother me much, since I jack up the volume in the CAR/music system)
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