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Summary: Memorex MPD8505CP Portable MP3-CD Player
Review: Don't buy this unit. The claimed anti-skip feature doesn't work, whether you're sitting on your couch or driving in your car. The unit is also flimsy and cheaply put together. Memorex claims to have fixed the anti-skip problems in units manufactured after December 2000. Not so. I purchased mine from Amazon in June 2001, so even the units they're sending out right now haven't improved. Memorex has some work to do on improving this product.
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Summary: Good for the price, but not nearly good enough
Review: I bought mine for 79.99 at Target, kept it 3 weeks, and returned it. The fact that it is limited to only 200 songs is a major drawback, since I can fit three times that amount on a CD. There was no limit listed anywhere on the package, manual, or online. That was bad enough, but there was a disturbing glith in the audio every 30 seconds or so, on both MP3's and CDs (even store bought). I don't know if it was just a problem with that individual unit, or if all are prone to such. Ultimately, I would rather pay more and get more.
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Summary: i do not recomment this product
Review: after buying this unit for about 2 weeks, i finally decided to get rid of it. although it says that it has the "hold" and "resume" function, this product does not suppoort these two functions. the glitches this players has when playing MP3 files are very disturbing, however, it doesn't have this kind of problem when playing an Audio CD. But, the reason i bought a MP3 CD player is primarily for listening to MP3 files not audio cds. the display is kindda dim, and does not show correct information sometimes, well, this is not a big deal for me, just that the high pitch glitches sounds is really bothersome. you would have to wait at least 10 secs for the player to start playing music. in a word, i do not recomment people to buy this product.
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Summary: not the best, but good value
Review: pros: value, ID tags cons: 200 song limit, skips or turns off randomly tip: to play albums, save songs as "track number - song title" in a directory with "artist name - album name". Press 'play' on unit, then 'stop' when first song starts to play. then press 'display' button, then 'skip +' button. this will browse thru each album(directory) on your CD. when you get to the one you want, press 'play'
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Summary: Its GREAT, Buy It
Review: This is a great mp3/cd player. But it is kind of picky on how you burn the mp3 cds. After lots of trys with a CD-RW disk, I fianlly figured it out. Using NERO I burned it like this: Multisession setting: *Start Multisession disk* Name length setting: ISO level 2 Format: Mode 1 Character Ste: ISO 9660 Joliet: *OFF* Dates: use date and time from original file Be sure to fianalize CD **Use 128k or lower mp3s or you will have tons of skipping.** This works on CD-RW disks and it should work on CD-R disks, but I haven't tested on the CD-R. The only reason I didn't give it the fifth star was because it can be very hard to get your CD burned correctly and the manual is VERY bad. Every thing else is VERY GOOD.
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Summary: Not so good after all...
Review: (note: I'm on my second one, I exchanged it after a while) It played good at first, but then dropped off real fast. The MP3 feature would sometimes blow a big high pitched skip sound, which is very disturbing. Now it skips a lot. Both MP3 CDs and Audio CDs. Plus, when is skips with the "ESP" on, it causes it to halt for a about 20 seconds. Sometimes it will halt, and never come back. I work with MP3 often, and honestly, I don't think this MP3 CD technology is very good. I can listen to a song on an MP3 CD, and then listen to the song on an Audio CD, and the MP3 version sounds really muffled. This isn't so listening on a computer. Maybe another would be better, but I'd suggest staying away from MP3 CD players for a few years.
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Summary: After about 6 months
Review: After initially deciding this product was awesome. I've decided to revise my initial estimate. Its pretty bad actually, but for the price if pretty good. It was one of the best things out 6 months ago but I wish I waited 1 month for the sonic blue product. Upgradable firmware, backlit, quick startup time, all things this product is missing. Ack.
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Summary: Bad design
Review: The player includes a spring box inside that is causing friction against my CDs and as a result they skip a lot or just completely halt. The anti-skip does not live up to the 45 second expectations. Not recomended, I wish I could return it.
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Summary: So Far So Good
Review: Very good player. Keep this in mind when burning mp3 CDRs and RWs. You can have a maximum of 22 directories/folders. You can have a maximum of 200 songs/files. If you exceed either by alittle, songs will be ignored and not played. If you exceed either by alot, the player will deem the CD unplayable (Data error). Also, it works better when you fill in Title, Artist, and Album field in the ID3 Tags when creating the MP3 files on your computer - it's rather cool to see them displayed. I use a Memorex CRW1622 Burner and NTi Software to burn my CDs. (FYI, I typically encode mp3 files at 128kbs). Playing thru the cassette adapter sounds ok (not the greatest), but not as good as a direct connect. So if you have the option of a direct connect, use it instead of the cassette adapter. It works with super low bit rate mp3 files (old radio stories such as the CBS Mystery Theatre - 10mb files that are 45 minutes long), While on my APEX 500W DVD/MP3 Player, it plays about 4 minutes on these mp3 files and stops. On the even lower bit rate files, the Memorex will play them, but with a slightly higher pitch. Another annoyance is that it's alittle difficult to find a songs when there's 200 songs on a CD (like all MP3 CD players). There are seach capabilities, but there's too many little buttons to press. But atleast it has search capabilities. I use Nicads, but there is no built in charger. Once in a while, I'll get those annoying drop out, but very seldom. I highly recommend this player. By the way, I bought it at Amazon for (price)- (dollar amount)coupon + free shipping = (price). I bought it in June 2001, but the unit was manufactured Nov 2000 and said something about version A. Newer players are coming out that may be better, such as the Diamond Rio one, but that's like double the cost. Otherwise, this Memorex gives the best bang for the buck. Enjoy!
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Summary: IT'S AWESOME
Review: BUY IT NOW. 10 HOURS OF MUSIC ON 1 CD!!!! IT HAS CHANGED MY ENTIRE OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND I HAVE GONE FROM A WORTHLESS PEE-ON TO A SUCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN AS A RESULT! But honestly, it works great, and does everything it says. Great value.
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