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Summary: Excellent MP3 CD player
Review: The iRiver SlimX is an amazing MP3 CD player, playing MP3 CDs, WMA CDs, and regular CDs with the same ease. I have never encountered a problem with skipping and always receive the same, excellent clarity, regardless of the type of file on the CD. The upgradable firmware is another great capability, allowing the player to be up to date with the latest technology.However, there are a few flaws as well. There is no display screen on the CD player itself, so if you do not want to carry the attached remote, which can be cumbersome at times, there is no way of knowing what track you are listening to. Additionally, its battery life is short and carrying AA batteries in the included adaptor is awkward and makes the machine far heavier. Overall, I recommend the iRiver SlimX.
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Summary: It's what everyone says. . .
Review: They're all right---every one of the reviewers. It's convenient, small, has all the features you need, is sexy, and is a wonderfully versatile object with a lot of personalized presets. It also eats its own batteries too fast, it skips and chokes, and the headphones are crap (but they all are, except the Sony MDR-W08L--read the reviews, and then spend the extra nine bucks; send iRiver's, or anyone elses, directly to the garbage.) I'm not sorry I bought it, but now that I realize that I'm using it more as an MP3 player than a CD player I wish I'd bought an iPod, which is really a better package for MP3-only listening. The FM radio is a definite plus, however.
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Summary: Really good
Review: I had read tons of reviews before I purchased this CD/MP3 player, which turned out to be the right choice, so far. The sound quality is rated at 4.5, and the whole engineering is rated at 4.0. However, as noted by quite some reviewers, the carrying bag is terrible and probably you might just want to discard it... It's a good one, especially for the price. And it is not made in Japan. In fact, it is made in China. I don't like Japanese stuff.
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Summary: Anything better with this price?
Review: I spent couple of weeks considering what mp3/cd player to buy. Iriver SlimX IMP-350 has anything you could possibly want. Astonishing design, thin and light, can play mp3/wma, has radio in it, reliable anti-shock system, nice lcd display and so on.
I have been using it for 3 weeks and i could so far say that it's best choice.
I like running a lot, and anti-shock system made a great job. Battery lasts really long, even though you use the lcd remote. I dont know why people does not like this product or how they had problems with this product but i highly recommend this player.
Just burn you favourite choice of over 150 songs to a cd and you're ready to go.
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Summary: Not as good as it used to be.....
Review: I brought this CD player last December (2002) as a christmas gift. 6 months into it, it started skipping while I was walking. Then it started reading MP3 CD's slower. Sometimes it doesn't come on when I have the power cord in it. Now I just want to send it back. It's not worth it. Don't waste your money. You'll be happy with it for a few months and then...........forget about it.
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Summary: Was GREAT while it lasted
Review: I've had this model for over a year, and I have used it almost daily on my bus ride to work and have been very happy with it. Battery life is acceptable for me - it does take hours to recharge, but I do it overnight and it's not been a problem. The sound quality has been great, the remote works well for me, and the antiskip feature has worked well up until recently. BUT: in the last month or so, the unit skips and outright stops on tracks toward the end of the disc. I just record a bunch of songs on a CDR and play 'em randomly during my commute. Songs at the beginning of the disc work fine, songs at the end won't play. It's not the media. It's an inexpensive enough unit, but it should last longer than a year.
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Summary: resume feature is the bomb
Review: THE GOOD:
The RESUME feature is the BOMB ! For instance.. I have a 7-hour-live-dj-mixes-mp3 ( a single 700 mb-file ) that I don't want to have to re-play from 0:00:00 whenever I have to change battery or shut off the unit. Also, the upgradable firmware rocks too.. love that snake games that comes with the firmware 2.20 upgrade ! I hope on the next firmware upgrade, they'll put out more games !! THE BAD:
seems very slow when reading cdr or cdrw (starting up). My little cousin got one of those $49 panasonic (from Target) and those plays almost right away ! And my first mp3-cd player (geneca) that i bought 4 years ago plays almost right away as well.. but of course 4 years ago they don't have the technology to play CDRW and got no resume feature.
Also, the LCD on the remote control is very hard to read. I hope they can do something bout it via firmware upgrade such as font style.
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Summary: My most prized possession!
Review: Bought this player a couple of months ago. Decided to test it before I write a review. First let me list all the features that I find useful. The player itself is very slim-that's because the AA batteries are externally plugged in (not shown in picture). It plays Audio and MP3 cds-even rewritables. I can fit about 120 songs on 1 cd-depends on song length. It has an FM/AM radio, and you can preset your own stations (i think up to 20). Inside the cd player there comes a pack of 2 batteries (which are flat - specially made for the cd player), that are rechargable with the AC Adapter. If you like you can attach a little tube containing 2 AA batteries (AA batteries not included)and this is for much longer use and is recommended. With the 4 batteries it lasts about 23 hours or so before the batteries die out. Then you have to change the AA batteries and recharge the other 2 in the cd player. If it sounds complicated-it's really NOT. Battery life is displayed on the little remote. Along with all this comes a cute black little carrying case in which you can carry the whole thing (which i use all the time).
Now to the little remote. It's very light plastic but very sturdy-unless you step on it, but don't try that. It has a little clip so you can clip it to your shirt or pants. It reads ID tags on your mp3's and play lists as well. You may have several folders of songs on the cd and choose what to play. Both the cd player and the little remote have a HOLD button (very useful). It displays just about everything! You can program your name into it and it shows whenever the CD player is on. The LCD lights up blue. All song names scroll (you can select speed or disable the scrolling). You can program the type of music it is, for different bass sound. The volume goes quite high on the cd player and i almost never play it at full volume -which is great for those of us who travel on loud trains and all you hear is the train moving and train annoucements while you're listening to music. Here's a great feature I never seen before: When you play a CD (Audio or MP3-doesn't matter) and if you change CD's for no matter how long, even after battery has been changed or recharged...when you put that CD back into the player-it resumes the song you last played. Of course it has shuffle and all those features, as well as just playing the first 10 seconds of each track. The manual is very helpful to help figure out how to use the remote.
BATTERY: It is recommended that you "discharge and charge" the battery inside the cd player once a month - it's supposed to make the batteries last. I do that process whenever batteries die. This takes about 6 hours (i do it overnight). Here's the most important thing. This cd player (in about 3 months since I bought it) has NOT ONCE skipped. I don't jog with it, but I've connected it into the car and drove over many pot holes and it never once skipped. Also I carry very scratched up CDs with me and it reads them perfectly. I'm very happy that i do not have to list any flaws, because there aren't any. It's a great product and well worth the money-which is inexpensive too.
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Summary: No Doubt...its a great product
Review: Perfectly balanced and has all the features you need.
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Summary: Good , but last only some month
Review: I bought this discman in the same time than a friend did. And we had the same results:
The sound is amazing, in the end anti skip is good, it reads cd's quite fast, upgrading system is very intresting and it really works.
But batter last for 6 hours (aprox), and anti skip goes down. (in fact now my anti skip do not work anymore). The reader do not work anymore. Sincerly i'm very upset.And my friend to.
I think it may be cheaper.
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