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Summary: Display stopped working after a few weeks
Review: While it worked, the player was ok. It's quite a bit bigger than you'd expect, because they use the guts of a regular sized CD player, so the unit itself is quite a bit bigger than the Mini-CDs that it plays. However, after only a few weeks of light use, the display went flakey and has now completely stopped showing anything. It's so sad when a company throws what little reputation it had left into such a shoddy product. I'll NEVER buy anything with Memorex' name on it ever again.
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Summary: Serious display problems
Review: I'm piping in to confirm that the displays are a serious problem. I have received two from Amazon and neither had working displays when I started them up. Its great that this player has id3 tag support, but the fact that the display doesn't work makes this feature somewhat moot.
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Summary: Display Failed
Review: This product should never gone into production with such a poor display component. It took it a couple of days, but the display eventually failed on me, just like it did for other people that've reviewed this player.
Aside from that, it's a pretty decent player for the money. Reads MP3's with all kinds of bit-rates and doesn't even complained about damaged files.
The interface could be a little simpler though. For example, to skip to next album, you have to press the "mode" button twice, then the "stop" button.
In the end, I redurned it and got a Philips EXP411 instead. Little more expansive, but definately worth it.
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Summary: Survived a trek through West Africa -- Durable!
Review: I have dropped this pocket player quite a few times but it still works. Perhaps I just got lucky, but as far as I can tell, this player is well-made and isn't likely to break on you. I took it around West Africa for 2 months and it was a life-saver on long bus treks though the desert. Despite the constant bumpiness of the bus, skipping was never a problem. That isn't to say it NEVER skips, because it does. It just takes quite a bit of josteling to make it skip (like jogging up stairs).
My only complaints:
1. It's like reading brail figuring out which buttons do what in the dark.
2. The "random" feature, which I use quite a bit, could be more accessible.OVERALL, it's a great product and good price. And, thanks to this little player, a young Bedik boy in a remote East-Senegalese village is a huge fan of The Cure.
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Summary: Memerox MP3/ Mini CD Player
Review: I opened up the package, put in a disc (which I had made prior) and played it. The sound was fine, But the display didnt function at all. Now I have to send it back, will not buy again from memorex!
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Summary: Excellent "truly portable" mp3 CD Player
Review: While some may not have had as good luck as I have had with my Memorex Portable mini-CD player, I have had excellent results. I accidentaly soaked mine with water over night without any adverse results. The battery life with this machine is better than most at least in part because it stores as much as a whole song in memory leaving the drive turned off for the duration of the song. The headphones leave something to be desired, but I wasn't buying the machine for headphones. If you hook these to a 39.00 pair of cambridge sound works self-amplified speakers, you have a really nice little stereo system. One of the biggest advantages to this machine is that you can truly slip it into a pocket (helps if your clothing is loose) and walk or run around or ride a bike or whatever and listen to music truly on the go. For the price...a really good buy!
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Summary: Teac mini cd bad, Memorex mini cd good.
Review: Bought a Teac mini cd player, was a battery hog and after a short while it worked less and less. Sent it back (after some hassles) and got a new one. Same problems, now it lies in some land fill. Memorex mini cd player has been used for about 4 months now. Great life with rechargeable batteries and has not given me any problems. I work as a handy man and music makes the work more enjoyable. Dust and minor abuse have not stopped it. Only problems. The player normally sits in a wallet sized hip pack and from time to time the pause button gets hit or the volume level changes contact with stuff. A hold switch would fix that problem. I bought a second unit as a reserve because I liked the first one I bought so much. I guess I thought by now the first one would have broken. The new unit sits on a shelf, an investment for the future. I bought 2, go buy one.
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Summary: Only about 1-2 cm smaller than a fullsize!
Review: Here's the problem with these "mini" CD players: they use a fullsize CD mechanism! No manufacturer has had the guts to build a dedicated mini-CD reader mechanism, so all the so-called mini-CD products just try to pack the guts of a full size CD reader into a smaller package. The result is something that's only 1-2 cm smaller (in linear dimension) than its full sized brethren. Not too compelling! Having said that, the unit is not bad; it's just not small. There are occasional quirks in the audio between songs (as others have reported) and the unit seems slightly more prone to skipping than other CD players I've used. Continous jostling movement (e.g. jogging) will result in occasional skipping.
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Summary: [Low] price offsets flaws
Review: STRENGTHS:
* It's [inexpensive] and the small CDs are [an inexpensive], handy format. One little CD holds about four or five regular CDs when ripped to MP3.
* It is relatively simple to use
* I takes advantage of the open MP3 trend and the CD-R burners we now all have.
* Efficient use of batteries. It seems like a pair of AAs last a long time -- certainly WAY longer than a traditional CD player.
* Did I mention that it was [inexpensive]? WEAKNESSES:
* Lower bitrate MP3s don't sound great or even work.
* It really needs a lid/button lock. It's quite easy to accidentally open or press a button.
* It is a little clunky -- especially when compared to some of those cool MP3 or MiniDisk players.
* The display is slow so you have to stare at it a long time to see all the MP3 tag.
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Summary: Worked OK for awhile........
Review: Purchased this player just over 3 months ago, and just out
of warranty the display has died. It has worked ok, but trying
to burn cd's with Windows Media Player is awkward at best. The
only way to fill the 210MB cd's is by creating a folder.
The 8cm, Pocket Format is just not supported well in the USA.
I'm dumping this in favor of a full sized CD MP3 player.
Buyer beware....
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