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Summary: Careful W/CD Burning
Review: The first couple of CD-R's I made played only a few of the songs that I had put on the CD. I made a call to tech support and was told that I couldn't use CD burning programs like DirectCD that use the packet writing method. You need to use the programs that do the track at a time or entire CD at a time, such as EasyCD creator. Once that was done, everything worked great. The sound is good although the start up time is a slow. The car adapter and the AC power are usefull addons
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Summary: good but not for the money
Review: this is a good item to buy. but its not that good for the money. its esp is very good, the screen is very very diffecult to read, and the sound is some-what poor. i am not returning it because it would be a waist of time. it is a very very good cd player. i have no idea avout the mp3 playback yet because it is diffecult to understand. i am begening to be able to read it better. i have not tried others but i dont think i would suggest this one.
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Summary: A must buy for MP3 Players
Review: The only reason I gave it 5 stars is because that is the maximum they would let me have. This product is excelent. I use it for my car, and it never skips a beat. I have 152 songs on my cd now. ...with a car kit included how can you go wrong. And for those of you who want to spend the extra money for a different MP3 player because this one is lacking a remote, don't bother. A remote can be ordered seperately once you get the player in. Cheap and affordable, futhermore a great product. How can you go wrong?
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Summary: Needs to be redesigned.
Review: I bought the Philips EXP103 Expanium Portable MP3-CD Player so I could listen to mp3s in my truck. And now that I have this product, I do. Overall, I don't regret buying it ... . However there are some problems: 1. It is TO light, it's construction is very cheaply made. 2. The LCD screen almost serves no purpose, in low light situations you can't even see it, and it doesn't display the name of a song. 3. It takes to long to start up, the first time I put in a mp3 filled CD, I thought something was wrong with my cd (or the player); after just leaving the CD in for a little while (probably around 45secs) it started playing. I have found no problem with the sound, it is plenty loud enough with the headphones, or with my factory sound system using the provided car kit. The headphones are a little cheap, but they work good enough.
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Summary: great toy
Review: I just bought a car that had CD changer controls, but I do not want to splurge on the changer just yet. I opted for the MP3 CD player, since I could use it while travelling anyway. I love this thing. Rarely has a problem and never skips.. The only issues I have is the long loading time and it occasionally stops for no reason. But overall, it is a great little toy, and an awesome value. Oh, and sometimes I hit the power adapter when I shift into 5th, but thats just the car design! Its so nice to make a 5 hour drive without changing a CD and not hearing the same song twice. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Best choise at this time
Review: I've been agonizing over what to choose among MD recorder/player, MP3 player, CD player... After thorough research, my conclusion was nothing is perfect, so I had to choose a relatively "better" one. MD has less compatibility, CDP can't play mp3 files, MP3 players are less cost-effective and it has limited memory... This Philips Expanium MP3CD player is not perfect, but it is better than other options at this time; it can play as many mp3 files as you can, in addition to CD/CDR/CDRW. It doesn't skip very much, its anti-skip system is pretty good.
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Summary: Product satisfied my needs
Review: By now you know what this thing is capable of and what its drawbacks are. All I want to say is the volume and LCD screen were the 2 largest drawbacks for me. However, remember this is a 1st generation product. When I bought this, there were only 2 other MP3 CD players available. I must say this was by far the best buy then, and still is right now.
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Summary: had it six months - no complaints
Review: This little machine is great. There are, of course, a few small features that I'd prefer (like a more detailed display) but that really doesn't matter. I yank a CD full of mp3s and pop it in my car cassette player using the adapter. Push the 'random' button and I'm good to go for about two weeks of commutes to and from work.The thing is obviously pretty durable since it's been sitting in my car since I bought it over 6 months ago - It has been frozen in the winter and sat for hours in the blazing sun - still works like a charm. Glitches have been *very* rare - maybe one skip in every 50 tracks played. Money well spent!
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Summary: not reliable
Review: After a few months of light use as a desk-top player, the player shows signs of not being able to read music CDs or recognize that a music disc is there. The display is inadequate as there is no backlighting. The controls are tiny and not intuitive. The anti-skip function is also inadequate. This unit would not work well being bounced up and down by joggers.
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Summary: Best unit out.......for joggers anyway.
Review: I jog alot so I previously purchased the TDK Mojo (since it claimed to have an 8 minute buffer), thinking that it's anti-skip feature would be perfect. Well it wasen't. After approximately 2 minutes it would just skip or even stop completely. A friend of mine recently purchased an AVC Soul MP3 Player for jogging, and that one also skipped!! I began to wonder if there was actually a CD/MP3 player that didn't skip. I then skeptically purchased the Philips Expanium. I took it jogging and to my suprise, this unit did NOT skip at all!! (I used a MP3 disc...not sure how it does on CD's). Now I know this player lacks a couple of features, such as Id3 tags, and a backlit screen....big deal/so what? The only real drawback was that the volumes level was not high enough for me, but I tend to like my music on the loud side anyway. (I just ended up buying a boosteroo to take care of the volume issue). The sound is exellent and that's important. I am very pleased with this unit.
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