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TDK MOJO Portable CD-MP3 Digital Jukebox with 8 Minute Anti-Shock and Artist, Title, Genre, and Album Directory

TDK MOJO Portable CD-MP3 Digital Jukebox with 8 Minute Anti-Shock and Artist, Title, Genre, and Album Directory

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It Rocks My World
Review: This player Starts up faster than any other player. This is a great value with great sound quality. My only gripe is that it should either have a recharger built in or use 4 batteries instead of 2.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is the best - Tried several - skip the RCA
Review: I initially purchased an MP3 CD player at (...). OOPS!

I Next purchased an RCA RP2410, which would skip sitting on my desk, insert strange noises, and occasionally 'lock up' to the point I had to disconnect the power & remove the batteries to
get it back.

I got smart. Went to a few MP3 sites and read reviews. From that
research it appears there are two real good ones, the RioVolt and the TDK Mojo.

I haven't had a single problem with the Mojo - and I play it all day at work (a month now), and in my car. Menu/button/selections might have been more intuitive (I'm no engineer) - but the unit works great!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Contrary to a previous review, CDR does work fine
Review: One reviewer stated that CDR's made using Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 don't work in this (presumably due to "packet writing"). I use that software (using DAO "Disk At Once") to write my DATA CD's that have MP3's on them and they work great. Just make sure you are writing DATA and using DAO. All other features of the MOJO are great as already reviewed by others. One additional feature not mentioned much is the "line out" jack. Using an adapter cord (not supplied with the unit), you can plug this into any stereo's RCA (left and right) input jacks to get MP3's into your stereo!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Glad I Bought It.
Review: I love my Mojo. The ability to play disks of MP3s wherever I go is just so cool. I've got 159 songs on one CD and 138 on another. If you set up your MP3 disk with folders for artists and albums, the Mojo makes it really easy to move around and play what you want.

A word about the FIF format: TDK talks a lot about "converting" your MP3 files to FIF, which scared me at first. "Converting" is the wrong word. FIF isn't a format; it's just a way of naming your MP3s so the Mojo can pick out artists and titles. The Mojo works best if you name your MP3s as "Artist-Title". The Mojo comes with software to help you rename the files, but as you can see it's simple. Most people I know name their MP3s "Artist-Title" already.

FIF is how the Mojo can show you a list of the artists on a disk. It shows you everything before the dash (-) in your filenames. For song titles, it shows you everything after the dash. Works well, but the lists it displays are not alphabetical. I can't find any logic to them. If you've got a disk of 100 artists, it would really help to see them alphabetically, not a jumble.

One real downside to the Mojo is it won't play my Music CD-Rs well. I'm talking about CD-Rs specifically labeled "For Music Only," which I've burned with WAV files. I've got several Maxell ones, and they play fine in every device I have except the Mojo. I've been using these disks for a couple of years, but I'm going to have to switch to standard CD-Rs. I've heard that "Music" CD-Rs don't go through as much testing as multipurpose disks. The Mojo is probably picking up imperfections that all my other CD players don't notice. Multipurpose CD-Rs full of WAV files play fine in the Mojo, so just avoid the disks labeled "Music."

The Mojo could have used some flashier styling. It doesn't look year-2001 at all. But the 4-line display and simple buttons are better than most other devices of this kind. Exception: the volume buttons are up/down on the player, but the volume bar is left/right on the display. I'm always pressing the left/right buttons on the player to change the volume and accidentally changing tracks.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Does NOT read all MP3 CDRW types!
Review: Hold it! What the misleading ads, glowing reviews, etc DON'T tell you is that the Mojo can't read CDRWs formatted for packet writing. Well, my computer's CD burner uses -- guess -- PACKET WRITING!! I only find this out after I've bought the thing, got it out of the package, plug it in, and stare in awe as the LCD just displays "can't read" and shuts itself off every time I put in an MP3 CD... what a RIP OFF. Then I notice that the user manual informs you of this glaring flaw way in the back in fine print (which you will never see until you've bought this kludge, opened the package, etc, because the reviews tell you nothing about this.) So forget listening to any MP3 music on your CDRWs if your computer has the Adaptec Direct CD software like mine does. Oh, but it plays regular audio CDs just fine (except for the skipping)... whoopee.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Product
Review: This TDM Mojo is great. It has a bright backlit display, excellent sound, and easy menu navigation. All functions of this player can be used without looking at the manual. That's how easy it is to use! I am unsure if the anti-skip works, but I am sure it does. It has never even tried to skip. Startup is pretty quick also. It takes about 15 to start playing an Mp3 cd with 185 songs on it. And with the preset equalizer settings and bass boost, you can get the sound exactly the way you like it. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is considering purchasing an Mp3 CD player.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great CD Player
Review: Great player for playing both cd players and mp3-cd's. Navitrack software is very easy to use. The one complaint I have is the AC Adapter included burnt out on mine after about 30 min. of use. Also it doesn't fast forward or rewind. That lowers my rating by a star, but all in all, I recomend this jukebox.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: good player, but could have been better
Review: TDK said that you could have made upgrades in the future, like the soul and the Rio-volt, but then they found out that the MOJO which is the OEM of the EXONION avin did not had any. Also I was tempted to buy the exonion in germany for the same price, plus it had rechargable batteries, a remote control, carrying case and a built in recharger, which the MOJO does not have, (cheap TDK). The exonion also have a remote, and tdk took that away. I was tempted to return the MOJO but then if I had to return a product bought in germany because defective, is a pain in the neck. Anyway, a part TDK being a rip off cheap company that had an OEM product and did not know what specifications and features it had, the mojo/exonion is a good player, loud music, easy to read display, and nice features. Too bad TDK ruined a 5 star product removing the recharger for the batteries, the remote, and the protective case.
Ciao Aldo

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A great MP3/CD player, but not for exercising--fair software
Review: I bought this player to jog with after reading other reviews on Amazon that cited the 8 minute MP3 buffer is good for exercising. Within minutes of going on my first run with it, it stopped playing, and then continued not playing until I stopped running. At the time, it was being carried in a special Panasonic jogging belt for CD players. I've since found that I can jog with it if I hold it in my hand carefully and do not move it very much (if at all), but that's really a pain to do.

The player's interface is great, and I hardly needed the manual. The Navitrack software is not user friendly, and will not easily convert your MP3 files to FIF format--you have to go directory by directory through your MP3s, which is daunting to do with over 10GBs of MP3s on my computer. Also, the instructions do not mention this, but converting your files will render them unreadable in MusicMatch until you re-map the music library after conversion. The FIF format allows the player to easily read the ID3 tag information at the front of the MP3 file, rather than in the back like normal--and allows very easy navigation and custom playlists.

The player is well-built and the sound quality is surprisingly good. It does go through batteries at a greater rate if you do anything other than listen to it without interuption at a low volume; 10 hours is rather optimistic in my experience, so have some extra AAs.

I will use this player in my car and on my motorcycle, but not for jogging. For none-active applications, it will provide hours and hours of great music. Don't buy it jogging (or other active/jarring activities) is one of it's purposes for you--get a solid state memory player instead.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Perhaps the best MP3-Player on the market
Review: The TDK Mojo was an almost-dream-come-true for me. It's got a great menu system that took me about 5 minutes to figure out. The small display lets you easily navigate thru your songs in a variety of ways, including the directory structure.

Another feature I like is that it seems to play almost any level of encoding. Some other products require you to have it encoded at at least 128K.

The sound quality is excellent. I tested with several headphones and the ones included really do a great job. They are kind of cool looking too.

The only real downer for me was that you cant fast-forward or rewind while listening to an mp3 (although this works with CDs). If I want to hear the end of song, I've got to sit thru the entire thing. That's a feature you'd really expect in an mp3 player.

The price is also pretty competetive, so I'd definitely go for the MOJO. I had to take a star off for the lack of rewind, but compared to the few other mp3 players I've seen, nothing else came close.


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