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Summary: MUST HAVE!
Review: I have recently purchased the MPD8505CP And thought "cool, a regular cd player that will last 2 monthes and then it would'nt work". BOY was I wrong. the MP3 decoder is amazing(I made a CD that had 256 mp3's and it could play on the MPD8505CP), the sound quality is the best, the price is low and the battery life is unbeliveble. But... if you want to get most out of this CD player I recomend these:
1.a CD burner
2.roxio easy cd creator 5.0 plaitnum
3.Good headphones (the ones that come with are not so great)
4. rechargeble batteries (I recomend Panasonic NI-HM rechargeble)
I just have 2 small complaints: the display is hard to read in brite sun light and the instructions are cunfusing.GET THIS CD PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Cheap but not worth it!
Review: A cheap MP3 Player with CAR care Kit, Plays MP3s and Standard CDs, but Skips a lot while Playing MP3s, Did not use it for Standard CDs yet. Its worth spending a little more to buy a better one if you love uninterrupted music.
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Summary: It was so-so inside, but failed the car test.
Review: The MPD8505CP seemed to work OK when I tested it inside, albeit with a few skips here and there. Unfortunately, when I tried it in the car the skips grew much more frequent. Even during smooth highway driving I could expect a skip in almost every song. Inclines in the road seemed to cause the player even more problems. I might have kept it if I was planning to use it in the house instead of the car, but I returned it since car performance was my main concern. The MPD8505CP soured me on CD-based MP3 players, so I decided to go with the Nomad Jukebox instead. The Nomad Jukebox isn't that much more expensive than the better CD-based MP3 players anyway.
Rating: 
Summary: No reliability
Review: I bought one of these and it lasted about one month in summer weather in the car (not in direct sunlight). This thing is a piece of junk. My SonicBlue RioVolt has better features and will even stand up to direct sunlight in summer heat.
Rating:
Summary: Eh...
Review: Yes the mp3 decoding does help a lot. I've used at least 3 cds worth of tracks and have yet to use half the memory of a cd - meaning long playing times, so having a cd player that does run MP3's as well as it did was very nice. Plus, it doesn't drain batteries as fast as some players do, so you can continue to enjoy your large collection of music in one sitting without carrying around a spare sac of new batteries - just in case. But what did cut down on my playing it time was skipping. Sitting down or moving, new or old cd... skip or anti-skip protection it really does skip A LOT. After a while I get really aggrevated. So for the functionality it does very well... but for the quality, I'd have to say it's gotten me to the point of not wanting to put up with the constant skipping for the amount of Mp3s I have on there.
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Summary: A Nice MP3 Player For the Money
Review: The button controls aren't very intuitive - but it's played every MP3 CD I've tried in it. Pay attention to the instructions - single-session CDs ONLY, avoid long file names, make sure there are ONLY .mp3 extension files on the disc. For the cost, this is a good-value player - more so since it comes with an AC adapter and two adapters for vehicle use - cigarette lighter and cassette. With the bass-boost feature turned on, or with a good quality pair of headphones, the sound quality is very good.
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Summary: Lots-o-features and accessories for the $$$, but.......
Review: I should have known when I bought a MP3/CD player from a manufacturer of audiocassettes for (dollar amount) it would be kinda chincy, well that's what it is. Don't get me wrong, for the price, you can't find a MP3/CD player that has more features and accessories, but don't expect quality workmanship. I bought the Memorex for a trip to Vegas so I could have music in my room while I was there and if it survived that, I would use it in the gym, so I was not expecting anything amazing. My biggest problems with this unit is that even sitting still it skips on the smallest smudge or scratch on your CD's. I do have to say that the ESP works well if the unit is being jolted but small imperfections on a CD can make it skip like a 10-year-old girl. One of my favorite things about the CD player is the title, artist and album listing on the screen. When you put a CD of MP3's in, the title and artist scroll on the screen. It's a little hard to read and it's not back lit, but what do ya want!?! It cost (dollar amount)!!! I also love the song title/artist search feature. When you have over 150 MP3's on a CD and you are looking for Viva Las Vegas at 3am after a hard day of drinks, gambling and drinking (did I mention drinking?), it's a little hard to remember track numbers, so this can be very handy. Memorex was also kind enough to include a car kit, cassette adaptor & cigarette lighter power adaptor (the power adaptor is HUGE, so watch out if your lighter is in a tight spot) and a home power plug. Everything a boy could want! So basically if you want a really cheap MP3/CP player that will last about six months this is the one for you, but if you are looking for one to last you a long time (year +) look elsewhere.
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Summary: Value for the price - all in one too.
Review: I found the MPD8505CP really worth the price, considering the features and the accessories it comes with. The design and buttons took a while before i felt comfortable with, but once the learning curve is over the player is very easy to use. It played 256 kbps streams extremly well when compared to some casio and even dvd-mp3 players! The car adapter kit does'nt have a power-indicator LED in it. other than that, its a very good item to have.
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Summary: pretty good, hard at first
Review: I bought this a while ago and im rather pleased with it. It works good as a cd player and it never has skipped on me. The mp3 cds can hold ver 100 songs and are VERY COOL!!!! un fortunatly, some of my mp3 files didn't play through the cd player, and some didnt even show up on the display. It is kind of difficult to make a cd and get it formatted right. Several of the cds i made didnt work at all, and it took several tries to get my first mp3 cd working, but once i did it was very usefull. The text search feature is kind of cool but i never use it. When u can get an mp3 cd to work it is very cool but it is kind of hard. RThe manual sucks. The cd player is kind of bulky so i wouldnt try jogging with it. but most mp3 cd players are pretty big. It gets scratched easily so watch out. but overall it is very good.
Rating:
Summary: Gets the job done
Review: Its a great MP3 player however the controls aren't as friendly takes time to get used to, wish it had playlists other then that worth the buy.
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