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Summary: Fantastic player for the money
Review: This review also covers the newer MPD8507. My girlfriend bought me this for my birthday and we had to return it twice because it would power off for no reason or simply not turn on at all! However, third times the charm I guess, and after finally getting one that works, I love it. It is a little tricky to go through different directories, but I think it's understandable given the fact that your not looking at a computer monitor, but a tiny little device that fits in your pocket. Anyway, skipping is not an issue at all. The sound is very nice, I love the headphones, they are very comfortable, and for little walkman headphones they sound very good. It'll play CDs with more than 200 MP3s with no problem. 700MB discs: no problem. You don't even have to "finalize" your burn, so you can keep adding multiple sessions until the disc is full. This is a great little unit. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of the two times I had to return it (although the one I currently own works perfectly)and because when playing an MP3 CD hitting "random" plays the same sequence everytime as far as I can tell. Which is a bit annoying. Other than that I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Had higher expectations of product
Review: Despite the fact that this CD player comes with a car kit, and is explicitly labeled with a 45-second anti-skip protection, its performance is very poor in a moving car. Even on a smooth road, songs which play perfectly off the unit under other conditions skip and pop too often to make listening to music with it an enjoyable experience.
The button layout isn't terribly ackward, but the subtlties of using this CD player make it a poor device. MP3 files with names longer than 32 characters are completely ignored, directory names are ignored, and the search function is extremely poor.
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Summary: Great product, crummy manual
Review: I purchased the newer model, the MPD8507CP. It's very similar to the previous model, but apparently has a lot of the bugs worked out. It took me a while to figure how to do some things with it, like browsing the directories (hit stop, display, skip forwards backwards keys, then enter). But now that I've figured it out, it really is everything I dreamed it would be, at about half the price I expected. Skip protection is great. I read here that skipping is a problem, but I just listened to it for about a minute while shaking it over my head, and it never skipped once.
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Summary: Good Value
Review: Hi, I purchased this player after a lot of research and reading the reviews. In a couple of words- buy it. I have been listening to a lot of MP3 files on it for several weeks. I had it up and playing out of the box in about 5 minutes. Don't let the reviews about hard to program buttons scare you. Just take one thing at a time. It sounds very good and comes with more accessories than other brands for the price. I'd definately buy it again. Jim R.
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Summary: Memorex Has an Upgraded Model No. MPD8507CP
Review: I have an earlier model 8505 that's been working for me, but it certainly has a finnicky appetite for how one burns the CD MP3 files. I just purchased the newer Model 8507 that Memorex just released. You can recognize it quickly because it has a 4-line LCD text display. The button functions are similar to the 8505, but I think the layout is better as it places the most used buttons for Play/pause; stop; Skip>>; and skip<< nestled just under the disply window and made them larger. The funky dual mode keys are still there for entering alphabetical characters, however, the ability to search for an artist file or track title by name is what makes the Memorex unit a value add compared to units twice the cost. The ESP function is increased from 105 seconds to 120 seconds for MP3 play, but I can't say I have discerned any difference in its skip protection. Model 8507 deletes the "Bass Boost" switch and adds a selectable 5 position Equalizer function. The sound quality is very good. The four-line text LCD is a nice improvement. Still not backlit, but the characters are about 2 sizes larger and easier to read. Top line is Artist/Title/Album; second line is directory/file no./ play time. The third and fourth line turns into what seems to be a full-width song frequency spectrum analyser. Kinda cool looking, but a more careful inspection reveals that the bars rise and fall with music rhythm and volume in a symmetric pattern. The manual is still written rather cryptically, but they added a lot of illustrations that help to introduce the various functions. The manual says that the 8507 will now handle multi-session burn CDs, although I haven't tested this capability as yet. The instructions still call for use of a CD in ISO9660 format. The Model 8507 has so far delighted me. It does not seem to have some of the cranky limitations of the 8505. For isnstance, it does not balk at playing CDs with greater than 200 files any longer! The Model 8507 found missing directories I burned that the 8505 could never find. Moreover, the Model 8507 plays the song files the 8505 would lock up on! I am in the process of reviewing tracks that I documented as having skips in them when played on my Model 8505. The skips I speak of do not come from jogging. I mean the little blips that occurred every so often when the 8505 was sitting on a solid surface. So far I have run across only one track that had those annoying electronic skips on playback. Unlike the 8505 which appeared to have random blips every so often, the Model 8507 seems to have improved the circuitry to address this annoying problem. Further, I have not seen evidence of any aversion to files burned at higher than 128 kps. Most of my MP3 files are 160 kps and 192 kps, and I have not been able to discern any incompatibilities when playing these higher burn rates. Improvements I would like to see . . . I wish they would add a "Hold" switch so settings wouldn't be inadvertantly changed from bumping it. I would love to see someone put a sleep timer on these type of units. You see I like to use mine to relax and help me fall asleep at night with ear buds. I think Memorex has improved the Model 8507 in a number of positive ways. If its durability holds up, this may be the best all-around buy on a CD/MP3 player, I hope this is helpful. I sure appreciate sharing tips on how to burn better CDs to use in these units.
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Summary: charleyc
Review: This is a great idea, but if you plan on using it in a car be prepared for frequent skips and noise. Having said that, it reads CD-RW MP-3 disks without any other problems. You can set it to play random selections and enjoy your favorite music all day long without having to change CD's.
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Summary: Good, yet not-so-good
Review: Since this was my first MP3 CD player, I accepted it, but had I known more about MP3 CD players perhaps things would have been different. Nowhere does it say that there is a 200 song limit per CD. Unless the CDRs are burnt carefully, according to what Memorex thinks best (again, available only from reviews and not from the manual), tracks will skip, and often stop playing in the middle. The sound quality is very good, though, and no problems were encountered when playing audio CDs.
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Summary: Audio cd file yes, mp3 no
Review: This unit skips mp3's in various places. However, if you convert the same mp3 to a normal audio cd file it plays fine.
This was tested on numerous mp3 files. Wish I could keep it but it defeats the purpose of a mp3 cd player if it skips mp3's.
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Summary: Cheap is not alway junk, but in this case ...
Review: I received the Memorex MPD8505CP as a Father's Day present. I have wanted a CD/MP3 player, and did a lot of shopping and comparing. I found that the MPD8505CP definitely packed a lot of bang for the buck. The included AC power adapter AND car adapter kit tipped he scale in the MPD8505CP favor. Other nice touches were the track display information, which would display the ID3 Tag information on the LCD screen, and the search capability, where you could search an entire disk (which could contain over 150 songs!) by song title. In the real world, the Memorex MPD8505CP was a major disappointment. The buttons are laid out in a very non-intuitive fashion, circular, around the face of the player door. They are all the same size and shape, so in order to operate almost any function, you need to look at the player. This may not seem to be a problem, but since I was going to use the device in my car (and the included car kit would seem to hint that the manufacturer thought the same), it turned out to be a MAJOR disadvantage. Also, the player turned out to be quite fragile, and the anti-skip feature was definitely NOT fool-proof. It took a long time for the anti-skip feature to load up, and more than a small bump or two would cause hiccups. Again, a big problem in a car! Finally, a balky door closure system causes the player to report the door open and non-playable, when in fact the door was closed tightly. This happened on both units I had ....In short - my experience with this unit was less than satisfactory. YMMV!
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Summary: Al fin!!
Review: Al fin lo tengo en mis manos. Lo que esperé tanto tiempo... Poder sacar mis mp3 de la computadora y llevarlos conmigo a todos lados. Puedo armar listas de mp3 de hasta 24 temas... y lo mejor es que puedo escucharlos con sólo dos pilas chicas durante 10 hs. seguidas. Es muy práctico y a un precio más que conveniente. Viene con un enchufe para conectar a la pared y con el adaptador para el coche. No más llevar cassettes y cassettes en los viajes... dos CD y a manejar por las rutas de donde sea!
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