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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
For the money this is a very good buy, 5 Mar 2003
- the only other one I have seen at this price is a Goodmans model - but that doesn't play cdrw and has less features. Obviously the more you pay the better model you get. Pros: Cheap
plays mp3 and cd
plays cdrw - no hassle at all
on a cd you can get around ten albums - mp3 only players at most are 128mb (say 2 albums worth) and cost double the price of this player.
Recognises all my mp3 discs (i recommend you use nero to burn - works a treat)
finds mp3 tracks quite quickly (seen alot alot worse)
ID3 tags
Line out
works fine in a car - used on a 3 hour journey, 156 x mp3s on random, didn't skip once, finds next track fast
Bass switch - i keep it on always
lock feature
for cd playback ESP shock is great
Sound is great on both cd and mp3
No glitches on mp3 - I use music match to rip the tracks from my original cds Cons: No resume
search function a bit fiddly to use
battery life with orig batteries is bad -
I use ni-mh 1300 (or better) rechargables - last much longer.
Earphones supplied are cheap - I use some cheap sony ones
open and close - a bit cheaply made
no light for display (you can't expect this at this price - also that would use up more battery power) MP3 - EPS:
Reads disc for about 10 seconds into the 2mb buffer (whilst its doing this there is no shock protection - so if you jolt it, the jolt will be read into the buffer and will make the song jump slighty). After disc is read then for 2 mins you cannot jolt it at all. I have found that if its in a pocket swinging around a bit then it can ocassionally jump - you just need to make sure it doesn't move too much when using Mp3 playback - now i have sussed this I don't have a problem. No problems in car or at home use with the mp3 EPS at all. In summary for £10/£15 less you can get a personal cd player with similar antishock - the difference is this has the mp3 playback as well - which is essential - 10 albums on 1 cd is superb!... Main negative thing is the MP3 EPS - so read above then decide.
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