Home > Consumer Reviews > Memorex MPD8507CP Personal CD/MP3 Player with 120 Seconds of MP3 Anti-Skip Protection

I bought this player last month and till now, I am having a great time with it. I go on long drives pretty frequently and the MP3 capability on this product (with the added car kit, of course!) is a big plus.I have not been having any skips while playing all kinds of music CDs on all kinds of roads, except with the ESP off.I did not have to carry a whole bunch of CDs, just two.

There could have been a bass control button on this player. If you are using headphones, the sound sometimes is too shrill for comfort.The controls take some time to learn though. The manual is not very helpful or descriptive.

It takes just about 8 secs to read a complete MP3 CD with nearly 135 songs.This is really good when compared to an other one I had some time back (Curtis) which took tooooo long.

Overall, this is an good "value4money" product and I highly recommend it. Will keep posting if any problems come up with this product.

I picked up the 8507 model for myself after not getting one for Christmas and am very happy with it. The price was just right for my budget (at 79.99) and the included car kit was a 'bonus' as I don't have a CD player in my car.

I haven't run into the skipping problem as mentioned in the earlier reviews and use it every morning on the treadmill ... nor have I learned/used all of the features as there are so many!!

One thing I noticed while reading the instructions was that they mentioned the AC Adapter and showed the jack in which to plug it in. This model does not include an AC Adapter and goes on to state so later in the booklet. (??) I am not disappointed however, as I did not purchase this player so I can sit near an outlet to listen to my music!

I've read that as 1st generation CD-MP3 players go, this is one of the best. After buying this unit twice, I have to say I'll wait until the technology improves. I purchased the sport version of this player (with the waist pack & water resistant casing). I used it 4-5 times a week while exercising for the last two months. Here are the problems I've encountered:

first player bought 12/1/01, returned 12/27/01:
1. CD-R's - sound is good, pauses frequently for varying durations (up to 5 minutes) - ESP button blinks. When ESP is turned off, cd skips & cracks constantly - not listenable in this mode.
2. MP3's - sound not great - slow startup (processing) time, very frequent pauses, often stops running. ESP blinks continuously. Divides tracks in odd locations - sometimes a 5 minute song would be divided into 6 tracks - including the pause while it tries to read the next track (very frustrating).
3. CDA's (store bought CD's) - sound is good, pauses when batteries start to get low. Unfortunatly, I was able to get about 1-3 hours of listening time from 1 set of batteries.
4. Returned because volume dial malfunctioned. Decided to give this player one more try.

second player bought 12/27/01, returned 2/6/02:
1. All of the above problems multiplied by 2. If Memorex can't make a consistant product, I will buy something else.
2. Battery door sometimes would come partially open throwing the CD off balance and causing the player to go into ESP (skip mode).

I'm giving up on CD-MP3 player technology for awhile. There are way too many frustrating bugs out there that need to be worked out.

I have found the player to be excellent, when it comes to compatibility with CDs I burn. Never a problem. And it works great when connected via the cassette adapter provided with the unit. This is really handy and a great value. Just before I bought this, the cigarette lighter in my car broke. So I have to use lots of batteries. Figure on replacing batteries about every three hours.
If you are using this in your car, with an adapter, it'll work great.

I'm so sad that this just died! I used it continuously for 2.5 years, and it never let me down. I dropped it a number of times, and it kept right on working. It was well worth the price and I hope I can find another one!