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iriver iMP50 MP3 / CD Player with Car Adapter
See it at Amazon.com for $79.99Average Customer Rating
(3.5 out of 5)
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Quite Pleased
(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Feb 28, 2004I am quite pleased with this device. The configurability is quite good, and the fact it takes packet-written CDs is excellent.
There is one thing I have noticed that is probably what many of the reveiwers are complaining about: Make sure the disc is clean. If the player cannot properly read the CD, it will stop playing and keep trying for a few seconds. If it cannot, it skips to the next song. When this happened to me, I noticed the disc had dust on it, and blowing it off/cleaning it solved the problem. I have only noticed this on a CD-RW, and although CD-Rs are easier to read across the board, it may still happen with them. Just keep them clean and you're fine.
In my opinion, this was a good buy.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Carry a LOT of Batteries!!
(1 out of 5) by Charles A. Roberts on Jan 7, 2004 (Canton, IL USA)This thing plays ok, but the one I have exhausts a fresh set of name brand batteries by just playing through 1 standard audio cd. I have a Sony that will play a dozen or more. Tech support would not even acknowledge an email. In this fast-evolving market, products have to measure up and so does tech support. I would not recommend this player unless you are going to run it on an a/c adapter or you have a LOT of batteries you want to use up.
Good Player
(4 out of 5) by Prasant Behera on Feb 5, 2006 (Pune, India)I have been using this product purchased from Amazon since early 2004. So far I have a good experience with this, it plays all kinds of audio cds, even the scratched ones!
It drains the batteries very fast though, thank God that I have rechargable batteries! :)
Good investment over-all!
It drains the batteries very fast though, thank God that I have rechargable batteries! :)
Good investment over-all!
Works for me
(4 out of 5) by M Doyle on Aug 9, 2004 (USA)Still using v1.00 firmware that shipped with it. Had it for about 9 months now.
Remembers where you are in 10 cds, which what I need for audiobooks. Seems to handle any bit rate. No problems with mine, except that it occasionally locks up when I fast forward too fast several tracks at a time. But has a +20 track feature that I should use instead. Buttons are little hard to figure at first, but after a few days no problem. Does MP3 ID3 tags, display a little small, but ok. Takes a little while at first track, maybe 12 secs, but ok after that. No AC ps, but has car stuff. Ear buds that come with it are ok, but plan on buying something else to suit your ears/taste.
Also got Sony CD Walkman belt case CD Case3, about 10 bucks. iRock Beamit, $30 bucks Rat Shack, sends to any FM radio. Use 4 2000mAH NiMH batts from WalMart. Swap out 2 at a time. A pair
lasts about 5 days at about an 1 1/2 hour a day.
Remembers where you are in 10 cds, which what I need for audiobooks. Seems to handle any bit rate. No problems with mine, except that it occasionally locks up when I fast forward too fast several tracks at a time. But has a +20 track feature that I should use instead. Buttons are little hard to figure at first, but after a few days no problem. Does MP3 ID3 tags, display a little small, but ok. Takes a little while at first track, maybe 12 secs, but ok after that. No AC ps, but has car stuff. Ear buds that come with it are ok, but plan on buying something else to suit your ears/taste.
Also got Sony CD Walkman belt case CD Case3, about 10 bucks. iRock Beamit, $30 bucks Rat Shack, sends to any FM radio. Use 4 2000mAH NiMH batts from WalMart. Swap out 2 at a time. A pair
lasts about 5 days at about an 1 1/2 hour a day.
WAY BETTER THAN AN iPOD!
(4 out of 5) by Shakezula on May 19, 2004 (Hockinson (yeah, i haven't heard of it either))I found this for only $39.99 and it's basically a small iPOD. This can hold about 10 hours of music on one CD, and CD's are interchangable, so you could carry around a case of them! Think about it: 700 MB for $40, or 40 GB for $400 plus accecories. With blank CD's at such cheap costs this is the best deal. I gave it four stars becuase it wont play my iTunes store music.