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iriver iMP50 MP3 / CD Player with Car Adapter

See it at Amazon.com for $79.99

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(3.5 out of 5)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

great product at the reasonable price

(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Feb 23, 2004
If you consider the mp3cd player at the reasonable price, it will be right for you. When I purchased it, I realized that it was not a high-performance one with expensive price, but after the second thought with functions-price, it will be proper to me.

These are what I like it:
- long-lasting battery (with high-tech for energy energy applied)
- a variety of music format provided
- anti-skip function
- reasonable price (is it worth to buy at $30?)

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Stay away from this one

(1 out of 5) by Gabriel Gabrielli on Mar 17, 2004 (Boxborough, MA United States)
I should have followed the recomendations I had read for this one. The unit worked great for two hours then wouldn't read the disks anymore. I had created a WMA disk solely for the unit. It played for about two hours, never left the unit. Wouldn't play or register the disk the next day.
I returned it and am looking for a new one.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Wish I had read reviews before buying

(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Feb 26, 2004
See the reviews below. my 2500mAh NiMHs play for about 75 minutes per charge. Won't read multi-session CDs, and tech support doesn't know why. A/C adapter only works if the player is kept perfectly still, otherwise power is lost. From time to time stops playing for 5 seconds - 2 minutes in the middle of tracks. I have never been this disapointed in a consumer electronics product.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Good value

(4 out of 5) by B on Mar 24, 2004 (HI United States)
Works fine with my 52x-burned CDs.
The bottom cover is a bit flimsy.

Does this player actually support Chinese font display? I just received mine but there's no option in the language menu for Chinese.

Overall this is a pretty decent CD/mp3 player for the money.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Awful product. Awful customer service.

(1 out of 5) by llooc on Dec 21, 2003 (CT, USA)
Things the product description doesn't tell you:

The disc loads through the BOTTOM of the player. Then you have to flip the player over to access the navigatorial buttons.

Does not come with a car lighter adapter. I purchased one separately, only to find that the port is highly sensitive, and shuts off with the slightest jostle dislodging the connection. I obtained another adapter, and the same thing happened.

Finally, this player sucks the life out of batteries at an unacceptably fast rate. You'll maybe be able to listen to a 70 minute CD twice before it's time to change the batteries.

I contacted customer service to return it, only to be told that I had to return it with its original packaging - which I had disposed of.

I will never again purchase a product from "iRiver". I would rather sit in silence than give another penny to this company.