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One of my friend got this Coby 1GB MP3 player, the package and the player did say that it is a 1 GB player. But in the system it showed the total capacity as 459 MB. Everyone knows that the capacity displayed is little less but not as much as >500 MB. We tried formatting the drive and making it fresh, but of no use. There are no CDs, softwares, tools provided to diagnose the player.

We tried calling up the number in the package which said "Call this Number before considering returning the product" !! The person on the other side could not understand our problem, he kept telling us (threatening) about where we got our MP3s, DRM stuff. CRAZY !! Seems like he was reading from the papers provided to him. Useless Customer Service. They said it, we returned the product that very moment.

Do not buy anything Coby. There are better MP3 players that are worth the buck you pay for.

got product, powered on, no display visable. the sound from the fm radio was nice, but there was no display. spoke with coby customer service, they had never heard of this problem. suggested return to amazon. wont try that brand again.

I have had my player for about a month now, I love it. It takes about 6-8 seconds for it to turn on (not a minute as previously noted)and it plays quality sound. I feel like you will be amazed at how well this player plays music, I know I was! If you find it at a decent price (about $30-$35), I would go ahead and purchase one. After all what have you got to loose. The only problem I had with mine was initially getting the music on it, I had never owned a mp3 player before so I had to learn how it all worked, but if you follow the instructions carefully you shouldn't have a problem.

I needed a very simple way to record my weekly classes digitally. The instructions are very easy to understand and with a small jewelers pincer I was able to attach the device to a neck lariat, making it easy to carry. The earbuds are cheap - I use my own headphones when reviewing audio clips (.wav file format). After setting the RECORD function to the lowest memory option, I successfully recorded my first two hour lecture. I was impressed after I reviewed it in Quicktime on my Mac laptop - the teeny weeny mic picked up all sounds, from audience coughs to the siren out on the street to the lecturer. It was placed about 6 feet from the speaker who was NOT micced but spoke loudly. This is a music class, so audio clips played, even Q& A afterwards all recorded really well. I reccommend getting rechargable AAA batteries for unlimited record time.

Great while it lasted (only through three battery changes). On-Off button ceased to work, after opening it up I found the fragile (tiny, very tiny!) plastic "holders" for the on-off element had come loose. No way --no space--to solder/glue/press them back on. The player would work if...oh well. On to another brand next time.