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Coby MP-C896 MP3 Player with 2 GB Flash Memory, FM Radio & USB Drive
See it at Amazon.com for $39.99Average Customer Rating
(3.5 out of 5)
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DO NOT BUY IT!!!!
(1 out of 5) by Ricardo Arlindo D. Neves on Jul 19, 2008 (Brazil) I bought this mp3 because it's supposed to act as flash memory (pen drive) and voice recorder, but both functions simply don't exist in this product.
I just cannot believe Amazon is selling a bad product like this. What a shame.
I just cannot believe Amazon is selling a bad product like this. What a shame.
Great Product!
(5 out of 5) by ACE-W on May 3, 2008 (Missouri) For the price this product works great! I am very happy!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
good mp3 player for the price, useless as voice recorder
(3 out of 5) by Z. Ragsdale on Feb 20, 2008 (Dayton, OH)0/5 stars as a voice recorder
4/5 stars as an mp3 player
Warning, do not buy this if you are planning on using it as a voice recorder. It simply does not have the function despite what the ad/specs say.
I bought this mainly to use as a voice recorder, and planned on rarely using it to play mp3s. Let me make this perfectly clear: there is NO voice recording function on this player, despite what the ad says. Page 16 of the instructions indicate that there is a "Record" function accessible from the main menu between "FM Tuner" and "Settings". However, the function simply does not exist at all, and the menu skips directly from "FM Tuner" and "Settings". It also says that you can hold the record button down from the playback screen, but that does not access the Record function either. But surely there's a firmware update, right? Wrong. The only software/firmware on the Coby site is a Windows 98me driver. The instruction manual squarely lies, and so does the specs, there is no voice recording function accessible on this player.
As an mp3 player? Go for it! If you don't need the voice recorder function, and that's what you want cheap, small, lightweight, and 2GB, this will do just fine.
Also, there is a plastic piece that surrounds the headphone jack that makes it difficult to plug in certain headphones (2 out of 2 that I owned before). You can snap the needless plastic piece off if you don't mind it looking a little ugly, but that is a poor design.
Update: Get the Coby MP-C895 instead (link below). It actually does contain a voice recorder function, and its headphone plug accepts any headphone. Other than that it is the same.
Coby MP-C895 MP3 Player with 2 GB flash Memory, FM Radio & USB Drive
4/5 stars as an mp3 player
Warning, do not buy this if you are planning on using it as a voice recorder. It simply does not have the function despite what the ad/specs say.
I bought this mainly to use as a voice recorder, and planned on rarely using it to play mp3s. Let me make this perfectly clear: there is NO voice recording function on this player, despite what the ad says. Page 16 of the instructions indicate that there is a "Record" function accessible from the main menu between "FM Tuner" and "Settings". However, the function simply does not exist at all, and the menu skips directly from "FM Tuner" and "Settings". It also says that you can hold the record button down from the playback screen, but that does not access the Record function either. But surely there's a firmware update, right? Wrong. The only software/firmware on the Coby site is a Windows 98me driver. The instruction manual squarely lies, and so does the specs, there is no voice recording function accessible on this player.
As an mp3 player? Go for it! If you don't need the voice recorder function, and that's what you want cheap, small, lightweight, and 2GB, this will do just fine.
Also, there is a plastic piece that surrounds the headphone jack that makes it difficult to plug in certain headphones (2 out of 2 that I owned before). You can snap the needless plastic piece off if you don't mind it looking a little ugly, but that is a poor design.
Update: Get the Coby MP-C895 instead (link below). It actually does contain a voice recorder function, and its headphone plug accepts any headphone. Other than that it is the same.
Coby MP-C895 MP3 Player with 2 GB flash Memory, FM Radio & USB Drive
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent Very Fast Service
(5 out of 5) by J. Anderson on Feb 20, 2008 (Utah)Very fst service i ordered it two days ago and its already here very pleased in new condition just like i ordered not damaged.. only thing is it broke within a week and we only used it once.. :(
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Great LOVE IT
(5 out of 5) by Leroy Viars on Dec 17, 2007I purchased this player and just recived it.It is great just what i have been looking for sounds wonderful, small compact, easy to use highly recommened