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I just got Coby MP200 from Amazon, thank god for free 2 day shipping. I opened it and put some music into it. I wanted to use it as both an MP3 player and a flash drive, it was a good idea because flash drives are very easy to lose. It's nice to have a very high capacity MP3 player for only $13. The biggest issue is that I can't use it.Even after reading the instructions THOUROUGHLY, I had a very difficult time turning the thing on, especially when I'm using the battery that came with it. It still wouldn't turn on even with my best batteries. I called technical support using the number that was on the manual, and according to that manual it opens from 8:00 am to 11:00pm. I called tech support at 8:27pm and it said if I was inquiring about an MP3 player, that I should visit their website. So I went on the internet whilst staying on the line. THere was that little phone music for about a minute, and then there's complete silence. Since no one picked up after 8-9 minutes of waiting, I hung up. I was online. Support service was pathetic, all they give you is a tutorial, which is worthless if you already have the paper version of it.

There's no troubleshooting page or anything. And I also found out on their website that it closes at 5:30pm! That's 9 minutes on the phone that I will never get back.

Go ahead buy it if you want. A lot of people seem to like it. But if your Coby gets defective. RETURN IT. It doesn't matter what Coby says. If technical support and customer service wasn't this bad, I would consider calling them.

I bought 5 of these players planning to use them as Christmas Greetings for special friends. Unfortuneately, the player could not be turned on! I replaced the battery supplied with a known good battery (per enclosed Instruction manual suggestion). Player still could not be turned on. I opened two of the players of the 5 received; after much frustrating effort neither could be turned on! I assumed the other players received were also defective and did not open them. I'm returning all 5 to Amazon as defective.
Obviously, Coby's product quality control is very suspect! So, when considering a Coby product be aware that you may very well be buying problems.

well whats there to say the little picture explains just about everything it does... i only bought this because its really cheap and its a replacment for my ipod video and my ipod touch when i go into dangerous neighborhoods... becasue its better to get somthing less than 20 dollars stolen rather than 300.... only by this for a cheap substitute or a 5 year old..