Philips EXP511 MP3 CD Player
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(4 out of 5)As Good As It Gets?
I recently bought the Expanium 511 from amazon because of the value and the features. If your looking for a quick solution to your portable audio problems you've definitely found it.
The device itself has only one output port (Line Out) so you can't get four point surround or better. Apart from this it's very satisfactory. There are no presets (Rock, Pop, etc.) although to compensate it offers a nice bass/treble adjuster to suit anybody's tastes. This may prove to be a little annoying for some people but I like it. The sound quality is superb (CD Quality MP3 at 128kb sounds exactly the same if not slightly better). It can only play mp3 cd/cdrw and audio cds but is compatable with future audio formats (MP3PRO) via firmware upgrades. The Electronic Shock Protection (ESP) is great too (480secs for MP3 and 200 for Audio CDs). I went for a run last night and it didn't skip a beat. You can also half the ESP to save power and make your battries last for twice as long. I'd reccommend this if you aren't a pneumatic driller. Apart from this you can browse the cd by folder and by track but it plays tracks in alphbetical order. To overcome this you can rename your tracks or put it on shuffle mode. As well as all this you can fit an astonishing 250 MP3 tracks on a standard 650MB CD. This will become 500!!! when MP3PRO is introduced next year. 250 is enough to keep you going for ages anyway, especially if you are using a CDRW.
The Expanium comes with an instructive user manual and some nice accessories including an lcd remote and recharable AA batteries. The battries recharge when you plug in the Expanium so no extra purchase of a battery recharger is neccessary. Nice feature. They last for 7 hours on normal mode and 14 hours on powersaving mode and take 7 hours to recharge. The lcd remote displays where you are in the track and which track and mode you are on. It does NOT display any other info such an song name etc. but the actual player does. The earbuds supplied come with a very short lead. This means that you must connect them to the remote which in turn is connected to the Expanium. This is an awkward affair as the remote then lies somewhere in the region of your chest and drags your left/right ear down depending on which way you have the phones on. I bought new ones straight away because I didn't like the feel of them. The lcd remote and the player itself both come with belt clips although the player's one is detachable.
The only real faults are its size and weight. It's slightly larger than a portable cd player and slightly heavier too although it will still fit in the pocket of my jeans. Don't let this put you off. It's not that bad! The only thing I can come up with to put you off buying this is the fact that it has only one output port and b-grade earphones. It is also lacking a backlight but for the price you wouldn't expect it. Apart from that it's perfect.
(5 out of 5)This is 1 cool CD player
ive never had a portable CD player be for but ive had friends with them. They always seemed to be moaning that they skipped and the batteriesd were dead in no time. But this has none of those problems.
I would not skip for me when I was walking with it in my pocket and the bayyeries last a long time.
I wasn't sure how the MP3 play back would be but I was very nicly surprised. I takes no longer to start than a music CD to start playing.
For the price I was amazed to see that it came with rechargable batteries and an adaptor.
For me this is a great CD player.
The only problem/criticism is that the name of the MP3 it not displayed on the remote but this is such a small thing its dosen't spoil the whole package.
(5 out of 5)Music with out the hassel!
Features, easy of use and quality are the three words that spring to mind with this MP3 player. Very robust yet lighter than a normal CD player, the Philips EXP511 MP3 CD Player is affordable and very well built.
The unit takes standard size CD's and with the ability to place up to 10 HOURS of music on one CD, you should need no more than 3 CD's to last you through the year!
The included batteries are a little short lived, and recharging them takes up to 7 hours which can be a slight pain, but the standard Alkaline "cheapo" batteries can last up to 20 hours from my experience with an MP3 CD playing.
The ear pieces are fantastic to say they actually come as part of the kit. Ergonomically designed to fit in well and hold the ear, they produce a very clear and crisp sound, even with the maximum bass setting on!
Comes with an "in-line" LCD screen which have become all to popular to the Mini-Disc players that SONY have produced. Makes browsing your CD a treat!
One word of warning. When making a large CD, do NOT just put them all onto the CD as one long list. Instead, try creating folders on your disc and placing groups of them in there, eg: A-D, E-H< etc etc. As the unit cannot skip multiple songs at once, meaning you would have to press skip up to 100 times to get to a song you like. BY placing them in a folder you can easily locate and play your favourite songs with a few clicks of the button.
The unit is sophisticated enough to recognise directories of a CD and play them at your request. It also has the ability to store up to 2000 favourites in its memory, allowing you to just pop a CD into the player, set it to play favourites and it will automatically start playing all of your best hits!
If Santa didn't bring you one of these for Christmas, then take advantage of the 31% off from Amazon, its a late gift!
-- Amazon review --
As usual, not a fault. Delivered on time and well packaged. Money processed correctly.
(4 out of 5)Philips EXP511 MP3 CD Player
I have just got this to replace my much loved rio volt psx 100.
( the remote control decided to stop working within warreny!)
On paper it beats the rio in having a charger and lcd remote, and longer shock protection. It lacks a line level output, EQ, backlight and I digital volume control though. It's a lot better looking and seems a bit less bulky than the rio. I have not worked out fully what the +/- album control is for, I think you need to have a play list. I have not been able to make it skip yet, aomething the rio suffered from some times. Somehow the exp511 just doesnt seem to sound quite as good as the rio, even with my sony headphones. I think the amp may be slightly lower quality, or maybe the analoge volume control makes the different. There is plenty of bass though, enough to make my small headphones distort ! One last thing to mention; my rio cost me 130 quid, which makes the philips a steal at 75 quid delivered!
(5 out of 5)Superb!
This player is everything you ever need, seriously the best out there. After MUCH research all the top brands, and all the top players, i decided to get this player, and what a choice I made :).
Sound is superb (so loud) excellent for Rock fans like me and all other music too, the bass is superb and the treble function too :). Everything about the player is excellent, fast loading, skip-free :) and looks too, firmware upgradeable :) There is NOTHING wrong with this player, its the best one ive had, and i would say to anyone GET IT, its nothing close to anything before :)
Cheers