Coby MP-C885 1 GB Flash MP3 Player with FM Tuner and Direct USB Drive (Black)
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Customer Review: COBY MP3 Player - Reliable With Many Features
Summary: 5 Stars
The COBY name is a much overlooked product brand.
I own several MP3 players and this is one of the best and here's why:
The Pros -
- This player has a very small profile and is quite rugged in construction.
- Reliable. I've used mine for two years without a problem.
- Built in USB plug; no USB extension cord to fool with.
- No special software required. This is recognized like a standard flash drive and you can store other things in addition to MP3 sound tracks. This is a real plus!
- Built in FM radio receiver.
- Uses one standard AAA battery, or if you prefer, use a rechargeable AAA; unlike most current players that use built in proprietary batteries which make you wait for the thing to charge up before you can use it. Other reviewers may have noted a shorter battery life with this player. But that's not a problem - Remember - This uses a standard inexpensive battery.
- You're provided with a choice of several nice display background colors which can be set to stay lit or disabled to save battery life.
- Produces considerably more volume than most other players.
- Sound quality from treble to bass is excellent.
- Transferring files is a snap. Simply drag and drop MP3 tracks into a folder you make, and name of your choice, or you can drag a whole folder of tracks into the player. It's that simple.
Just make sure You Don't delete the pre-installed folders and software that is on the player. These are required to make this device function properly.
Cons -
- There are many features built into this player and I had to spend some time to figure out how to navigate through them as the instruction booklet is not quite descriptive enough. However it's worth the little effort required. Unlike most people, I strip the the ID3 tags off my tracks, and rename and number them in order and place them in folders by category.
In these economically troubled times; if your on a shoestring budget and your wanting a little enjoyable entertainment to brighten up your life; combine this COBY player with the JVC HAS150P Folding Headphones with Ipod - Matching Colors (Pink). For my review of the JVC headphones check on 'See all my reviews'.
Customer Review: Well Worth the Money
Summary: 5 Stars
Nothing wrong with it for the money. Does just what I expected it
to do: play music No problem dumping files from my pc to the device.
Turn it on and it starts playing. A small learning curve to allow access
to all the options available - not intuitive. Simple enough when you
learn how. I'm not qualified to evaluate its audio qualities, but it
suits me. One thing though, it could use a clip to attach to clothing.
Update 4 Jul 07
Well the power-on switch broke after daily usage. If you get one of these
players, then be careful not to push on the switches to hard - what ever that may be.
Update 17 Jul 07
After finally talking to Coby (no response to emails), I find that to have it fixed/replaced I must mail them the broken player including all accessory and literature with a money order for six dollars. I'm not
sure if the payoff would be worth the probable aggravation of further
dealings with this company.
Update 1 Aug 07
It cost a total of about eight bucks to send it back. They, Coby, returned me a new one within a week. It works fine, and I'm careful
not to squash the buttons.
Update 21 Aug 07
Well, I've had the replacement for three weeks and it works just great.
I use this one exclusively, and I am really satisfied. In reality, it was my wife who broke the button on the first one, so who knows. She
tends not to force things, but to get a bigger hammer.
Customer Review: Nice product at a good price point.
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought as a gift for my daughter. she loves it! Easy to use, nice geatures and a good price point too!
Prayers of Meditation
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
Customer Review: WORKS AS INTENDED, NO COMPLAINTS
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this for over a year and no problems whatsoever. I didn't have a whole lot of expectations when I purchased it due to the low price (about $30 at Big Lots), but so far so good. I loaded music from my own CDs using Windows media player, no software necessary. I love the fact that you can lock it, so it won't accidentally turn itself on and waste batteries.
Is convenient that it works with one AAA battery, so you won't have to throw away the whole player when the battery stops charging (I'm talking to you iPod Nano - never again!!!)
I have not used the earbuds that came with it, so I cannot comment on that. Nor have I used the radio or recording function, I just use it to play music without carrying around a whole bunch of CDs, so it does work well for its intended purpose.
Customer Review: Alot of features for the money
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had no problems with this little MP3 player. Plenty of room for lots of tunes, and the FM tuner has surprisingly good range. All devices like this use up alot of battery juice. Most batteries recover a bit of power when the unit is shut down and later turned on. But I listened many hours before I had to replace the battery. Rechargables will definately make this work for you. Arranging songs can't really be done on the unit, but must be done on your desktop computer, though I still have trouble getting them where I want. But still, I managed to get this here for $18, so it was well worth the money.