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 Total Piece Of JunkOct 30, 2009
As with all Coby items, this one was a total piece of junk. The sound was great. It recorded great off the radio, but after using it for a total of TWO days it stopped working.
Coby has great looking and sounding products, but they hardly last longer than it takes to take out of the box. This isn't the only Coby item that I have bought, but it will be the last.
Spend the extra $20 or so for a Phillip or RCA because this (as with all of Coby stuff) is a waste of money.
Another Coby product bites the dustOct 22, 2009
This is third review of a Coby product that I have put online. I was given this product as gift from a family member. It acted erratic from the start. I did manage to get it accept a few songs but after a few days wouldn't come on. I changed the battery and connected to my computer to give it another go. I couldn't get it to turn on at all. I connected it to my computer and and the computer said it didn't recognize the device. After a few minutes I noticed a strange smell. It was burnt electronics smell coming out of the top of the unit. I disconnected the USB cord and it was hot. I think the unit is fried and I barely got to use it.
This one was a gift and I purchased a COBY mp3 player on my own a year before this one and it was messed up from the start. Don't say I didn't warn you, stay away from this brand name, every product I have gotten from them has been a waste of plastic, energy, electronics, and your money.
Don't waste your moneySep 06, 2008
Two days latter it stopped transfering files from USB port. Keep disconecting and I can't transfer a single song. I didn't expect it to last forever but I bought a MP3 player and after two days I only have a walkman.
Lesson learned: It's worth spending some extra cash and buy a better quality one.
It works, BUT...Aug 15, 2008
At first glance, this seems like a great device for a great price. However, it comes with a ton of small problems. The big one? There seems to be an inhibitor problem that's connected with the device's internal organizer. Sure, it can hold up to 1 GB of songs, HOWEVER, the big thing is that because of the way the organizer navigator works, you can only hold up to 99 Songs on the thing! And no more! This is because the navigator isn't designed to go into the triple digits, I imagine. So by the time you hit song 99, the device won't allow you to put in any more songs, without erasing some to make space.
And like many digital players, the ordering mechanics aren't perfect. If you erase a song from your play list, the next song you put on there will "replace" the old slot the old song had, instead of moving to the end, like you'd expect. So say, I have 30 songs on there and I erase Song 7. Instead of my 31st Song going to 31, it'll go to Slot 7, where the old one used to exist. Now, this isn't a big problem if you only erase one or two songs, but if you happen to erase a lot, then your new songs will be all over the place. I like to keep my tracks organized so that I'm not searching forever to find what I want to hear, but the way they have new songs "replace" the old song slots make things very disorganized. It would just be easier if the songs were all auto-organized by the date you added them in, meaning that the newest songs are always the last on the list.
Also, the device sometimes freezes when you turn it on. It's bad enough each time you turn it on, you get a twitch of scrambled digital noise in your ear. But at least, that serves as a confirmation of it being on and functional. Sometimes, though, it'll freeze between cutting on (you'll know this when you don't ear that digital static in your ear) and the only way to fix this problem is to take out the battery. Otherwise, it'll forever be stuck on that blue entry screen.
Another thing, the FM Tuner doesn't seem to work, at all! Now I know that most people, myself included, don't bother to listen to the radio for music anymore, but this too, will also freeze on you and the only way to fix it is to take out the battery. And since I'm bringing it up, this thing gobbles AAA batteries like candy! One Triple-A Duracell battery will last you maybe a week or so. Or, if you listen to it all day long nonstop, about 12 to 16 hours. That sounds like a long time, but it's way too short in reality and you'll constantly be switching out batteries, unless you rarely use it.
The good things about this MP3 Player...
The navigator, outside of it limiting you to only 99 songs, is helpful in finding songs. The seven color LCD display looks very nice (although it's impossible to read anything with the red and blue colors on), the device lets you delete songs on it without having to plug it into a computer, which is nice. You do this by going to Delete Files in the menu and using the RECORD button at the bottom to highlight the deleted file. You use the Play button to delete it. It took me a while to figure that out. The record function works nicely and records voices (or anything else) well.
All in all, it's not a bad deal for the price, but be warned. It comes with a bunch of little problems with it. It's not really on the level of a cheaper I-Pod, but it works well as something temporary to listen to songs with until you get something better, like an actual I-Pod. If I had to suggest one of these Coby mini Mp3 players though, I'd suggest the Coby MP-C885 model over this one, the MP-C886. It may be cheaper and have a much uglier display menu, but it works better. And the buttons are much easier to use. Plus, it doesn't drain batteries as quickly. The only real difference, other than it being cheaper, is that it lacks the voice recorder and FM Tuner. And the menu layout is more scrunched together with the much smaller LCD display.
This is an okay player, but it's far from perfect and not without it's fair share of problems. But for around $25-$30, it's not the worst Mp3 player out there, that much can be said.
 MP3 PlayerApr 28, 2008
I bought the Coby MP3 player because it is compatible with my Library's downloadable audio book system. The iPod is not compatible and costs a lot more anyway. The Coby costs the same as a memory stick without playing capabilities. The sound quality of the player is great and the FM radio works fine too. I have not tried out the recorder yet.
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