Lexar JumpGear MPC064-231 MP3 Player with 64 MB JumpDrive Sport

Lexar JumpGear MPC064-231 MP3 Player with 64 MB JumpDrive Sport

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
JumpGear MP3 is a full-featured digital music player that lets you play music stored on your JumpDrive Sport, and create personal playlists on one or multiple JumpDrives for added flexibility. And of course you can still use your JumpDrive Sport to store and carry business documents, school work, photographs, or other information, in addition to your favorite music. JumpGear MP3 supports MP3 and WMA music formats, and includes customizable user settings for equalizer and backlight. Available in two configurations: One including a 64 MB JumpDrive Sport, and the other as a stand-alone accessory for JumpDrive Sport.

Product Description:
Lexar's JumpGear MP3 product is a full-featured digital music player that lets you play music stored on your JumpDrive Sport, and create personal playlists on one or multiple JumpDrives for added flexibility. And of course you can still use your JumpDrive Sport to store and carry business documents, school work, photographs, or other information, in addition to your favorite music. Lexar's JumpGear MP3 supports MP3 and WMA music formats, and includes customizable user settings for equalizer and backlight. Available in two configurations: One including a 64MB JumpDrive Sport (this item), and the other as a stand-alone accessory for JumpDrive Sport.

Lexar JumpGear MPC064-231 MP3 Player with 64 MB JumpDrive Sport
Average customer rating:

Loved it, pity it's discontinued

Bad design

DON'T GET THIS JUNK, it breaks, no customer service

Player has some problems with WMA files, some MP3 files

WAIT....BETTER DEAL

Lexar JumpGear MPC064-231 MP3 Player with 64 MB JumpDrive Sport

Manufacturer: LEXAR MEDIA INC
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

MP3 Players | Portable Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
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Up to 64 MB | Flash Drive-Based | MP3 Players | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
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Product Features:

Create personal playlists on multiple JumpDrives for added flexibility

Use your JumpDrive to store and carry business documents, schoolwork, photographs, or other information, in addition to your favorite music

Supports MP3 and WMA file formats

Compatible with Microsoft DRM for playback of downloaded songs from popular on-line music services

Customizable user settings (Equalizer, Backlight)

ASIN: B0001CFSXG

Product Description

JumpGear MP3 is a full-featured digital music player that lets you play music stored on your JumpDrive Sport, and create personal playlists on one or multiple JumpDrives for added flexibility. And of course you can still use your JumpDrive Sport to store and carry business documents, school work, photographs, or other information, in addition to your favorite music. JumpGear MP3 supports MP3 and WMA music formats, and includes customizable user settings for equalizer and backlight.

Customer Reviews:

Loved it, pity it's discontinued.......2007-05-13

Because this player is discontinued, I tried to jump to other MP3 player recently. I bought three different ones, and compared to this one they all were total... how do you say it... not something people like to use.

Till now I found only one weak spot in this player -- using some non-standard headphones may result in breaking the socket for headphonse. Otherwise, the best MP3 player, I've had so far.

As these are the last ones available, I bought two of them, just for the future.

Bad design.......2006-04-05

Ordered this unit December 04. Good thing it had a two year warranty. Mine has been replaced twice. The connector for the headphone jack breaks and the actual jack falls inside the plastic body. Keep your receipt. The RMA process is kind of complicated.

DON'T GET THIS JUNK, it breaks, no customer service.......2005-11-29

I got two of these last year for our family, it worked great the first day, then the ear phone port broke on one, the other lasted only a few days longs. I called the company and found almost no customer service, they said I had to deal with the company directly, but offered no other help (like how to contact them). They both ended up in the garbage and we were out the money. This year we are spending a few more bucks and getting from a reputable company. If there were minus stars, I would give them a -10

Player has some problems with WMA files, some MP3 files.......2004-10-24

The idea of an mp3 player that uses removable storage is great. You can take a half-dozen jump drives with you in your pocket and have access to enough music for an entire vacation.

But the Lexar media player has some problems:

1) The USB drive seems loose when it is plugged in. Also, it seems to be getting looser - wearing out (as a previous reviewer has noted).

2) The interface is terrible - very clumsy. The navigation wheel is also a button, but pushing it has no effect most of the time. I end up having to push the button a dozen times to get the song to play.

3) The preset EQs are not very effective - none of them have emphasized bass, for example.

4) Some mp3s play with a lot of background noise - like a low-level white noise or static. There is nothing wrong with the mp3s - they play perfectly on my iRiver player, in winamp, Windows Media Player, etc. Only the Lexar player has trouble with them.

5) WMA support is very very poor. Most of my WMAs (encoded at 192Kbps) pop and skip when played through the Lexar media player. I have pretty much given up trying to play WMA files with it.

6) Surprisingly, battery life isn't very good. The player takes two AAA batteries. I use 750mAh rechargables and get about 8 hours of playing time with them. By comparison, my iRiver player takes a single 2100mAh AA rechargable and lasts more than 20 hours. I am guessing that accessing the jump drive is expensive in power terms - not navigating around a lot (i.e. just letting the player play through the whole drive sequentially) could lengthen the battery life.

Overall, I am happy with the price of this player and with the convenience of being able to load media to it without special programs (such as the iRiver players require). I am hoping that the player is flashable (though I don't have any reason to believe that it is) so that when Lexar works out the bugs that cause some mp3's and wma's to play poorly they can post a patch.

WAIT....BETTER DEAL.......2004-09-05

Buy the "empty" player for 37, then get a 128 mb card....its only 5 bucks mopre total......

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