Juke Jam 40GB MP3 Player

Juke Jam 40GB MP3 Player

Product Description
Product Description:
The Polaroid Portable 40GB Juke Jam MP3 Jukebox is a new digital combination of MP3/WMA playback and an FM radio player with direct MP3 encoding—eliminating the need for additional conversion software. Features 10 preset channels and FM live-record; voice record with built-in microphone; and PC storage via USB. Includes high fidelity stereo earphones. System requirements: Windows 98 and Mac OS and above. Available storage capacity may vary. Imported. 3Wx4-1/2Lx1D".

Juke Jam 40GB MP3 Player
Average customer rating:

did not last, poor durability, poor software and firmware, badly exedcuted

Piece of junk

Stay away from this one!!!

Alert: No Tech Support Available!

Cheap, but not worth the money.

Juke Jam 40GB MP3 Player

Manufacturer: Digital Networks N.A.
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
40 GB | Hard Drive-Based | MP3 Players | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
Accessories:

NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player

Product Features:

40GB memory

MP3 and WMA playback

FM radio with direct MP3 encoding and ten preset channels

Voice record with built-in microphone

Includes high fidelity stereo earphones

ASIN: B0000YKAB0

Product Description

Juke Jam is a new digital combination of MP3/WMA, FM radio player with direct MP3 encoding, eliminating the need for additional conversion software! Juke Jam features an easy to use file navigation system, with the ability to define your own music library and play list. Music Match Jukebox software provides easy album management. Choose 20, 30 or 40 GB hard drive to store thousands of songs, and then stick it in your pocket and go jam!

Customer Reviews:

did not last, poor durability, poor software and firmware, badly exedcuted.......2006-09-16

I stumbled across this unit at the ultamate low price of 90 bucks on clearence. I figure what harm can happen. It appeared to do all that I needed, and it actually did, but it did not last. I had 48 hours of flawless work, but when I went to delete tracks using the "audiophile" firmware program, it also deleted it's connection. After repeated resets of the unit, my computer, and multiple re-installations of the "Audiophile" software, The unit's OS started screwing up. All the songs came up as "wingding" symbols, and no songs played any more. Since there is no "hard reset" to erease the files, I ran all the trouble shooting guides suggestions, including formatting, and now the system has nothing...just a start up greeting.

Features: 40gb hard drive, recording feature, fm radio, playlist set up, earbuds, charging cord, firmware for uploading, and belt clip leather case, ect.. all the things you would expect from an mp3 player.

Provided software has been called "clunky" on other reviews...not really. you can upload multiple files at a time, use the control and higlight function like windows has had for years. I uploaded 500 songs in 5 minutes or there abouts...not an issue. Problems come with deleting items. As soon as I deleted a couple of tracks I didn't want on the unit, the "Audiophile" program quit recognizing the unit, eventually scrambling the OS on the unit.

The firmware OS is easily navigatable, but no way to reset it, and no way to delete files on the unit itself.
It did play all properly recored MP3 and WMA files only... some folks might find this a hinder, but I have 40+ CD roms full of mp3's...not a problem for me. I have not had a problem with any of my shareware files.

This did have good FM reception

Other Faults
1. Size, it's bulky, around a cassette walkman size
2. Built in battery, if it goes bad, what next
3. Runs really warm

I'm glad I bought this from a chain store on clearence, cause I'm able to return it no questions asked within 14 days. I will likely just take my money back, why waist the effort on another unit. I thought it was Worth a shot, but do not buy this. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. So shall this be
Question for polaroid, did anyone every actually durability test these??????

Piece of junk.......2006-04-17

I bought a this and about a month later it just stopped working. I emailed digital media group and they sent me a Return authorization number which i put in an envelope as it said to do and repackaged the mp3 player and sent it back. 3 months later, i still hadn't gotten a replacement so i called them. They said that they had never gotten it but would send me a new one. The one they sent me wasn't a polaroid, but a generic brand one like it. The accesories were also generic name brand and pieces of junk. 2 months later it stoped working again and by then digital media group didn't exist any more. The headphones also broke and were very low quality to begin with. I learned my lesson about not buying name brand products nad just recently bought a video iPod which is much better!

Stay away from this one!!!.......2005-09-28

I would like to reiterate what some of the other reviewers have said. THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THIS PRODUCT. Polaroid does not support and it says so in the instruction manual. They say to contact Digital Media Group which no longer exists. Once I got someone at Polaroid that knew anything about it, he said there is still some help on the Digital Media Group website [...]. Of course, when I tried that website it no longer exists. The player worked fine for a while, although, awkward and not user friendly. Then one day I turn it on and it shows a message that says "Cannot access HDD data". That's it. It's broke and I have no way of getting it fixed. I have read some reviews that say the hard drive just goes bad one day. That is probably what happened to mine. I have taken very good care of it and actually didn't use it that much. There is no reason it should have stopped working. Don't buy this thing no matter what. The price is enticing but you will end up buying another one anyway and then spend twice as much.

Alert: No Tech Support Available!.......2005-08-31

I absolutely positively do NOT recommend this device. The on-screen interface is difficult to understand. The randomizer function limits itself by sections of the alphabet (if you select to play all songs randomly, it will only play tracks from the first few letters of the alphabet and never get to the latter half). The interface software you are required to use is clunky and nearly useless - it is only marginally better for creating playlists than the terrible device UI, and there is no synchronization between your device and your music folders. Perhaps most shocking - and this should have warned me about this player the moment I got it - is that selecting "power off" brings up a small screen that says "Bye Bye!" with an anime emoticon, of all things.

All of this could be tolerated if not for one major problem. Despite the device having a whopping amount of storage for a small amount of money, it is 100% not supported by ANY entity. [...] I thought that since Polaroid partnered with Digital Media Group, having their name on the product meant they would support it in some way - no dice. The representatives on the phone insisted that I call 1-800-MP3-PLAY (it took a long time before I finally convinced them that they had the wrong number) and that they couldn't help me. I finally resorted to contacting the person who sold this to me, who did some research and found that Digital Media Group had been sold, and the new company refused to support these devices.

In summary, do not buy ANY "Polaroid MP3" product. They are completely unsupported and not user-friendly.

Cheap, but not worth the money........2005-06-02

I have had many problems with this machine. It crashes all the time, it looses entire albums, and the battery is very unreliable. I have had to reload my entire music collection three times in 6 months, and it is long process to do it each time because it no requires you to use their very poorly designed program. It is an inexpessive devise, but I recommend spending a bit more for a better item. It will be worth the $$.

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