Memorex MPD8505CP Personal CD/MP3 Player with 45 Seconds of Anti-Skip Protection
Memorex MPD8505CP Personal CD/MP3 Player with 45 Seconds of Anti-Skip Protection
Product Description
Amazon.com Review
This shiny little unit is not your garden-variety cigarette-lighter-powered portable CD player, however much it resembles one. No, this player gives you something more: the ability to listen to MP3-encoded CDs, which, when you do the math, works out to far more megabytes for the buck than you'd get in a dedicated MP3 player.
Accommodating standard CDs as well as CD-Rs or CD-RWs brimming with MP3 or .WAV audio files, the Memorex MPD8505CP MP3-CD player packs high technology into a low-lying music player, giving you beck-and-call access to literally hours of music from a single MP3-encoded CD. And did we mention that it's far cheaper than any of its name-brand competition?
Each of the player's multifunction control buttons is used for standard CD controls like Play, Pause, Skip, or Stop, as well as programming functions such as File/Directory, File Search, Display, and the numbers and letters of the alphabet. That's right--unlike other MP3 CD players, this one shows track and artist information, and lets you add it as well. Unfortunately, the buttons aren't clustered together for ready access, but configured in an eleven-button semi-circle to memorize.
Imperceptive controls with multiple functions demand a good study of the manual to guide you through searching and programming. You'll also need to spend some time learning and remembering things like stop" also means "off", and other such hidden functions.
It also seems that due to the MP3 chip, start-up time is slower than on standard CD players. After loading a CD, we had to wait at least 10 seconds to be able to play, search, or adjust any of the controls. Meanwhile, the dark LCD display screen remains blank while you wonder if the unit is on or if the CD has been loaded correctly. Then, it takes an additional 10 to 15 seconds for it to play. While not a huge inconvenience, a portable unit for car use should react quickly to minimize the time spent fiddling with it.
The DBBS (Dynamic Bass Boost System) offers impressive bass reinforcement. The high end is bright and clear, although you'll hear some hiss with quieter tracks or during music featuring a soloist.
A 45-second "electronic skip protection" feature lets you use the Memorex on road trips, bus rides, or brisk walks, though we did experience occasional skips even on relatively sedate bus rides.
Memorex includes a complete car kit, a nice convenience. But despite its quirks (and despite its bulky and awkward design), this Memorex piece can be a good way to take music along any journey, long or short--especially when used with a good set of headphones. --Zoe Knight
Pros:
Plays MP3 CDs
Cheaper than name-brand competition
Car kit included
Good bass boost
Locked lid
Album/Track directory
Anti-shock protection
Cons: Bulky design Confusing control buttons Hard-to-read display screen Delayed reaction time for control functions Headphone jack hiss heard with quieter tracks
Product Description
Amazon.com Review
Accommodating standard CDs as well as CD-Rs or CD-RWs brimming with MP3 or .WAV audio files, the Memorex MPD8505CP MP3-CD player packs high technology into a low-lying music player, giving you beck-and-call access to literally hours of music from a single MP3-encoded CD. And did we mention that it's far cheaper than any of its name-brand competition?
Each of the player's multifunction control buttons is used for standard CD controls like Play, Pause, Skip, or Stop, as well as programming functions such as File/Directory, File Search, Display, and the numbers and letters of the alphabet. That's right--unlike other MP3 CD players, this one shows track and artist information, and lets you add it as well. Unfortunately, the buttons aren't clustered together for ready access, but configured in an eleven-button semi-circle to memorize.
Imperceptive controls with multiple functions demand a good study of the manual to guide you through searching and programming. You'll also need to spend some time learning and remembering things like stop" also means "off", and other such hidden functions.
It also seems that due to the MP3 chip, start-up time is slower than on standard CD players. After loading a CD, we had to wait at least 10 seconds to be able to play, search, or adjust any of the controls. Meanwhile, the dark LCD display screen remains blank while you wonder if the unit is on or if the CD has been loaded correctly. Then, it takes an additional 10 to 15 seconds for it to play. While not a huge inconvenience, a portable unit for car use should react quickly to minimize the time spent fiddling with it.
The DBBS (Dynamic Bass Boost System) offers impressive bass reinforcement. The high end is bright and clear, although you'll hear some hiss with quieter tracks or during music featuring a soloist.
A 45-second "electronic skip protection" feature lets you use the Memorex on road trips, bus rides, or brisk walks, though we did experience occasional skips even on relatively sedate bus rides.
Memorex includes a complete car kit, a nice convenience. But despite its quirks (and despite its bulky and awkward design), this Memorex piece can be a good way to take music along any journey, long or short--especially when used with a good set of headphones. --Zoe Knight
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Amazon.com Product Description
Find your way around an MP3 disc with the MPD8505CP's handy text search feature, which allows you to search by subject, title, or artist. For example, if you're in a romantic mood, press the file search key, then enter "L-O-V-E" for every track on your disc that fits the bill. Keep track of where you are with the MP3 playback display which shows the directory, track, and playback time.
This player features 45-second antiskip protection and a rugged sports design in silver. Memorex throws in a car kit to facilitate hookup to your car's cassette deck. An AC/DC adapter is also included. Memorex claims seven hours of playback time from two AA alkaline batteries for the CD player with skip-protection off, and six hours for MP3 play. Standard CD player features include 24-track programming, random play, track skip, repeat, a 1-bit digital-to-analog converter, and digital dynamic bass boost.
Customer Reviews:
The car kit that came with mine, though, is a little weird. At times the volume will be too soft for no reason, but mostly they all worked great.
The only things I really don't like about this unit are 1) the display LCD isn't backlit, making reading practically impossible at night, and 2) the search option is not very user friendly, and the unit doesn't seem to respond too well to it.
Over all, I give it 4 stars, for its price, and that it hadn't died on me yet.
However the skip protection was disappointing from the beginning. Walking caused several skips per song and it would sometimes skip in the car. Don't even think about doing anything more than that with this player; it'll skip like crazy and drive you crazy. The worst thing, though, was that a few months after I started listening to it frequently it broke to the point where it now skips every few seconds when it's just sitting on my desk (with both regular and mp3 CDs). This happened after I had taken it on a few plane rides, so maybe that had something to do with it, although I'm not really sure how. Whatever happened, it's too annoying to listen to now.
Despite the nifty search function, I wouldn't recommend this CD player. It's got a lot of flaws and you can probably find something much better.
If your thinking of getting a MP3/CD player, Don't get one, i would recomend that u look into minidisk players (much more reliable)
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Product Description:
Memorex is the No. 1 brand in digital media worldwide, offering a wide portfolio of solutions for storing data, photo, audio and video formats. Memorex' product portfolio includes high-quality products at competitive prices, thus reflecting the company's philosophy to provide innovative concepts on fast-growing market sectors.PRODUCT FEATURES: Built-in MP3 decoder; Plays CD/CD-R(W) discs; Text display & search feature (search by subject, title, or artist); 45-second anti-shock system for CD and .wav files; 105-second anti-shock system for MP3 files; Track Up/Down, Random, and Repeat functions; Bass Boost system; Rugged sports design; 1 Bit D/A converter; Uses 2 AA batteries (not included); AC adaptor, stereo headphones, and car kit.
Memorex MPD8505CP Personal CD/MP3 Player with 45 Seconds of Anti-Skip Protection
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Memorex MPD8505CP Personal CD/MP3 Player with 45 Seconds of Anti-Skip Protection
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EXCELLENT, but his review comes too late.........2007-05-13
Great unit with some flaws.......2004-04-26
Disappointing.......2003-11-24
Best for a Bargain!!.......2002-09-06
dissapointed.......2002-07-28