Memorex MP3-CD player for 89.88 at Target

[Pennstate]

For those of you who want to tell whether the player is a Suffix A or not without opening it. Here is the clue:



Non-suffix A doesn't have any stickers on the LCD panel. THe suffix A models has a clear sticker on the LCD with these letters printed on:

Welcome MP3
01 094 MP3



BTW I have used both versions. THe suffix A version's ESP protection is far better!!!

 

[cejay]

I bought one of these.. (not 'A' suffix) manf date is OCT 2000.
I would like to find an A suffix model, and may buy another in
jan/feb and hope they get some in ('a' suffix)
Is there anyway to tell (thru the blister packaging) if the unit
is an 'a' suffix?

My opinions of it :

Sound is great, bright and deep (with bass-boost on)
(NOTE:: When playing thru your cassette players tape adapter USE LINE-OUT jack , not headphone jack,, ITs muffled sounding thru headphone out jack.. line-out jack is much better when using the provided cassette plug adapter)


Nice to be able to play 120+ songs, and search for name of song, and have it jump there. ESP protection on mp3's is SUCKY, and one
little bump makes it mess up.. seems like it would load it into memory and then play it.. sigh

BAD COMMENT is ' NO BACKLIGHT!'.I use this at night alot, and cannot see the display (black/gray letters on greenish background) and even they are fuzzy and hard to see and scroll VERY slowly..
I really wish the button and the display were lighted so you could
see what you are trying to play.. unless the backlight is a hidden feature, and I havent read my instruction well enough, then that is a bad 'forgotten' feature..

For 89$ I prob will keep it and look for the newer model and return this for it, when those are in. I already have a diamond rio 500
and a DMP-100 mp3 player, and those take almost longer than I can
burn a full mp3 (120 song) cd (4 mins with a 12x burner)..
And being able to reuse a cdrw for songs you really dont want to keep
(say a holiday collection) is nice.. I can re-use it later for something else.. and still have portable music!

this may have been posted.. but good reviews are here for portable cd-type mp3 players..

mp3 cdplayer reviews

 

[TheBends]

My 2 cents......

Im not very picky with new items. My only concern is that the item does what it was set out to do.

I bought this unit to use mainly as a car CD player. There is one MAJOR reason why I am going to take it back that I have not heard anyone complain about! Everytime you turn the unit off it doesn't remember where you left off! I have had previous CD players that you could set an option to resume where you previously turned the player off. This is a HUGE problem with the mp3 player. Lets say you are on song 80 and then you stop to get some milk at the store. You turn the car off. Run into the store and grab some milk. Come back out and turn the car back on. Now you have to rifle through the directory on the CD-Player or fast forward through 80 songs to get back to where you left off! It's a pain in the ass.

Also, it just doesn't seem practical for mp3 players to be in cars. It's too difficult to navigate through the folder system with all those buttons while driving a car. They need to come up with some type if simple user interface. I can just hear the media now with their top stories being accidents due to car mp3 players.

I am going to purchase an in dash regular CD-player. With media being SOOO cheap it just seems more practical burning songs in wav format and playing on a regular player.

LAter

 

[DMage]

Am I the only person that has a hissing problem with this unit (non suffix a). Whenever I put a mp3 or regular cd in and press play, before the music starts you can hear a hissing sound no matter what the volume is set at. The music masks the hissing most of the time but whenever its quiet, the hissing is back again. This occurs if DBBS is on or off, and only happens with the headphone jack. Line out sounds clear. Anyone else?

-DMage

 

[TurtleMan]

Umm i just went to B&M Target and pick on of those up. It is marked as 99.99 dollar
and not 89.99 .. weird ... I picked them up in Target GreatLand in S. CA
so far everything is good : )

 

[cejay]

89$ was a SALE price from last week.. 99.99 now.. sigh

 

[T2T III]

The Classic player and the Memorex player appear quite similar. The readout panel appears to be the same and so does the bottom of the device - labels, battery compartment, etc. This appears to be more than a coincedence. It looks like one OEM could be making the players for both companies -- and just changing the lids on the players along with the packaging.