Macvision MA834-2BL Black 256MB MP3 Player with FM Tuner | List Price: $59.99
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Brand: Nextar
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Black 256MB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner
- 7 Bands Mode EQ System and 5 Songs Repeat
- Dot Matrix LCD Display with blue backlight ID 3 tag
- Direct USB plug with Synchro Lyric during Playing
- 0.35lbs (LxWxH) 3.93"x 1.18"x 0.80"
Worth the price and more [Posted on 2006-01-29]
This was purchased for my 10-year-old son. It is easy to download files, easy to use and can take a lot of abuse (it gets dropped, banged around and left in places like only a 10-year-old boy can test a product). He says it's GREAT!!! Just exactly what he wanted.
A pretty good player for the money. [Posted on 2006-03-04]
I got this about a month ago to use while at the gym while excising. I wanted both the MP3 capability and FM reception since the TV's at the gym broadcast on the FM band.
The sound quality is pretty good and the FM seems to work fine. The device is easy to load. It looks exactly like a UBS drive to your computer and you just move your music files onto the drive. As a bonus it will actually serve as a drive if you need to move files too. It seems to play any of my MP3 files without a problem and any WMA files made by Windows Media Player. Getting music off a CD onto the player is a no-brainer. You put your CD in your computer and WMP practically begs you to rip the music off of it and store it on your computer. Then it is just a case of copying the directory with music onto the player while it is hooked into your UBS port. I don't know if it will play protected WMA files, however.
On the negative side: The manual is awful, but anybody with some gadget sense can probably figure out the basic functions. The mode button feels cheaply made and I'm afraid I might break after a while if not handled carefully. This could be an issue for a smaller child. The device is supposed to hang around your neck using a strap that also serves as the cord for the ear buds. I don't like ear buds, so I knew even before I ordered it that I would be buying a more comfortable set of earphone for it ($10 from Panasonic). They work fine with the unit. I put my own strap on the thing and that's okay, but it would be better if you could find a holder that would strap it to your arm, especially if you plan to do aerobics where you are really bouncing around.
I bought the 256MB version, which was only pretty cheap. This is okay for music (approximately 64 songs), but for $20 more you get double your space with the next model up. I've been listening to audio books on CD from the library (just rip them to your computer disc, then onto the macvision) and they tend to take up a lot of space.
Not a perfect player, but for the low cost - and no shipping. I'm pretty happy.
A pretty good player for the money. [Posted on 2006-03-04]
I got this about a month ago to use while at the gym while excising. I wanted both the MP3 capability and FM reception since the TV's at the gym broadcast on the FM band.
The sound quality is pretty good and the FM seems to work fine. The device is easy to load. It looks exactly like a UBS drive to your computer and you just move your music files onto the drive. As a bonus it will actually serve as a drive if you need to move files too. It seems to play any of my MP3 files without a problem and any WMA files made by Windows Media Player. Getting music off a CD onto the player is a no-brainer. You put your CD in your computer and WMP practically begs you to rip the music off of it and store it on your computer. Then it is just a case of copying the directory with music onto the player while it is hooked into your UBS port. I don't know if it will play protected WMA files, however.
On the negative side: The manual is awful, but anybody with some gadget sense can probably figure out the basic functions. The mode button feels cheaply made and I'm afraid I might break after a while if not handled carefully. This could be an issue for a smaller child. The device is supposed to hang around your neck using a strap that also serves as the cord for the ear buds. I don't like ear buds, so I knew even before I ordered it that I would be buying a more comfortable set of earphone for it ($10 from Panasonic). They work fine with the unit. I put my own strap on the thing and that's okay, but it would be better if you could find a holder that would strap it to your arm, especially if you plan to do aerobics where you are really bouncing around.
I bought the 256MB version, which was only $33. This is okay for music (approximately 64 songs), but for $20 more you get double your space with the next model up. I've been listening to audio books on CD from the library (just rip them to your computer disc, then onto the macvision) and they tend to take up a lot of space.
Not a perfect player, but for $33 - and no shipping cost. I'm pretty happy.
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