SmartDisk Rover 128 MB MP3 Player & USB Flash DriveBrand: SmartDisk
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Good value [Posted on 2003-08-19]
This unit is great! It is extremely easy to use, and delivers exactly what was promised and expected. As others have said, the single control for play/pause, next/previous track, and volume is a little strange, but okay. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is due to the combined control and lack of FF/REW. Sure, a display would be great, but I'm sure it would cost more, be bigger, and eat batteries. The ultimate feature is that it can be used as a USB drive as well. No cables, no drivers, no nothing -- it worked like magic for me on 2000 and XP (and it supports other OSes too). I guess it doesn't support WMA (I haven't tried, but it's not mentioned anywhere), but that's okay too since most music is in the MP3 format and there are also programs to convert WMAs to MP3s. I've tried several different bitrates and it's handled every one of them; it can even play MP3s that my PocketPC won't play. The construction seems fine. It's plastic, but light. I thought the headphones sounded fine. I'm confident that I made the right choice buying this unit.
Great sound but hard to control [Posted on 2003-08-26]
I really like the rover - but the design is a bit too simple. You can not see the song that it is playing. You can not place your songs in a desired order. It is hard to control.
Great product!! [Posted on 2003-09-14]
The product is extremely small and the incorporated belt clip makes it great for jogging or other sport activities. The operation of the dial is simple and easy to get used to.
The best thing is the interface. I connected it through Windows XP and I can transfer music just by dragging and dropping. I also own a Rio S35S and I prefer much more using the Rover interface instead of the awful Rio "music manager". Battery life is decent at aroud 16 hours, since there is no display to drain power.
Nice idea, less than stellar implementation [Posted on 2003-10-13]
My unit's sound quality was terrible. No bass, just sounded like an old transistor radio. Also, where you plug in the headphone did not make a solid connection. Don't know if it was just my unit but it's going back.
beware of all Smartdisk products!!! [Posted on 2004-02-09]
hi i had the 64MB version of the Rover....
it was good, had a good price, but now, its TERRIBLE...
i dropped it at waist-height, it wasnt the type of thing you'd expect to do anything to it...but it just stopped playing MP3s....i contacted tech support...and they said that it wasnt covered in the warranty...
it acts as though it has no mp3s on it...displaying the red light... and Smartdisk won't even repair it for a fee or of no charge...
I've had that thing for less than 5 months- it should last a LOT longer than that...
there was also nothing in the warranty about physical damage of any kind... if you do get this product, also note the terrible way of switching songs, or raising the volume
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