HDD082 Philips 2GB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner

Oh boy...where to start. I received this little 2GB wonder and was immediately impressed with the look and feel of this little gadget. Already owning a Creative Zen M, 30GB, I thought this would be a nice player for my son. After reading the directions, I fully charged the battery and prepared to download songs for my son.

The connection to the computer was easy and the GoGear player was found immediately. I proceeded to download songs. After about a gigabyte worth of songs made their way down to the device, my son eagerly stated that was enough (okay, he's 8 years old). I disconnected the player and it seemed to go through an initialization.

I showed him how to use the player, which buttons do what. I played the first song and...it locked up. I looked at the troubleshooting guide and followed the reset procedure. I turned the GoGear back on and it played my first selection. I navigated around the song list, demonstrating to my son how to find the song,...Read more

After downloading songs, listening to the device for a few minutes, and shutting it off, the device has not worked for me since. I have tried everything and it just won't work. I have reset it and it still will not work. I am very disappointed. This was a Christmas gift to me. I have wanted an MP3 for so long and my husband scrounged up some money to buy this for me and I can't even use it. Do not buy this garbage.

I bought this 2GB Philips MP3 player about 3 years ago on Black Friday because Wal-Mart had it sale priced for about $99.00, usually $130. Comparably at the time, I felt this was a worth while purchase because the competition 2G Apple Ipod Nano was selling for $199.99 and did not have an FM tuner or recording function as this unit has. I think the Nanos had the color screen at this time and you could also store pictures, but for the 100 bux difference, I was willing to sacrifice that.

Fast forward to today - I still have this unit and I use it fairly frequently. I realized the moment I bought it that there were NO accessories for it at all. All I could find was an overpriced case on the Philips website for $30 dollars and nothing else. Same thing to this day, I am stuck using some old Ipod cover that doesn't fit it right. It did at least come with a silicone cover and neck strap. This unit still uses a hard drive unlike the new MP3 players out now, so on start up it...Read more