Memorex MPD8610-07 Personal CD/MP3 Player with Backlit LCD Screen (Ice Purple)
- Portable CD player with MP3 CD, CD-R, and CD-RW playback
- 45-second ASP (CD mode), 120-second ESP (MP3 mode)
- Packet-write and multi-session support for greater flexibility in your MP3 CD burning
- Includes blue, 4-line LCD, stereo headphones
- MP3 search by subject/title/artist, 21-track programming, random and repeat play
Product Description
Memorex is a manufacturer and distributor of brand name consumer electronics worldwide. Memorex is keeping abreast of the latest trends in consumer electronics, so that it can provide the most innovative, quality products to you.PRODUCT FEATURES: 21-track programmable memory; 45-second anti-shock system, 120-second in MP3 mode; Can play CD-R(W)s and MP3s; 4-line LCD display; Search MP3s by subject, title, or artist; Packet write or multi-session playback; Track Up/Down, Random, Repeat One/All; Electronic equalizer; 1-bit D/A converter; Stereo headphones; Uses 2 AA batteries (not included).lectronic equalizer; 1-bit D/A converter; Stereo headphones; Uses 2 AA batteries (not included).
Amazon.com Product Description
The compact Memorex MDP8610-07 not only plays MP3 files burned to CD, but also professionally recorded CDs, CD-R and CD-RW discs. A key feature to this player is the player's supportability to packet-write and multi-session discs; this provides greater flexibility in compiling custom MP3 music mixes. With the forty-five seconds of anti-skip coverage (120 seconds for MP3 files) this player makes a great companion for the commuter train, bike lane or walking track. Playback options include twenty-one track programming, as well as random and repeat (single track, all tracks). Use the extensive search mode to find music by subject, title or artist. This ability to skip, search and jump through the many MP3 music files that can fit on a single CD is a must-have for music enthusiasts. If you want to expand your use of the player, you may plug the personal CD player into a home stereo unit via an auxiliary output and a Y interconnect cable (not supplied). With the right optional components you could also hook this player into a car stereo. The anti-shock system promises to be much-appreciated if you do choose to listen to it while driving. The four-line text and numeric LCD simplifies file maintenance and offers scrolling text so you can read the full artist name and song title. To help with night time listening, the LCD screen is backlit with a blue light. The player supports MP3 bit rates of 32, 64, 96, 128, 192, and 256 Kbps, as well as variable bit-rate recordings (MP3 format ISO 9660). A hold switch prevents unintended interruptions in playback and saves batteries by negating playback when the player is stopped. Dynamic bass boost system (DBBS) heightens the impact of low frequencies. The player also contains an electronic equalizer which provides superior sound quality. The player is a sleek ice purple color and it runs on two AA batteries (not supplied.) This unit does NOT include an AC adaptor. What's in the Box
Memorex MPD8610-07 personal CD player, stereo headphones, user's manual and a ninety day warranty.
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Memorex MPD8610-07 Personal CD/MP3 Player with Backlit LCD Screen (Ice Purple)
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- Publisher: Memorex
- Label: Memorex
- Studio: Memorex
- Batteries: 2 AA batteries required
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 2 reviews
- Sales Rank in Electronics: #37437
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Trust Me On This: You'll Regret Just Getting It For The Color. 2006-11-20
Comment: I bought this MP3/CD player when my old one took a tumble down a flight of stairs and unfortunately did not survive. I wanted to buy the same model but they didn't have one that was new or in full functioning condition so I had to go with a different brand. This one attracted me right away mostly because it's color was 'ice purple'. (Purple is my favorite color, by the way. I also bought because it had a resume function (well, at least it said it did)). I eventually lived to regret my purchase.
There are four positive points to this product: It has excellent sound quality with a great little equalizer, it displays the song title, the battery life is fairly long and the skip protection is very good--I didn't have a problem of it skipping on me, though sometimes I wish it did (I'll explain below). Those are the only reasons why I'm giving it 2 stars instead of one.
Here are the cons and believe me, there are many: The most annoying thing and the reason why I chucked the CD player in the garbage (I didn't want anyone to go through what I did) is that this particular CD player will not play any CD's that are not in flawless condition. The smallest speck of dust or the tiniest of scratches will make the CD 'unreadable' to this CD player. That's right--it will NOT play the CD--period. I take very good care of my CD's, but if you take them out of the jewel case once in a while, they are going to have some wear and tear, however slight. Most CD players will still play these 'defective' CDs, usually without any skipping, and even if there is some skipping, most of the CD is still listenable. Not with this CD player. And what makes this even more irritiating is that it doesn't bother to tell you this after about five seconds like other CD players do--it 'scans' the CD for about two minutes as if it's thinking about what it should tell me that would be least likely to make me enraged, then it says 'Disc Error'. I first thought that maybe a had a few bad CD's but after about the fourteenth 'Disc Error' I realized I only had one bad CD player.
Oh, that's not all, there are many other annoying, nonfunctional features on this device also. For one, the other main reason I bought this particular CD player, was because it had a resume function. Obviously Memorex has a completely different definition of 'resume' than I do. With this CD player, there's an idle function where it stays on for a few minutes after you press stop. If you want to shut it off, you have to press the stop button twice. This CD player's definition of 'resume' is when the player is in idle mode, you can press the resume button and it will return to the last song you listened to. That is not my definition of resume AT ALL. I assumed when I bought this thing that it would go back to the last song I played after I shut it off. That's what my last CD player considered to be resume anyway, and it worked great for me. Well, this one doesn't do that. If you shut it off for real it won't remember diddly squat. I found this 'wannabe' resume more annoying than having no resume at all! Since I listen to my CDs about once a day in long sessions without stopping the player, I really have no use for the 'resume-after-five minutes' function.
One of the things that was unique to this player is that it has lettered keypads that enable you to search out a particular title. I thought that was great until I actually tried to use that feature one day. That was an exercise in futility. I typed in three letters...it came up with nothing. I typed in four letters...ABBA...it still came up with nothing despite of the fact that I had about twenty ABBA songs on the CD. I typed in a song title..."Dancing Queen". According to this CD player, there was no song called "Dancing Queen" on the CD, even though I knew for a fact there was. I thought I was doing something wrong, but I looked at the instructions and I was doing it exactly like they said. So I had a CD player that looks more like a circular telephone it had so many keys and about ninety percent of them didn't work. So, if you're interested in the search function, get uninterested fast, because it doesn't work at all.
Another big disappointment was the color. The CD player looked purple in the picture, but when I received it was more like a washed out pinkish hue rather than purple. So, not only are the folks who designed this CD player in an alternate space/time continuum, they're almost completely colorblind too.
Yet another very irritating feature is that this CD player took forever to read MP3 CD's. It was like being with one of those people you don't particularly like who also can never get to the point of their conversation--they just keep rattling on and on about their mother's underwear while you sit there and stew. First, the CD player has to say 'Welcome', then it has to scan the disc to see what kind of CD it is, then you have to press the play button again to actually play the CD, then it has to figure out what that song's title is and display it on the screen. This whole process must have taken at least thirty seconds at the very least. This doesn't seem long in theory but in the real world where you want to actually do something with your life besides get the CD player to work, it gets very frustrating very quickly. And, oh yeah, you have to press the stop button twice on this bugger to get it shut off and this thing has to think to say 'good-bye' to you before it shuts down. I don't know about you, but I have no plans to develop a intimate relationship with my CD player anytime soon--no matter how 'cool' and 'sleek' it looks. All I want for it to do is turn on, play the stupid CD, do the tricks the company claims it can do, then shut down after I'm done with it. All the social nicieties this CD player displayed really started to grate on me after a while. I felt like I was on a bad episode of 'Seinfeld' every time I used this thing.
Another small but very aggravating feature is that the cover that houses the batteries is impossible to get off. It usually took me several minutes and a butter knife to get the job done. That's not very practical when you work out and need to change the batteries in a pinch. You get very funny looks from people when they see you carrying a butter knife around while jogging. I don't know about you, but I find this worse than having the cover come open and the batteries fall out constantly. At least I can fix that problem with some tape.
All in all, I would recommend that you stay away from this CD player. I guarantee you will come to hate it very quickly. If you want your music fast and like a multi-functional CD player where the multi-functions actually work, I'd say you should look somewhere else.
6 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Nothing is better than this CD player 2003-11-02
Comment: Before you get another CD player, you better get your hands on this. This CD player doen't just play CDs, it also plays MP3s 4 u. It's awesome.
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Memorex MPD8610-07 Personal CD/MP3 Player with Backlit LCD Screen (Ice Purple)
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