Oregon Scientific MP120/BL512C 512 MB Waterproof MP3 Player with FM Tuner - Black

i am very dissapointed in this product, it seems to be a sturdy little unit and waterproof, so far, but somebody forgot to tell the manufacturer that this thing is supposed to play music. the supplied headphones are so poor that i cant hear any music or my mpg books when swimming or in the hot tub and there is no way to use your own headphones as the unit will no longer be waterproof. i listen to audio books as mpegs and there is no bookmark featrue also turn it off and it wont remember where you left off so you spend many minutes trying to find your shut off point. and remember the only way to recharge is to connect it to a usb cable on a computer. try to use the oregonscientific website, yea right, its impossible, all Glitzy music and eye candy and not helpful at all. the company is not interested in your problems with the product. the only way possible to use this product is if i can figure out how to re-solder and seal new head phones into this unit so i can actually hear...Read more

I bought the OSI 512 MB Waterproof Mp3 player about 6 mos ago. The player has been totally waterproof so far. I have taken it in pools, hot tubs, and saunas with no problem. Although I am satisfied with the waterproof capability, I am dissatisfied with many other features. First, the headphones are of very poor quality, the sound is almost tinny and the ear pieces have repetedly shocked me, which has caused me to be wary of actually using the player. Another major downfall is that you have no ability to make playlists - the music is automatically arranged alphabetically, which makes it difficult and time consuming to find specific songs. Also, the player will not save your place when it is turned off, so you can't pick up in the middle of a song, and it is useless to try to listen to audiobooks. When uploading files, the drag and drop navigation is easy, but the limited file capacity is frusterating. Just a few m43 files basically use up all of the memory space. The warranty is a joke...Read more

I definitely agree with Larry. The same things happened to me and the customer service keep saying that there is no complaint about the product. When I uploaded some songs, it said that the disk was full and after unplugged it from the computer it was completely dead. I went to the shop and they gave me another one. This one worked properly for a few times and then water leaked inside and it stopped working again. I went to the shop again and then I started having a lot of problem with the customer service. They wanted to charge me half of the price of a new one for the repair (around US$80) and it was still under warranty as I have purchased it only 2 months before that. Beside that, the sound is really, really poor and the earphones, like the rest of the unit, are not waterproof at all and they don't suit your ears. They keep falling. You cannot swim with them, unless you wear something to hold them like a swim cap. The problem with the sound is really from its earphones because...Read more