Philips GoGear Vibe 4 GB MP3 Video Player with 1.5-Inch Color Screen (Black)

With a large outdoor project looming on the horizon I decided to purchase an MP3 Player to listen to my tunes as I work. After a lengthy review process both locally and online I finally decided to purchase the GoGear Vibe 4Gig player.

Overall I am very happy with my purchase. It plays my music very well. I even hooked it up to my full over ear headphones and some external speakers and it did quite well. I really enjoyed the equalizer feature as this did an excellent job of improving the music that I like to listen to. There are multiple presets based on Music Genres plus there is a custom setting as well. I advise you to try all the presets as I found the Rap setting improved my tunes the most, though that isn't the music I listen to. The controls are well laid out though the front panel toggle can be a bit twitchy causing mistaken key presses.

The device synch's very easily with your PC and I use the standard windows explorer to edit the files that are on...Read more

Called Philips twice and confirmed the rechargeable battery can not be replaced. When the battery fails the unit should be recycled. Philips customer service said perhaps the battery will last several years, but also admitted some fail within the first year, and there is only a 90 day warranty. Here's the statement on the Philips website that mislead me into believing the battery could be replaced, "Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings." According to Philips customer service the batteries can be replaced by recycling the battery, and then purchasing another GoGear Vibe.

First off, this is a good audio player. The sound is crisp and clear, good for a reasonably cheap player. However, I would buy new earphones as the ones it comes with are a bit on the cheap side. It has some good features, although it would be nice if, like the Zen Mosaic it had a feature where you could save your place in an audiobook, its a bit annoying having to constantly fast forward to reach the place you were at. The video function...well I can't even get videos onto my player. The converter sftware doesn't convert videos no matter what format they originally were, and I can't imagine the screen is big enough to prevent headaches when watching something.
All in all, a good player but don't buy this if you want a video player.