What did you expect for $50 - Bose sound quality?? =-O
You bought a cheap unit and got what you paid for.
I like my Sansa unit, but it has no speakers.
There are plenty of reasonably priced external speakers for the iPod, or
even docking stations which are portable.
Mike
Tom Piwowar wrote:
After being pounded on this List for not considering alternatives to the
iPod I foolishly succumbed and bought a player from Coby. I now
appreciate the iPod more than ever.
I wanted a player with a speaker, which Apple does not make. So I bought
a Coby MP735, which has a pair of speakers for about $50.
At full volume it is possible to listen to the speakers if you stay close
to the player and are in a perfectly quiet room. Under more normal
circumstances the speakers are useless.
When recharging the unit heats up slightly (as most of them do). The
problem is that the front panel is glued on with a glue that releases
when warm. So the top half of the front panel pops off every time. The
glue seems to be getting weaker with each recharge.
The unit has a track-pad control with 6 hot spots, a button on the side,
and an on/off/hold switch on the side. The track-pad control does
different things at different times. The hot spots and the side button do
different things depending on how long they are pressed and the current
state of the unit. With so many buttons and so many modes learning to use
the player is a complex task with many things to remember.
The buttons have a very finicky touch so it is very easy to overshoot
your goal. Selecting a patricular folder and then a particular file
usually takes several tries.
The display sometimes shows useful information and sometimes doesn't. For
example, when playing it shows the file number, like "6/20" for the 6th
file with 20 in the folder. But when you scroll through the folder this
information is absent. Having that number would be so useful with
podcasts that all have the same title.
It remembers neither the file nor the location in the file that was
playing at the time the init is shut off. If you simply put the unit on
hold the battery will drain.
The overall feel is of fragility. The front panel is popping off after
just a few days of use. The side button and switch are wobbly. It
probably will not survive a fall or even much regular use.
Grrrr!
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