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on 3/21/2000 09:09 AM, Leon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Hi there,
>
> I think it really depends on what kind of environment your MD player is in.
> It seems that MD players will hardly ever skip if you don't let them bounce
> around. Use one of those bags that wrap around your waist, hold it in your
> hand (that's where hand straps come in handy), and so on.
>
> Some of my pants (not cargo) have pockets that are about the size of six MDs
> lined up in three rows. If I walk with a MD player in one of these pockets,
> every single unit skips, there are no exceptions.
>
> Newer models seem to recover faster from skips, too. On my Panasonic MJ75,
> the sound usually doesn't break up when it skips. It's only as if the
> player's "missed a beat". My Kenwood K5, even with its 40-second buffer,
> doesn't skip less than the MJ75. A friend's JVC XM-PJ1 goes into a downward
> spiral once it skips - doesn't recover even when I stopped walking.
>
> hope this helps,
>
> Leon
>
>
>>> Okay... I'm very concerned with it... I like mp3 players because they
>>> odn't skip and wha tboaut these.. The faq said MD players rarely
>>> skip.. Is it true then?? What about batteries and how long they
>>> last..?? I jog and jump and do alot of action...
>
Well, let's see I have an EP-11 (I think that's the model #...),which I got
from one of those Sony mdbundles. Anyway, I have yet to experience a single
skip. I've even _tried_ to skip it, but to no avail. I've also dropped my
player, and had it not skip. Seems pretty durable to me. Maybe this is
because I only have a portie player..
those two cents.
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