Benq Joybee 120 MP3/WMA Player, 256 MB, Silver

by BenQ

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001J3PDY
• Item model number: DA120-256MB-SILVER
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,192 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazingly small and light, the Joybee 120 multiformat digital audio player is compatible with both MP3 and WMA formats and offers a built-in FM tuner. About the size of a matchbox, the Joybee 120 can be worn around your neck or be carried in your pocket or clipped to your belt. The 256 MB memory holds approximately 4 hours of CD quality audio, or approximately 1,000 minutes of voiced recording via the integrated microphone. The 256 MB Joybee 120 comes in silver, green, and orange.

The Joybee 120 has 7 EQ presets, a sharp, easily readable LCD screen with blue backlighting, four repeat modes (including random and A-B repeat), USB 1.1 connectivity, and compatibility with Windows XP. It also doubles as a flash memory drive, enabling you to take your most important files with you wherever you go. It has a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery with approximately 16 hours of battery life.

What's in the Box
Joybee 120 (256 MB) digital audio player, USB cable, belt clip, neck strap, and CD-ROM with Qmusic music editing software

Product Description

Smaller than a matchbox, lighter than your favorite CD, the Joybee 120 is your stylish all-in-one personal companion. With the neck strap or belt-clip, carry it everywhere you go. The Joybee 120 can not only play music in the MP3 and WMA file formats, but also functions as an FM radio. With its six-equalizer presets (normal/rock/jazz/classical/ pop/bass booster/treble booster), plus the Q-Music music editing software, let's you be your own DJ. The Joybee 120's unique segment-repeat playback mode (A-B) is just one convenient feature that makes the Joybee 120 not only fun, but also eminently practical . For example, you can repeat any portion of audio while learning a new language. The Joybee 120 also serves as a portable flash drive. Using the USB interface, you can copy important data from your PC so that it's available wherever you go. The integrated audio recorder lets you record up to 1000 minutes (for 256MB model) of sound, perfect for meetings; lectures; or audio notes. And the extra-long 16-hour battery life and convenient USB recharging option, free you from worries about running out of power while you're out on the road. The Joybee 120 provides a sharp, easily readable LCD screen with an eye-catching blue backlighting that makes it easy for you to enjoy the your digital lifestyle indoors or under the sun.

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money, September 24, 2004

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music lover (Montreal, QC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Benq Joybee 120 MP3/WMA Player, 256 MB, Silver (Electronics)

I just bought this Joybee 120 last week, and so far it's been great. I find that iPod's are still just too expensive, nor do I feel the need to carry around 30+ Gigs of music with me all the time. That's what my computer is for!! I can fit about 80 songs onto this 256MB model (high-quality mp3's, I'm sure you could fit more at a lower quality or different format). That is enough for me, it makes a nice big playlist of music that will last me at least a week before I get bored.

For me, this player had all the features I wanted: reasonably large capacity, FM radio (with preset feature), rechargeable battery inside the unit (recharges via the USB port), equalizer settings, a good backlight, and a microphone. You can also record from the radio if you like.

The interface is pretty easy to use once you get used to it... my only beef is that the Joybee turns itself off really quickly if you pause or stop play temporarily (in about 1 minute). It can get a little annoying having to turn it back on, but it's probably just a battery save feature or something. Also, the volume control is found within the menus, which is sort of annoying, but I just have the internal volume set to max all the time, and use a set of earphones that have a manual volume control on the wire - I recommend doing this, it's a lot easier and besides, the earbud phones that BenQ gives you are pretty uncomfortable anyway.

As for transferring songs onto the player, I find it's very easy... I didn't bother installing the provided BenQ software, I just connected it via USB and it popped up on WinXP as a removable drive. You can just drag and drop your songs into the MP3 folder that appears - it's really easy and fast. No problems there so far; just make sure the battery has some juice left in it before transferring, otherwise I think it might not link up properly.

Overall, it's a good product so far - plus it's REALLY small, I have it clipped onto my belt (it comes with a belt-clip carry case), and it looks like a tiny little pager. It's really good value for your money, you get a lot of features. The Lithium battery life seems pretty decent as well, and I like that you don't have to mess around with buying AAA's all the time.

Not perfect, but highly recommended.

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Device, September 11, 2005

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JunG (Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Benq Joybee 120 MP3/WMA Player, 256 MB, Silver (Electronics)

I've bought it quite a long while ago and just had a chance to write the review on this. I love this Joybee120, it's perfectly small for me to have it in the gym, the cover with belt clip is great. The sound is great as well with several EQ to choose from. The reason why I gave only 4 stars instead of 5 is due to the user-friendly buttons. It's quite complicated for you just to turn on the volume, it's not just a click away, you've got to go thru menu. But anyway, with other awesome features, this is one great MP3 player.