Classic Portable MP3 Jukebox with 10GB Memory (CHD500)

by Classic

Product Details

• Item Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007GRLI
• Item model number: CHD500
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,650 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2002

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Junk Junk Junk Junk Junk, July 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Classic Portable MP3 Jukebox with 10GB Memory (CHD500) (Electronics)

A friend had the misfortune of buying this hunk of junk. She bragged to me about how much money she saved over buying an iPod. She finally gave it to Goodwill and spent the money for an iPod. She wasted 100 bucks.

So what was wrong?

First, she never could understand the cryptic menu system. Second the case was horribly made, it cracked in 3 places with fairly delicate handling.

Battery problems and other random button problems did not help.

If you are reading this review obviously you want advice, so here is mine....

Consider this review a coupon for 100 bucks off an iPod. You will just throw this thing away and buy a real product later so save the 100 bucks to begin with.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Low Price Even Lower Quality, September 2, 2004

By 

Wesley C. Tran - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Portable MP3 Jukebox with 10GB Memory (CHD500) (Electronics)

-Wow 10GB for around $100
$100 well wasted.
-9hrs battery life
Goodluck with getting 45-60mins of playing time,
not including the mysterious shutdowns during play.
-Uploading new musics
While transfer is rated @ 1.1 Usb. Be ready with a new batch of coffee, for the complete index has to be updated on the player itself with every new file input.
-Quality of craftsmanship
Let just say things start to fall apart in less than a week. Exterior fixtures start to come apart. Interior sounded to have loose parts.
***NOT WORTH THE MONEY/TIME.
***NOT WORTH THE MONEY/TIME.
***NOT WORTH THE MONEY/TIME.
***NOT WORTH THE MONEY/TIME.
***NOT WORTH THE MONEY/TIME.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get what you pay for, April 15, 2004

By 

Arvind Swaminathan (Clemson, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Portable MP3 Jukebox with 10GB Memory (CHD500) (Electronics)

Let me start with the good things about the CHD500:

1) Price!! (beats the crap out of other HD drive based products)
2) Great for backing up stuff from u'r stuff and laptop with its large memory
3) Sound is good (when it does play) and the line out feature is cool

Now the bad things:

1) It freezes often
2) Baterry life sucks. I can barely get 1 hour after charging for 10 hours. (This might be a problem with just my player because I have read some good comments about the battery)
3) Navigation is way too complicated. Cannot create playlists on the go, cannot play songs at random, cannot browse for other songs when a song is playing
4) Takes a long time to load a new song

Bottom line: If I could turn back time, I will pay the extra $100 and go for an Ipod.

Also I've heard good things about the CHD1000.