Classic Portable CD Player with MP3 Capability (CM341)

by Classic

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005U233
• Item model number: CM341
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,696 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 21, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Classic CM341 plays audio CDs, including CD-R/RW, plus MP3 files. With the electronic anti-skip system, you'll enjoy forty-five seconds of skip-free music (twenty-five seconds for MP3 play.) With the sixty-four track programmable memory, you can easily create a unique playlist for different moods. The player runs on two AA batteries and a low battery light will highlight the need for new batteries. The line out jack allows you to connect the player to other audio or computer components. Other features include random play, bass boost, skip, search and repeat. The sleek design allows you to carry this player while walking, running or while commuting on the bus.

What's in the Box
CD/MP3 player, stereo headphones and user's manual.

Product Description

Classic introduces an inexpensive personal MP3/CD player with 45 seconds of anti-shock for CD and 25 seconds for MP3 format. This unit can play it all: CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3. It has a 64-track/file programmable memory. It operates on 2 M-^SAAM-^T batteries and the low battery light will let you know when you are running out of power.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well with few problems, January 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Classic Portable CD Player with MP3 Capability (CM341) (Electronics)

I got this product about a year ago at the day after Thanksgiving day special. I have used it well and I belive it to be worthwhile. The main cons to the deivice I found was that after 9 months the random button (for all albums) for MP3 [quit].The player works well for MP3s on CD-Rs but not CD-RWs. That and the random button with occasional glitches on the forward button have me looking for a new player. The player works great for students who ride busses and are board easy. It was cost effective for a poor student and it work for me. I haven't used with anything but rechargable batteries and they work well. I haven't had the batteries [quit] on me while using them yet.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well for the price, August 30, 2003

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Tim Cupery (Tar Heel country) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Portable CD Player with MP3 Capability (CM341) (Electronics)

Note first that this is the only mp3 player I've ever owned (though I have used hard-drive-based players from Archos and Creative for recording sociological research interviews, and have played mp3 songs on them). Anyway, I was given this Classic player a year and a half ago by a homeless guy I knew when I lived in Cleveland. He found it somewhere, and it was missing the battery cover. But I've used it since then, and it has continued to work despite having no battery cover and being dropped a number of times on granite while on backpacking trips. I'm comfortable navigating with it. No LCD display, so you've got to remember the order of albums (in folders) on the mp3 disc, but that's not too much of an issue. The sound isn't perhaps the best, but it's your basic 1-bit digital to analog, with a little noise shaping. I'm enough of an audiophile to be buying a new player now, but I've been pleased with this one. And it's still going... I'm giving it to my brother.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great unit, June 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Classic Portable CD Player with MP3 Capability (CM341) (Electronics)

I used this thing for several months and I loved it, now I've got a until with backscreen light.
This thing plays everything, even CD-RW; an advice tho', when using a CD-RW don't burn the songs directy, use a software like Nero or Real Player. Also, try to reburn all your mp3's in the CD-RW from time to time or even format the CD. Otherwise the unit may not recognize all the new tracks; that also happens with more expensive units. I find it a very reliable CD/MP3 player; however, the sound is not perfect. There is a constant buzz that is even more annoying when a song is paused. But for [money amount], I do recommend it. I got it for almost two years now, and it still works.