Coby MP-C896 MP3 Player with 2 GB Flash Memory, FM Radio & USB Drive

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.1 x 0.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PL60YE
• Item model number: MP-C896
• Batteries: 1 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 1, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand but loaded with features, the Coby MP-C896 MP3 player lets you listen to your favorite tunes on the bus, at the park, and just about anywhere else. The device measures a mere 3.58 by 1.1 by 0.75 inches (W x H x D), with a removable end cap that reveals a direct USB plug for connecting to a computer (no cable required). More significantly, the MP-C896 offers 2 GB of integrated flash memory, so you can store roughly 32 hours of MP3 music or 64 hours of WMA music--more than enough for a marathon training run or a cross-country flight. And for those occasions when you need to transport data rather than music, the MP- C896 can handle that, too, with the ability to store JPEG photos, text documents, and more. The mobile storage function is ideal for transporting business documents across the country or serving as an overflow backup for your digital camera's memory card.

It's easy to navigate through the audio player's contents thanks to the high-contrast LCD display, which displays the song title and artist information. And as with the best MP3 players, the MP-C896 offers a number of handy extras, such as easy-to-use thumb navigation, a built-in digital FM tuner with a recording option, support for Windows Media DRM-10 online subscription services, an integrated microphone for digital voice recording, ID3 and LRC support for song and synchronized lyric information display, and a high-speed USB 2.0 interface (up to 40x faster than USB 1.0). The MP-C896, which runs on a single AAA battery (included), works with Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, and XP and Mac OS X operating systems and carries a 90-day warranty.

What's in the Box
MP-C896 MP3 player, professional stereo earphones, USB extension cable, installation CD, AAA battery, user's manual.

Product Description
USB Stick MP3 Player with 2 GB Flash Memory, High Contrast LCD Display with Backlight, and Integrated FM Radio and Recorder

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice player for the right price, August 12, 2007

By	Shoeless (Snellville, GA USA) - See all my reviews

Player works fairly well. One of the buttons on the player was acting flaky when we first started using it. But it seems to be working itself out. Player can be slow to respond to button presses. I had to reset the player once when it locked up. I just pulled the battery out and put it back in. It started back up just fine. I got this player for $42 when it was being sold directly by Amazon, I wouldn't pay much more than that for it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good mp3 player for the price, useless as voice recorder, February 20, 2008

By	Z. Ragsdale "Bill Zunderman" (Dayton, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

0/5 stars as a voice recorder
4/5 stars as an mp3 player

Warning, do not buy this if you are planning on using it as a voice recorder. It simply does not have the function despite what the ad/specs say.

I bought this mainly to use as a voice recorder, and planned on rarely using it to play mp3s. Let me make this perfectly clear: there is NO voice recording function on this player, despite what the ad says. Page 16 of the instructions indicate that there is a "Record" function accessible from the main menu between "FM Tuner" and "Settings". However, the function simply does not exist at all, and the menu skips directly from "FM Tuner" and "Settings". It also says that you can hold the record button down from the playback screen, but that does not access the Record function either. But surely there's a firmware update, right? Wrong. The only software/firmware on the Coby site is a Windows 98me driver. The instruction manual squarely lies, and so does the specs, there is no voice recording function accessible on this player.

As an mp3 player? Go for it! If you don't need the voice recorder function, and that's what you want cheap, small, lightweight, and 2GB, this will do just fine.

Also, there is a plastic piece that surrounds the headphone jack that makes it difficult to plug in certain headphones (2 out of 2 that I owned before). You can snap the needless plastic piece off if you don't mind it looking a little ugly, but that is a poor design.

Update: Get the Coby MP-C895 instead (link below). It actually does contain a voice recorder function, and its headphone plug accepts any headphone. Other than that it is the same.

Coby MP-C895 MP3 Player with 2 GB flash Memory, FM Radio & USB Drive

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Draining, December 13, 2007

By	Blossomer - See all my reviews

This MP3 player has a lot of things going for it, but the time I get out of batteries is ridiculous. I literally go through 1 battery every 2 days.