Customer Reviews

Coby USB-Stick MP3 Player 1 GB MP200-1G (Black)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

It is great-- small, fuctional-- but you have to listen to the order of the music the way it is placed on the MP3 player

I bought mine at around seven dollars. True, as others have said there are some problems with it, such as having to listen to music in the order you place them.

But at such a reasonable price why not? I look for practicality, like many I do not have money that I can toss around so to me, this is a very reasonable buy. I've had it for over a year now with no problems, and recently gave it to my mother who enjoys it equally as much.

Very good product for price, very durable and very reliable. One small issue sometimes stops playing and you have to remove battery to reset. Annoying sometimes depending on what you are doing to stop to remove battery, but overall a fairly good product especially for the price.

this product is great because its so cheap, I use it as my personal external flash drive and i have enough music to last me to many hours at the same time

I bought this for my 7 year old's Birthday gift, I figured if he breaks it we weren't out much. It works great, no problems loading or removing songs. He's stoked with it, I would recommend it for a kid. I wouldn't be happy with it myself, but it's great for a 7 year old.

Sure, the price is great. If you don't have to have a screen, this is good too. But there is one major downside for me: there is no shuffle feature. I have upwards of 500 songs, and I can't stand to go through all the songs I went through last time to get to something I haven't listened to in a few days. The lag time between songs was also annoying, though not as annoying as the lack of a shuffle.

It also takes forever to sync with Windows Media Player, though that may just be Windows.

I think that the next MP3 I get will be a sandisk, one of which I already have and love. I've had it for almost three years, and I've just now started to have minor problems.

It turns on, but doesn't get recognized by any computers I try. I've worked with several other Mp3 players for other people and this is the worst ever. Don't expect tech support, because I tried during their open hours and just got a recording.

I bought this as a temporary MP3 player until I got a replacement for my 80 GB Zune. For $15 this is an okay product. The battery life is great (it takes a single AAA) and it satisfactorily plays music. The latter is what my lenient rating is based on, since you can't expect much else from a $15 player. Although it plays music satisfactorily, it's definitely not a player I would want to use for a prolonged period of time. So, here are the cons:

*As other reviewers have pointed out, the music plays in the order in which you put in the music (using the drag and drop method). There is no way to rearrange the songs, even with the player's software.

*The buttons are annoying to use. (For example, if you wanted to fastforward through a song, you'd have to press the button down hard enough - otherwise the button will be released and you will simply skip to the next song).

*The buttons do not always do what they should. Sometimes the volume buttons pause the player and sometimes they cause the player to skip to the next song.

*The player sometimes cuts off randomly. The problem is fixed when you reset the player.

*The sound is not very full and could be louder, but it is decent.

*The earphones that come with it are terrible. They are much too big to fit in my (and probably most people's) ears and the sound that comes out of them is very tinny. (Granted, I didn't expect much from them anyway given the price).

If you are looking for something VERY simple, just need something to workout with, or don't want to travel/commute with your more expensive player, this would be a great player for you. Otherwise, you might want to invest a little more money into a more functional and reliable player.

The reason I gave this product a 1 star was because I emailed Coby for the products software, because it had none, and I am still waiting for them to respond. It's been about 3 weeks now. The thing that really angers me is that the trouble shooting section of the instruction booklet state that the website has the firmwares but it doesn't.

Worked great for 3 months and then suddenly stopped playing music. I still use it as a flash drive but it no longer plays music at all! I looked after it and it was never dropped or had anything spilt onto it. The money you spend on buying 5 of these you may as well spend on another player and have it last longer.