| Brand Name: | Digisette |
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- Use as a portable MP3 player, or insert into virtually any standard audiocassette player
- 32 MB of internal memory, expandable to 96 MB using MultiMediaCards
- Up to 6 hours of use with rechargeable battery
- Includes RealJukebox software
- For use with Windows 95/98 or later systems with 18-pin parallel port
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Product Description
Amazon.com Review
Digisette's Duo-MP3 portable MP3 player, designed also to be usable with conventional cassette players, comes close to being an excellent digital convergence product, but its limited memory capacity and high price really hurt its overall value.
Although the MP3-Duo is shaped like a standard audiocassette tape, that doesn't mean it looks bad. The sleek bare aluminum housing with black accents is attractive and adds a measure of ruggedness to the device that plastic can't match. A compartment for the included rechargeable battery is on top, along with a small power switch. There's a headphone jack on the side for listening to the Duo-MP3 without a cassette player, plus a narrow port for the interface cable that links the device to your PC via the parallel port. An included CD-ROM contains software that let us easily send MP3 files from our computer to the Duo-MP3. A typical MP3 file is about 3 to 4 MB, and it took an average of 50 seconds for the parallel port interface to transmit that much data to the unit.
The controls located on the face of the Duo-MP3 are very disappointing. Two buttons are used to raise and lower the volume, another button is used to stop tracks, and a fourth button is used to play tracks. The play button can also be pressed while you are listening to a song to select one of four preset equalizer settings, although two of the presets made all of the music we listened to sound muddy. Selecting tracks requires the use of two hands, as they require holding down one of the volume buttons and pressing play. It's an annoying setup, and there is no LCD display on the front of the device to let you know which track is playing--an unforgivable omission on a portable MP3 player.
Fortunately the sound quality is good--as long as you are listening with a better set of headphones than the tinny-sounding earbuds Digisette supplies. Listening to high-quality MP3s in our car via the cassette player sounded virtually indistinguishable from listening to the same tracks on CD, although there was some hiss that is unavoidable where tape heads are involved. It is very easy to use the MP3-Duo in a cassette tape player. We just turned it on, popped it into our tape deck, and accessed tracks by pressing fast-forward and rewind on the cassette player. The included rechargeable battery pack will keep the unit powered for up to six hours.
Considering the high price of this player one would expect to get a lot of memory, but sadly this isn't the case. The built-in 32 MB holds little more than a half hour of audio, and upgrading (via a 32 MB or 64 MB MultiMediaCard) is expensive. For the money it is possible to get a much more full-featured portable MP3 player with an LCD display, extra memory, better controls, and a car kit with a cassette player adapter. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Works in any cassette player
- Small design
- Good sound quality--especially if you use better headphones or a good cassette player
- Paltry amount of memory, and upgrading is expensive
- Limited controls
- Slow file-transfer interface
Amazon.com Product Description
The Digisette DUO-MP3 gives you the best of both worlds when it comes to enjoying digital audio. You can use it as a stand-alone portable MP3 player with its included earphones. And with its digital-to-analog converter and magnetic tape emulator interface, you can also insert it into your car stereo, portable boombox, or home cassette deck. Its solid-state electronics provide for a skip-free audio experience, while the slim, lightweight aluminum case provides the utmost in portability.
The DUO-MP3 comes with RealJukebox, enabling you to easily convert your CDs into MP3 files. It automatically fills in album title, song title, artist, and genre information into the MP3 file.
The DUO-MP3 comes with 32 MB of memory, expandable to 96 MB using MultiMediaCard flash memory. The rechargeable NiMH battery allows uninterrupted use for up to 6 hours. It comes with a 1.2-volt rechargeable NiMH battery, a battery charger, earphones, a parallel 18-pin PC-compatible computer cable, and a CD-ROM with RealJukebox software.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
MP3 files in my car - Great! MP3 files as a walkman - OK,
By Cynthia Pury (Simpsonville, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digisette DUO-MP3 / VR-100 MP3 Player (Electronics)
Although I've rated this player as a 5-star item, your experience with it will depend on your intended use. I use it primarily as a means to play MP3 files in my car and I love it. The sound is quite good, and you can skip to the next song or repeat the previous song through the buttons on your tape deck. Brilliant!Less than brilliant, however, are the controls to use the Duo MP3 as a stand-alone player. If you primarily intend to use this item to listen to music while you jog, walk to work or class, or do other activities, there are probably better models. You're walking along thinking "Wow, that was a great track! I want to hear it again now!" or "Ugh, why did I put THAT song on? I'll just skip to the next file." Well, you had better hope that you have both hands free 'cuz it takes two hands to repeat or skip a track - one to hold down the up or down volume button and one to hit the play button. What were they thinking? Hopefully, the manufacturer will allow one-handed repeats and skips on their next model.
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not buy a Digisette DUO-MP3!,
By BRUCE WEIRMAN (Avondale, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Digisette DUO-MP3 / VR-100 MP3 Player (Electronics)
It does not work with Windows 2000! Works ONLY with Windows 98 and some versions of Windows 95. It uses up the printer port, not a USB port as it should since a USB port is easily expandable. Also, Digisette has apparantly shipped out faulty software which does not even run. I'm still waiting for mine.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Go buy the NEW one with more memory and easier use,
By Richard (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Digisette DUO-MP3 / VR-100 MP3 Player (Electronics)
Yeah, check digisette.com there are two new models of this which are sooooo much better...one is the Duo-Aria which is what i've got. It is 32mb upgradable to 96mb but the difference is that this one is USB not parrelel like the one reviewed on this site. Also, its MUCH easier to change tracks, you can get a remote control for it, it comes free with a mains charger, car charger and these also work as adapters. The newest is the Duo-Aria64 which has 64mb up to 126mb which is WAAAY cooler...this is the way forward
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