Customer Reviews

Digisette DUO-MP3 / VR-100 MP3 Player

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

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.

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.

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

i got it from my friend. it is small and its voice is beautiful . i think it is a good mp3 player. the more important is that it can be used in a cassette player. but it is more expensive than any other 32M mp3 plays and only Parallel cable be used. i hope usb interface be supported.

I purchased the Duo-MP3 to listen to audio-books. OK, I should have checked and learned that audio books don't come in MP3 format but rather a format used by Audible.com. My mistake. However, the rest of the mistakes were all due to the Duo-MP3.

Not only does the thing hog the parallel port (I don't have a USB port on my computer), it requires you to run the port in a mode (set through the computer's BIOS) which does not work with EITHER of my printers.

The switches on the Duo-MP3 are FAR too small, the battery cover is difficult to remove, and for some reason, you have to turn off the battery switch (a *tiny* little switch on the side) after you turn off the music -- otherwise the battery runs down even when the unit is not playing anything.

The carrying case is badly designed in every way. It is supposed to clip to your belt, but that is almost impossible. It is difficult to access the controls with the unit in the case.

The battery charger is a clever design, except for the fact that you must unplug it between charges. That makes NO sense. (Why not build in an off-on switch?)

This is a GREAT idea for an MP3 player, but I think this is the alpha-test model....

This is the older version of the player - it runs on a parallel port connection, which is slow, slow, slow. Also, if you're looking for an Audible.com ready device, this one won't work. You need to buy the newer USB models. Still, it's a solid player, and you can find this one for under [price] on certain auction sites, and you can't beat the ability to stick it in your tape deck.

I love this thing! I have a pickup truck whick I didnt want to upgrade the stereo in. I just pop in the mp3 into the tape deck, and I get the music I want. It is also the smallest walkman I have ever owned. It is small, light and durable. Love it.

I applaude the DUO-MP3 player. It's exactly what I've been looking for. It marries todays MP3 technology with "yesterdays" cassette player. The makers of this unit really had the consumer in mind when designing this unit. The MP3 player by itself is everything it should be but when you play it through a cassette player, WOW....what a pleasure to hear "CD" quality. My only problem now is getting it back from my friends when they listen to it.

A bit old fashioned by todays standards however it's easy to use, very convenient for use in a cassette deck and has a certain 'novelty' appeal.

Don't buy this product! It was running OK on Windows 2000,
but when I downloaded and used their Win XP software on my
new XP box, their software corrupted my Digisette's memory!
Now I can't use the Digisette at all!!!!! Some problems
are OK when moving from one OS to another, but it shouldn't
ruin the product!!!