Lexar JumpGear MPC1GB-231 MP3 Player with 1 GB JumpDrive Sport

by Lexar

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00076QBP0
• Item model number: MPC1GB-231
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,657 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The fun and functional accessory for your JumpDrive Sport. JumpGear MP3 is a full-featured digital music player that lets you play music stored on your JumpDrive Sport, and create personal playlists on one or multiple JumpDrives for added flexibility. And of course you can still use your JumpDrive Sport to store and carry business documents, school work, photographs, or other information, in addition to your favorite music.

JumpGear MP3 supports MP3 and WMA music formats, and includes customizable user settings for equalizer and backlight. Available in few configurations: One including a JumpDrive Sport, and the other as a stand-alone accessory for JumpDrive Sport.

Features:

• Play, Pause, Volume, Fast Forward, Rewind, Lock switch
• Menu settings for File navigation, Equalizer, Song Repeat, Bookmark, Backlight, and Contrast
• Backlit 3-line LCD with track number, play time, volume settings
• Customizable Equalizer with user settings for Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Classical
• Support for MP3, WMA, and DRM encrypted WMA formats
• Ships with Headphones and batteries

System requirements:

• Windows Me/2000/XP
• Mac OS 9 or above One available USB port

What's in the Box
MP3 player, 1 JumpDrive Sport flash memory, headphones, batteries, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Product Description

Together, the JumpGear MP3 and the JumpDrive Sport offer the best of both worlds: digital music and storage. It has up to 1GB capacity.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good unit... few quirks, June 20, 2005

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Q. Cook - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar JumpGear MPC1GB-231 MP3 Player with 1 GB JumpDrive Sport (Electronics)

First the good...

This is a great sounding unit (after you buy some better headphones) that is easy to load. It gets a little weird with the extra folders Mac OSX will add, but overall if you use a pc, you won't see it.

The display will trunicate file names and not give you the id3 tag while browsing, but if you just hit play that's not a problem.

My unit had a little problem with the headphone jack, so I returned it. They fixed it post haste and the new unit is perfect. Their customer support is great.

Back to the sound... I use this mostly for audiobooks. The volume level may need to bumped up if you are in a noisy envionment. I used MP3 Gain and they'll fix it right up.

There are 2 major complaints...
First... you have to buy the "pouch" case. Be careful, tho. This case is the reason my first unit went belly up. The Sony headphones I use have a connector at a 90° angle and the sides of the case "impinged" this jack. I would assume that this harmed the solder joints on the headphone jack. Here's what I did to fix it. Using 2 tie-wraps I was able to fold down the front side of the pouch. I also use the rubber cap under the unit so it will elevate the headphone jack beyond the side of the pouch.

This is the BIG one. This is the reason I gave only 4 stars.

When pausing, the unit will go off after a pre-determined amount of time. This is expected... I understand completely. When I turn the unit back on I have to make my way back to my track and fast forward to the appropriate time. This will stink big time if you are 45 minutes into a 60 minute track (remember... audiobooks). It would be nice if the unit would pick back up at the spot of the pause and continue without any interaction. If this can be changed in a future version, I will ammend my review and give it 5 stars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars broke twice, and no way of pausing..., February 13, 2006

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Helen Nguyen (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar JumpGear MPC1GB-231 MP3 Player with 1 GB JumpDrive Sport (Electronics)

I purchased this device and I find the sound quality to be awesome. Its also pretty easy to function, but when you pause it, it shuts off soon after. This makes it annoying because you have to keep hearing the first couple of songs over and over again. You can fast forward to other songs, but who wants to keep doing that time and time again?
What's also annoying is the fact that when you set the songs to repeat, it only repeats the songs in the beginning. So really, you never ever get to listen to the songs after #30. Forget having 300 songs in your 1 gb USB, because you'll never get to them!
Mind you, this is only the minor factor.
The major flaw in this device is their construction of the headphone jack. My first one had just popped in and wouldn't come back out. And the fact that this plastic device is glued together, makes it impossible to fix. I did get a replacement from amazon however. Now the second one that I have now, I'm having trouble listening through my headphones (its not the headphones themselves I've tested them through speakers). The sound gets really jaggedy and I have to press on the headphone jack hard to get it to sound right if I'm lucky.
I'm not even aiming for a replacement anymore, I'm ready to get a different device.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Construction, January 9, 2006

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Justin Bardwell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar JumpGear MPC1GB-231 MP3 Player with 1 GB JumpDrive Sport (Electronics)

The headphone jack is soldered directly to the circuit board. This causes any force applied to the head phone jack to break off the joints causing the head phones to die one side at a time. A good concept but poor execution. Don't put it in your pocket. Also the front screw has been glued in place to make repair very difficult.