Lexar Media LDP-200 SD Digital Audio Player (No SD Card Included)

by Lexar

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• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007M60WI
• Item model number: MPB-231
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

Product Description

Lexar LDP-200 SD Digital Audio Player - Unlike a lot of other digital audio players with "built-in" memory, the LDP-200 supports Secure Digital (SD) memory cards. So your compact player can have an unlimited amount of storage with optional SD cards!

Lexar LDP-200 offers a convenient MP3 Player that is easy to use, versatile, portable, and practical. Download and store music on optional SD memory cards. An SD card slot is built into the LDP-200 providing virtually unlimited storage capacity - limited only by the capacity of the card inserted into the slot. Using multiple SD cards, users can create favorite music playlists, and manage entire music libraries stored on removable SD cards. For added flexibility, the LDP-200 also serves as an SD card reader, making it a handy data transfer device. The LDP-200 is powered by one AAA battery, which provides over 10 hours of battery life.

A 128MB SD card can provide about 2 hours of music; 256MB = 4 hours; 512MB = 8 hours; 1GB = 16 Hours. Actual time may vary.

So don't limit yourself to a limited amount of memory in your MP3 player. Collect as many SD cards as you want and enjoy your music where ever you go. It's a great concept. It's a great buy! Includes: earbud headphones, lanyard/necklace, & USB extension cable. Compatible with Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) for playback of downloaded songs from popular online music services Supported Formats - MP3, WMA, & WMA DRM Connects to a PC or Mac via USB 2.0 System Requirements - Windows Me, 2000, XP, Mac OS 9.0 or above, and 1 USB port Lexar USA 1-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For someone who likes cheap and easy to use!, December 10, 2005

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nychen (GA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexar Media LDP-200 SD Digital Audio Player (No SD Card Included) (Electronics)

Lexar has a great little product with the LDP-200, if you only have less than 50$ to spend and you just want a flash player that's easy to use. I like the player, it's great for travel and in the car, but do realize you get what you pay for.

For less than 50$ [~40$ usually], you get a plastic player that comes in red or blue, that plays up to at least 1GB SD cards, that plays normal/shuffles, and that is easy to use right out of the box. What you don't get is a strongly built product that uses tough material or ergonomic buttons that are easy to push, nor a product that lasts the advertised 10 hours of battery life.

The player fits in the hand well, has a nice blue-glow LCD display with basic information: song title/artist, file type, and kbps/khz. What it doesn't have is the length of time a song is, it only shows how many seconds a song has been playing. I wish it showed a timeline of how long the song is or at least, how much of the song has played on the timeline bar. An annoying factor is when the song title/artist keeps scrolling whenever it is in play, if it didn't scroll, it would probably save alot of battery. There is no way to turn off scrolling.

Also anytime you touch the player to change settings, the blue-glow LCD lights up, using more battery power. Maybe the 10 hour battery life is if you press play and don't change any settings? Ha, I doubt it. The most I can get out of a newly charged AAA battery is probably 4 hours/week. The player also tends to sometimes die/shut down power for no apparent reason. You just have to turn it back on by holding the power button for 3 seconds, and again to turn it off manually.

When traveling with the player, I have noticed that the SD card slides into the slot quite sturdy with a click and will not pop out if say, you put the player in your purse or pocket. However, if you happen to drop the player, the SD card will pop out unexpectedly, and the thin not-so-durable plastic material is likely to get scratched or damaged easily.

There is a small hole for a lanyard [included in packaging], but the hole is made with plastic and thus not at all tough - very easy to break if you tug too hard...so I don't use a lanyard at all. Also, sometimes while changing settings on the player, you will hold it in your hands a bit too tightly and accidently press the SD card slot loose.

The battery cover slides off a bit too easily and maybe get lost if you aren't careful. On the right side of the player is a small USB hole on the player which you can use to attach to your computer, works well. On the left side, is a small hold button you can slide up or down to click in place.

When changing settings with the joystick/button, you sometimes accidently can press up/left and the player cannot tell whether it is up or left direction. It is a tiny joystick so pressing does require small fingertips/manuevering.

The headphones are included in the package are decent, but best to have your own headphones/earbuds for better treble/bass. The player does allow you to adjust song order/lists/random/repeat and use a 5-part equalizer.

The user guide included in the package does not do the player justice, barely lists the functions or a how-to, but once you take the player out it is basic knowledge and common sense.

Overall it is a simple audio player at a very affordable price. Recommended if you just want to listen to music without all the unnecessary hassles of functions you'll never use.

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Player, October 14, 2005

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Jason Levine (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media LDP-200 SD Digital Audio Player (No SD Card Included) (Electronics)

I've been using this for a few days now and here are some impressions:

- Man is this thing small! No, it's not iPod Nano small, but it's pretty tiny. Actually, I think it's smaller than the Nano, just not thinner. Sure that means that the screen is smaller, but it's a trade-off that I'm willing to make. Lexar was able to pack a lot of information about the playing MP3 file into a tiny package. I can easily fit this into my jacket pocket and forget it's there.

- This sounds great. Ok, I'm not playing this through high-end speakers where the player's limitations would be apparent, and I don't have the ears of an audiophile. However, using my plain-old normal ears and listening to it through the included ear-buds or through my car stereo (via a cassette adapter), it sounds very nice. No complaints about the audio quality here.

- Storage. I'm loving the SD card aspect of this. When my wife and I go on long trips, we usually have about 4 CDs of music for my son and a case of about 30 CDs of music for us. Of that, we really only listen to maybe 10 CDs. With this player, we could have a SD card for our son and one for us. Then we just have to switch out cards and cycle through songs instead of attempting to change CDs in mid-drive.

- Price. Add in a 1GB SD card and the price is on par with other 1GB flash memory MP3 players. And it's expandable. With memory cards going on sale all the time, you are sure to be able to could pick up another card pretty inexpensively.

All in all, I really like this player and would recommend it to anyone.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Minimal mp3 player, March 13, 2006

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D. A. Escamilla (Arlington, tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media LDP-200 SD Digital Audio Player (No SD Card Included) (Electronics)

This is the first MP3 player I have ever purchased; I do not believe my expectations were too high.

Here are the pros:

1)It is small

2)It takes whatever SD card size you care to plug in

3)It plays mp3 files

Here are the cons:

1)You can not change the order of the mp3s on the player

2)If you copy several mp3s to it, they may appear in any order.

3)If you pause it, it will turn off in a short period of time

4)It has no memory of where you last were in whatever you were playing once it turns off (especially annoying if you are listening to an audio book with large chapters)

5)The battery life is not what I expected, less than 6 hours of play.