Customer Reviews

Memorex MB005 Digital Voice Recorders

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Voice Recorders allow you to capture ideas wherever you are and then do something about them instead of forgetting! I have done this for over 5 years now and this is the best machine I have seen out of many I have owned. It has the best mix of everything I would want.

Practicality: One of the few machines with intuitive controls where your thumb is! Size: Perfect for palm and pocket. Weight: Light! Small, easily available batteries too! Memory: 32 mins is ample for many, many ideas.

Features: All the things you would want and none that you wouldn't. It replaces my need for one pocketable machine and another larger one with more memory and features. Manual: Simple, short, understandable. Functionality: Excellent LCD with comprehensive information.

Cons? I don't like things that beep! It does.

Why not five stars? Hey, things can always get better!

If you are looking for a machine that will allow you to always be on the ball and never let inspiration get away, then this is the machine for you.

Still not convinced? Next time someone (attractive!) offers you their phone number, pull this out instead of the old pen (if you have one!) and paper. It's very cute and you look very savvy!

this is the first micro/digital I've purchased. Level of quality is about low to average, but the price is right. The on/off switch could be easier to engage/disengage and the other buttons require a good amount of pressure too, but depending on where you keep it, that may be a plus if you don't want it to do things accidentally.

Size/weight is perfect, mostly one hand operations. VOX works well, although the on/off resets to the (VOX) off position every time you turn the unit off. Another nice feature is the intro.scan, but you have to turn on the function and it also resets itself (to off) every time you turn the unit off. It will take about 20 minutes to learn all the functions.

It is excellent for memo taking. I bought this to avoid having post-it notes everywhere and to record notes while I'm traveling. Voice records well ifyou speak into the microphone, but it does pick up some background noise. The instructions for the voice activation were incomplete, but technical support was very helpful. It is lightweight and compact, perfect for a pocket. A great buy compared to the price of other digital recorders. Not available in most stores.

good things:its lightweight, ------ thin,---------- capable of recording many short or long messages.-------- volume control has good range of levels.-------- read-out has large numbers and handy information-------- easy to use and understand -------- external mic can be added-------- plug for device to hook up to phone and record telephone conversations.---- -------------------------------- negative things: sound quality is awful. Long messages sound worse than short ones-----

buttons are too small for big fingers, or for others who have long finger nails.------ Does not come with a case of any kind, in my opinion requires a thin, fabric, or anything type case to avoid small scratches and scuff marks that appear so easily, I got an edge scuffed just getting it out of the package!----

Truly poor sound quality, inconvenient controls and low-end materials made this a regrettable choice.

I got this just so I could make notes to myself and replay them later on and this is an ideal product. It is easy to use, small and lightweight. The only drawback is that the sound quality is not all that great, but that is a minor drawback since Im not using it for music and the quality is easily discernible. ...It was a bargain.

Truly poor sound quality, inconvenient controls and low-end materials made this a regrettable choice.

I got this product about six months ago and it still works great. The sound is average. It can hold 32 minutes of memory which is what I need. I really recomend this product.

I just wanted to use this for personal memos, so I'd have some way to keep track of things I think of while driving. I had real trouble working the controls, & the front ends of memos were consistently clipped. The voice activation feature just moves the (clipped) words forward in the memo; the dead air is still in the memo taking up memory at the end. I had so much trouble getting this thing to turn on and off when I wanted it to, and in understanding my memos when I played them back, that I gave up on it.