Memorex MP3124 CD/MP3/Cassette Boombox

by Memorex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 9.5 x 7 inches ; 9.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NTIN
• Item model number: OUTLET-MP3124
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,811 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Take your favorite music anywhere with the Memorex's MP3124 CD boombox. It boasts a top-loading CD player with built-in MP3 decoding for countless hours of digital audio enjoyment.

This compact unit includes a four-way dynamic speaker system and integrated carrying handle, while the CD player offers programmable play modes, repeat, and track skip. Other components include a digital AM/FM stereo tuner and cassette deck. Does not include a headphone jack or other auxiliary output.

This player requires six D-cell batteries or use of the supplied AC power cord.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Memorex MP3124 Boombox experience not the best, October 9, 2002

By 

Ken Crane (Chicago Suburbs) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorex MP3124 CD/MP3/Cassette Boombox (Electronics)

I have a library of 35 MP3 discs. 20 worked fine right off the bat. Got 8 more to work after burning over 60 CDs trying to figure out what was wrong.

Memorex support is NON-EXISTENT. Sent detailed email to their support group and never heard back.

Still can't get 7 mp3 CDs to work....ready to give up guessing.
These 7 work fine on portable mp3 player and DVD/mp3 and computer.

The ones that work come up in about 12 seconds ready to play.
Works with 128, 160, 256 kbs

Problems:

- Will not read CD...spins forever until you stop it
- 60 to 120 seconds before ready to play
- Lists wrong number of folders
- List total files greater than actual files, repeats earlier songs 1 or more times later in playback list.

Some fixes were:
- only 23 or less files per folder (fixes total file read problem)
- possible limit on number of folders
- Can't handle long file names (unsure of actual limit)

Any suggestions please email me at: [e-mail]

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice looking boom box - but short on performance., December 6, 2001

By 

H. Majcher "heniek67" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MP3124 CD/MP3/Cassette Boombox (Electronics)

I purchased this unit mainly for its ability to play MP3 CD's. I was not expecting great sound from it but, among other things, but this unit was lacking an acceptable sound quality. The unit claims to have a bass feature to improve the "deeper" sound, however, you can hardly notice the difference when this feature is engaged. In addition, the MP3 CD's were not always recognized or the unit refused to play MP3's alltogether. Only after totally turning it off would it "reset" itself and play.
Another problem with this boombox is that it takes a few seconds to recognize that CD or MP3 CD is inserted. This is more annoying than a bad function, however.
I would not recommend this unit to anyone who is looking for a good quality sound. For its price, however, the unit could be a good value for an entry level system for somebody willing to sacrifice sound for the ability to play MP3's.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Decent bare-bones player, but with serious problems, November 6, 2001

By 

Laura English (Tuscaloosa, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorex MP3124 CD/MP3/Cassette Boombox (Electronics)

Bought and returned this after about a week. While the sound on this is decent, there's a number of serious issues:

(1) There's no headphone, line-in or line-out plugs, meaning you can't hook this into your home stereo at all.
(2) It's a battery hog -- 9 D cells and 4 AA's for the boombox, and another 2 AAs for the remote. And the box only runs about 4 hours or so on batteries.
(3) It only recognizes version 1 ID tags, when most computers use v2.3
(4) The interface to display tags is cumbersome; you have to push a button 4 to 5 times in a row to see the tags, instead of them automatically displaying (when they do exist).
(5) Don't even think about plugging this into the wall -- the electronics under the CD player get very hot, very quickly, which starts the player skipping and stuttering (when it's playing from CD-R discs). What's the point of a 10-hour music disc if you can't actually let it run for 10 hours straight?

Overall, this is a disappointment -- I'd expect this kind of performance from a generic brand, but not from Memorex.