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Product Specifications
Technical Details
- Powered by a replaceable and rechargeable lithium-ion battery (included)
- Plays MP3, WMA, and Audible audio formats
- Holds up to 1,250 songs
- Easy-to-use thumbstick controls
- FM tuner with record capability
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From the Manufacturer
Whether you're traveling across the world or to the next room, the Motorola m500 Digital Audio Player lets you take your music with you. Perfectly sized to fit your on-the-go lifestyle, the stylish Motorola m500 Digital Audio Player is the ideal portable music warehouse.
With storage capability of up to 1,250 songs (based on four-minute songs encoded at 128 kilobytes-per-second), the Motorola m500 also features a built-in FM tuner. The replaceable and rechargeable lithium-ion battery gives you more than 25 hours of listening enjoyment before you need a recharge. What's more, the Motorola m500 is easy to use, even if you're new to digital music. The player supports three of the most popular digital music formats -- MP3, WMA and Audible audio formats -- allowing you to choose the one that's right for you. Plus you get Motorola's Music Manager software, which is compatible with PCs via a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 connection, to make it easy to organize and store music, create your own playlists, and download everything to your player. This unit also features an easy-to-use thumbstick control, a high-resolution backlight display, a clock and stopwatch, and customizable equalizer settings.
What's in the Box
The Motorola m500 player, earbud headphones, a power adapter/charger, a mini USB cable, a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, 20 music hits preloaded on your player, a belt clip, an iTips smart connector, a quick-start guide, and an installation CD with user's manual.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The low down on the m500,
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This review is from: Motorola m500 5GB Digital Audio Player with FM/Clock/Stopwatch (Electronics)
Ok here it goes. First things first, my first impression of this mp3 player upon removing it from the box was pure delight. It's small, compact, has a very modern design, and also looks and feels solid. I charged it for about twelve hours, downloaded the firmware update (very important) installed that and began my in depth scrutiny of the little gadget.
-PROS- Great overall physical design-looks and feels well made. Awesome sound- plays clean pure music and has excellent equalizer control. Software is simple yet gets the job done. Has removable replaceable cell phone battery- lasts around 30 hours! Joystick is easy to use- Some people don't like it (C/NET) but I really enjoy how simple and compact the control is. The screen is a bit small but crisp and well lit- fits nicely with overall design and helps conserve battery. Cannot beat the price per gigabyte. -CONS- Has a few physical production design flaws- The back removable cover does not set perfectly aligned and moves a bit if pressed in any direction. Also when the backlight is on light shines through the frame of the screen where its not supposed to. Not a huge deal but rather annoying and could have easily been fixed prior to production. The volume button is rather difficult to press because of its close proximity to the headphone jack. Easily fixed by using a volume control on your headphones. No case is included with the product and its next to impossible to find one for it. I ended up going with a case logic minidisc armband case that has not arrived yet. I've had this player for a couple weeks now and overall I've been very pleased with it. It's very compact and easily used for exercising. It performs well and looks good doing it. I'll report back in a few months and tell you how everything is going. Thats the true test. I bought this because I read a review from someone who had been using this player for six months and it was perfect. I like to read that. I would rate this a 4.5 if given the option but will round down to a four given the annoying design flaws. But hey Im a perfectionist.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Product for 50 bucks less than ipod,
This review is from: Motorola m500 5GB Digital Audio Player with FM/Clock/Stopwatch (Electronics)
At first I had some problems with the m500 freezing up but I called motorola and was told to download a firmware update .After I downloaded the firmware update this mp3 player worked like a charm. It has an FM player and more memory for less money than the ipod mini. I would reccomend it to anyone.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good,
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This review is from: Motorola m500 5GB Digital Audio Player with FM/Clock/Stopwatch (Electronics)
I bought this for my wife. She is techno-phobic. I set up the player and downloaded the music into the player. She now loves it and has no problem navigating the machine. We think that it is an excellent device with some caveats. Like the Mikeypsychee review, my player went dead after I put the new firmware on it. I called Motorola and they told me to re-set the player by putting the end of a paper-clip on a tiny hole on the player for 30 seconds. I did that and the thing woke up again. I am not sure if that's what happened with the previous reviewer, but my problem was fixed.
This player gives you: 1. 5 GB. (lots!) 2. The longest lasting (25 hours), easily replaceable battery on the market. 3. FM tuner and recorder that works. 4. The M500 will show up as a drive letter in Windows XP You do not need special software to run it. In fact, I did not used the included software. I just used WMP. I did not want to learn a redundant new system, if the old one worked just fine. My computer recognized it immediately. 5. Works as a mass storage device. Easily up loads and downloads data, music, etc. 6. Pretty small and light, compared to other 5 GB or greater players. 7. Excellent price. I got it for $140 including delivery. you can get it for $130 at some places. 8. Audible.com works on it. 9. Warranty for one year with Motorola, if I recall correctly. A note about technical support. I called 3 times. I was assisted quickly once. Once I had to call back because they kept me on hold and once I waited about 7-10 minutes. THE BAD 1. No carrying case. It has a belt clip, but it looks flimsy and I would not trust the player in it. 2. Reformatting firmware issue. You may need some patience. 3. NO voice recording. 4. We've owned if for a couple of weeks only. I can not comment on reliability yet. One can listen to music based on genre, artist, album, etc. This is helpful when you have over 1200 songs in it. The sound is very good, but the ear buds are poor. Why is it so cheap then? In my opinion, it is because of the firmware snafu. If you do not upgrade the firmware, the thing freezes up after listening to the radio. This angered many buyers and this gave the M500 a bad rep. Also the color is not everyone's favorite. Other high storage players are also cool, including the CREATIVE 4GB NOMAD MUVO MP3, but the M500 has a better battery, one more GB, and was cheaper at the time of purchase. In summary, I like it so much, I might just get one for myself.
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