Philips EXP203P eXpanium Personal CD Player with MP3 CD Playback & Car Kit

by Philips

Product Details

Product Manual [2.70mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches ; 9.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005O02Q
• Item model number: EXP20317P
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The new improved eXpanium 203 has a smaller size, new design, and a bigger display to make portable MP3 playback even better than before. You will be able to read your MP3 tracks on the larger display as you play CDs that can hold over 10 hours of music.

The EXP203 is ultra-portable: it can play up to 15 hours on four AA batteries and it includes headphones, a belt-clip, and an AC/DC adapter. No more listening to MP3s at the computer - now you can listen to them wherever you are.

What's in the box

Headphones, a belt-clip, and an AC/DC adapter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Barking dog, October 24, 2002

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Rick Tharp "the_rxrick" (Plattsburg, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips EXP203P eXpanium Personal CD Player with MP3 CD Playback & Car Kit (Electronics)

I bought this player for it's MP3 capability, HOWEVER, when in MP3 mode, the player emits a random ugly "barking" sound in the right channel. There is even a mention of this in an addendum to the user manual. Philips calls it "monkey chatter", supposedly caused by "random electrostatic discharge", whatever that means. All I know is, it is extremely annoying and it totally ruins the sound of most MP3's played through it.

The unit works fine when playing music CDs, but if you want to play MP3's, stay away from this barking dog.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars sheesh...not THIS thing..., June 7, 2002

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C. Stell "Rev. Cletus" (Philly, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips EXP203P eXpanium Personal CD Player with MP3 CD Playback & Car Kit (Electronics)

I bought a 201 model. Worked GREAT. Dropped (as busy people tend to) a few times. Finally, it had the final say and the third time, stopped working. 'Well, maybe it was because I bought it used,' I think. I buy the 203 brand new. drop it ONCE- just the other day as a matter of fact. Now it won't read anything. Didn't even have thirty days with it. What'll Philips do?- I dropped it, it's my responsibility to fix it. I had an older 40 second skip-protection model with them that I used for jogging, cross country, all of that. Must have dropped it over a hundred times, and it is STILL working like new. This thing I buy, twenty days later drop once, and it doesn't work- and it doesn't just happen once but TWICE to me.

Sorry, I'm sure some models are just made differently, but I'm not made to like Philips anymore.

The player is bogus, save your money for an RCA RP2450 if you have clumsy hands like mine- it's made to drop...several thousand times.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Player, September 27, 2002

By 

Butch "peachr" (King, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips EXP203P eXpanium Personal CD Player with MP3 CD Playback & Car Kit (Electronics)

I purchased this Philips EXP20317P CD/MP3 player a few weeks ago and have been very happy with the unit so far. I have created several MP3 CDs using "Music Match" software and have crammed up to 196 songs on one 700 MB CD. This Philips player plays these CDs with ease. It is user friendly and works great with headphones or through an AMP with speakers. The sound is clean, clear, and crisp although I would like to see just a little extra Bass boost. I would recommend a good quality head set such as Radio Shack's PRO-35 TITANIUM headset for very life like sound. The battery life is quite good at around 8 to 10 hours on 2 AA's although run time does decrease if you skip around hunting favorites. The unit also has fast access time in both CD and MP3 modes. I would recommend this unit to anyone who is looking for a good player at a pretty good price.