Philips HDD120 Audio HDD MP3 Player (20 GB)

by Philips

Product Details

Product Manual [892kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001KC68S
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,360 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Philips small hand held 20 GB Hard Drive, Juke Box, USB 2.0 connection, head phones, In-line remote, and carrying case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a waste of time..., April 8, 2004

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"djtesh" (Bloomington, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips HDD120 Audio HDD MP3 Player (20 GB) (Electronics)

I bought this product at Best-Buy as an exchange item for a Rio Karma jukebox because they didn't have any left in stock.

Let me focus on what's good about this player first, as that will be very easy to cover...

I have to tell you, this has to be the best looking jukebox, and I don't particularly like the iPod.

It has optical / analog input for recording and it also has a built-in mic!

The white/black contrast lcd is to die for, with very nice magnesium casing (nice dark colors too).

But aside from looks, this thing has nothing that beats any other mp3 player..

There is no way to directly start playing songs. You have to first select a playlist or a category, or even the "all tracks" to start playing. If you ever turn it off and then turn it on.. its time to do the same thing again.

I can hear it spin when I try to play a song, and I can feel it rotate the drive reader when it goes to the next song.

Within an hour of handling it, my fingerprints were so over the place and so noticeable, it was driving me crazy.

To add to it, there is no stop button, it never gets as loud as I want it, and it has very crappy visualizations for the songs.

The power button is the play button. What kind of user interface design is that?

The software that you have to use with it crashes everytime I try to use my existing mp3 archive. Even after updating, it does the same thing. To make it work, I had to manually copy my favorite songs into some prespecified folder... Took forever..

I would definitely want my Rio Karma back over this thing. Don't waste money over it. It doesn't come with any fancy features that might interest you. Its just a hard drive with mp3 playback and a good looking cover. That's it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great player... get new software, ASAP!, September 19, 2004

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M. Sommer (Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips HDD120 Audio HDD MP3 Player (20 GB) (Electronics)

I'd give this thing a 4.5 if I could... most people are giving this nice little player low marks for the requirement of using Philips' crap-tastic DMM software to transfer files. I almost didn't buy it for that reason, but I found that the people who make the dBPower Amp converter software also make a replacement program to use for transferring files onto the HDD120.

The Sveta Portable Audio program seems to do everything that the DMM didnt... including the ability to transfer my own files to and from my device/PC. It easily allows organization and playlist creation as well as letting you rip CDs directly onto the device.

My local Best Buy had these on clearance for $149... I'd highly recommend getting one at that price if you can!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No Help Fron Philips, April 10, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Philips HDD120 Audio HDD MP3 Player (20 GB) (Electronics)

The Philips 20 GB Jukebox is great if you can get your music on it.

The software you have to use crashes nearly everytime you start it. If you are lucky enough to get into the software you might have a few minutes to put music on the player before it crashes again.

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The player looks and sounds great, but the software is a nightmare [...]