Philips SA178 Solid State 512 MB Rechargeable MP3 Player

by Philips

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 0.6 x 3.2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AMBF0W
• Item model number: SA178/17
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,970 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Phiips MP3, Solid State, 512mb, WMA,DRM, FM Tuner, Voice Memos, OLED Display, Expansion Slot, Armband, Earbud headphones, Microsoft Plays For Sure, Built In Rechargeable Battery, Musicmatch software

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, February 19, 2006

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D.C. (Gilroy, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips SA178 Solid State 512 MB Rechargeable MP3 Player (Electronics)

I got this player for Christmas, and so far I have found no fault with it. The battery last for an incredibly vast amount of time, its pretty cool looking, and it holds a decent amount of songs, (pretty good if you use mainly for jogging) The one thing that I felt compelled to tell some buyer after reading some reviews was that you don't have to flip through all the songs to get to the one you want. Instead of clicking on music in the main menu, just click on folder view, then it goes to "music" just click next/fast forward button instead of clicking play and it allows you to look at all your files. Well I think if you want a handy, cheap and a quality product, I definitely recommend this.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good choice for my son, April 2, 2006

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jillofspeed "jillofspeed" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips SA178 Solid State 512 MB Rechargeable MP3 Player (Electronics)

I bought this for my 15 year old son as an inexpensive replacement after he lost his Creative Zen Micro. It seemed a bit foolish to buy him another mp3 player, but I felt sorry for him since he'd saved his money for months to buy the Creative, then lost it in a matter of weeks.

So I didn't really expect it to be around for long anyway.

Nevertheless, I was pretty unhappy when, after just about a month, I pulled my son's jacket out of the dryer and the Philips came tumbling out with it. The thing had gone through the washer AND the dryer.

I figured it was ruined for sure, but no. I turned it on; it still played, and all of the music files were still in tact.

Pretty cool.

Overall, 512 isn't much space, so my son has to constantly swap out songs from the computer hard drive. But, the player has an easy to use interface, nice appearance, sounds pretty good. And, I'd have to say, it's durable.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad..., October 11, 2005

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OK_Cowboy72 (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips SA178 Solid State 512 MB Rechargeable MP3 Player (Electronics)

The userbility of this player is good and simple. Two complaints: the size of earbud, it's a bit on the large size...at least for me. The software, I hate Musicmatch, it works fine but I'm not finding it to be very simple. Who knows, next week after I've worked with it more I may like it too. I've had this player for about a week now and I've had no problems as yet, even when I'm jogging. I would recomend this player to whoever wants a nice player and doesn't want to spend alot of money.