Customer Reviews

Philips SA261 Solid State 512 MB MP3 Player

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This mp3 player was pretty good. It is durable, it has 512 mb of internal memory, it has expandable memory, an fm tuner, an fm recorder, and a voice recorder. However it alphabetizes your songs. It also sorts your songs by artist. You cannot move your playlists over from your computer. You also cannot create your own playlists.

The menu looks like this--

Playlists

Artists

All Tracks

Playlists just sits there like a bump on a log.

The radio is the best part. It gets great reception. Then you can record all your favorite songs. The headphones are a piece of junk. The sound is good but they fell out of my ears. The left earpiece had a sort cord (maybe 3 inches) and the right one had a much longer one (more than 6 inches). That was also a great inconvinence. I bought 97 cent headphones from Wal Mart that work much better.

I got this player and it IS a pretty good player, but it disappoints me on enough points to make it not worth the price I paid for it.

All the good and bad points have been mentioned and I agree with them. Here are four of my specific gripes:

1. The screen is monochrome and VERY small!

2. The battery life is pathetic.

3. The "expandable" memory is MiniSD, not full-sized SD

4. The build quality is cheap...VERY cheap. It feels like a toy and the shell feels hollow. It squeaks when I press buttons and the back door isn't aligned properly.

Other than that, it's not a bad player for the gym or for doing in-line recording...I just wish the price reflected the lack of attention to quality construction.

I like a lot this MP3 player, I am using in my car, the only thing (reason for a 4) is the time to copy the music, I also bought a Mini Sd (1G) but it takes life to fill this Sd.

Sound Great, friendly.

This little MP3 player produces excellent sound and has one of the best ambient mic recorders I've ever heard, but beyond that it isn't very functional. I have yet to figure out how to make a separate playlist within the device inspite of reading the manual twice through! You can't alter the track order after the music has been placed on the device, and there a significant delay when you skip through tracks. The battery life is mediocre and that is only if you alter the power settings. WARNING: the battery in this device will drain even when its off! I left it in a drawer for two days with a brand new battery and it was dead when I tried to turn it on again.

Good mp3 player. Nice looks, good quality sound, nicely designed features.

I use my Mp3 player for running, biking and at the gym. It sucks a little bit more energy from the battery than other mp3 players but not a cause of concern.

One complaint: The audio ear plugs are so poorly designed that it does not hold when you are exercising. I had to buy a new pair of head phones.

Phillips should offer customer's the choice of head phones when they sell their products. That way people can decide the head phones they like and that works for them.

I highly recommend this MP3 Player

Pros:

-Has 512 MB memory

-Expandable memory with up to 1 GB mini SD card

-Holds up to 120 4 min songs without sd card

-Has fm, Line in, and voice/sound recordings

-Comes with high quality headphones

-About Equal sise compared to An IPod mini

-Easy to operate

-perfect sound

-Fast downloading with USB 2.0

-Compatible with Windows media player 9 and 10

-3 ways to navigate through songs: Playlists, Artists, And all songs in Alpha. order.

-Weighs very little

-Good price

Cons:

-Battery life could be longer but good enough for a 6-8 hour trip

-Could have more lines in the LCD screen

-Could show a bar of how much of the song is left over and how much has been played already

Excellent MP3 player

I am loving this MP3 Player! It is so easy to use and sounds great! Excellant for first time users too. It is an excellant value for the price even though it only has 512 mb. That holds about 120 songs. It is also expandable up to 1 gb with a mini sd card. Great choice if you can't or don't want to pay upper triple digit prices. I plan to buy one for my husband soon.

I have owned this MP3 player for almost a year. It does put out great sound. However, it will not play playlists. It puts songs on the player in alphabetical order. Philips tech support and web site said there was going to be a Firmware upgrade for it, but that never happened. Now, the player won't work with Media Player 11, and Philips said if I want it to work, I need to go back to Media Player 10. The earbud headphones it comes with are too large and hurt when they are in my ears. Yes, it does drain the batteries when it is off -- I am always having to change the battery. I bought rechargeable ones, and they never register as a full battery on the player's battery meter, but maybe this is just how rechargeable ones are??

Since this player has been on the market for some time and is not supported well by Philips, I would recommend buying something else.

It would've been a decent player if it would've worked like the manual says and played playlists. . .

I've had this player for a few months now. It's size, ease of use and expandibility are great features. I use is as much as possible.