Pine Technology SM200C D'MUSIC Portable MP3-CD Player

by Pine Technology

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches ; 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000059HVP
• Item model number: SM200C
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The D'Music SM200C is a portable CD player that will play MP3-encoded discs as well as regular-format CDs, CD-R, and CD-RW media. This means you can burn MP3s from your computer onto a recordable CD (software included). The SM200C supports CDs of up to 200 tracks. To make finding a specific song easier, the SM200C supports ID3 tags. ID3 tags contain a small amount of data about an MP3 file, such as title and artist name, that can be displayed by the player. So, instead of trying to remember what track number a certain song is, you can see the song title while scanning through the disk, making it much easier to find the song you want. The SM200C will automatically scan the disc to determine if it's a regular audio CD or MP3 encoded--no special settings on the player are necessary--and will support encoding bit rates of 32 to 320 Kbps.

Play features on the SM200C include repeat and random mode, or, when a song is paused, press the FF or REW keys to move forward or back 10 tracks at a time. A five-band preset equalizer lets you choose from among these listening modes: pop, jazz, classical, flat, and extra bass.

Convenient features include 10-second antishock protection, an LCD title display for easy control, and included rechargeable batteries that provide up to four hours of playing time (three hours when playing MP3 discs). The player comes with earphones, a line-out cable, an AC adapter, and MusicMatch Jukebox software for creating your own MP3 discs.

Pine Technologies, the manufacturer of the SM200C, offers a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Player, March 26, 2001

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William (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pine Technology SM200C D'MUSIC Portable MP3-CD Player (Electronics)

I am very happy with the SM200C. The best feature of this unit was its user interface. I was able to see the name of the artist and title of each song and scrolled on the LCD for longer names.. I was also able to scan within each song so I can hear a certain part over again. I burned songs at between 96 kbps and 320 kbps and the SM200C recognized them all. Originally I bought this because it was CNet's recommended product, now I know why.

The only draw back to this unit was its inability for play lists, but I got around this by burning my Cd's with my playlist already set up.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good paper weight!, May 15, 2001

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Micah Z (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pine Technology SM200C D'MUSIC Portable MP3-CD Player (Electronics)

I have an SM200C... I wanted it so that I could travel and listen to MP3's, in the car on the plane etc.. Without testing it out first, I went on a vacation and nearly jumped out of the car when it skipped MP3 CD's like a schoolgirl skipps rope!

It skipps, it's readout does not have a light so that you can see it in the dark, the readout reads from very little angles, and the sinleg button interface work poorly when looking at the road and trying to change songs. I found myself hitting stop and pause alot!

Also if you plan on listening to something longer than 10 minutes, don't! It plays the first 5 minutes, and then skipps past!

LOOKING FOR A GOOD MP3 CD PLAYER>>> Look elsewhere!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing to like, July 18, 2001

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Technik (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pine Technology SM200C D'MUSIC Portable MP3-CD Player (Electronics)

I bought a Philips Expanium and returned it for this player thinking that I wanted to see the song titles.

Reasons not to by this player:(1)This player is made very poorly. It feels like it is going to break. The paint on the buttons has already started to rub off and I barely use the device. (2) It skips worse than my Sony discman that is almost 10 years old. In the car you find yourself hearing snippets of the songs. It will even skip sitting on a table across the room (there was no dust on the CD). I'm not sure what's wrong with the player but sometimes it is simply unable to play an MP3 for no good reason (3) The headphone jack is finicky. You'll find yourself listening to mono for a while and realize that you have to push the headphone plug into the jack again. (4) Battery life is exceptionally bad. I'm lucky to get 3 hours out of the player. That's not enough to last me one day while I'm at work. Even though it comes with a rechargable battery pack, the battery gauge is still calibrated for alkalines so it looks like you have half of the battery life remaining right after a charge. (5) The ID-3 take support is pointless. If you haven't painstakenly labeled each one of your songs then you'll end up listening to "Unknown Tag" all day. It does NOT default to the file name if there is no ID-3 tag. Get the Rio Volt. Even though it has that annoying dancer at the bottom of the LCD screen, it's worlds better than this device.