Mojo MP3/FM Player 256MB USB with voice Recorder & Headphones

by TDK

Product Details

Product Manual [363kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000SVSNA
• Item model number: FMP3-256FAX
• Batteries: 1 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,068 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Capacity: 256 MB

Feel the music, not the player. Featuring MP3/WMA playback, a digital FM tuner, 256MB* of internal memory, and an MMC/SD memory card slot, MOJO 256F delivers large storage capacity, expandability and superior portability. MOJO 256F is capable of recording voice memos and FM radio to its memory, and includes text-to-speech software for anywhere, anytime review of your text files. It includes a backlit text display and ergonomic controls that enable straightforward track navigation. Supplied with ear-bud style headphones. MOJO 256F supports all MP3 and WMA bit rates up to 320 kbps. PC and Mac compatible.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice features and sounds good, December 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Mojo MP3/FM Player 256MB USB with voice Recorder & Headphones (Electronics)

Here are my likes and dislikes of this product.

Likes:

-Easy useability, easy to navigate through menus
-Has what appears to be a stainless steel plate on the front
-Cool blue color backlit lcd
-Expansion up to 512mb
-Sounds good with the headphones it came with
-User Manual was very detailed and easy to understand
-Very lightweight
-Came with a grey leather-like case (not sure it is leather)
-Came with a Duracell battery!! not some off brand, lol
-Software seems easy to use but I use the Windows Media Player plugin that comes with it

Dislikes:

-You have to remove the leather cover to use usb, which is odd considering they left holes for all the other buttons
-Other than the steel plating on top, overall the buttons and stuff just feel kind of chinsy/cheap. Would have liked to seen at least a thicker plastic for them, considering what you pay for these things.
-There is no cover for the sd/mmc expansion card slot. I can see where dirt will get in very easily if you don't have the leather cover on all the time.

Conclusion:

Overall I am satisfied with it, just have to see how long it lasts.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value; feature packed!, December 24, 2003

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h. garbanzo halsted "geek in cool clothing" (avondale estates, ga) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mojo MP3/FM Player 256MB USB with voice Recorder & Headphones (Electronics)

I agree with the pros and cons of the previous reviewer with just a few things to add/reiterate.

1) the USB connection cover is annoying to get off.
2) yeah, the expansion slot is wide open; they should make a cover for it. but...
3) it's expandable! that's 256 + up to 512 via SD or MMC! this feature is pretty hard to find in a player this size.
4) comes with cool text-to-voice software. converts your text files into audio files so you can study on the go.
5)sound quality good; earbuds stay in your ears.
6) very lightweight. size is also quite small and convenient.
7) i was wary of its USB 1.1 max capability, but was surprised at the speed of transfer. probably doesn't make too big of a difference at capacities this low.
8) jog dial is very convenient. in general, button placement is smart.
9) transferring software is also pretty good. uses a file-tree interface, so it's easy to locate files you want to tranfer.
10) FM reception is surprisingly excellent! 20 presets available, which is more than enough where i live.
11) you can create your own folders and as many of them as you like. this feature is usually limited in other players.
12) upgradeable firmware.
13) sleep timer.
14) plays mp3, wma, asf, adpcm, and vbr mp3!
15) macos compatible, for those of you who care. it's got an itunes plugin, but i don't know whether or not it works for windows itunes.
16)features, size, and button placement make this an excellent mp3 player for exercising with.

i've done a ton of research on flash based mp3 players, and ended up getting an iaudio cw-300 for my friend. that is also a great product, with three advantages over this one: 1) *excellent* sound quality (signal/noise. not sure what the tdk one is, so i wrote tdk but never heard back. still, it's decent enough) 2) the battery lasts well over 30 hours (compared to 12 for the MOJO) and 3) it has USB 2.0 (the difference of which, as i implied earlier, you may not even notice). one disadvantage, sorta, is the earbuds, which, although of excellent quality (i opted for the mx400 sennheisers), fall out of your ears easily and make a weird squishy/squeaky sound when you run.

this player, on the other hand, is a great bargain. you get a lot of bang for your buck with the convenience of expandibility. it's not bad looking, either. i got a forty USD MIR and sixty USD IR, making it a great bargain indeed! i've only had it for a few days, so it remains to be seen whether or not it's reliable. i'll keep you updated.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars features that the other's don't, February 26, 2004

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J. Blattman "Jeff" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mojo MP3/FM Player 256MB USB with voice Recorder & Headphones (Electronics)

the bottom line on this player is that it has two features that most players in this price range do not:

1. expandable memory. by ading a 512M mmc / sd card, you can bring the total memory up to 768M. no players in this price range are expandable. in fact, i don't see that any newly produced players are expandable.

2. fm radio. a few other models have this, like the creative rhomba. but they dropped this feature on their new models. sometimes i simply get tired of listening to music and want to hear the news. it is very nice (indepensible for me) to have this option. the radio is quite usable.

the user interface, ergonomics are adequate. i think most mp3 players have a nice user interface so this isn't really a selling point. it has a nice display and lots of options on the player.

complaints ...

the players seems to be of pretty high quality, except as the buttons feel cheap. i wonder about the life span of these.

the unit comes w/ a case, wrist strap, and belt loop. that's great, but for me, i use this exercising so i'm never going to hold it in my hand. also, most workout clothing does not have a belt, so the belt loop is useless in this regard. i wish it would have had a belt CLIP or better yet, an armstrap.

the battery life is quoted at 12 hours. for a mix of about 40% radio and 60% mp3, it looks like i'll get around 8-10 hours life. i expected this though, it's typical to overrate battery life.

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