Best Data Cabo 64 MP3 Player

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003GPRY
• Item model number: MP3-64
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,127 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Pack the Best Data MP3-64 Cabo 64 MP3 player for the beach or a road trip. It stores about an hour of near-CD-quality MP3 files with its 64 MB of built-in memory and is expandable up to 96 MB when using a 32 MB SmartMedia memory card. Its LCD screen indicates song title, artist, and playing time of each MP3 track as well as battery life, mode, and function key status.

The Cabo 64 features a built-in microphone, enabling you to record up to four hours of voice recordings. It also stores up to 250 telephone numbers so you can access your contacts wherever you take your music.

Compatible with Windows 95 or 98 PCs with a parallel port, the Cabo 64 comes with an MP3 software encoder and playlist management software. It runs on 2 AAA batteries. The Cabo 64 includes a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

Product Description

Create custom soundtracks for wherever your life takes you with Cabo, a lightweight, compact 64MB MP3 player featuring the latest MP3 technology.Ultra cool and ultra blue, Cabo lets you download MP3 files from your computer or the net, utilizing MPEG 1, audio layer 3 file compression technology for digital quality audio recording and playback. Software is included to help you easily manage all functions from your PC. Custom rip tracks from compact discs, pull the world's newest sounds and artists off the net, record live audio, or mix and match 'em. With 64MB of storage at your fingertips, Cabo holds up to 2 hours of music or 4 hours of audio recordings - and it can be easily upgraded to 96MB for even longer play! And, since Cabo stores your playlist on RAM (instead of tape or CD), it never, ever skips, warbles, slows down or speeds up ? even when you do! Expand your possibilities with the new MP3 technology.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

135 of 145 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Amazing Product, November 17, 2000

By	Computer Guy (Vaughn, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

I bought this product 2 months ago and its been flawless so far the software is incredible and and very stable and so easy to use my brother who doesn't know anything about computers was able to use it. the size is incredible and is very small, the phone book is a very usefull feature. The sound quality is excellent and the headphones are exeptional.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Player - Rotten Documentation and Support, January 28, 2001

By A Customer

I just received this product today and I am listening to it now. My experience is as follows:

1) Installed software and connected unit. Software would not recognize the player. 2) Reconfigured parallel port for ECP. Followed documentation exactly. Unit still not recognized. Tested port - port OK. 3) Called BestData support and after being disconnected several times I was told it would cost ... to find out why it wasn't working. Paid ... to have tech read the manual to me and tell me to download the latest software. 4) Downloaded software - didn't help. Went to BestData site ... to find my answer buried in a FAQ. A step not in the documentation and unknown to the tech support person, "You must click on the File menu and choose Connect And List before you can transfer files to the Cabo. " Also, make sure the "HOLD" button is off when attempting to activate the unit. 5) Finally got unit to download files. Surprisingly quick for a parallel connection.

Once I got it working, I was impressed with it overall. I've been listening for several hours and the battery indicator still shows fully charged. Holds 12 songs and sounds excellent to me. Highest volume hurts my ears! Very light and somewhat cheap feel to the case but for ... with the rebate, it appears to be the best deal around on a 64MB unit. Don't bother calling tech support, just muddle through the inept documentation as best you can.

45 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars buy only if price is your number one priority, December 10, 2000

By A Customer

well, i bought a cabo just because, well, it's cheap, and it has 64 megs of memory. i figured that at the worst, i could just return it if i was unhappy. unhappy is definitely what i was.

the cabo isn't a horrible player, but it lacks a lot against new products like the rio 500. the main concern is upgradability. there really is none with the cabo. you accept the 64 megs you get, end of story.

the other problem is the lcd display. a non backlit lcd really hurts your enjoyment of the unit in the dark, and it's pretty standard on most new players.

on the good side, the sound quality is decent, and the headphones are very good for factory, but still, save up and buy a rio 500. leave the cabo for the bargain bins.