Philips SA101 Rush 32MB MP3 Player

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• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SDRZ
• Item model number: SA101
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #123,491 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

With the included 32 MB SmartMedia card and bundled RealNetworks' RealJukebox software, the Phillips SA101 Rush MP3 player seamlessly downloads, stores, and plays back MP3 files from the Internet. And because it has no mechanical parts, the Phillips SA101 Rush provides uninterrupted playback even if it's bumped or jarred. Its compact design features a bright LCD screen that displays artist information, track time, and bit rate. The digital equalizer supplies a range of custom sound for all of your MP3s.

Downloading MP3 files from the Internet is quick and simple. The compressed digital MP3 files are first downloaded by your PC, then stored on a SmartMedia flash memory card using RealJukebox. Downloading a three-minute song to the player takes about 25 seconds, while a single 32 MB memory card stores just under an hour of music. It is also possible to endlessly erase and overwrite music, and the bookmark feature allows immediate access to the beginning of up to 10 songs. The Phillips SA101 Rush provides 12 hours of operation using two AAA batteries.

The Phillips SA101 Rush is compliant with current Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) proposals, which means that you can download any existing or future MP3 files. It is also Audible ready, so it can play spoken-word audio available from audible.com. A 32 MB SmartMedia card, set of stereo earphones, parallel port cable, and an AC/DC adapter are included with the Phillips SA101 Rush. Measuring 3 by 3 by 0.66 inches, this player easily slips into your pocket.

Product Description

SA101 Digital Audio Player is fully shock proof, has no moving/rotating parts providing uninterrupted music playback. It features advanced micro-electronic circuitry incased in an ultra-compact and innovative design for portability and outstanding performance, multi line display for name of song, artist, album, track number, elapsed time, bitrate, play mode when in playback mode, multiple Bookmark function for fast return to your favorite section of audiobooks or newspaper articles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Its good but its not amazing., June 11, 2000

By A Customer

I bought this for my self thinking that I was gonna have an amazing mp3 player since it was made by philips which is amazing in technology. I lean to them as my favorite company any ways to the mp3 player. I got the mp3 player and i put a song on it and decided to listen to it seeing how clear the sound was it was kind of clear but not totally. So i thought ok not bad but then i decided to take a run with it and i could barely hear anything except for the on coming traffic it wasnt loud enough and sometimes it would skip not very much but some times. I could only store about 8 songs cause most of my songs were 5 mega bytes so i was mad about that.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars overal quality, December 14, 2000

By A Customer

This mp3 player has good music quality, organization, and a nice heavy duty case. It suits my needs perfectly, not something that you will put all your music on, just your favorite songs. The bookmark function also is quite nice, especially since i like some parts of songs better then others. My ONLY complaint about this mp3 player is the lack of bass, and no bass boost. Overal this is an excellent product and I highly recommend it like all other philips products.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What's the fuss?, January 31, 2001

By A Customer

So, most of the people complain about it not being compatible with Win2000? Rest assures that this no longer is valid! I upgraded to Real Jukebox 2 since the one supplied with the CD didn't work under Win ME and Win2000. Although strongly advised not to upgrade, I went ahead and upgraded to JukeBox2. I downloaded a couple of songs onto the player and test listened to them, and it worked! Win2000 doesn't recognize the USB device (the Rush), but if you supply the CD that came with the Philips Rush it will take the driver found on the CD. The Philips rush is a pretty neat MP3 player, small enough to put it into your coat pocket (the advantage over MP3CDPlayers) and has enough storage for 1 hour of near CD quality music (enough for the trip to work and back home). However it does support the RealAudio formats, hence possessing longer playback times when listening to news and similar. I agree that the power consumption of the Rush is horrible! If you decide you want this device, then BUY RECHARGABLES (best Li-Ion). Those should keep the power expenses at their minimum (my previous RIO300 had a similar problem). NOTE: The Rush doesn't recharge the batteries although an adapter is included in the package! You will have to use external recharging devices! The supplied carrying bag looks nice, but shouldn't be used (it easily opens when jumping around). Otherwise I am happy with the RUSH, it's running smoothly and happily under Windows2000, Windows ME and Windows98 (I tested it under all three operating environments).