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Coby MP-C582 Clip MP3 Player 1 GB - Blue

June 17, 2008 on 3:19 am | In Coby MP3 |

 Coby MP-C582 Clip MP3 Player 1 GB - Blue The Coby MP-C582 1GB Clip MP3 Player is a convenient portable repository for your on-the-go digital music requirements. The 1GB internal flash drive will allow you to store up to 300 of your favorite songs at 128 kbps in either MP3 or WMA digital music files. Not only does this digital music player store your music, it also has a mobile data storage function that lets you transport files as well. The MP-C582 utilizes USB 2.0 for ultra-fast file transfers between your computer and player, and has a built-in, spring-loaded back that allows you to clip it wherever is most convenient and accessible. This Coby MP-C582 1 GB Clip MP3 player comes in blue, and includes a pair of professional stereo headphones to help ensure a quality sound experience, as well as a USB adapter and a 2.5-millimeter to 3.5-millimeter headphone adapter for versatility.
Customer Review: Love/Hate…Mostly Hate
When I first bought this little player, it had a lot going for it. I didn’t have to worry about installing software or trying to install something on an outdated operating system (I’m still running on Windows ME, because I hate myself). Not only did it come with a headphone adapter (to go from a 2.5 to 3.5 size set of headphones) and was suspiciously cheap (a 1GB player for $25.00), all I had to do was plug it in, let it charge, and drag and drop music files, as this was pretty much a glorified flash drive. Honestly, I just needed something basic, so I wasn’t worried about display screens, FM tuners, recording features, or the ability to move forward or backward through individual tracks, all of which are nice to have, but not strictly necessary. I just wanted something to play music on the go. It was perfect for me. It was great.

Until I realised how badly it was designed.

Within ten minutes of opening it, I lost the headphone adapter, and apparently, after going to four different stores, not only did no one sell headphone adapters, not a single salesperson knew what I was talking about. That was a big surprise, and when I realised I had lost the adapter, I sincerely did not think it would be such an issue. Annoyed, I told myself I’d just get around to ordering one online. Until then, I’d just suck it up and use the annoying earbuds that came with the player.

And then, within the first two days of use, the buttons got jammed against each other, rendering me unable to use the forward button. After the headphone adapter debacle, the last thing I wanted to deal with was going back to the store and dealing with incompetent salespeople, so I just plied it off and used my thumbnail to press directly on the little metal nub on the circuitboard. And then the rewind button jammed. I just plucked that one off too. Eventually, I just ripped all three buttons off, leaving my player naked. Thankfully, it continued to work just fine. For about a month. When it just…stopped doing anything. It froze when I tried to fast forward to the next track and shut itself off. At first, I thought it was a power issue, but I was able to turn it right back on again. The exact same thing happened. I turned it on again, and it froze in the middle of the track, the power button on, but completely paralyzed. I tried using a bit of wire to press the reset button inside the player, but felt nothing. I could feel the tip of the wire pressing up against the opposite side of the player’s plastic case, no reset button to be found. Recharging it did nothing, seeing as the computer refuses to acknowledge its existence, so I couldn’t even try reformatting it. Now the battery is dead, won’t recharge, the computer doesn’t recognize the hardware, and I’m out $25.00. Even something that cheap should work for more than a month. Am I wrong here? I really wish I had read customer reviews before buying this thing; I could not believe how many people were experiencing the same or similar issues. You get what you pay for, I suppose.

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