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Written: Jul 21 '04
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Pros: Extremely small size, pretty low $$$ these days
Cons: LCD screen died after about a year. Cheap software and headphone.
The Bottom Line: If you want a player *just* to use when working out/jogging, this is still the best I've seen. If you want it for anything else, pass on it.
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| attentionsir's Full Review: Samsung Yepp YP-30S MP3 Player |
I really never cared about having any other bells and whistles on an MP3 player. All I was looking for was a better alternative to a CD player or (gasp) TAPE player to allow me to listen to music while I'm working out or jogging. When I saw this player a couple years ago, I immediately bought it. It still fulfills this specific purpose capably.
Obviously, the solid state memory means you can vigorously shake the thing without skipping. Despite its age, its still probably the smallest player on the market (about the size of a zippo lighter, and weighs even less) I can't even tell its in my pocket. It has held up to sweat, rain, and more than a few drops (although I swear everytime I drop it, I'm convinced that will be the end of it) very well, and I haven't had to feed it batteries as often as some others have. I probably get about 15 hours before replacing it. 64 Megs of memory is enough for me to stuff about 15-20 songs on it, more than adequate for working out.
That's the good stuff. It does have some downsides. About a year ago, the LCD display went out. I noticed before that when the battery got low, the display would go out, but replacing batteries didn't help. I've noticed it intermittently comes back, but to be honest, the thrill of showing off the cool backlit, side-scrolling LCD menu got old after a while. Since it doesn't have an FM tuner, or a clock, and I know what songs I put on it, I never looked at the display anyways. The only other feature that is accessed through the menu is the voice recorder, which I never planned on using. The menu is a pain to navigate through anyway, so I don't miss it, though others might.
Another downside is the included ear-bud headphones. These are painful to cram in your ears, don't stay in, and the cord is too short unless you strap it to your arm. You'll want to pick up a better set.
The last downside is the software - it's pretty cheap. Its the "lite" unregistered version of Musicmatch. If you want to use it to transfer a bunch of CDs to MP3 format, it will only let you do it on a limited number of CDs before you have to pay $20 or so to get the "full" version. I didn't have a lot of CDs to need this feature, but it was a bad decision of them to gouge their customers by include software you have to pay additional money for. It has an annoying "search" tool to add songs that are already on your HD to the collection. Unfortunately, its pretty crude, and will very likely add EVERY SINGLE .mp3 file on your HD to the collection, as it did for me. I have several games installed, and it grabbed hundreds of 2-3 second long (or shorter) mp3 files from these games and dumped them in with the actual songs. Extremely frustrating and time consuming to delete these. Others have mentioned how long it takes for it to detect the player. I disagree, I run Windows 2000, and it takes less than a minute for it to find the player.
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Amount Paid (US$): 120
Recommended for: Athletes - Lightweight and Portable, Perfect for the Gym
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