Memorex MMP8500 (128 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Small, Light, Comfortable To Wear
Cons: Not Durable, Small Amount Of Memory, Poorly Made Headphones

I am a bit of a health nut. I go to the gym 5 days a week, most days twice a day, (no I'm not addicted I just do my cardio work out in the morning and then weight training in the afternoon). So I wanted an MP3 player that was small, portable, light, and ...

Pros: Low cost, met all my needs
Cons: Eat Buds hurt, doesn’t remember location when turned off.

This is what I told the sales person at Circuit City. I have never downloaded MP3’s off the Internet so I don’t need a 20 GIG hard drive . I download files from iTunes® so I would love something that was iTunes® compatible but that isn’t ...

Pros: Sleek, portable, nice controls and external design
Cons: Software does not recognize the player, making it unusable.

I'll try to be as positive as possible about this little number, but eventually you'll get the idea that I don't recommend it. The BM was inexpensive at $89 on sale, certainly cheaper than most of the other MP3 players on the rack. Having had good ...

Pros: It is easy to turn on.
Cons: Everything else: Earbuds hurt, FM tuner is useless, Mp3 mode is basic at best.

This player does what it says it does: it plays mp3s. It also includes basic functions such as shuffle and repeat. However, it lacks other useful functions like resume. The player always turns on in mp3 mode. So if you turn it off while listening to the ...

Pros: Small, sleek looking, requires 1 battery
Cons: cheappy quality, not the best player

I decided that carrying around a bulky CD player that skipped when I moved it was getting old. So I decided to look into buying a new mp3 player. Not only did I look at price, but I looked at features. I wanted a small, highly portable, mp3 player ...

Pros: Inexpensive Basic player if you don't need a 20 GB player. Good performance.
Cons: Playback is either in sequential order, or random shuttle mode, or repeated 1 or all.

I bought this Memorex MMP8500 128 MB MP3/WMA player on sale at Target. It was the most inexpensive player they sold. I bought it since it accepts an external SD memory card, up to 512 MB, which I already had. The Memorex 256 MB player was higher ...

Pros: Light weight. FM tuner. Expandable memory.
Cons: Operation is not intuitive. Short battery life.

It was time to replace the cassette walkman that had served me well for lo these many years. I thought I'd make the leap into mp3 land. One thing though....I needed a player with an FM tuner. I'm the Operations Manager at our radio station, and I need ...

Pros: FM tuner, 128MB of memory built in (upgradeable), light weight.
Cons: FM tuner will lose a station if you breath too hard.

I found this player (sealed) in the clearance bin at Bigg's here in Cincinnati. It was clearanced priced at $25... how could I pass it up? For all of the features it has - arm band, single AAA battery, FM tuner, upgradeable memory, how can you really complain for the price. As far as the software not recognizing it, with XP and Media Player, you don't need the software - XP recognized it as external storage as soon as it was plugged in. I have found it in the $40 range at Buy.com and every once in a while at Overstock... just waiting for the 60GB iPods to get into my price range.

Pros: none
Cons: See review

This is the worst purchase I've made in the last year.

1. The player is fragile.

2. It eats batteries like nobody's business. If you're not using it take the batter out your it will be dead when you try it next time.

3. Sometimes it recognizes the memory chip, sometimes it doesn't.

4. The earpiece cord is fragile.

5. It is complicated to use and the manual included is terrible.

6. The software used to upload music is pathetic.

7. Support is non-existent.

This is a terrible product and I will never, as long as I live, buy another Memorex item. Do yourself a favor and pass this one up.

Pros: Ease of use. Built in memory.
Cons: Volume level.

I purchased this MP3 player a couple of months ago. The original 128 storage was sufficient originally. I've since upgraded to 512 and loving the available memory. However, the built in volume isn't nearly enough. I've purchased headphones and that makes nearly enough. The provided ear buds just didn't provide enough isolation from outside noise.

I love the player but the sound is my only complaint. For indoor listening, you could be happy with this. For commuting or with city sounds this will be disappointing and unfortunately there's no downloads available to improve this.

Pros: Expansion by SD card compact and light good bat life
Cons: FM tuner setup

I am in general agreement that some navigation and programing is difficult but this machine with its SD memory slot has some terrific advantages since it can increase to 512meg and have no moving parts for high activity sports nuts like me. It is really a jogger/bike riders machine for the all day activity. Just cycle the SD from your camera and you are set for a min of 16 hours of music. Just stay clear of those cable modems. The equalizer is a joke but this is an activity mp3 not an ipod and you don't have to shell out nearly as much money. It is much more dependent on your PC being the library and for you to program your listening day accordingly, but once you get used to it, it is a gem and really out of the way.

Pros: Lot's of features, Cheap, FM
Cons: Difficult controls, poorly designed. Didn't sound that good. Wasn't very loud.

I used this for 3 hours filled it with music, dropped it 1 time and broke it. I liked all the features it came with - sd slot, FM tuner, arm band, case. I wish it lasted longer. Circuit City took it back- no questions asked (Thank YOU!)

Pros: None
Cons: Doesn't work. A nightmare

3 days trying to make it work (and I am a computer programmer). Software is bad and does very little. The unit displays songs in random order. It keeps crashing in the middle of downloading songs. I have to keep rebooting the computer as the driver provided is very buggy (and no update I could find on the internet). It's bad. You will hate it. Don't buy it.

Pros: Light as Air. Very compact. Great sound clarity earbuds. EZ to set up
Cons: slightly difficult to set up the FM radio stations.

This was so simple to install the software, and load the songs. It treats the player like a removable disk so there are no driver hassles. This thing is so light it feels like it is floating. Only ONE battery to get this thing going for 10 hours.

I got mine for as a gift and can't quit listening to it. The ear buds provide excellent sound clarity and no distortion.

The buttons provide easy song navigation. I can store over 4 hours of music with the 128K memory.

Overall I Rate it 5 stars *****

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Pros: Great simple starter mp3 player!
Cons: Simple mp3 player if you want any more!

Let's start off by saying this player is NOT WORTHY of experienced, high-tech, absurd-amounts-of-music-hungry people. However, this is a good starter mp3 player for anyone wanting something pretty easy. Great for fitness uses (a morning power walk and such). The ear buds seem fine to me...and I like how they are fabric coated (or something!). Comes with a protective case and armband too! Very easy to load the music. Love that it has a SD/MMC expansion slot so you can have more music if you wish! Cool blue screen. I like that you can listen to the radio too, just in case you get sick of the songs you haven't replaced yet! Auto programming radio presets feature is pretty sweet. Shuffle will cycle through all music, including what is on your expansion card.

Pros: Back light was nice.
Cons: Audible hum when turning on, no customer help, no reset button.

I've used mine for about 2 months. It's OK, but not great at all. Hard to organize songs in any order, software is bland and not very useful. Tried to upgrade the Firmware and it died, can't get it to come on, tried every trick in the book. NO response from Memorex service, no reset button yuck.

Received a Sony NW E505 for a present, it's AMAZING!! Super long batteries life, great sound, software at least lets you organize your tunes and albums, it easy to find what you want etc. Stay away from this Memorex.

For cheap I hear the RCA LYRA RD1072 is very good. No back light but pretty solid with decent sound. And using a SD card you can up-grade the memory.

Pros: when it worked, it was fine
Cons: the ear buds hurt breaks for no reason

I bought one at Target and had a really hard time getting my computer to recognize the mp3 player. I work 9:00-5:00 and so do the Memorex people (how convenient), so I couldn't get any help from them. Anyway, I finally got it to start downloading music after 2 long nights of working on it. However, once the music was downloaded, the player wouldn't work. I tried flipping the battery over (don't ask me why, I was just starting to lose it at this point), the battery exploded and the mp3 player broke. I brought it back to Target and I foolishly got another Memorex but I got an upgrade, so I thought it would be fine. I was wrong. It's been working great for the past 30 days and then yesterday it just stopped working. I changed the battery (didn't flip this one over ;) but that didn't work, so I am returning it and getting a different brand.

Pros: light, cheap
Cons: USB cable barely detects, hard to change stations

I chose this one bc of the price and look. It's very light but I am also having a problem with the USB. My computer does not detect it and this is the 2nd computer I've tried it on. My brother just bought a different brand and it worked on here so I'm going to exchange mine today. Also, customer service is terrible!

Pros: Good sound, great palm-fit, and EXPANDABLE. Neat pictures in a convenient menu. Good battery life.
Cons: Includes bad headphones, isn't as "cool" looking as others. Can't really think of much else....

I have owned this Mp3 player for about a year now, and it still remains to be one of the best in the market. I am soon to get a 512mb sd card, which will add more than 8 cds of music(128 = aprox. 25 songs).
The FM tuner is a bonus, and is a mixed bag. Some stations I get have crisp, clear sound, while others aren't picked up so easily. I really don't use it that much, as I have all the songs I want to listen to on mp3 format.
As far as durability, IT IS GREAT. Many complain about "cheap" plastic and "it doesn't look too durable..." I have dropped it about 3 times(once quite hard), brung it to school about 3 months(that says ALOT), and left it in various extreme conditions(and I think I take good care of it...). It still remains exactly as how I bought it.

ONE VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT USE THE HEADPHONES THEY GIVE YOU. THEY ARE VERY CHEAP AND HAVE BAD SOUND. Just go get a $10 set of Panasonic, Sony, or Philips earbuds.

Overall: Great buy

Pros: This device is compact, light weight, and simple to use.
Cons: To get picky, the device is slow going from song to song. Earbuds suck!

I received this MP3 player as a gift and I love it more and more each time I use it. It is so light and simple to use. Installation and transferring songs was very easy to use. I installed my software and transfered songs in about 20 minutes. I read complaints about crappy customer service, but I did not even have to use them, the directions were simple to read. I am very satisfied with the product for the price.

Pros: Expandable SD memory.
Cons: Poor FM radio (changes slowly). Cuts off constantly.

This was my first MP3 player. I got it on E-bay for about $45. It is just OK. Most of the songs I downloaded to it will not allow me to turn the player higher than halfway. It constantly turns off. You can barely tap it & it cuts off. Not recommended.

Pros: Easy set up and use, looks like removeable disc to the OS.
Cons: Earbuds too big, vinyl case too tight.

This is a fantastic MP3 player. It weighs almost nothing, no moving parts so it can't skip, backlit display, FM tuner with presets, expandable memory with SD card slot, ergonomically designed for one-handed operation, and runs for 10 hours on a single AAA battery! This is my first portable MP3 player so I can't really compare it to the Lyras, Rios, Ipods etc., but I am really impressed with this tiny gem. So much so that I created a Yahoo group for all Memorex MP3 players:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/memorex-mp3/

Pros: Sound quality, Portability and ease of use
Cons: Difficulty programing FM Stations and Big ear buds

This is my first MP3 player and I believe I stole this at the price I bought it for. I found it on sale for $59.00 in a Walmart while on vacation in North Carolina. I love the sound quality and the portability. I like it's ability to add more memory via a memory card. It interfaces well with my Windows XP, it acts like a portable hard-drive, just plug and download. I don't like the difficulty in programing the FM stations nor do like the big ear buds that come with it. Other than that I believe I have a fine value on my hands.

Pros: Light and cheap.
Cons: Interfacing problems with computers, difficult to program

I would not recommend this products to others unless you are willing to get used to its system. It is slightly difficult to program radio stations into its memory (it does get easier with practice). My computer has issues reading that the player is connected. I have been able to use it but not in the manner that the users manual describes. Once all the bugs are worked out though and you get used to its features it is a great MP3 player for the money.

Pros: Tiny form factor, light weight, decent battery life
Cons: FM tuner setup, always turns the 1st song on.

I too had the USB cable modem issue. Windows XP wouldn't assign the Memorex player a drive letter so I went on Google and saw the review (all upper case) above. Luckily, this system had a network card that worked so I disabled the USB cable modem in Network properties, reset the cable modem and bam the player was identified no problem.

Pros: none
Cons: it doesn't work and there is no support

Don't buy it! I spent $100 on this player, Memorex MMP8500, and it doesn't work. To get support, I had to dial 4 different phone numbers, then was on hold for 10 minutes, only to get a recording. I tried twice with same result.
I bought it today and I'm taking it back today.
It may work for you, but why take the risk?
Buy anything else.

Pros: NONE
Cons: INCOMPATIBLE SOFTWARE AND NON HELPING CUSTOMER SERVICE

I PURCHASED THIS PIECE OF JUNK BECAUSE THE PRICE WAS RIGHT AND I SAW REVIEWS THAT SAID IT WAS VERY GOOD. FIRST OFF IT IT FLIMSY AND THE OUTER SHEL IS HARD PLASTIC...THE RADIO TUNER IS A WASTE BECAUSE IT WONT MOVE THE STATIONS FAST ENOUGH AND SETTING THE STATIONS IS A MAJOR PAIN. LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANT..IT IS CURRENTLY NOT COMPATIBLE WITH A CABLE MODEM ..THE DRIVES THEY HAVE OUT THERE CONFLICTS AND MESS THE SYSTEM UP. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT FIX RIGHT NOW..THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO UNPLUG ITEMS FROM PORTS AND TRY THE PLAYER OUT...THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS SLOW AND NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE...I TOOK THIS THING BACK AND SPENT A BIT MORE TO BUY A RIO CALI..THAT MAKES THIS PLAYER LOOK LIKE GARBAGE...DON'T WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY OR YOUR TIME..SPEND A FEW MORE DOLLARS AND AVOID A POSSIBLE NIGHTMARE!!

Pros: comes with armband holder, rugged
Cons: loses button now and again

Got this for my wife last year for christmas.
Loses a button now and then (we find them), but other than that it has been the best investment I made that Christmas!
My wife hits the gym 5 days a week, early morning.
She uses this to keep her concentration.
She is on her 3rd set of headphones and swears by this little thing.
Tough and holds enough music to be good for a week or two at a shot.

Pros: travels well, compatible with windows 98,me and xp
Cons: finding the memory upgrade

I like it. it's no ipod but its not 300 buck either. I travel 14 times a year and take it everywhere. It's compatible with a four of my computers and I really don't have a problem with the radio I can even get stations in the airport. Finding the memory upgrade on the other hand is turning into a problem.

Pros: Price, light weight, comfortable layout.
Cons: FM tuner - reception & set-up are BAD.

I bought this for my daughter as her first MP3 player... knowing that it would take her a while to get up and running with MP3's, the FM receiver was an important feature. Getting the FM presets in place was a difficult task, getting them to stay set proved impossible! As an earlier reviewer stated, the jog stick is either under or way over responsive. After "auto scanning" the presets into oblivion three times, while showing her how to set them up, I was informed this unit was "a piece of crap!" Unfortunately I had no grounds to argue and promplty returned the unit.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, I never did get to the MP3 portion of the player.