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Philips EXP431 MP3 CD Player

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5 Feb 11th, 2003 

15 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
too many to list

Disadvantages:
short battery life

Recommendable Yes:

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The Philips EXP431 Portable MP3 CD player lets you play self-recorded CDs with stacks of your MP3 tracks. A standard CD-R is capable of storing over three hours worth of MP3 files. There’s Digital Dynamic Bass Boost and Advanced Electronic Skip Protection to stop the cd skipping, even when jogging. One set of batteries gives you eight hours of mobile sound and best of all they're rechargeable so you don't have to buy new ones. And for those wanting to listen at home, a mains adapter is included in the box.
i am truly amazed by this product! its just so small! u really don’t expect it to be quite as small as it is. The esp is amazing but u don’t even need it! Because of the size of the cds they are held so securely that it never ever skips even without the esp on when u shake it about loads! You can fit 50 tracks on one little cd which for me is perfect because i like to have organized types of cd rather than just one 10 hr bunch of everything mixed up. The features are really good allowing very nice bass and and treble top up if u so desire :) havnt quite figured out how u change between albums yet but i suppose you have to specify that on the files individually before writing (I’ve only used it once!) shuffle, repeat, hold, resume etc its all there with all the features u need. The ldc display is very cool indeed! track number, and scrolling name give a very nice display along with all the other assigned features that are there.
best thing about this product:
has to be the recharge capacity!! True the batteries don’t last as long as most cd players, but u just plug in the discman at night and its fully recharged, no extra equip needed! and if u run out of power on holiday etc. of course u can just slap in some normal AAA batteries. Brilliant!
overall a truly excellent product.
 

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Comments about this review »

Bitter-Sweet 02.10.2004 13:32

Sounds quite good. Looks quite good, This will definetly be on my possibility list. :)

mjthebabe 04.05.2003 20:12

would have liked a little more detail coz looking for one for my son Mary-Jane

fromthedarkside 11.02.2003 19:30

I want a mp3 player, this one sounds good. But I need a job first. fRöMtHêdÁrk$íDê_2öØ3



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