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Coby MP300-4G MP3 Player with 4 GB Flash Memory, USB Drive and LCD - Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Coby
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $34.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1539
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 0.8 x 3.6 x 1.1
MPN: MP300-4GBLK
Model: MP300-4GBLK
UPC: 716829730058
EAN: 0716829730058
ASIN: B0015BOT14
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | MP3 player with LCD 4 GB flash memory and USB drive | | • | high-contrast LCD display with 7-color backlight | | • | plays MP3 and WMA digital music files, ID3 tag support for song information display, mobile data storage function | | • | convenient integrated USB plug( no cables required) | | • | USB 2.0 hi-speed for fast file transfers |
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Product Description
INDICATIONS: Coby USB-Stick MP3 Player with 4GB Flash Memory and LCD Display, Black with High-contrast LCD display with 7-color backlight, Plays MP3 and WMA digital music files, ID3 tag support for song information display, Mobile data storage function, Convenient integrated USB plug (no cables required), USB 2.0 Hi-Speed for fast file transfers.
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| Customer Reviews:
 keep it simple July 24, 2008
for the one who just need basic mp3 wma playing. the best of its kind
 Works well for what I want June 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had one just like this with only(!) 2GB only it was a Rixxo Mambo brand. The functionality was identical though the buttons are differently placed. My son broke his (he's not real gentle with stuff) so I gave him mine and bought this. It plays MP3s and WMAs very well. I use it through my car radio (external input on the front) and it sounds beautifully clear and clean. It also plays podcasts very nicely so that when you turn it off then on in the middle of one it picks up exactly where it left off - almost to the syllable. Doubles as a USB drive if you mistreat it as my son did and break a button.
It also claims the ability to delete songs without going to iTunes or WMP on your computer and the ability to jump to different folders according to the well written instructions though I don't use those features since I just want to hear whatever I put on in any old order. Since it is about 1/4-th the cost of the 4GB iPod or Zune I am quite happy with it.
The output connector is at one of the ends so the headphone jack goes in straight with the body. This makes it easy to fit in my pocket when I'm at the gym listening through my big Sennheiser headphones. Next to the headphone jack is a small ring for some thin thread or wire or something so you can attach some holder.
4GB is about 1,000 MP3 tunes for me at 160-192 Kbps, tunes being 2 to 12 minutes long, mostly 3 minutes. That is a lot, and I'm finally getting to hear my 3 star selections instead of the same 500 5-star selections.
I had some trouble with WMP at first not seeing some of the tunes I had loaded from my other computer so I reformatted it as if it were an external drive (which it is) and reloaded everything and then it was fine. Likely a WMP issue.
The connection to the computer is USB 2.0 and it connects like a USB drive - take off one end protector and stick the whole thing in. It also has a USB cable if the angles are wrong for sticking it directly in.
 zero navigation April 15, 2008
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
According to the manufacturer, this player "supports" ID3. What that means in practice is that it will display some of the ID3 information when it plays a track.
As far as i can tell (and i've scoured the Coby web site and searched the web for info), there is no way to use the ID3 information for *navigation*. (Compare the Sansa machines, for example, with menus that list albums by Artist, or by Title. And that *order the tracks within an album* correctly.)
So i now have a player that is loaded with several hundred tracks, in essentially random order. (I have a folder structure--by artist, then by album--in place, but the machine doesn't list the tracks in order within a folder, nor does it seem to provide "play this folder" capability.)
The manufacturer's website is useless. If i don't soon find out how to access my content in a rational way--and i've already wasted 2 hours too many of my life on this--i'm going to throw this machine into the garbage.
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