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Sony DES51 Sport Discman Portable CD Player (Yellow) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 41481
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.7 x 3.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: DES51
Model: DES51
UPC: 027242531239
EAN: 0027242531239
ASIN: B00000DMA4
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| Features:
| • | Rugged, water-resistant sports design | | • | SteadySound electronic shock protection | | • | 10 playback modes | | • | Mega Bass with "groove" sound position | | • | 22-track RMS programming |
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Product Description
Rain or shine, wind or snow, you can have music wherever you go. The Sony D-ES51 Portable Sports CD Player is water resistant and has a rugged sports design for outdoor fun. Featuring a high impact case, rubber gaskets, bushings and waterproof seals that keep out water, moisture and dirt. SteadySound, the next generation of skip protection surpasses Sony's current 20-second Buffer Memory system. It uses new DSP (Digital Signal Processor) technology to provide longer continuous playback in more active uses.
Amazon.com
Want to take your tunes along when you head outside? The Sony Sports Discman, wrapped in a heavy duty yellow shell, is rough and ready, yet delivers the crisp, clean tones of refined digital sound. With its raised, rubber-coated buttons and rigid contours, the player has a solid feel, but is still surprisingly light. Internal gaskets offer water resistance and protection from sand and dust. A rugged silver buckle snaps the case tightly shut. The Sports Discman features the same variety of playback functions as its less outdoorsy cousins: Random Music Sensor (RMS); skip, repeat, volume limiter (AVLS); and two settings for extra bass. Now for the big question, what about CDs that skip when you're on the go? In answer, Sony's come up with Electronic Shock Protection (ESP2). You can't bang this thing like a drum--in fact, you can't run all day with it bouncing on your hip, either--but this model is a lot less likely to hiccup during movement than its predecessors. Note: the sporty stereo headphones that are included sound somewhat distorted when the bass is boosted. Two AA batteries are required for operation. --George Laney
Amazon.com Product Description
The Sony D-ES51 Yellow Sport Discman portable CD player features a rugged, water-resistant design so you can take it just about anywhere. Its Super ESP SteadySound skip protection surpasses Sony's previous 20-second buffer memory system. It uses Digital Signal Processor technology to provide longer continuous playback.Other features include a Mega Bass sound system with "groove" sound and sport stereo headphones. The 22-track RMS programming allows you to customize the order in which tracks are played, while 10 playback modes let you program a selection of tracks in a desired order or hear tracks in random order. Playing time on two AA batteries is up to 14 hours with skip protection off.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Sony made a very bad product. November 22, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After about two months, the LCD malfunctioned. It only occasionally worked. After three years, the unit stopped working altogether. After taking the unit apart to see what is wrong with it, I've discovered opening and closing the waterproof top contributes to the destruction of the unit. When you open the top, you will notice a series of connectors in a plastic electronic strip at the bottom of the lid, below this the electronic strip is folded in an awkward way, which after several hundred openings, the slight tension causes the strip to naturally sever, hence the unit ceases to operate. The sad fact of the matter is I've owned this unit for three years and only used it for about 100 hours of operation. Not much!
Buyer Beware!!! January 11, 2002
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I am ashamed to admit it, but I actually bought two of these. My first one suffered a small drop onto carpet, after which the LCD display, then the entire player quit working. Although I thought that this was supposed to be a very rugged player, I felt that perhaps that was too much of a jolt, even for this player. Assuming that the mistake was mine, I bought another one. The new one was never dropped, never jostled, I even kept it unnecessarily dry. However, after only a few months... same story: LCD display goes first, then the entire player. This is what happens: One day, you put in a CD, it will not read it for about 15 seconds. Once it finally recognizes the CD, you push play. It begins to play, then pauses. You cannot unpause, so you try to skip a track. This does not work either. You look at the LCD display to see what track you are on, and you see this: |]_/
...... what is THAT? All of a sudden, you see the track number, then, with out you touching anything, the volume turns itsself ALL THE WAY UP AS LOUD AS IT WILL GO!!! You frantically try to turn it down, but the buttons have quit working. Eventually, you are able to turn down the volume (without knowing where it is set to because the LCD is now dead again), but the volume keeps going lower and lower even after your fingers are no longer on the player. Now you can hear nothing. If this all began when you had the button-lock feature on, you are locked out from adjusting anything at all until it is unlocked. If the buttons are not registering any input, that may never happen. Both of my players followed this same exact pattern: LCD display stops working, buttons become quirky, buttons act of their own free will, CDs are no longer recognized by player, player becomes a bee-colored paperweight. Sony has made some wonderful products, but this is not one of them. The amount of energy that went into making this a durable player that could withstand anything from the outside was not enough to prevent any glitches would arise from the inside. I wish that some of the other high-end CD walkmans that Sony makes would feature some of the weather-proofing and locking case features that this model has, but I can do without them if it means owning a CD walkman that does what it should do, that is: play CDs. PROS: Very weather-resistant, button-lock (so that you can't accidentally skip a track by touching a button), sturdy casing. CONS: Poor workmanship on inner electronics, poor quality headphones do more to detract from bass features than otherwise. Some gliches are acceptable with any product, as perfection is so hard to attain, but the failures that this player went through could have damaged my hearing, and temporarliy destroyed my sanity. SYNOPSIS: If this were a car, it would have been recalled. If it were a shipment of Aspirin, there would be a news alert about it.
 Two Thumbs Down December 15, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I hate to join in this chorus of unsatisfied customers, but I'm not given much of a choice. I'm on my 2nd and last Sony Sport Discman. It's been consistently breaking down with either the LCD screen blanking out, the volume adjustment getting screwed up, or it just not working at all. Now, they don't even offer it with a rechargeable battery alternative. I say to SONY--either improve this product, or DO THE RIGHT THING--Take it off the market to not damage SONY's product quality!
Don't waste your money on Sony January 1, 2001
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I did a lot of research on portable CD players before purchasing my sony sport discman. I was convinced that the sony sport was the most durable and reliable CD player on the market. It did not take me long to realize that this was not the case. The anti-skip protection was worthless after about two months. After three months, the LCD display died and after nine months, the CD player quit playing altogether. This is my third Sony discman to live a very short and unreliable life. I have also found that their customer service is lacking. I have learned my lesson. I will not purchase another Sony discman.
very disapointed October 24, 2000
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought this player for my daughter in Feb. of 2000. it broke down twice in six months. The second time I had to send it back I tried to get the company to replace the lemon but all they did was send me a bill. The parts that were repaired had to be made because of lousey workmanship. I would not recomend this player to anyone, especialy at the price they charge for it.
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