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 enlarge | Brand: Oregon Scientific
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 29025
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 1.1 x 2.1
MPN: MP120/BL256C
Model: MP120/BL256C
UPC: 734811212788
EAN: 0734811212788
ASIN: B00062KR6O
Release Date: October 1, 2004
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 Avoid November 22, 2006
I was so disappointed. I hoped this would be the product I needed for lap swimming, but it fell very short in two important areas: earphones and software. The software was not very user friendly and was a pain compared to other MP3 devices. But the worst was the headphones. They are horribly quiet in the water. I worked and worked with them for weeks. I read the instructions. I tried cutting the rubber to fit my ear better. Nothing was going to keep them in my ear either. Swim cap didn't help. I don't think the ear buds are waterproof anyway because they would always leak rust water.
 Works Well July 23, 2006
I took a risk - buying this with so many bad reviews about it - and the risk paid off. I have no idea why so many other people had problems, my mp3 player is great. I use it every day to swim for a half hour to and hour and the batteries never wear out. I can hear the sound out of both ear pieces and with the volume turned all the way up it is plenty loud. I think that the rick to keeping the ear buds in is to put them in before you get in the water and then use the strap from your goggles to keep them in (or something else, a rubber band, string, duct tape if you are really daring!). The sound is not perfect obviously but this is not a top-of-the-line product either. you get what you pay for.
 Not so useful for swimming July 26, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've taken this to the pool a few times since I bought it, but even with the volume turned all the way up I can barely hear the music over the water sloshing around. Plus, I can't seem to keep the earbuds in--the only thing that works, sort of, is jamming the rubber "waveguide" thingies into my ears as far as they'll go and then try to seat the earbuds into them. If I'm lucky, they'll stay for five or ten minutes. Next time, I'll try a fabric cap or headband. It probably works very well with a rubber cap but I don't use one. Dealing with the headphone cord is another problem: it's long enough to clip to pants, but dragging a cord from your ears to your suit isn't going to work at all. I clip the player on the back of my goggles, so I wind the cord up and tuck it under the strap. Sometimes a bit gets loose and catches between my arm and neck, then the whole mess comes out. Or it catches the strap and starts to pull my goggles off. When I've brought this to the pool, I've spent more time fidgeting with it than swimming, then straining to hear the music over the sloshing.
Also, the clip pulls off with only a little force, so I'm worried that it will come off, fall to the bottom of the pool and short out--it's only rated waterproof for a couple of feet.
It gets one more chance, then it goes to the abandoned technology pile.
Not perfect, but works well May 4, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've had mine for a few days, and am mostly happy with it, though it's taken a little adjusting:
1. When connecting to my Mac, though the Profiler sees it always, I have to turn it on and then plug in the usb cable at just the right time to get the Mac to mount it as a drive. It seems to be just after the logo goes away and the normal display appears.
2. Before I figured that out, I called OS Saturday and got right in. While they didn't know what the problem was, they did say they'd send me a shipping label to send it in for repair.
3. Run the goggle straps over the earbuds to keep them in place, and do it before you get any water in your ears, or you'll have a hard time hearing it.
4. The volume max is about a normal listening level. I had to adjust my breathing to breath out to the side just before my mouth comes out of the water to take a breath --- otherwise, the bubbles drown it out.
I don't know what amazon is smoking, but I've not found any voice recorder in it --- there's no microphone or input.
Addenda after several months:
I had one of the ear buds fail, and they said they would send me a replacement set. After a few weeks, I called back and they had me send it back the entire unit for replacement. I went ahead and did it. In the mean time, the earbuds showed up. Later, the replacement unit arrived, and it doesn't have the problem being seen on the mac that the first one did. I haven't actually had a chance to use it underwater to see if the volume problem has been corrected...
WATERPROOF MP3! April 21, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well,
I've had this product for about a week now and I havent had any problems with it. When i first pluged it in, it turned on and then went off but I soon found the problem was I had not inserted the USB 2.0 cable far enough in. This fixed I have so far had no problems with it. The radio works great, I use it at the gym where they have TV's on radio FM broadcasters and its fine. I used to have a sony sport armband radio for working out and it was a lot bigger with no storage. It also had a hard time picking up the signal in some areas of the gym and the cord was really use. The oregon has had no problem with this and I am happy with the product. The 256mb is plenty of music for a workout, but if your looking for stricktly an MP3 player check somewhere else. I would rate it a five if they supplied an arm band or something for running but all in all I am happy with it.
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