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As any one got one of these players ie: what they play like, are they any good.

Some one posted a thread(about a month ago) saying he bought one and it was a load of s***e!
They woudn`t give him is money back, so he was selling for 30 notes!

Stay clear!

I have this and have to agree that its the biggest pile of poo.

Why?
Mainly poor sound, unstable mechanism, can`t play cd-rw too well, can`t play anything too well.

The only thing that`s ok are the headphones which look cheap and nasty but sound ok, better than my panasonic ones (but only if you plug them into something else.)

He`s right - avoid this one.

i have just bought the NAPA DAV 310 which is the upgraded model of the 309 which will play cd-rw and has antishock for cda and mp3, but it hasn`t arrived yet. i hope to prove you all wrong.

I have owned a NAPA for several months now and find it to be of good quality. When put throgh the AUX on my stereo it sounds fine. I don`t use it as a VCD player because I have a DVD and you can`t get VCDs easily anyway, I purchased one online just to test it out (Battlefield Earth a very funny film). Any problems you are having with sound quality is more likely to be your MP3 creation or your stereo not the player. I don`t use CDR-Ws because CDRs are so cheap. I have so far managed to get 160 tracks on one CD with no playback problems. But a word of warning, make sure that the MP3s are coded at 96kps and above otherwise the NAPA can`t read tham.My only complaint would be the crap remote control. Anyway what do you expect for under £100 and compare it to your very very limited (with expensive storage costs) MP3 players like the Rio etc.

Forget the NAPA. Get the Phillips Expanium. A friend said he sold the NAPA `cause it skips like mad but the phillips is supposed to be great.

>i have just bought the NAPA DAV 310 which is the upgraded model of the 309 which will play cd-rw and has antishock for cda and mp3,
>but it hasn`t arrived yet. i hope to prove you all wrong.

I`m sure you will Boris! Since anyone who thinks the Himage is great will probably think this is the best MP3 player available! ;-)

007.

shut up 007.
here is what i have found.
+s
mp3 plays fine
vcd plays fine
has remote .

-s
it is white and orange
normal cds skip like `little red riding hood`
nasty high pitch data noise present when you play back your mp3s
Battery lasts 7 hours with mp3
Battery lasts 3 hours with CD!

This item was edited on Wednesday, 28th March 2001, 20:53

Haven`t you noticed the nasty high pitch data noise present when you play back your mp3s.