Bush 4GB MP3 Player with LED Display - Black (993536244)

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On first glance this might look like a decent MP3 player. The box looks great and the instructions are clear and easy to understand and then when you try using the thing that initial smile turns to a frown becasue this has got to be the most poorly designed MP3 that I have used. No clear indication of what to do and it took me five minutes to navigate. The buttons are also very clunky and the overall design has a cheap plastic like feel. All in all I guess that I could learn to love it but it just doesn't feel like a very well made product to me.

Bought this mp3 player a while ago but started using it a lot more recently. The sound quality is fine and I have no issues with the buttons / navigation. The only thing that really bugs me is the random function that is not at all random. It has a set order in which to play songs, in that it will play track 1, then 23, then 5, then 16 etc, but it does this every time. I now know what song is coming next, even on shuffle mode! I either have to set it back to normal every so often or put more or less songs on it in order for it to seem random again!

I have had mine for 4 years now, have never had any problems with it, amazingly easy to put music on and to navigate. God sound quality. Easy and quick to charge. Battery still lasts on average 5 to 6 hours continuous play (not as good as at first but not bad seeing as it's used 4 to 5 times a week for this long). My 10yr old Granddaughter has had hers for over 2 years and has also had no problems. I am now looking for a NEW one for my Grandson.

As a basic cheap player it's not bad, the sound quality is good enough for my needs. However there are a couple of behaviours I find irritating:1) It seems to have a "soft start" for each track where it ramps up the volume over maybe half a second. This is really annoying when you have tracks which start immediately on zero seconds, as you miss the first beat.2) The scan backward function ("rewind" in the good old days!) slows down to the point of being unusable if you're playing a long mp3 track. This may or may not be related to my use of VBR MP3 encoding - I've not tried it on non-VBR. I frequently use the player to review recordings of my band's practice sessions and live gigs - over an hour in length as a single file - and it's really frustrating if you want to go back to hear something again.As others have found:Yes, you do have to remember to switch it on before plugging into usb charger or pc port if you want to charge the battery.You need to learn to use the "M" button for just about everything, even selecting a track from a folder (I'm still often locating a track and then hitting the the central "play" button instead of "M" - it just ignores the selection and goes back to what was playing before)The volume limiter is irritating, again you have to use "M" to get past mid-volume.

Bought this along with cassette adaptor when removing car stereo became too awkward to contemplate. First six months went OK apart from fiddly control button which occasionally fast forwarded or repeated when I was trying to turn it off. Instruction manual complete waste of paper. After six months, battery died and refused to recharge again. Have since bought replacement model with proper batteries I can take out and replace or recharge.

sound is good if you use decent headphones and plugin charge is good ,spent hours trying to work out how to play what I want ,nightmare ,maybe you could work this if you are a child or young adult for the more mature adult forget it ,you will soon be pulling out what little hair you have left .Navagation really stinks ,simply things like choosing what playlist you want is hidden yet rubbish like replay,repeat ,etc. is all to easy to press by accident .

Possibly the worst electrical item I've ever purchased. I wanted a simple MP3 player which I could set up to play audio or music files, random or non-random as selected, and on repeat. The menus have an operating system bug or feature whereby often you can't even get to the play / repeat mode. Then, if you eventually find the setting, it changes / switches back to default at various times for no reason. Recently it set itself to repeat song mode, for no reason whatsoever.Casing and screen are fine - good actually, but the controls are poor; cheap and tacky components - and the text on the main button doesn't even align horizontally properly. There's also no direct volume control, you have to click the volume button before being able to adjust up and down with two other buttons - then a further couple of clicks if you want to go above half-way (either way!) - it's beyond belief how stupid the design is.Edit: I've worked out how to get to the menu I need, you have to have a track actually playing, else it diverts to a different menu (ridiculous!) So I now have it on random play and it is at least usable for the purpose I wanted.A disgraceful product.