Philips Jogproof MPC225 Personal CD Player
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- CD-R/CD-RW Playback: CD-RW
- Bass Boost: With Bass Boost
- Anti Skip Buffer: 45 sec.
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Sufficient for a 10 year old boy!
Pros
PRICE, easy to use, really is jogproof, FM radio reception is good
Cons
Eats batteries too quickly, no belt clip
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
If you're not ready for the next step into technology, this CD/FM personal player will satisfy your 10 year old.
I bought the Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player for my son for Christmas. It had the right price and its Jogproof label really caught my eyes. My son has not entered into the MP3 craze yet so I was able to get away with buying him some CD's and this CD player...I know, I know. Soon he'll want an iPod and my days off getting off cheap will be over...I'm just going to enjoy today more and more:)
Here's what the package says:
"Philips Maganvox offers a great personal CD player with rich sound and skip protection. It is perfect for listening, studying, and exercising. This player is jog-proof with a 45-second ESP as well as durable with up to 22-hour playback time on two AA batteries.
Great sound comes from the Digital Dynamic Bass Boost for different volumes. Enjoy your own CD mixes with the CD-R/CD-RW compatibility. Or, listen to the Digital FM Tuner Radio.
Features include:
CD-R/CD-RW compatible
FM Digital Tuner
up to 22 hrs. playback with two AA batteries
Digital Dynamic Bass Boost
Jogproof: 45-second electronic skip protection
Headphones"
My review
The Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player is 1 inch in height, 5 1/2 inches long and 5 inches wide. It is compact and easily portable but lacks a belt clip.
The face of the Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player is silver with a black band on the outside. At the edge where the button is to open the CD player, there is a window in to the CD player so you can watch the CD spin...I don't know what purpose this serves, but this seems to be standard on most electronic gizmos nowadays.
Along the bottom rim of the player, there are slide buttons for the volume and the power; you can choose off, resume and hold for power options.
There is also a green port between the Volume button and the power button for you to plug in your headphones. On the other side, there is another port for a 4.5V DC...I'm assuming that this port is for an adapter.
To insert new batteries, you must open the lid by sliding the button at the very middle of the clamshell (that's what this looks like to me). This causes the "clam" to open and exposes the battery compartment. The battery cover takes some fiddling to return to its closed position after replacing the batteries.
On the face of the "clam", there are several control buttons; the top digital display screen shows the status of the player including a little battery that shows the level of power remaining in the batteries. The buttons are as follows: Play, stop, Search (for the radio and CD function), DBB (digital bass boost), prog-reset (select which track you want on the CD), CD/FM button and mode button.
Most of these functions are standard for every personal music player; with no real new buttons, the chances of messing up this Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player are slim to none.
The headphones are adjustable and comfortable but the wire is too short at 36 inches. I think the sound is clear enough for a personal player when playing a CD or listening to the radio. The volume doesn't get too loud which is a positive for me (can you remember your mom telling you that she could hear your personal radio from across the room? this player doesn't get close to that noise!!). I'm not sure what the DBB button is supposed to do; I cannot discern any difference with the clarity or bass of the music when I push the button.
The problems I have with this Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player is two-fold. One, the batteries I use are for digital products and yet they do not last the 22 hours as advertised. The second is the fact that there is no clip to attach this player to your belt. You need to be seated to listen to the player or carry this around in your hands and hope you don't drop it.
This Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player has been dropped by little hands (and bigger ones) and is still intact with no playing problems. I do note that the headphones have started to malfunction after only two months (fading in and out and only one side working unless you play with the connection of the wire at the port).
Overall, though, I did like the price ($45.86 at Walmart) and the fact that my son can use this autonomously. I also have used the Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player to listen to the radio when the power went out last week and the radio does get great reception. Besides eating batteries and having to carry this around, this is a good choice for a personal CD/FM player for a tween (child on the verge of pre-teenhood). The jogproof function works well when I am vacuuming and when my son is walking around the house with this on. For the price, this is a reasonable alternative to an iPod or MP3 player. If you're not ready to take the next step into the present (I still have a tape player), this Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player will satisfy a ten year old boy with a CD collection!!
Here's what the package says:
"Philips Maganvox offers a great personal CD player with rich sound and skip protection. It is perfect for listening, studying, and exercising. This player is jog-proof with a 45-second ESP as well as durable with up to 22-hour playback time on two AA batteries.
Great sound comes from the Digital Dynamic Bass Boost for different volumes. Enjoy your own CD mixes with the CD-R/CD-RW compatibility. Or, listen to the Digital FM Tuner Radio.
Features include:
CD-R/CD-RW compatible
FM Digital Tuner
up to 22 hrs. playback with two AA batteries
Digital Dynamic Bass Boost
Jogproof: 45-second electronic skip protection
Headphones"
My review
The Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player is 1 inch in height, 5 1/2 inches long and 5 inches wide. It is compact and easily portable but lacks a belt clip.
The face of the Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player is silver with a black band on the outside. At the edge where the button is to open the CD player, there is a window in to the CD player so you can watch the CD spin...I don't know what purpose this serves, but this seems to be standard on most electronic gizmos nowadays.
Along the bottom rim of the player, there are slide buttons for the volume and the power; you can choose off, resume and hold for power options.
There is also a green port between the Volume button and the power button for you to plug in your headphones. On the other side, there is another port for a 4.5V DC...I'm assuming that this port is for an adapter.
To insert new batteries, you must open the lid by sliding the button at the very middle of the clamshell (that's what this looks like to me). This causes the "clam" to open and exposes the battery compartment. The battery cover takes some fiddling to return to its closed position after replacing the batteries.
On the face of the "clam", there are several control buttons; the top digital display screen shows the status of the player including a little battery that shows the level of power remaining in the batteries. The buttons are as follows: Play, stop, Search (for the radio and CD function), DBB (digital bass boost), prog-reset (select which track you want on the CD), CD/FM button and mode button.
Most of these functions are standard for every personal music player; with no real new buttons, the chances of messing up this Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player are slim to none.
The headphones are adjustable and comfortable but the wire is too short at 36 inches. I think the sound is clear enough for a personal player when playing a CD or listening to the radio. The volume doesn't get too loud which is a positive for me (can you remember your mom telling you that she could hear your personal radio from across the room? this player doesn't get close to that noise!!). I'm not sure what the DBB button is supposed to do; I cannot discern any difference with the clarity or bass of the music when I push the button.
The problems I have with this Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player is two-fold. One, the batteries I use are for digital products and yet they do not last the 22 hours as advertised. The second is the fact that there is no clip to attach this player to your belt. You need to be seated to listen to the player or carry this around in your hands and hope you don't drop it.
This Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player has been dropped by little hands (and bigger ones) and is still intact with no playing problems. I do note that the headphones have started to malfunction after only two months (fading in and out and only one side working unless you play with the connection of the wire at the port).
Overall, though, I did like the price ($45.86 at Walmart) and the fact that my son can use this autonomously. I also have used the Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player to listen to the radio when the power went out last week and the radio does get great reception. Besides eating batteries and having to carry this around, this is a good choice for a personal CD/FM player for a tween (child on the verge of pre-teenhood). The jogproof function works well when I am vacuuming and when my son is walking around the house with this on. For the price, this is a reasonable alternative to an iPod or MP3 player. If you're not ready to take the next step into the present (I still have a tape player), this Phillips Magnavox Jog-proof Personal CD player will satisfy a ten year old boy with a CD collection!!
