Coby MP-C582 Clip MP3 Player 1 GB - Black

There have been so many problems with this little mp3 player I don't know where to begin. I gave this to my 8 year old son for Christmas thinking the clip would be great for him so he didn't have to carry it around. While the 'clip' part works great, the rest of it is a big disappointment. Starting out with charging. It comes with a rechargeable battery which is great because if you've ever owned one that takes alkaline batteries you find out real quick that you'll go thru batteries in a hurry. The thing is it doesn't have any indication that is was charging, so your left wondering for quite a while if anything is even happening. Also if you only have usb ports in the back of the computer your going to have a tough time because the connector they send is only about 2 inches long, not a cord like most of the others I have had, I had to pull my system out from the desk to charge. Next problem was actually downloading music to it! MAJOR problems here!!!! I got errors several times before we finally got it to accept anything at all. Then we downloaded several songs to it and took it out and my son was listening to it and realized several of the songs we thought we had downloaded to it were not playing. Pulled the computer back out and tried loading them again and again they didn't work. Went to Coby site and they said problem was on our end...corrupt files or something. Funny thing is tho, songs work fine on 4 other players we have. Songs from personal cds worked fine on it, songs from walmart download site and similar places are the ones we can't play. Even though their site says we can play those types of songs fine on this player. The buttons on the Clip player are also a pain, the forward works fine. The back button gets you to the beginning of the current song your listening to, but we couldn't get it to go any further than that. Also, in case you didn't notice there is no screen on this player to tell you what song your playing, etc.....I knew this and was fine with it for my son, he likes listening to them all so he doesn't really care which one is playing now or next.We have now owned two Coby mp3 players. The first one was a learning experience....this one, the 2nd, was just stupidity on my part, should have known better after owning the first one. To me this little player isn't worth much, especially not the $20 I paid for it....should have been more like five!

I have no idea if it could have been a good produce. It was in a cardboard box, but the plastic container was free floating with room in the box for four other units of the same size. It might have been in good shape and broken in delivery or it might have been broken when put into the box. The hinge was cracked. The damage was small enough that no one would have noticed. I didn't until I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't. However I did see it after the first time I tried to charge it and I began to inspect it more closely. Sad. Coby usually has great mp3 players. I had one for years that got left in a pocket and washed and still worked after it dried out. Because it was probably how it was packed and shipped I'll try Coby one more time, but I really hope I get something better than this.

The only negative thing I have to say regarding the MP3 player is the buttons. Very easy to hit the wrong one. Also, never leave it in your coat pocket or in your purse for use. The buttons get pushed and you run out of battery without knowing it and it is dead when you are ready to use it. Otherwise, it is an excellent player for the price. Holds alot of songs and easy to hook up.

Coby MP-C582 Clip MP3 Player 1 GB - Black I purchased this MP3 player for my husband. He works construction and the clip style works great for him. The only thing that we don't really like is that it has to be connected to the computer via a USB connection in order to be recharged making it hard to take on the road with him.

excellent sound quality, better than I expected. no frills, plays music in order loaded or random. instruction manual poor but good one is online and customer service at coby is very good- thought something was wrong with mine but found it wasn't playing 'cause I was pausing it without realizing it(duh). love that it's so small, I clip it to my blouse and have music when I'm out in my power chair and 4-5 mph isn't so boring with music! good basic player, inexpensive and simple for a senior person unfamiliar with the tecnology!

This wouldn't even turn on! I bought it for a specific event and had to do without! Totally disappointed! Try testing your product before selling!

Don't buy this product. It does not work. I was able to download music to it, but it would not play the music. Also, buttons stuck. Very disappointed in product. Too, bad...it was a neat concept.

Nice inexpensive piece of equipment.I use it all the time on walks and working in the yard.Holds tons of music