Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System | List Price: $129.99
Discount Price: $39.99
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Brand: Philips
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Portable MP3/WMA sound system with 256 MB flash memory and built-in speakers
- Stores up to 60 MP3 or 120 WMA files; digital FM tuner with 10 station presets
- High-tech titanium cone speaker drivers and neodymium magnets produce powerful sound
- 6-mode equalizer with classic, hip-hop, jazz, pop, rock, and normal settings; USB 1.1 interface
- Includes protective travel case; measures 7.16 x 2.28 x 2.08 inches (W x H x D); 1-year parts warranty
Philips ShoqBox [Posted on 2007-01-03]
I purchased this item because a friend of mine had it, and the sound quality was excellent! I don't use it as an MP3 player...I use it for business as a speaker system for my computer. It is great, and very portable!
Fix it first [Posted on 2007-03-15]
This is a great product that you need to work with a little before you start using it. Here are the instructions cribbed from a discussion group:
1. Charge unit for 5 hours.
2. Press the reset button under the flap at the back. Use a ballpoint pen to press down firmly for about 10 seconds. Press the play/power button for about 10 seconds and you will see word on the screen. there is no music on the unit this point. You could se the radio but strongly suggest you do step 3 below.
3.Update the firmware - download [...]
Power the unit using the adaptor and connect via USB to you PC where you downloaded the above file. It installs as a program on your PC. Start up the program and it will guide you through the firmware upgrade. The final step involves pulling out the USB cord from the back of the unit. Please note the actual firmware upgrade runs for quite bit - you will see message on the display. Please be patient and let the process finish.
4. [...] - shoqbox buddy to help you transfer your mp3/WMA to your shoqbox. Very simple drag and drop program. It is free and better than Musicmatch.
Once you do all this (takes about a half hour) this is a unique and great product. Put your favorite 50 tunes on here, use the manual to figure out how to set your favorite 10 FM stations (be sure to plug in the antenna first), use the Aux input for your video ipod or whatever, and you have the best small audio package available.
An excellent product [Posted on 2007-06-20]
This Philips' personal sound system (PSS) is truly one of the best products I have ever bought online. Thus, it's very valuable for many reasons:
First of all, since it's built-in speakers, the options can be to use it with headphones or without headphones, now, the speakers, that are loud enough which allowed everybody around to hear what's being played, (personally, I often cannot listen to anything with headphones for long);
secondly, it comes not only with mp3, but also with windows media player (WMA)--meaning any songs from CDs or from other type of music source related to windows media player;
finally, this device can as well be used to transfer sound, for example, to home theater system with any kind of giant speakers (just as using ipod's speakers; just connect headphone's jack to speakers, a cord that's included in the box).
Now the thing that most people find difficult about this product is the set up. Whoever it is using this product must install the software MusicMatch CD which will enable users to convert mp3 or WMA song files into the required component--matching with the device.
The only frustrated thing about it is that since the intern memory is only 256 MB, the device cannot hold that many songs; mine takes about 54 songs, but it depends on the size of the tracks. And also, if wanting to add new songs, the device must be reprogrammed--a step that actually causes to lose all the previous songs. Hence, I would strongly recommend someone to carefully choose the songs that are most favorable (to that person, of course).
Please, do not forget to install the CD.
A very wonderful and efficient device! Go get it!
I totally LOVE this thing! [Posted on 2007-09-29]
I bought this mp3 player a year ago to use on my school bus. It's tiny, so it takes up hardly any space & I use velcro to make sure it doesn't slide around.
One reviewer complained it wasn't loud enough, and quite frankly, I have NO idea how loud they want it to go, because I can hear it just fine. In fact, the loudest volume is too loud, even over the extremely noisy bus!
The sound quality is very good, and the battery life is excellent. I charge mine every weekend just to make sure it doesn't "poop out" on me mid-run, but I probably could go longer between charges.
I've got between 50 and 60 songs on it, and I just change them every few weeks or so. Since it isn't USB 2.0, it does take awhile for the songs to upload, but you people who complain about that probably are too young to remember waiting while you recorded your lp's to cassette so you take them in the car with you (now THAT was slow.)
I did have to push reset once: I was scrolling backwards through songs too fast and it got "hung up." Since I had to reload all my songs, I haven't repeated that...if I have to go backwards, I do it SLOWLY, one song at a time.
Someone mentioned that it didn't remember that it had been told to play in random order. I haven't found that to be true, but it DOES start on the same song every time, so I just push the forward button once and it starts going randomly from there.
I was showing mine to my coworkers, and at least two of them are buying them as soon as they can find them. I would buy one again if I lost this one.
The "Energizer Bunny" of radios. [Posted on 2008-07-13]
My wife and I use music to help our daughter of three to nap and sleep at night. The first 1.5 years we wore out 5 CD/radios (some cheap, some not so cheap). We found this 2 years ago and couldn't be happier. It runs 16+ hours a day (everyday!), and it is still going. If you are looking for high fidelity, keep looking, if you are looking for a dependable product that sounds good for it's size (remember it is only about 2x3x6 inches) you found it.
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