Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System
Enjoy superb sound with powerful bass at home or away with the uniquely portable ShoqBox. Savor 60 MP3 or 120 WMA songs in dynamic sound with XSL Acoustics. Your ShoqBox with built-in speakers is small enough to carry or fit anywhere!
Enjoy superb sound while listening to your favorite MP3s with the 256 MB Philips ShoqBox sound system. The compact ShoqBox, which measures a mere 7.16 by 2.28 by 2.08 inches (W x H x D), stores up to 60 MP3 or 120 WMA files on its built-in flash memory, then outputs them through the system's pair of tiny yet powerful speakers. The resulting sound combines bright, brisk treble and midrange sound with elastic, room-filling bass--a pairing that's sure to please casual music fans and audiophiles alike. The speakers owe their elite performance to their high-tech titanium cones and neodymium magnets, which deliver a sound output with nearly twice the power of traditional drivers of the same size. In addition, the drivers, acoustic architecture, and circuitry are precisely tuned, further optimizing the bass performance. Listeners will also dig the six-mode equalizer--which includes classic, hip-hop, jazz, pop, rock, and normal modes--and the dynamic bass boost function. Customizing the ShoqBox's audio output is as easy as pushing a button. Should you tire of listening to your stored MP3 and WMA files, you can connect the ShoqBox to a personal CD player, PC, or other device via the line-in port. To switch from MP3/WMA to the auxiliary device, simply select the "line-in" function from the main menu. Once you do, you can rock out to your favorite CD, run the audio for your PC games through the speakers, or bring a sophisticated PowerPoint presentation to life. Additional features include a digital FM tuner with 10 station presets, upgradeable firmware that improves the functionality of the device, a USB 1.1 interface for quick music downloads, a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery that offers up to 10 hours of playback, an integrated alarm, and a convenient travel case that protects the set during transport. The ShoqBox, which weighs 0.77 pounds, is backed by a one-year warranty on parts (90 days labor). What's in the Box
ShoqBox system, AC/DC adapter/charger, USB cable, line-in cable, software CD-ROM, FM antenna, travel case, user's manual.
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Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System Reviews
Otherwise it's awesome, the sound is as good as an old fashioned boombox, in a much more compact size. You will not be able to put music on it with a newer operating system than xp. I only give it 3 stars because in my opinion there should be an upgrade or an accessory for the product to make it compatible with newer operating systems. I found out the hard way. Do not buy this if you have Vista unless you only want it for a fm radio and/or a speaker to use with a seperate mp3 player. The radio comes in very well.
The first 1.5 years we wore out 5 CD/radios (some cheap, some not so cheap). 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. My wife and I use music to help our daughter of three to nap and sleep at night. We found this 2 years ago and couldn't be happier.
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 bought this mp3 player a year ago to use on my school bus. 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. The sound quality is very good, and the battery life is excellent. I would buy one again if I lost this one. 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. Someone mentioned that it didn't remember that it had been told to play in random order.
I was showing mine to my coworkers, and at least two of them are buying them as soon as they can find them. It's tiny, so it takes up hardly any space & I use velcro to make sure it doesn't slide around. I've got between 50 and 60 songs on it, and I just change them every few weeks or so. In fact, the loudest volume is too loud, even over the extremely noisy bus. 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.
And also, if wanting to add new songs, the device must be reprogrammeda step that actually causes to lose all the previous songs. Go get it. A very wonderful and efficient device. 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 componentmatching with the device. 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);. Now the thing that most people find difficult about this product is the set up.
Thus, it's very valuable for many reasons:. Please, do not forget to install the CD. 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. This Philips' personal sound system (PSS) is truly one of the best products I have ever bought online. Hence, I would strongly recommend someone to carefully choose the songs that are most favorable (to that person, of course). 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).
This is a great product that you need to work with a little before you start using it. there is no music on the unit this point. The final step involves pulling out the USB cord from the back of the unit. It installs as a program on your PC. Press the reset button under the flap at the back. 2.
Power the unit using the adaptor and connect via USB to you PC where you downloaded the above file. It is free and better than Musicmatch. Please be patient and let the process finish. Very simple drag and drop program. Use a ballpoint pen to press down firmly for about 10 seconds. Once you do all this (takes about a half hour) this is a unique and great product. You could se the radio but strongly suggest you do step 3 below.
- shoqbox buddy to help you transfer your mp3/WMA to your shoqbox. 1. Start up the program and it will guide you through the firmware upgrade. Press the play/power button for about 10 seconds and you will see word on the screen.
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. 3.Update the firmware - download [.]. 4. Here are the instructions cribbed from a discussion group:.
[.]. Please note the actual firmware upgrade runs for quite bit - you will see message on the display. Charge unit for 5 hours.
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