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Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System
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Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System List Price: $129.99


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
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Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System description
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.

Philips ShoqBox 256 MB Personal MP3 Sound System Customer Reviews
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♥♥♥♥♥ I totally LOVE this thing!
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.
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