Compaq Mini-CD MP3 player

Ceruleance

Hey guys,
I've got a Compaq Ipaq mini-cd MP3 player. Basically it uses Pocket CD-R's that you burn with MP3's in data format. Each disk holds about 210 mb, which is roughly 210 minutes of MP3's in the standard 128 kb bitrate. (let's say at least 60 or so songs of average length) per CD. It has an in-line display with the track title, album number, track number, time elapsed, battery meter, format, all those goodies all at once. Skip protection is 480 seconds, so it should be a non-issue (the thing actually reads the track in about 10 seconds and then shuts off the motor and runs off its memory)

mini-cds can be burned on any regular CD burner drive

it comes with AC adapter, rechargable batteries, in-line data unit (but no headphones, the included ones were crap and were thrown out, so provide your own) and 4 blank memorex 8cm CD-RW's (yes, re-writable). Documentation can be downloaded at Compaq.com

I used a regular CD to try and show scale but it may be hard to tell. If you took a regular cd and inscribed a square inside of it, thats about the profile of the unit.

anyways, I think $45 + shipping is pretty fair? Compare to flash based MP3 players with 256 mb memory and I think you'll see this unit is a steal.

RuSsMaN

How many hours do you think you have on it, and have you used the headphone out for a line-out into a stereo?

Cheers,
Russ

Ceruleance

fairly low hours, conservatively, maybe 100 hours would be the absolute max. (I stopped riding the subway when I went to college) The player is not in perfect cosmetic condition though, you should be able to see the areas of grey plastic showing through the paint. This is consistent with the regular wear and tear of the unit being in a bag, I don't abuse my gear.

The player has a dedicated line out in addition to a headphone jack, so no, I have not used the headphone out as a line out to a stereo the line out jack works well.

Ceruleance

I'll reduce the price to $35 + shipping

Additionally for sale, the original Diamond Rio PMP300. The first product worthy enough to bring MP3 players to the mainstream.
32MB onboard memory, upgradable to 64 MB with a smartmedia card. No moving parts, it was rock solid even when I took it mountain biking.

Includes the two original CD's with software and music samples, Data cable, main unit. Manual can be downloaded, Original earbuds were thrown out.

I'll do this classic for $25 + ship. Amazing the half-life of electronics, I think this was $300 when I first got it. It's a well made unit, just not a jukebox player like the new ipods. Works great for mountain biking as I said, it's small and lightweight and has a clip on the back that has never fallen off while I have worn it. Holds about a CD worth of songs at a time.

Ceruleance

c'mon you guys, good stuff for cheap