The Philips AZ910317 personal CD player has a car adapter kit and features a blue heat-resistant body. It has digital dynamic bass boost and 40 seconds of ESP3 power-saving skip protection. Because it is CD-RW compatible, it can play audio CDs that you have bought or have burned yourself. It offers up to 20 hours of playing time from fresh AA batteries.
Other features include a one-bit digital-to-analog converter and a host of playback options, including shuffle play, 99-track programming, repeat, hold, and resume. This CD player comes with headphones, an AC/DC adapter, and car adapter kit.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2004
i recieved this player for cristmas about 5 ago it is a great play and it also recharges rechargeable batteries which was a function i liked. BUT it isnt for clumsey people. after dropping it 3 times on a hardwood floor the head phone jack became broke and would only play out of one head phone and after ruling out my headphones i gave it away and replaced it with a cheap($10-$15) lenoxx sound CD player which i must say IS for the more clumsey type. ive had it for 4 years and just recently the phone jack has gone bad. but unfortunately i cannot find anymore of this brand. so if you are carefyul and not clumsey this player is great. especially if you have sensitive ears, becouse it didnt play quite loud enough for me. over all it was a decent player
'Tis true. I absolutely adore my tiny blue Philips AZ910317 Personal CD Player. I, oh so creatively, decided to name mine Philip. Philip has managed to provide me with musical pleasure every day for almost a year now. In fact, it's getting harder and harder to imagine a life without Philip. But we all know that nothing in this world is perfect. And even my darling Phil has its faults. So, which would you like to know first- the good news or the bad news? . . . what's that you say?? WHAT? I can't HEAR you!! Perhaps my headphones are on too loud. Oh well, I'll flip a coin. . . The Bad: The headphones good ol' Phil came with just aren't my cup of tea. They're uncomfortable. And they muffle the music. That problem wasn't hard to fix, though. I just bought some those headphones that slide into your ears. Those made me very happy. Another slight problem is the location of the batteries. You actually have to remove the CD from the discMan to switch the batteries. BUT you won't have to switch those batteries too often, so it's not really that big of a problem. I think the thing that bothers me the most about Phil is the display's lack of light. It was quite difficult to find the right buttons to push when it's dark and there's no light -- but that's easy to get used to. Now I'm an expert. The Good: The reason I love Phil so much is because Phil treats me real good. Phil makes me happy. Phil knows what it is: a simple discMan. It's not trying too hard to be something it's not, and doesn't have to. That's a quality I look for in a discMan. Phil doesn't skip at all when I go jogging. That makes me happy. Phil's tiny and cute and blue, not big and bulky and boring. That also makes me happy. And Phil's ability to last on long trips never ceases to amaze me. Phil doesn't suck the life out of batteries like SOME discmen I know. As my friends are begging people for spare batteries, I give Phil a proud smile. And when there are no more spare batteries and they are unable to listen to their discmen, I silently whisper to MY discMan, "You are the best" . . . 'Cause Phil is.
This CD player is great. The headphones are sturdy and stay on your head - I hate headphones that slip all over the place. The bass is excellent, and the features are cool. I especially like how you can program your CD to play in any order you want, to avoid predictability. The resume feature lets you start a song where you left off, even when you turn the thing off. The picture on this site kind of fools you, though- the blue top is translucent, which is great for me because I like to be able to stop and read the tracks on the CD. Oh yeah, this CD player is TINY!! Practically fits in the palm of your hand. Sturdy, though. One last thing: The car adaptor works wonderfully in my '92 Honda Civic, but the part that fits in the cigarette lighter plug is not compatible!! It simply does not fit. It is too bulky to fit in the small, sunken-in space that my car allows. So I have to use batteries instead of the car's power. Kind of a waste, really. But the CD player is great, in general. I think that most any CD adaptor would have trouble fitting in my car.
Great quality player and cool-looking, holds up well, just doesn't get too loud unless you hook up louder speakers or headphones. Other than that, I love it!!
I've had this CD player for 3 years and it's great. Very good size, goods looks especially the blue color. In all the time I've had it it has never skipped. Very good sound. The car kit worked but I never needed it with a CD player already in the car. So the car kit isn't an essential component for me. The only thing I don't like is that the ear phones sometimes pull my hair but they have very good sound. I replaced them with some other ones that go on my ears. Overall it is the bomb! You should get it.
I got this cd player about a year ago and its still runs like new. I dropped this thing many many times and it still runs great. I drop it on cement and tile a bunch of times and everything flies out(cd, batteries) but the player is still ok. This is a good cd player that rarely skips unless you force it yourself. The only thing I hate about this thing is the volume. I put the volume to 10 and it is not that loud, so if you like to pump music up really loud for a cd player this can't do that well. I have been satisfied with this player listening to my burned cds. I recommend this to everyone but I give it 4 stars because of the volume thing.
I just bought this CD Player today because I saw one here on Amazon but it hadn't been in stock for a while(I get home today to find out it just became avaliable-Murphey's Law) and I'm impatient so I figured I go ahead and buy the one I saw. This CD player is excellent so far-no problems. Right now I'm listening to a classical CD and it has excellent volume and no skips, even when I drop it against something. The cool blue color(that's what it's titled on the box) makes it chic and different from other CD players. I haven't had a chance to try out the car adapter kit or AC adapter but I have a feeling they will work. I great product!! I was actually looking for the AZ1901 but this one comes with the car kit. A much better deal!!
