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Rank: Thing Fling
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Here is the deal, TWO 4 Gigabytes MP3 Players. Plug and play, easy to use, USB cable included, 2.0 interface and a series of other features. You can fit thousands of your favorite songs, playlists, and albums and still listen to your favorite radio stations. At work you can use it as an external hard drive or use and abuse the voice recording feature. It comes in handy. Built-in a 5 band adjustable equalizer and a mic. There is a lot I could still ask for you may think, and I do as well but at this price it’s a real bargain. For the expert flingers maximum quantity per order is only 2 and you can only purchase this item once, that's right only one time. Fling on you Crazy Flinger and the other ones as well.
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 3/5/2008
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does anyone have it?
TWO 4Gb MP3 Players for TuesdaY Only $39.99 plus $6 shipping.
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Rank: ShaggyFling
Joined: 10/23/2006
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 12/13/2007
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yay! I've been waiting for a reasonably priced flash player to take w/ me to the gym... now I can get one for my wife too! Great deal!
Flung 2!!
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 1/28/2007
Posts: 38
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 4/17/2008
Posts: 77
Location: In the World!
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Siren MP3 Player Reviews Here But still a great deal for the price I suppose. Other Reviews Reviews
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 1/20/2007
Posts: 42
Location: CA
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Looks like the ilo's big brother.
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Rank: Hot Flinger
Joined: 4/6/2008
Posts: 110
Location: Eugene, OR
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Dimensions (from the Wal-Mart site): 1.7 in x 2.4 in x .9 in Seems a little thick as mp3 players go nowadays. But, I'm in for an order. Most of the e-opinions seem pretty happy with theirs and that's after paying $150 for one! Pretty impressed on how much life it gets out of a single AAA battery. "A boat's a boat, but the mystery box could be anything. It could even be a boat! You know how much we wanted one of those!" -Peter Griffin
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Rank: First Time Flinger
Joined: 1/10/2008
Posts: 4
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Two for Tuesday? I wonder where one would get that idea from... I would be wary of non-name brand flash-based MP3 players--I've gotten burned more than once. Not a bad price considering you get two (which would help in case one goes south)--but if you don't really have a use for the other one, just invest in a solidly reviewed model.
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 4/6/2008
Posts: 11
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Here are a few more sites with reviews that might not be entirely useless: http://www.harvardbookse...uct/c009/B000VNXXUA.htm
http://www.anythingbutip...-a-a-little-bit-rio.php
and you can download the manual as a PDF here: http://www.sirenplayer.com/support/manuals.php
From the comments I read somewhere (can't remember where now) it does not remember where it was in a track if you shut it off (why do so many players neglect that feature?), but according to the manual it can rewind / fast forward within a track (by hold down the previous/next button). Somewhere I saw a mention of an SD card expansion slot, but I'm pretty sure this unit does NOT have such a slot (based on the manual) Best price I've found so far is $39.99 + $5.99 shipping at: http://www.microcenter.c...html?product_id=0287409
so if you actually want 2, this fling is half off, otherwise it's just a good deal  . Hmmm ... I wonder if there's any chance I'm already getting one of these in one of the 3 $9.99 mystery boxes I flung over the weekend? For what it's worth, I disagree with moelearner. I WOULD be wary of no-name hard drive mp3 players since they are more expensive. The main reasons for flash over HD are the lower price and greater durability. Both factors work in favor of no-name over brand name (the durability because if that's a factor there is probably at least some chance it will get broken anyway ... like if you use it while working out). I'm a bit of a connoisseur of no-name flash mp3 players. So far I like my Coby players, but they don't have screens. I had a DiabloTek unit with a screen that I really liked, but I dropped it from a truck onto pavement and broke the screen. Would fling this in an instant if it bookmarked (I listen to lots of audiobooks), but without that feature will have to sleep on it. I bought a 2 or 4gb Curtis unit functionally similar to this one (different shape though) for like $25-30, but cant seem to find it at the moment.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 2/2/2007
Posts: 184
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Mac users beware! According to one of the reviews, while the device is "Mac compatible" (ie, you can drag and drop files to it while it is connected to a Mac) it will only read ID2 tags if the file was created with Windows Media Player, effectively making it useless for anyone who does their ripping with iTunes or any other software. Pretty major limitation, IMHO. My Dragons need your help to hatch and grow! Please click on them!
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 4/6/2008
Posts: 11
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It's probably both Mac Compatible and requiring Windows Media Player. According to the manual you only need Windows Media Player if you want to play DRM songs (or, music management software from providers "might" work) . I've seen a few places say it is NOT compatible with iTunes, but you can download Windows Media Player for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com...player/mac/default.aspx
I kind of doubt you have to rip with WMP to see the info ... it's probably just rather picky about the tags whereas other software or players might be better at "guessing" or displaying info included in the file name, but then I haven't used it and don't know much about ID2/ID3 tags.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/14/2007
Posts: 768
Location: Dallas
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SHAGGY - at the bottom of the product description it says: The Software installation disk is not included. Click here and you can download the software.
Where is "here?" I don't see anywhere that I can click to get the software......???
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Rank: Newbie Flinger
Joined: 4/22/2008
Posts: 1
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I am trying to figure out all the acessories it comes with. It looks like it comes with 1 USB for 2 units.
can anyone help me determine?
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 9/26/2007
Posts: 1
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Where is the download link? It says to click here to download software, but there is no link there!!! 
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 1/24/2008
Posts: 2,082
Location: Florida
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 2/12/2008
Posts: 1,637
Location: South carolina
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according to the Siren site, you do not need the software for this. Simply plug it into your USB, and open up the file where it stores the music. Then just copy and paste the music into this directory. It's fairly simple. This is how I do it on my Rios and my Sandisk players.
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HERE IS THE MANUAL:
http://www.sirenplayer.c...port/Siren4GBManual.pdf[/b]Starting on page 10 it explains how to manage the music. OH! i just noticed the newbie above already posted this 
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 1/19/2007
Posts: 160
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albokay wrote:Looks like the ilo's big brother. I believe Siren is the company who makes the ilo... so it is the ilo's big (nicer looking) brother. And if the ilo was any indication, you don't need to install any software to put songs on it. I never used the installation CD that came with my ilos and I have no problems putting music on or taking it off.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/14/2007
Posts: 768
Location: Dallas
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I have a question for you folks that own one of these or something similar. I have no experience with any sort of ilo or MP3 player, as I prefer to just turn on the radio. But, my dad LOVES music, especially jazz, and I think this might be a great gift for his birthday in August. However, he is 81 and is starting to suffer from confusion and senility at times. If I were to purchase this for him (and keep one for a gift for someone else) do you think it would be easy for him to operate? He has a PC and used to get on the internet all the time, but he doesn't do that much anymore - however, I could install a bunch of music for him. I just need to know if it will be easy for him to figure out how to operate the thing. He has always been a gadget junkie, and he LOVES radios, so this would be right up his ally as long as it's very, very simple to use. Any thoughts????? Thank you.........
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 12/13/2007
Posts: 105
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This has to be the ugliest mp3 player I've ever seen. Somebody needs to fire the designer.
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