Coby MP620-4GBLK 4 GB Video MP3 Player with FM Radio (Black)

I bought this as a nice small player for trips and audiobooks downloaded from our library. Since then, I have used it daily for pod-casts as well as a surprisingly good fm radio.It updates its database quickly, plus you have the option to skip the update, a very nice feature that I wish my two sandisk players had. The nice thing about the sandisk players is a memory slot so I use them for music. I use the Coby for daily delete and download of new podcasts.Sound is clear and clean with very good fidelity. It is bit sensitive with fast forward as you can end up with the next selection, but very doable if you are careful. If you shut it down in the middle of a song/podcast it returns to where you left off, a nice feature.But, for me the reason for this review, is the fm radio. It is better than my sony radio which is dedicated to fm and was my portable radio of choice until now. I tried it on "car talk" and it is static free while the sony is not.So, for a cheap, plenty of memory for my uses, mp3 player with an exceptional fm radio, buy it. You will not be sorry.EDIT- 8/1/13 (two years later.) The player's earphone connection started a graceful degradation about six months ago and finally failed. Even so, I just bought another one to replace this one even thought I still have the two Sansas.It is my preferred mp3 player. It has had continuous use every day since I bought it. I have dropped it with the earphone cord attached probably 50 times so it was not the players fault that the earphone jack failed. It has hit the floor many times. The electronics are still working so I intend to open it up and see if I can fix the jack. It seems that the jack failure is common to all mp3 players, so why waste money on a high priced player?Add one more feature I love and that is its slim design with an informative large screen.Everything I said in my review still stands and have recommended it to others. It is a great little player.Another EDIT ( an or so hour later)- Fixed it! The case is easy to pry apart. Use a thin knife to start a gap and your fingernails to run along the open gap to split the halves apart. The on/off/hold stitch will be loose so watch for it. With a jeweler's phillip's head screwdriver remove four screws holding the circuit board. With a thin flat head jeweler's screwdriver gently push in the headphone jack contacts (they are slots on both sides of the jack. If you push them in too far, push them back out a bit by putting the screwdriver into the stereo jack.Since it is open, clean the screens with screen cleaner. While the unit is out, check to see if it works by pushing on the on/off switch and the buttons to select something to play. If all is well, turn off and reassemble.I am listening to it now- so the one coming will be backup, just in case. Like I said, a great little player. Plus, the replacement is a 6gig player that costs the same as this one cost 2 years ago! Amazon is great.

The bottom line: totally worth the flaws.I've had my Coby mp620 8G music player for about a year now. Let me start with what sets this apart from other MP3 players, some of which are priced in the hundreds of dollars. This MP3 player, as opposed to others, has an amazing battery life. Prior to purchasing it, I read other reviews that said the same thing--and I'm happy to say I've found it to be true. In fact, the amount of battery life is unexpectedly amazing (even considering all the rave reviews I read). In January I lost my MP3 player. Today, over two months later, I found it. And guess what? Through the two month period that it was lost, the MP3 player held the charge. I turned it on two months later, and the battery is literally at 100%. Is it just me, or is that amazing?In spite of the amazing battery life, there are a few downsides (both totally worth it in my opinion). The first is that you can't make any playlists at all. You can go through the menu to see all the songs of one artist, however you can't click the artist and play only the songs by that artist. You also can't go and manually make playlists at all. Basically, your entire music library is on random shuffle. You can go through and pick individual songs to play, but it's a pain.Second downside (another thing I've happily learned to live with) is the program you get with the MP3 player which puts puts music on your MP3 player from your computer. The program they give you is complicated, wierd and definitely NOT user friendly (though after a few hours I was able to figure out how to use it). My advice is to keep the CD (just to be safe) but don't use it. Upload songs to your MP3 player by going into Windows Media Player-->click the "Sync" tab-->make sure the right device is selected (in other words make sure that it is connected to your MP3 player--look above the playlist to see what device is currently selected. If your MP3 player is already selected, you don't have to do anything)-->drag over the music you want on your MP3 player--> Press sync. Use windows media don't use the program they give you.