MP3 Player 32GB with Speaker Earphone Portable HiFi Lossless Sound MP3 Mini Music Player Voice Recorder E-Book HD Screen 1.8 inch Black Support up...

not complicated and its reliable. good for elderly or those who dont want to deal with too many options as well.

I need a replacement for my old iPod, and I certainly don't need an iPod Touch, with all the bells and whistles, so I decided to try the Arungo mp3 player. Big mistake. This is the worst piece of garbage I've spent money on in many years -- junk software and junky construction. I certainly wouldn't have bought it if I could have tested it beforehand. From the start, half the mp3s I loaded onto the sd card would trigger a "format error" message when I tried to play them on the player, even though none were from iTunes -- all are lower bitrate mp3s. Now, after a few trips to run errands and one 2 hour commute, every song, every push of the play button, triggers a "format error" message -- nothing will play. I thought maybe it was low on charge, but no, the same thing still happens after a recharge. My computer will not recognize it either now. When I plug it in, the player charges, but I now have no access to the sd card. The menu structure is the most counter-intuitive piece of software I've ever encountered -- very frustrating. You need to refer to the manual in order to learn the tricks needed to get to where you want to go in the menu (then you need to try to remember them). It is practically impossible to find and play a specific song that you've loaded on the sd card in the player's menu. I tried it, but junk software stood in my way. You have to push play and skip forward until you find something you want to hear. There are no playlists -- you have to dump all the songs into one file. Random mode always starts with the same song, and it definitely plays favorites -- it selects songs from only a couple of bands. I'll send it back next time I drive to town (in silence).

I purchased this because the 32Gb Micro SD card included holds 8 times more music than the $100 player (4Gb Sansa Rhapsody) I've used for years. The ability to add up to a 128Gb card is fantastic. I have so much music I want to load. The sound quality is excellent with great bass on my existing earbuds. The earbuds included provide adequate sound quality, but do not fit my own ears, so if these do not work for you, use what you find comfortable. The built-in speaker is a useful feature for reviewing voice recordings, though I would not use it for musical enjoyment as you would not be able to hear it well in a noisy environment. The built in equalizer has several pre-sets for Rock, pop, jazz, etc. I would have preferred one I could manually set, but scrolling thru the pre-set , I can find an agreeable setting. The other features of this player (e-reader, video player, games, voice recorder, FM radio...) may prove handy one day, but I primarily got this to use as a music player and it has already proven outstanding in that capacity. Above was my initial impression. After using the player for music playback for several days, I noticed the following I initially loaded the player with two large folders of music, about 500 songs/1.6Gb in each. I set the player to random song selection while listening. The first listening session produced a random selection of the selected folders contents as should be expected. However, after powering down the player, then coming back later to listen some more, the song I selected to begin the new session played through, but the next songs to follow were the same songs in the exact order as my initial random session. So far, I have not been able to get the player to play anything but the same sequence again & again even using the track skip ( |<< >>| ) buttons. It just steps through the same sequence of songs. My solution was to load my two large playlists onto my old Sansa 4Gb player where the shuffle feature creates a truly random selection each time. I dont know if the Arungo player has a max playlist size issue where it has trouble randomizing properly. I havent experimented yet with smaller lists. That said, the 32Gb SD card on the Arungo player still holds HUNDREDS of albums worth of music. I am nowhere near filling it up yet. I can only imagine how much a 128Gb will hold. I used to lug around a tape case in the car that held 120 cassettes. The 32Gb card would hold all that music and not get close to filling up. Anyway, I listen to albums in the track sequence they were initially recorded in anyway, ditto for my own mix collections, so the random play issue is not a factor here. One final note. In the players box, I found a card stating that if I took a screen shot of my product review and my order number and sent it to Arungos customer service e-mail, they would send me a free gift. I did this and was replied to immediately and offered either 1) another 32Gb Micro SD card, or 2) an armband holder for the player. I selected the armband and it arrived in the mail a couple days later. It is very well made, adjustable to fit a wide range of arm sizes, holds the player securely, and allows for easy insertion & removal of the player. This player is well worth the price for its memory capacity & expandability, sound quality, and range of functions. The random play issue is a minor inconvenience at worst. UPDATE May 2021: I recently loaded a 128GB Micro SD card (SanDisk) in the player. If you plan to do this with yours, be advised that you will need to re-format your card to the file system compatible with the player. High capacity SD cards 128GB and higher use the exFAT file system which will not work properly with this MP3 player. UN-fortunately... Windows (at least Win 7) does not offer an option to format to the required file system when you right click on your SD card and select the 'Format' option. I will update this post when I double check to see what the correct file system is. I had to use a 3rd-party formatting application. I used 'EaseUS Partition Master'. Once properly formatted, the player reads the loaded folders & files with no issues. Otherwise, with an exFAT formatted card, the player just reads the loaded files as a long list and does not place into folders, albums, etc.