Compaq iPAQ PCD-1 Personal CD Player

Pros: Great LCD functions on the front of the player
Cons: Poor quality headphones, some skipping

I bought my player at a great discount on an eBay auction and it was new in its original packaging. I do not use it to walk or jog so the performance for me has been good. I use it to listen to music during my commute to and from work in a carpool....

Pros: Mult-format, good sound, lotsa features, lots of accessories, Ni-MH batteries included
Cons: Trial software, brief operating manual, ESP doesn't work

Ok Compaq, this is definitely the Elite Geek Toy of the year. While I applaud the PCD-1 design engineers for packing so many features into a relatively "small" unit, I do have a few stones to kick over concerning the newest addition to the iPAQ...

Pros: Replaces the CD player I dropped; lightweight, comfortable over-the-back of head headphones
Cons: Very confusing to set up; documentation provides little help

My husband and I received the Compaq iPAQ PCD-1 as a gift from his father. Since he works for Compaq, he got this unit at a deeply discounted price. What a relief!

While I am not the sort of techno-geek who wants to crawl inside every gizmo, I...

Pros: Small size, low price
Cons: Not compatible with CDRW

The PCD-1 is a great CD MP3 player in most all respects. However, the packaging (and the PDF manual) note that it is compatible with CDR and CDRW media. To my dismay I found that it is not compatible with CDRW media. I used DirectCD to transfer mp3 files...

Pros: Good Display, wonderful sound quality
Cons: poor battery life and no ESP

This product can't be used as portable device .. very poor battery life.. always have to plug the adapter..
virtually no disk skip protection.. and there is no useful documentation.. had to hit my head to find all the features.. good thing about...

Pros: Backlit display, rechargable batteries, comfortable headphones, FM tuner
Cons: Does not play all MP3s, poor manual/on-line help, dubious playback quality, low battery life

I bought this as my first MP3 player from the local HP supplier in Australia, and am I disappointed!

I first inserted a CD of 180 MP3s and it wouldn't play, instead freezing up. The following day I contacted HP who fobbed me off with a story...

Pros: FM tuner. Remote control. Line out feature. Ripping/burning software.
Cons: Doesn't work as advertised. Very poor skip protection. Virtually non-existent support from Compaq.

I bought the Compaq PCD-1 thinking "This is just what I've been looking for!" I wanted a player to use at home, in the car and at the gym. I've been burning CD's for some time and was very pleased that Compaq had come out with a player that would play...

Pros: looks good, seems solidly built.
Cons: Very unreliable, Sometimes crashes

I have been using the original Phillips Expanium since November of 2000 and it has worked flawlessly. The only problem is it an early model MP3 CD player and will not read MP3 ID Tags and is vary short on features over all. I have been wanting to buy the...

Pros: Line out, rubberized plugs on unused jacks - Nice, bright display - Metal lid.
Cons: Poor, clunky squarish design.

The Compaq "iPAQ PCD-1" was my first cd/mp3 player purchase... but ONLY because just before Christmas everyone was out of stock of my first choice, the RioVolt 250.
(which I *love* and recommend as the *only* choice for a cd/mp3 player at this time)...

Pros: good lcd screen, fm radio & control
Cons: skip a lot of songs & and also get frozen

Shortly,

I bought my PCD-1 in RadioShack. After a while, the player began to skip songs and get frozen. Then I went to get it back but they didn't receive my PCD-1 back.
I sent the player to the customer support and they just sent me a...

Pros: The concept started out good.
Cons: Bug riddled firmware and awkward design

Right out of the package my new PCD-1 just wasn't 'quite right'. The product has numerous design and firmware issues such as:

- The electronic skip protection (ESP) actually CAUSES the unit to skip as well as add pop and clicking noises to the...

Pros: None
Cons: Too numerous to mention.

I bought this unit because it had a FM player and could play regular CD's as well as MP3's. I also incorrectly assumed that coming from Compaq, I would be buying a quality product.

Consider the following:

The firmware crashes...