AGPTEK 16GB USB C MP3 Player, A55S 2 in 1 Type-C & USB Stick Music Player

Review for the AGPTEK U3. Under the batter cover though a small opening, you can see the computer chip that is used in this device, an Actions Semiconductor ATJ331X from 2010. I was able to find the datasheet online. Datasheet mentions is supports WMA and other digital audio standards. I tested a plethora of formats but only MP3, WMA, and WAV files play. It can play CBR and VBR made with the LAME encoder, haven't yet found an mp3 which cannot. Assumes WAV files are voice recordings, as it displays the voice record symbol on the screen, not that it effects the sound in anyway. You could upload music as WAV files if you really wanted to. The screen shows the bit rate of the file being played. CD rips to WAV display as WAV 999 on the screen. The bit rate is actually 1411 but the display can only show three digits. If you are playing a variable bit rate file, it will update and change the displayed bit rate several times a second. The slow LCD display has ghosting issues, so the bit rate can be somewhat hard to read for VBR files. Still, that's a neat feature. Has a variable speed playback setting. Allowing you to playback slower or faster than normal. The audio seems to be monaural or lower quality in some way when the speed is set to anything other than normal. The display shows a small frequency band amplitude visualization, and it seems to actually update following the music instead of just being a cycling animation. Another small but neat feature. Music fades out instead of shutting off instantly when changing songs. Songs are organized by folder, and by the order in which they were uploaded to the device, NOT alphanumerically or by metadata! For example, if track 05 is uploaded to this device first, then track 01, track 05 will play first and track 01 after. This causes issues if you copy whole folders to the device as the tracks might not be copied to the device by your file manager in proper order. So, you have to copy one track to the U3 at a time, from first to last, if you want tracks to playback in the same order as they are on the album. This device also doesn't support any playlists, only folders. All in all, it's an efficient and simple portable music player with built in FM radio, a replaceable AAA battery, SD card expansion storage, and good sound quality for low impedance headphones.

This is an excellent mp3 music player for use with wired headphones. The sound quality is great and it has several preset EQ settings. It has shuffle or alphabetical play modes. I use the high quality Eveready AAA Lithium battery that lasts for months of use and I keep a spare one in my carry on bag that with keep it's charge for over 10 years . If your mp3 library has all the correct ID tags information (Title, Author, Genre, Album) it will be easy to find the tune you are looking for PLUS the info will display on the screen. Don't get hung up on the small 8GB internal memory. The internal memory is USB 2.0 at best and might be USB 1.0. Write speeds are very slow, but playback is fine. I use a high quality 64GB micro SD card that makes adding music fast and easy. The controls take some time getting used to, but once you master them it's not a problem. The beauty of this player is that it is small and lightweight. The downside is that it's small and the control buttons have multiple functions. Can't have it both ways. If you like heavy and large, then carry your iPad with you to play music. The bottom line is take the time to learn the menu and you'll enjoy this player. I've tried many wireless Bluetooth headphones and they don't have the sound quality as the wired units. If you can live with wires then you'll like this mp3 player.

First of all, the price was more than right for this little guy! And the fact that it uses AAA batteries (this unit is NOT rechargeable) is a plus for most. The sound quality is really good (it even has a little 4-band equalizer), and the fact that it doesn't have either wifi or bluetooth is more than OK for me. The 64GB microSD card is also a nice touch. Basically everything about this little guy works really well, plus it is very simple to operate. The only caveat for me with this little unit, is just that - it is small, very small. The controls are too small for an old guy like me to be able to handle with a lot of clumsiness on my part (with my short, stubby fingers), and the display is far too small for these ol' eyes of mine to see very well. But, those ARE NOT THE FAULT OF THE PRODUCT, OR THE MANUFACTURER. I simply chose a player that was inappropriate for my needs and abilities. It is better suited for younger eyes with more nimble fingers than mine. If you are looking for a small device to use in your car's stereo system, this will be a good choice for you. As for me and my fat fingers and bad eyes, I am going to try a bigger unit with larger buttons and controls.

Got this USB music player for listening to music while out on my bike. It has a lot going for it with a fm radio ,voice recorder, and mp3 music file player. It has a digital screen with lots of information on it but pretty small so you got to have good vision to see everything in detail. I won’t be looking at the screen while I’m on bike rides so know where the next and volume button are is more important for me. It has ok sound but lacks in the quality of sound. Not much base and can get distorted if you get too high on the volume. They could add lossless to it and a belt clip and it could be so much better. Overall it’s not a terrible player but needs improvement. It will play every music file I throw at it so it’s a good music file converter to lots of different music files out there. If the sound was better and is had a belt clip I would give it 5 stars.

I am one of those people (like many of you) in a desperate quest to find a good AAA battery mp3 player. In my opinion, the best ones ever made were all by Coby, but none of the Cobys are still manufactured. Starting in 2009, I’ve bought 8 Coby players over the years, and only one of them has ever stopped working. (I own so many in part because I like to have different audiobooks going at the same time, because I use a few of them for sleeping music, and because I wanted some extra in case I never get to buy a quality AAA battery mp3 player again.) In case anyone has no idea why AAA battery mp3 players are superior to all other choices, this is because: 1. eneloop nimh rechargeable batteries are incredibly cheap per usage and last longer than most of us will. (The amazon brand imitations of eneloops are great too.) 2. if you carry an extra AAA battery with you, then you basically have unlimited power because you can easily change batteries and never have to stop listening. Having an extra AAA battery for a AAA mp3 player makes the player feel like it is solar powered--I *never* have to stop listening. 3. nimh batteries DO NOT BLOW UP OR CATCH FIRE. All lithium batteries are capable of doing this, but nimh can’t. For me this is a deal breaker for all non-AAA players. 4. nimh batteries can sit in the car all day in the Texas Summer heat and be fine. I’ve got eneloops from 2009 that have spent 8 straight Summers baking in the car like potatoes, and I still can’t tell the old ones from the new ones. Lithium batteries are not as tough. 5. AAA batteries can be replaced, so an AAA player could last decades. Lately, I tried out three AAA battery mp3 players: 1) the AGPtEK U3 8GB mp3 player 2) the 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive LCD Mini MP3 Music Player w FM Radio Voice Recorder (the kind that you can find trivial variations of everywhere on Amazon, and that always has that keychain ring sticking out of a cylinder on the end) 3) and the Naxa MP3 Player with 4GB Built-in Flash Memory, LCD Display, PLL Digital FM Radio and Built-In USB Plug Adapter (that I bought at Frys). All three of these products count as the worst three products that I have purchased in the last 5 years, in any category. The Naxa player occasionally fails to read mp3 files from the early 2000s (that every other mp3 player ever made can easily play), is impossible to use without looking at it (bad for driving), and is very cheap in quality. It’s constant changing of backlight colors is the most stupid idea ever thought up by an engineer, and you can’t stop it from doing this. The one with the keychain ring arrived broken-in-advance (this is a famous specialty of the makers of that product--if it arrives working properly it means you have a fairy godmother or something). Mine does not rewind, ever, and that is seriously annoying. This product WAS the worst product that I ever bought in the last 5 years, until the AGPtEK. The AGPtEK seems well made, with higher build quality than most, but it has a design flaw that is absolutely maddening--it’s volume buttons and forward/back buttons are all attached on the same wheel, and are way to sensitive/imprecise for that setup. This means that you cannot change volume without risking suddenly skipping forward or back one track. No matter how carefully you try, even if you are doing nothing else and staring right at the player, it is very easy to accidentally skip tracks forward or back when you try to change the volume. Every single time you try to change the volume by one tick, you have about a 1 in 6 chance of changing tracks by mistake. (And that is only if you are staring at the player and concentrating. If you are driving you have at least a 1 in 3 chance of skipping tracks by mistake.) This problem will ruin your life, especially if you listen while driving and have to change volumes depending on how fast you are now going. I hope that AGPtEK will make another model with separate buttons for volume control. AGPtEK seems to make good products, and they may be the only company capable and willing to make a good AAA battery mp3 player. If so, I will happily buy it and add on to this review to tell everyone of the improvement. If anyone finds a good AAA battery mp3 player, please comment on this review to let me know. To help us all out in the quest to find a good AAA mp3 player, please like this review so that more people notice it. Good luck!

I have bought three of these dang things over the past four years. Not because they keep breaking, no; because this is the only mp3 player still made with a frickin removable cell. This shouldn't be a hard thing, but apparently it is. If I want a rechargeable, I'll get a AAA that does that. Any kind of replaceable or repairable feature is a good one in my book. The screen is relatively terrible, but it's usable. The UI is basic, but functional and not complicated. Sound output is good and loud enough. Battery life is... it kind of doesn't matter, since again, you can swap and start playing again in seconds, but I have gotten about the stated ten hours out of a reusable triple, 13 out of an alkaline. Throw out the included headphones and get a better pair, I beg of you. Lord they're bad. They work, but they're only good for speech content. I have been thinking about getting a few more of these for setting aside as they're the last of their kind. In fact... yeah, you should order before I do.

Amazon knows I don't do reviews🙂 however I had to try an help. I have purchased 8 of these Mp3 plyrs for personal use and gifts. I'm a Total music lover. They are the best i've found. I use mine with a case and without. The convenience is what i needed. When purchasing rechargeable durable batteries or not, allows the Mp3 plyr to run for 48 hours straight, the Mp3 plyr doesnt get warm or over heated. Now if you have the Mp3 plyr next to a heated sourse like in your shirt or pants pockets it will feel a little warm. So if u have music files in different formats this Mp3 plyr accommodates. Compatible with, Mac OS, Windows Xp, 7, 8, 10 or higher systems. When loading, plug directly into 2.0 or 3.0 usb, create a folder (or not) drag & drop. My folders holds over 1100 tracks (depending on the trks Mb's), for a more true sound from the device of course 256Mb or larger. The quality of sound depend on your choice, Normal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, or DBB. No adjustments for actual pitch (treble or mid range). As I stated your choice of the above mentioned. If u want hands free set your choices, no clip-on and tuck it. Fat 32 formated & that can be changed! Plenty of volume, which can be adjusted an preventable sound/volume lock! The latest one i purchased has a slightly different operating response to it, requires press an 2-5sec pause to get use to its functions. Manual an video very handy for those not use to this type of device. My entire household uses these Mp3 plyrs to this day an will continue until obsolete😔. This device plugs into any auxiliary thats standard. The sound quality is 😎 great for cars, boats, homes, dorms, at bbq's impromptu getogethers. I have not tried audibles on them, just music. Ear buds or headphones or desktop spkrs, laptops an some tabs, complements this device. Fm radio, voice mode, recordings, music, settings. Those are kinda standard for these types of Mp3 plyrs. Thanks you Amazon and AGPTEK!! 😎

After my 3rd iPod Classic battery stopped charging, I refused to pay another $60 to get another one. I was so sick of getting a device that would have been perfectly fine if I could replace the battery, but, of course, Apple makes the task nearly impossible. So, I set about finding an mp3 player I could use when I went running that would take a normal, REPLACEABLE, battery. This is the one! I put in a AA battery, and navigated to settings. It took me a minute or two to figure out how to set the time, and about 2 more minutes to sync music (with Media Monkey on Windows 10) and play the songs. Those complaining that the interface is difficult to learn, probably had their VCR blinking 12:00 too. Don't get me wrong, it's not great, but it's what you would expect from a device that is so small. The sound is amazing from this little guy! Since I just want to turn it on/off (press and hold play/pause), play mp3s (press play), skip and go back (arrows), and shuffle (set mode to random--works contrary to another reviewer's comment), I don't care about the voice recording, replay (looping of audio), or the FM radio. I'm not going to mess with the variable speed playback, etc. either. So, I can't speak to those features if you are looking for those things. But the basics meet my needs. I'm done with devices without replaceable batteries. EDIT: Removing one star, as the 'random' mode is not 'shuffle.' It will randomly pick from all songs, not from ones not yet played. If you have 5 songs, each time you have a 20% chance of replaying the same song upon hitting next. If 50 songs, a 2% chance. 07.31.2019 Update: Removing more stars. The thing finally died. The player has big problems. I had to remove the battery after every use, otherwise the device would drain the battery over a day or so. Also the tab on the battery door broke so the door was easily lost. The cap was lost. The navigation button stopped working. The sound stopped coming out of one ear. I bought the Tomameri Portable MP3/MP4 Player to replace it: (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S82H7SL). It is much much better.

Me sorprendió para bien, para ser un mp3 a pilas esta muy modernizado, incluso te dice la hora. Tengo su versión antigua y las diferencias son enormes, el Agptek A55PL es más cómodo de usar y los botones son fáciles de apretar, la batería va bien depende de cuantas horas escuches, me encanta que pueda pasar música desde mi móvil conectándolo a él copiar pegar y listo! lo último importante es que si quieres escuchar música en carpetas no vayas a "Música", ve a la carpeta de "Archivos" y cuando te metas ve al "Customize Playist" ahí se encuentra las carpetas más otras 3 carpetas incluidas del mp3 por si quieres meter cosas ahí. Si deseas un mp3 a pilas para enfrentar apagones o hacer un viaje tipo mochilero lo recomiendo totalmente.

Only had it a day but so far It's been mostly easy setup. You WILL need 1.5V, 1.2V Rechargables just don't last any reasonable time. For custom Playlists (.m3u files) there are some quirks, At least when using VLC Player to make them. 🟠 When using VLC to create playlist ----- 1. in file paths, replace all forward slashes "/" with backslashes "\" ----- ----- (ex. Periphery\Select%20Difficulty\Absolomb.mp3) ----- 2. also in file paths, replace all "%20" with a normal whitespace " " ----- ----- (ex. Periphery\Select Difficulty\Absolomb.mp3) ----- 3. ensure that the file is configured as CRLF, not LF ----- ----- in Notepad++ go to Edit>EOL Conversion>Windows (CR LF) If you're using a Linux based OS, You can do this in "Geany" > Document > Set Line Endings > CR/LF Option. The characters I've replaced are: %20 is a space %28 is a ( %29 is a ) %27 is a ' %2c is a , %26 is a & %5B is a [ %5D is a ] %C3%A2 is a â

INCREASE VOLUME SOUND..VERY LESS..USER FUNCTION IS HARD..

I purchased this to use on a long multi-day cycling race that wouldn't have regular access to power. My intention was to load a multi-part audiobook on and listen to it as i rode - replacing the AAA battery as needed. Unfortunately, it's not a great interface for navigating files or playing in file name order. This would be perfect for music, and any single file audiobooks. I have no real regrets, just a better understanding of it's limitations and how I'll use it in the future. I've stuck some velcro onto the back of the stick as a method of attaching to things. It's held up well and is great for just playing a shuffled playlist of music.

Ich wollte für Reisen/ unterwegs sein nicht immer meinen Minidisk Player und Minidisks mitnehmen. Eine Alternative musste her. Aber, ein MP3 Player, den man aufladen muss kam für mich nicht infrage. Man hat ja nicht immer die Möglichkeit zu laden. Nach langem suchen fand ich diesen MP3 Player, der mit Batterien läuft. Was soll ich sagen, ich bin total erstaunt, was für eine Power das kleine Teil hat. Angeschlossen an meinem J. on T. Lautsprecher klingt es für mich richtig gut. Bin na klar kein Musikexperte, und es gibt bestimmt hochwertigere Teile. Aber für mich reicht der Klang aus. Ich finde es auch super, dass man u.a. auch mit normalen Überspielkabel Musik aufnehmen kann und nicht erst die Musik runter laden muss. Er hat allerdings kein Bluetooth. Brauche ich persönlich auch nicht. Für mich ist das ein wirklich gutes Teil, was sich nicht hinter meinem Minidisk verstecken muss. Sollte sich irgendwas ändern, passe ich na klar meine Rezesion an.