Monday, 6 March 2017

Mymahdi mp3/media player


Rating: 4/5

Review:
A decent basic media player



This is a very decent basic media player, which I was sent for review.  It works well, it looks good and the sound is perfectly acceptable.  It has its limitations, but for the price I think it's good.

The first thing to be aware of is that there is no internal memory, so the player won't work at all without a micro-SD card.  This isn't supplied, so make sure you have one available.  It will take up to 64GB; I've been using a 32GB card which works fine.

Once the card is in you can play pre-loaded files or load them via the supplied mini-USB lead.  (Note this is not the more common micro-USB!)  Once you have navigated to the file you want (more of this later), playing is fine and sound isn't bad at all.  It's not hi-fi but even through some good HD headphones it's perfectly adequate.  Video (in a limited range of formats) plays OK, too.  It's not a great picture and it jerks a little but it's usable.  On a tiny screen like this it's not something I'll use much, so minor flaws won't bother me.  Other functions work well.

However…the controls are a nightmare to figure out and the manual is hopeless.  I spent at least half an hour just managing to select and play albums reliably and there was a good deal of reprehensible language involved.  Once you've worked out and can remember that the "Menu" button often serves as "Select" (very counter-intuitive) and that to navigate files you need to be in Pause mode, it's not too bad, but you do need a lot of patience to get there.

So, for a cheap and cheerful media player this is pretty good.  Once you've figured out how to use it, it's perfectly acceptable as something you might use if you don't want to take a more expensive item or you just need a small, light media player.  For under twelve quid at the time of writing this is good value and I can recommend it.

Amazon page Here 

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