Cowon D2+ MP3 Player

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  • B&H # COD2P16B
  • Mfr# D2P-16BL

Product Highlights

  • 16GB Flash Memory
  • SD/SDHC/MMC Card Slot
  • 2.5" Touchscreen LCD
  • Audio, Video, Photo, Text
  • FM Radio and FM Recording
  • Voice, Line-In, External Mic Recording
  • TV-Out and Composite Video Jacks
  • Built-In Lithium-Polymer Battery
  • 52 Hours Audio Playback
  • Windows, Mac, and Linux Compatible

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The Cowon D2+ MP3 Player (16GB) gives you anywhere access to music, video, text, audio, photos and FM radio. What's more, it features voice and line-in recording, meaning you can record a conversation with a friend or audio off the radio. And, because it's compatible with both Mac and PC computers, you can be sure that no matter what system you're running you'll be able to sync and manage your entertainment options.

Enjoy the easy navigation of the 2.5" touchscreen LCD and the 16GB of storage space. Should you need more space, the D2+ has an SD/SDHC or MMC memory card expansion slot. The player supports MP3, WMA, Ogg, WAV, FLAC, and APE codecs, while also supporting Xvid and WMV9 movie files.

Supports voice and line-in recording
Supports Xvid and WMV9 movie files
Compatible with Mac and PC computers
Touchscreen 2.5" LCD for easy navigation of menus
Features access to FM radio and FM radio recording
Supports MP3, WMA, Ogg, WAV, FLAC, and APE files
16GB of storage for music, video, text, audio, and photos
Memory expansion shot for SD/SDHC or MMC memory cards
Type Flash Memory
Capacity 16GB
Display 2.5" LCD
320 x 240 Pixel Resolution
FM Tuner Yes
FM Recording Yes
Voice Recording Yes
Data Storage Yes
Photo Capture No
Photo Viewing Yes
Video Recording No
Video Playback Yes
Text Reader Yes
Formats Supported Not Specified By Manufacturer
Connections USB
1x 1/8" (3.5mm) Stereo Headphone
1x 1/8" (3.5mm) Stereo Line-in 1
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Battery Built-In Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer Battery
Charger USB 2.0
System Requirements Operating System
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista 2
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Linux support only for data transfer
Mac compatible

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Dimensions (WxHxD) 3.07 x 2.18 x 0.65" / 7.80 x 5.54 x 1.65cm
Weight 3.21 oz / 91g

REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

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Cowon D2+ MP3 Player
 
4.9

(based on 9 reviews)

Ratings Distribution

  • 5 Stars

     

    (8)

  • 4 Stars

     

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100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Long battery life (8)
  • Great sound (6)
  • Lots of storage (6)
  • Reliable (6)
  • Easy to set up (4)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Anywhere (5)
    • Travel (3)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Audiophile (4)
      • Primary use:
      • Personal (7)

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    Reviewed by 9 customers

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    5.0

    Great for Linux users ...

    By Jake, Student, IEEE/MAE, WV

    from Morgantown, WV

    About Me Audiophile

    Pros

    • Easy To Set Up
    • Great Sound
    • Long Battery Life
    • Lots of Storage
    • Reliable Performance

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • At Work
      • Gym / Working Out

      Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

      Let me start by saying that, even though I am considering selling my 4GB model, I LOVE it, and it is still 100% functional. I operate in Fedora, Ubuntu (9.04 and 10.04), Windows, Mac, and several other OS's, and this thing mounts (works) in ALL 8 of them.

      The menus will take a day or so to get used to, but that's the same with any new electronic device. The touchscreen works great, and it plays crystal-clear quality, works with 99.9% of songs I've added. And, for the price, it is quite competitive, in terms of options and storage size.

      Now, to the downside. If you drive long distances (like I do) the touchscreen is quite clumsy to work while driving. Also, the lack of playlist compatibility isn't very fun, but I haven't found one playlist-compatible mp3 player that works in Linux, so I guess that's an acceptable loss. I just wish they'd add more push buttons to the exterior of the unit (i.e. two for volume and two for next/prev. song).

      Drag and drop, easy to work with, excellent quality, no issues with the D2 that I've heard of (as far as serious/unresolved issues).

      HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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      • Personal

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      5.0

      MP3 player extraordinaire

      By Merlin Tyrmorr

      from Toronto On Canada

      About Me Audiophile

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • DRM Free
      • Easy To Set Up
      • Great Sound
      • Long Battery Life
      • Lots of Storage
      • No proprietary software
      • Reliable Performance
      • Sleek/Compact

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Anywhere

        Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

        The Cowon D2+ is a fantastic little MP3 player. This particular model has a large flash based capacity which is easily expandable with an SDHC card. It has good quality sound, is reasonably easy to set up and use and best of all does not require proprietary software to communicate with.
        I cannot stress that last enough. When connected to a personal computer it shows up as an external drive, you throw files onto it and you are done. No itunes or other software necessary. This is how things should be. It also plays a vast array of file formats including ogg and flac and has a pleasingly long battery life.
        The Cowon D2+ is just about perfect and is only very slightly let down by a mildly clunky UI.

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        • Personal

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        5.0

        this product is great!!!

        By itay

        from israel

        About Me Student

        Verified Buyer

        Pros

        • Easy Controls
        • Good Sound
        • Lightweight
        • Long Battery Life

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Travel

          Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

          i use it to see movies and to hear mp3 music,the best thing in the product is it's battery life -that are very long.on the other hand ,the size of the movies on the screen is very small

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          5.0

          Listen to your MP3 files thoroughly!

          By Lienio

          from São Paulo, SP - Brasil

          About Me Frequent Traveler, Gearhead

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Good Sound
          • Long Battery Life
          • Powerful

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Daily Use
            • Home Use
            • Running
            • Travel

            Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

            Easy to use with pocket size. Navigation system very intuitive. It can be done by tag or by folder.
            It's not beauty as the Ipod touch.
            But if you really want to hear your files, or/and record something with a mic (internal or external)or with line in, choose this.

            Believe, it sounds great!

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            (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

             
            5.0

            Great portable audio player

            By Paul from MD

            from Columbia, MD

            About Me Avid Listener

            Pros

            • Easy To Set Up
            • Great Sound
            • Long Battery Life
            • Lots of Storage
            • Reliable Performance

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Anywhere

              Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

              Although it has a lot of additional features, I got it primarily as an MP3 player, to listen through headphones and to connect to my car stereo. It sounds fantastic. The equalizer is very configurable. It's got lots of built-in settings. Plus you can create a bunch of your own settings: different settings for different headphones. And it plays for ages on a charge.

              Some other features that I find useful are: Dynamic play list - add tracks to your own play list on the fly; bookmarks - save where you are in a particular track/folder so you can come back to it later, after listening to something else; audio recorder - build-in mic; built-in FM radio; notepad - write little notes on the touch screen; text file viewer.

              The FM radio seems to work pretty well. But one thing I don't like about it is that the equalizer settings don't work for the radio. You've only got whatever the default settings are.

              The text file reader is pretty basic. You can pick from a few color settings. But you can't change the font size.

              Recording from the built-in mic only records as WMA. The recordings sound fine.

              I've had no trouble downloading music to it. I can't comment on the supplied software though. I've only used it with Linux. It simply shows up as a removable hard drive and you can copy to/from it just as you would a USB thumb drive.

              One feature I do wish it had is line-out. This would improve connecting it to a car stereo. As an alternative, I've used settings based on various web comments: Set the equalizer to flat & turn off all enhancements, and set the volume to 49. It sounds fine like that, but it's a little quiet. So you have to turn up the stereo louder then you do for CD or the car's FM radio.

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              • Personal

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              5.0

              Powerful!

              By SK6H

              from Sacramento, CA

              About Me Casual Listener

              Verified Reviewer

              Pros

              • Easy To Set Up
              • Great Sound
              • Long Battery Life
              • Lots of Storage
              • Reliable Performance
              • Simple Controls
              • Sleek/Compact

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Anywhere
                • At Work
                • Commuting
                • Gym / Working Out
                • Travel

                Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

                This is light and small system with touch screen MP3 player. Sound is very clear and easy to modify the equalizer. Very long battery life and easy user interface. The BEST so far, better than iPods.

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                • Personal

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                (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

                 
                5.0

                Very good player.

                By Eduardo paiva

                from Rio de Janeiro, RJ. BR.

                About Me Audiophile

                Verified Reviewer

                Pros

                  Cons

                    Best Uses

                      Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

                      Player has a lot resources to increase and modify equalization really efficient to improve sound quality. TV out works good for litle screens like car´s tv or CRT up to 20", to LCD from 20" to bigger screens quality decrease as the size goes bigger. SD card works as a native memory. That player has better sound quallity than my Zen X-Fi that is a litle more expensive player. Recomend.

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                      • Personal

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                      (3 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

                       
                      4.0

                      Awesome player

                      By linda

                      from Cork, Ireland

                      About Me Casual Listener

                      Verified Buyer

                      Pros

                      • Great Sound
                      • Long Battery Life
                      • Lots of Storage
                      • Reliable Performance
                      • Simple Controls

                      Cons

                        Best Uses

                        • Anywhere

                        Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

                        I love the BBE function of this player, it makes the sound quality even better. The player is small enough for the pocket, but a little bit thick. The battery life is long, I can use it for the whole week without watching any vidio.It can accept only avi, so I have to convert all my vidios to avi, the quality is quite good though.
                        I can use it to play only two flash games, but think about it's just an MP3 player, it's acceptable.

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                        • Personal

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                        5.0

                        Great player, but firmware has issues

                        By Lucy In The Sky Again

                        from Europe

                        About Me Audiophile

                        Pros

                        • 320x240 Xvid Playback
                        • Flash Apps Support
                        • Great screen
                        • Great Sound
                        • Long Battery Life
                        • Lots of Storage
                        • Radio
                        • Reliable Performance
                        • Supports Lossless Audio

                        Cons

                        • Confusing Controls
                        • Database Issues FW 202
                        • No Apple Codecs Support
                        • WMA Audio Recording

                        Best Uses

                        • Anywhere

                        Comments about Cowon D2+ MP3 Player:

                        It does support SD (SDHC) cards! The first thing you should know. How about having a 16 + 32 = 48GB solid state media player for $74 extra (which is 32gb sdhc cards' average price at the moment).

                        It supports pretty much all the common audio formats, with the exception of Apple ones, i.e. ALAC, AAC et cetera. FLAC, APE, OGG (any quality), MP3 (any quality), WMA, you name it.

                        Rockbox can now be installed too (with a dual bootloader to allow you to choose between the original FW and the Rockbox).

                        This thing sounds great. The amp is powerful enough even for Sennheiser HD-595, let alone Sony Z-700 or my Sennheiser CX400 earbuds that I got for it (they hiss a little, though!).

                        It plays video as well. Before getting it, I was only thinking about it as an audio player. But since I have converted most of my T*p Gear and N**er Mind The Buzz****s archives into 320x240 avis, the D2+ turned out to be so much more brilliant :D

                        Battery life is remarkable. I can't give you any figures right now, but since the battery and the circuit pretty much match those of the D2, you can easily find many comments on the web.

                        Some issues:

                        - Touchscreen controls and menu layouts may seem a bit confusing at first. After a day, it's a piece of cake, if only scrolling is a bit irritating, still.

                        - As of firmware version 2.02, there are still some bugs in the media database implementation, which can cause corrupt, erm, database entries if you upload files in a specific manner. Some people have not suffered from these issues at all. Anyway, more or less simple workarounds exist and are well documented on the web. Just search for "D2 database corruption" and you will find a solution, should you run into any problems.

                        Overall, it is a great little thing. And even if the design is not exactly the most elegant in the world, the sound quality, battery life and overall versatility make this one of the best options on the market.

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                        • Personal

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                        Cowon D2+ MP3 Player
                        • D2+ 16GB MP3 Player
                        • USB Cable
                        • Stylus Pen
                        • Earphone
                        • Jet Audio Media CD
                        • User's Manual
                        • 1-Year Limited Warranty
                         
                         
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