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What a waste of money. I called COBY and they said that the screen went out and that they only cover it for 90 days. I bought this less than one year ago and only used it about 5 times. It worked well until the color went out. Since it had been more than 90 days they would not fix it even at my own cost.
They worked perfectly and without fail for the first trip. Has to be removed to adjust almost anything other than volume.About midway through the second trip one of the players started gliching (like it was overheating or something), would just go black on screen and stop in the middle of a disc regularly.
They are in the garbage dump if you really want one.Thumbs down Coby. The second one started doing the same thing just before the end of trip 2.
That irritated the kids more than if it hadn't fired up to start with. All this and they were about 2 weeks past the replacement plan date.
As did most everyone, we bought two of these to keep our kids entertained on long car trips. I agree that the headrest mounting bag that comes with it covers some important knobs and inhibits operation.
We tried to take them on trip 3 and they wouldn't last more than 5-10 minutes at a time.
I genuinely regret not spending the money on a video MP3/MP4 player instead. The remote is abysmally designed, crammed with buttons and confusing. Performance is more reliable (though not good) when plugged into an outlet. Unfortunately, they are prone to bursts of loud popping static from interfering signals. The replacement unit worked okay for about a week, and now it is locking up, overheating, getting stuck, yet randomly working fine.
Within a day I gave my kids some cheap wired headphones to replace the wireless ones.If it were just one unit, I would say I got unlucky, but two in a row intermittently failing within a month of purchase indicates poor quality at the manufacturer, and it's just not worth it. The screen scratches easily and should have come with one of those plastic screen protectors. It is very finicky about power. I replaced the first one of these within 30 days, as it just quit playing DVDs completely, and one of the wireless headphones never worked. It seems to not like car power, only the wall outlet.
The wireless headphones are a good idea, and work okay most of the time (if they work at all).
If anyone can help me, I would really appreciate it. The picture went out of phase, discs wouldn't load, total disappointment. After two or three weeks, I no longer had a happy camper in the back seat. Getting in touch with Coby has, so far, been an exercise in futility. I purchased this unit for my daughter to use in the car on trips. She watches Elmo, SpongeBob, and the Muppets, and she's happy. I called the vendor and was referred to Coby.
I don't understand why these DVD players quit like that, but they just don't last. If you buy one, get it with the 2 year warranty so you can get your money back when it breaks down, because it will. I figured it was probably a bad DVD player, so I went and purchased another. I got my money back. The first time I bought one, it lasted about a year then the remote quite working, even after I replaced the batteries, then a week later the player just wouldn't turn on anymore. I have purchased 2 of these DVD players. I wasn't rough with it, only used it at home. It lasted a couple months longer than the last one and it did exactly the same thing when it broke down.
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