Samsung YP-U3 1 GB Reviews

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Samsung YP-U3 1 GB
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Average Ratings for Samsung YP-U3 1 GB

  • Sound Quality3.6 stars
  • Screen Quality3.5 stars
  • Battery Life2.8 stars
  • Features3 stars
  • Value for Money2.7 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.8 stars
  • Overall Rating2.9 stars

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24 Reviews For Samsung YP-U3 1 GB

  • Guest 14th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    i have had this mp3 for about a year, up until now it has been fine, great sound quality, good value for money, compact light weight model. Ive had no trouble in connecting it my PC or any other PC.
    However recently when i turn the player on it turns off straight away and the end goes blue,i have to wait several minutes before it will turn on, i can listen to a few songs then the same problem will occur. no one ive seen on here has had this problem so im not sure how to sort this out. strange how this happens just after the warranty runs out.

  • Guest 1st Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    It says its compatible with vista, xp and other softwares... BUt has never worked on an XP computer!!! and not just mine, my friend brought one and hers didnt either!! she was smart enough to keep her reciept so she returned it but im stuck with a piece of crap i cant even put music on!!
  • Guest 27th Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Good Points of the samsung yp-u3:
    Sound Quality
    Battery
    Easy Menus to navigate into the songs

    Bad Points:
    Is an MTP device, so not every computer recognizes it!
    It doesn't play m4a files

    The player is really good, it has a decent battery and a great sound quality if you put DNSE at Rock, but I have a problem with it: Almost all my songs are in m4a files, it doesn't read them, I bought it because it was the only "good" player on the store (Others were disposable players, like Titan or 'til Chun ...
  • Guest 23rd Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Samsung YP-U3 1 GB is excellent! My sister took it to legoland and lost it and Im going to buy another one but maybe different colour!
  • Guest 22nd Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Samsung YP-U3 1 GB is relible and good quality
  • Guest 26th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    do not buy this Samsung YP-U3 1 GB . it is a fantastic mp3 player while it works, but many many people seem to have had the same problem as me with samsung mp3 players in general. one day you will plug your mp3 player into your pc and it will not connect, the pc will recognise it and disconnect it immediately, probably with a message about an mtp driver it needs to install, which consequently it will not be able to find. when you do find it and download it (from the microsoft website) it still w ...
  • Guest 12th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    I Loved my U3 and got very attached to it. It has a decent battery life and looks really good with good sound quality... But, yeah... I do think there's something going on with it cos it just randomly stopped working a week after the 1 year warrenty ran out. and to prove it wasn't me that broke it my brothers broke a few days after mine...
  • g4rfi3ld Rank: Sergeant 5th Feb 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    First of all, the Samsung U3 is a good budget player. I bought this one for my sister, back at christmas and I truly must say, the U3 provides far more than I've expected.The overall sound quality is very good, which (I think can be referred to Samsung's technique called DNSE). Anyhow, the player, itself, is easy carry around and it provides everything neccessary to listen to music but unfortuneletly that's about it.Listening to music is one thing, but controlling your player to play the desired ...
  • Guest 10th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    My player stopped charging (on different computers I tried) exactly one day after the one year guarantee ran out. With today's technology, I'm very suspicious that it was programmed to stop working after 365 days. I took good care of my player: I never dropped it and it was not damaged in any way. If this is Samsung's way of getting the consumer to go out and buy a replacement product from them, it's not going to work on me, I'm going to buy a replacement player from a different manufacturer.
  • Guest 18th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    Bought it because of price and to take on hoiliday for the long haul flight. No complaints so far with sound quality only the battery life which seems about four hours even on a full charge.
  • stuntmaster Rank: Sergeant 9th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I think the Samsung YP-U3 1 GB is a slim mp3 player, with a cool looking display, thats blue on black.it can pump out tunes very well, and is quite loud.Feature wise it can play DRM files, and most of the main formats that are AAC, MP3, OGG, and WMA. and all tagging information is supported there as well.The player comes with its own music manager and store called emodio (it was originally called samsung media studio). it's easy to use and does allow you to purchase tracks, and music from it; as ...
  • Guest 14th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I can see the player on my work PC and it is easy to transfer songs. On my home PC I can't get it working. I've done all the recommended stuff with media player 10, but there must be something else.It is amazing that a company can go to all the trouble of developing and producing such an item and then throw away their customer base by giving no assistance on a major flaw. No more Samsung for me.
  • kbyakuya06 14th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    My 1 Gig Samsung YP-U3 is very easy to use. I haven't had any problem so far. I owned different disappointing music players before, but this the best one I have tried, so far. Very neat, simple, and straight to the point. Performs what it's made for, and more. No mess, no unnecessary clutter, etc.
  • Guest 31st Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have problem to connect with my usb or other portable drive is successful connecting but when I connect my Samsung YP - U3 then the message display that is hardware problem im using window xp 2
  • Guest 11th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Found it really easy to get working - plug and play really. Interface seems intuitive. I like it a lot so far
  • Hackett7 6th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    Bought a Samsung YP-U3 yesterday and the same problems as everyone else. The following worked though (from another trouble shooting web site).

    1. Download Windows Media Player 11.

    2. Download Windows Media Player 10 SDK.

    3. Download mtppk12.exe from Windows Update.

    Don't ask me why but my lap-top (running XP Professional) now recognises the MP3 as a mass storage device and lets me download tracks to it.
  • Guest 31st Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    It seem the 'driver' problem it's because it need WMP 10 installed. enough for my to return it. Samsung had never heard about Linux??
  • Guest 12th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Same problems as others - device isn't recognised. I have WMP 10 and the drivers and I've tried deleting and reinstalling etc. still no joy.
    When it working its OK but unable to add more music/remove music because can't recognise it!
    Pointless.
  • Guest 6th Jun 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    You need to use the Hold switch to lock the keypad if you put it in your pocket - otherwise the keys are likely to be accidentally pressed. I love this player - I bought one for my son (it's probably his 5th or 6th MP3 player in 4 years) and he likes it a lot (other than the limited capacity). It's light, small, easy to operate, easy to load songs with (WMP works just fine), and has very good sound quality. For the price, it's hard to beat. In fact, that's why I bought one for myself - couldn ...
  • markhopgood 25th Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I use a PC (windows XP) and Winamp.
    For £29 I think this is an excellent mp3 player - I've had 4 others
    which have died / broken / got lost.

    This is my favourite.

    The driver is available at
    http://www.samsung.com/sg/support/download/supportDown.do?group=mp3audiovideo&type=mp3player&subtype=mp3player&model_nm=YP-U3ZB&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=SW&vType=R&prd_ia_cd=03040200&acc_ia_fl=&disp_nm=YP-U3