Jensen MP3310

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Retailer

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 mp3310

Strengths:
PLays all Rate MP3's and also has one of the higher pre-amp outputs at 3V.

Weaknesses:
crapppy controls that are not eaily replaceable.

Summary:
at first this was a Really good sounding unit that seemed to work as it was supposed to ( after I read the directions on MP3's and etc... seems directory structure is important)but after about 4 months the volume started to go crazy and now it's a daily even hourly or more occurance to have to reach for the mute to keep my speakers from getting blown out as the radio goes for top volume on its own.

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $110.00 from somwhere online

Year / Model Reviewed:
 JENSEN MP3310

Strengths:
mp3 was good while it lasted

Weaknesses:
everything stops working after 6 months

Summary:
it worked good at first. i bought it refurbished thinking it should be good becasue its been fixed and tested really good to make sure everythings ok. but then my mp3's wouldnt work keep showing filescan and then error then it wouldnt even take in a cd, nothing moves on the front the time doesnt actually keep time it just shows the time you started the car and well the volume numbers dont show neither does the radio station or ne thing works now. So if any one knows any thing please help :(

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 Jensen MP3-3310

Strengths:
Low price. Flaws aside, the quality is decent.

Weaknesses:
Audio CDs (non-MP3) skip constantly. MP3s occasionaly have 1-second sound flaws. Listen to an MP3 disc, turn your car off and back on, and often times the GUI says the CD is playing, yet there is no output. You have to eject the CD and insert it again to let the deck re-scan the disc. It is a pain to navigate through a disc packed full with MP3s, even when folders are used.

Summary:
Fork out the extra money for a higher quality MP3 deck from a company other than Jensen. I've toughed it out with this model for over a year. It needs a firmware upgrade, but since Audiovox bought Jensen, the model is no longer listed on the website (see http://www.audiovox.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/GenProductListCmd?categoryId=5014&type=nprev&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&pageSize=10&beginIndex=10&model=null), so it's impossible to find updated firmware

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $129.00 from Wal-Mart

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 Jensen MP 3310

Strengths:
Good sound, easy controls

Weaknesses:
Cheap micoswitches behind the front panel, and there must be at least 20 of them. Weak radio reception, it didn't automatically pick up half the stations my factory provided stereo was able to.

Summary:
In 15 months of use this has been a fairly good product, I mainly use it for the MP3 function. In this time I have had a couple of problems. The first was the CD/MP3 stopped working; CD wouldn't work and a disk with MP3s would stay on file search. I sent it in to Protech (Jensen's repair facility, they sent it back with a letter saying they could find nothing wrong, however it now worked. The second problem happened right after it went out of warranty, you hit a bump in the road and the volume would either max out or decrease to nothing. Since I have repaired complex electronic equipment since the sixties I opened it up and discovered both the up and down volume microswitches mounted on the circuit board behind the faceplate had gone bad. I used acouple of other microswitches from the circuit board (the reset and loudness switches, since I rarely used these switches) to get the volume back working correctly. I then called Protech, 3953 St. Johns Parkway, Sanford, FL 32771. Telephone 407/330-6200, fax at 407/330-6204, and explained the problem and that I would like to either get some switches from them or have them provide me the manufacturers name and part number. They informed me that not only could they not provide the parts, but they also would not provide me the name of the Korean manufacturer of these switches, however they would be more then happy to repair the radio, for a price. Jensen has also been bought out by Audiovox. If anyone out there has an old MP 3310 that doesn't work I'd be willing to take it off of your hands for the switches.

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $139.00 from Walmart

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 MP3310

Strengths:
Decent sound when used with a subwoofer. Looks good. Plays .mp3's with no problem. Good reception.

Weaknesses:
CHEAP controls, not anywhere near the 180 watts output advertised. Only good for 1 year.

Summary:
I bought one of these for the mp3 playback and the amp outputs. It worked fine for about a year and then the volume started going all whacky. So I traded it in and got another one. That was in Nov. of 2002. About Nov of last year the replacement started doing the same thing. A day later my truck died and I forgot about it. Since I am about to sell the truck I took the stereo out and took it apart to find the cause of the problem. Seems the push switches are cheap crap and they wore out. Otherwise it worked just fine for me.

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