DIGITNOW Cassette Player, Portable USB Cassette to MP3 Converter, Walkman Audio Music Cassette Tape to Digital Converter Player with Earphones, No PC Required, Black

The original one was faulty. Seller dispensed with the need to return and sent me a replacement without question not even requiring me to return the 1st one. At first I thought I had received another dud, but the seller suggested checking playback volume... DOH!! It was all the way down. Turned up and playback. Hurrah! Plugged in the USB stick and followed the instructions to start recording off tape to USB. NOTE: only press the Play/Record button on the back briefly to change from solid green to flashing. Pressing too long does not start the recording (ask me how I know!!). For the first 5-10 minutes I listened to the playback while recording. There was quite some hiss and extraneous noise coming through the earbuds. I was concerned that all this would be recorded along with the actual recording. But no! After the recording was complete, I played the recorded file back on my computer and it was extremely clear - no hiss. I saw some people complaining about the tape not auto-playing the 2nd side. I had no such issue. Upon reaching the end of side 1 there was a brief pause, a click and side 2 started perfectly. 100% happy!!

I bought this several years ago. It did not have very good instructions on how to use it. When i tried to follow the instructions as best I understood them it did not work. I laid it aside as a bad investment. I recently tried again and discover that not only does it not digitize it does not even play tapes at the correct speed > if the cover is closed it does not play at all.

I didn't run into any of the sound or quality issues discussed in some of the other reviews, so I'm pretty pleased overall. I was able to digitize about 20 old cassettes. The audio quality was pretty poor to start with, so I can't really comment on the audio quality of this device (but it didn't seem to make it worse). My only complaint is that it feels cheaply built (not surprising given the low price) and that it didn't work correctly 100% of the time (auto-reverse sometimes failed, recordings sometimes stopped for no reason). Overall, these errors were infrequent enough that I would still recommend this product. Just don't trust it 100% until you confirm the recording.

As the title said, I have a bunch of old cassette tapes from the 70s and 80s that are irreplaceable. I've been wanting to copy them to digital format for a long time, but just didn't know how to. I found this on Amazon a few days ago and gave it a try. While it feels cheaply made, it gets the job done. It's easy to use -- plug a USB thumbdrive into it, play the tape, and you end up with a MP3 file on the thumbdrive. If you want, use Audacity to separate that MP3 file into separate songs. The resulting MP3s suffer from a little wow and flutter, but I don't know if that's caused by this player or the tapes were recorded like that. They are from the 70s and 80s, after all. I successfully saved my priceless old mix tapes to MP3. So I'm a happy customer. :-)

I felt like the batteries died fairly quickly, and it caused a slowing/muddy effect on audio- both playing aloud and when recording to USB. Unfortunately, when I used a plug in cord- I dunno if it was too powerful or what- but it basically baked the insides and it died on me quickly. I think it would have been fine if I used rechargeable batteries and rotated often, and it did work as advertised- just cheaply made.

Use is very difficult. Doesn't work as easily as described. The instruction manual has limited information. Not a very good "How to" guide. Poorly made. Couldn't make work, so gave up and threw out.

Although I could play the cassette with no issues, getting it to record took a little finagling. It didn't like the first USB drive I put into it. The light came on, but it would not record. Same with the second one I tried. Before giving into frustration, I tried one more and it worked. After some testing, it seems it likes some USB drives more than others. I got the working one to work fairly consistently and the ones that didn't work were consistent in their not-working. In my testing, it liked Sandisk drives, but did not like Memorex drives. I have no idea why. Personally, I'm still going to recommend it as it worked exactly as I hoped it would (with a little finagling). I hope this review helps anyone that finds themselves having the same problem. Good luck and happy recording!

This thing is such a worthless piece of crap. You'll spend more time trying to get a clean take than it's worth. If you're serious about dubbing your cassettes, spend a few more bucks on something that will actually do the job. I hate this thing. Garbage.