I purchased this mp3 player solely on your recommendation and you were spot on. It performs as your review stated and it was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks You for a good accurate review.
Sorry to say, after days of researching & watching reviews like this, I paid $49 for the updated 'WiFi version' of this, which claimed to have a 'slim, curved glass screen & metal body', which mine did not. It was very thick & plasticky, no case, had screen protector already applied, and a much larger bezel. It also said it has wifi with web browser, which was a top 3 reason I got it, as I really wanted to go on TH-cam for video watching. It has wifi that's totally useless, since there is no way to actually go online. The videos I added via SD card are out of sync, it certainly doesn't play all the formats shown & so far only mp4 video works for me. Other things it was supposed to have & DID NOT: That cool adapter cord for phone file transfer & the case, FM radio, or dictionary. I also got the white one as the pictures showed it more like a silver. Big mistake, it looks like a kid's toy, especially since all models have bright orange buttons now.
I love the mp3 player where I live it depends where I'm at in the house for what radio statIons can pick up but other than that it's awesome and finally an mp3 player that supports the mp4 video format my previous mp3 player only supported the amv video format best mp3 player I ever had
lack of song order other than alphabet. has been known to stop charging after a while, touchy power button, real battery life is only about 5 hours, no drag and drop songs if you're using an SD card you have to preload the songs on the card before using them in the MP3 player.
I have my song file names formatted as album - track# - artist - title, so I hadn’t noticed any sorting issues. In my battery test, I did get about six hours with the screen on most of the time, but my dad is only charging it about once a week - something like 20 to 25 hours of use for him. He basically pushes play and walks. Not sure about what you mean by preload songs? I connected this to my computer with the SD card in the player, and it shows up as two drives...completely drag and drop in that regard. My mother in law picked one up for herself, too and seems to really like it. Sorry you’ve had problems with it, friend.
@@RynoDBones the battery is inconsistent then. it will be a gamble to get a good battery. if you drag and drop songs onto the SD card in hard drive mode it will corrupt the files on the card once it reaches a certain memory capacity and you will have to reformat the card. you probably don't notice because you add songs gradually to the card but if you did it in bulk and filled up the card more than half way you would start to notice songs becoming corrupted and the card will stop reading at times. If you however add songs to the card before inserting it into the mp3 player they work just fine.
@@Dragnmastralex Weird stuff. I always enjoy hearing what other people experience with these no-name devices. So far, I've had pretty decent luck, I guess. I put my entire library of songs on it before I gave it to my dad. Every CD me and my wife (and my parents and her parents) ever owned, we ripped to MP3 a few years ago. As much as I enjoyed this player, I think my favorite of all time is the iPod Classic. I had a Gen 2 that I used constantly. Wouldn't mind getting another of those for myself in the future. Right now, I'm using an iRulu F20 which is a clone of a better known Chinese brand (that I can't think of off the top of my head) that was really popular a few years back. It's great, but navigation leaves a lot to be desired.
One weird quirk...I was able to connect the one I got my dad to my BT in my car, but we couldn't get it to work in his. The one my mother-in-law got wouldn't connect via BT in any car. Hit and miss quality. I'm going to pin your comment so others can read it when they watch the video.
If you pause a song and try listening to it where you left off 5 minutes later, it won't. You have to start the song from the beginning. So if you're listening to an audio 4 hours long. You're screwed.
I still use my Tengsen, but even it was replaced online by an inferior model. I haven’t found anything as good in this price range, and I’ve been looking. What I did end up getting was a $60 pre-pay Nokia 3.1 phone that I rooted and put on a custom ROM. With the help of a few apps to hide the phone features, I have a really nice media player that I can also stream with.
@@RynoDBones ---- You can get a Motorola E5 Play that is Unlocked and you can put the Hiby Android App onto it. The E5 Play has a removable Plastic Back (unlike the non-removable Glass Back phones) and you can easily swap the GK40 battery or access the SD card slot.
I wanted SO much to like this, but, I have used an array of 256 and 128 micro sd cards and none are recognized. On one, I received a message saying it was 'damaged.' I didn't know what could be wrong, so, then, I popped in a 32 and it was recognized. But, if that's the limit, it's totally useless to me as I have more than 128 GB of music I want to put in there. Am I missing something?
I have two questions that I hope you or someone else can answer please 1. what is the volume like on the headphones as I heard on the MP3 players have very low volume we goes up to number 30 or something, If on a train can this be good enough to hear 2. Some MP3 players that I’ve come across on the last five seconds of the song it stops playing by fading into nothingness, does this player play the song until the very end what does it fade out in the last five seconds?
Sweet this will be perfect for my 12 year old nephew who just got his phone taken away because of stuff he was doing on it that he shouldn’t looks like this has a clock and holds music perfect for him to check in on time and listen to music on his away games thank you for posting this
Great review! Okay you mentioned in your car you have to plug in the headphones? So this won't with a Bluetooth FM transmitter I have plugged into my car lighter?
@Ryno Reviews Stuff Oh wow. Thank you so much for your time and telling me that!! I will mainly be using it in the car, so that would have been a nightmare. I think I'll go with the AGPTEK A09X player. Hopefully, that one will work, lol.
I recently purchased this mp3 player. How can I increase the volume. I have it all the way up and my speaker all the way up. I turned on the custom EQ and turned that up as well. ???
These items are great until the built in batteries can't hold their charge anymore. Then they are next to useless. I have 4 Sony MP4 players. All the batteries are knackered now. I have gone back to using my 1987 Sony Walkman cassette player. Dug it outta my cupboard, inserted 2 batteries, works as good now as it did over 30 years ago. The Bluetooth MP 3 Players should have had separate battery compartments so you can replace the batteries. Then the devices would have worked great.
@@RynoDBones Yes the MP3 and 4 Walkman, Bluetooth idea wasn't thought through properly. They have something like a 5 or 10 thousand charge lifespan, and initially this sounds great, but all my MP4 Walkmans are now finished after about 10 years. If they had a separate addon battery compartment they would have been perfect.
@@wanderer1955 My dad is still using this one, but he alternates with a Walkman and the original iPod Touch. iPod has the best battery life of all three at the moment and it’s the oldest by almost a decade…the Sony being about six years newer has the worst, but the Timmkoo still lasts longer than the Sony.
You could always buy an E5 Play by Motorola. It's an older Smart Phone with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of Internal Storage. A removable backplate and it takes a GK40 battery that pops out and can be swapped for a fresh one if it ever dies.
Got my eye on one of these for my (9yr old daughter) for Christmas. A few questions if I may. How easy is it to get music on it? I assume it's via phone/laptop. I am sure on one site I saw it displays album covers too (like the iPod) does it? Camera/video - I assume it doesn't take this media BUT you can look at the gallery of watch movies etc ? Again you upload these via a PC/camera ? Cheers
My son, also 9, has the AGPTek T06S and loves it. It’s a muuuuuch better Android experience. You can load apps, it’s got a camera, and it had decent WiFi. You can get songs on any of these with a laptop/computer. Drag and drop. We’ve got several movies and games installed on the AGPTek one. It’s great for road trips.
No clue exactly WHY this guy is NOW 'ragging' on the TIMMKOO Q5 as it has worked FOR ME as expected for a while now. Read below 🙂. I bought mine from Amazon about June of 2020, and people, THIS THING IS GREAT! When bought, the info shows a max microSD card size of 512meg. I started off with a 128 microSD card... worked GREAT. Then I went to a 256 card... AWSOME. And NOW i have a ONE TERABYTE!!! I decided to just SKIP the 512 size and GO BIG! lol I am THINKING about going up to a TWO TERRABYTE CARD soon, and even if the device, for some unknown reason, will not 'see' the full card, WHO CARES? I have PLENTY of other devices that can 'see' such a card size. I have SO MANY VIDEOS loaded onto the current card! I feel I am now READY for any APOCALYPTIC EVENT regarding needing entertainment during the duller moments when not having to go and gather food & water... lol! I don't like the thought of LOOSING data, so on a separate drive (a 2tb SSD), I have a folder named "TIMMKOO microSD CARD BACKUP", and now this folder contains an EXACT copy of the microSD Card that is in the Q5 device! I ALSO have a second microSD Card that is a dupe of the one that is in the device, ready to be swapped in just in case. So, hopefully I will ALWAYS have a backup on a second card and a backup on an SSD. Oh, there was a HUGE sale a while back, and I bought TWO SSDs for about $80 each!!! The drives are by SANYO, a company I have trusted for many years. This is a device that almost anyone can afford. Just shop around a bit. Mine cost $50 when purchased in 2020. I, Michel J. Gaudet, HIGHLY RECOMMEND this TIMMKOO Q5 device for any and all who want a RELIABLE and GREAT little MP3/VIDEO player, and it has SO MUCH MORE to offer its users. The ONLY gripe for me is there is no way to OUTPUT the video image to an external viewing device... sigh. BUT THAT IS IT! This thing has an external headphone jack (YES!), and also Bluetooth for wireless use.
Not to just dump my own review here, but I got one of these about six months ago. It's been a good (not great) MP3 player with only a few things I'd improve if only I could. First is the BlueTooth. It's not very powerful, and it can't be upgraded to BT5 from 4. Second is the video playback. While it gives a list of formats it supports, the ONLY thing mine will play is MOV files. It does, however do a terrific job with them, be it music videos, or even movies. I have software to convert to MOV from any format, so it's not a really big deal. Lastly, is the playback order. Even on random play it always defaults to the same songs in the same order if you shut it off and restart it. The ONLY thing I've found to change it is to connect it to my PC and either add or delete a file or two. I listen to it through Apple Earpods on the train to work, and at work through an Onn® Rugged mini speaker. The sound is great and it was a great price.
I found a workaround for the playlists thing (works on most of these MP3 players…since they all seem to use the same software). I sort my playlists/albums/songs into CD sized folders before I put them on the player. Then, instead of using the music app to play the songs, I go to the file browser, navigate to the folder I want to listen to, and play the files from there. That way it only plays that folder, takes a lot less time to load, and it is sorted how I want it. That’s weird about the videos, though. I only played around with it a little. The Tengsen I got after this played pretty much every type of file. My son and I still trade it back and forth. Great for road trips.
@@RynoDBones Have you noticed that adding folders slows playback? When I first loaded this player I simply copied folders from my iTunes media folder, and it was horribly slow switching from one track to another. Some folders were three layers deep in the hierarchy. I keep everything on the "top tier" now, and it works pretty seamlessly. Another quirk: When using a BlueTooth speaker (not earbuds), sometimes the playback speed will be about 30% slow. Like an old turntable with a finger dragging along the edge of the record. A reboot will solve it nearly every time, but it's a pain to have to do that when I switch from earbuds to external. Still, overall it's a good player, and it keeps me rocking going to and at work.(Edit) Another thing I discovered purely by accident. You can drag songs right from iTunes into the Explorer or Finder window of the player to add them, and it copies directly.
@@toxicavenger8680 I actually gave this to my dad right after I made the video. All of his songs are sorted as "\70s\File.MP3," "\80s\File.MP3," etc. So I never noticed anything. I use the Tengsen which is almost identical but it is significantly faster than the Timmkoo. If I'm in the music player trying to load through the directories or play on random, even it slows down. My files are like "\Ryno Collection\Vol 1\CD1\File.MP3," so I do use nested directories. I don't have those issues when I go through the file explorer/browser app, though. At least not as bad. I'm considering just getting one of those $50 no-contract phones from Best Buy and repurposing it just for music. At least I'd be able to do some streaming while on WiFi, too.
@@RynoDBones Good idea with the throw away phone. I had a Tracfone Flip phone and used it (with a 32Gb SD card) as my MP3 player before getting the Timmkoo. One morning, it wouldn't turn on anymore, so that was the end of it, but for $20 and another $14 for the SD it was a great player.
Just by looking at your review, the mp3 player looks quite enticing, it would be swell listening to all my movie soundtracks on it and look at the music videoclips ;-)
I just purchased one yesterday on amazon, I have an iPhone I don’t do iPhone music, I love mp3 I kept my Android for music. The other day I found out google play is going away on androids I can’t listen to my music I synch from my computer to my android like I want to. Now it’s back to buying MP3 players.
But how do you get songs in it? I don’t have any on my pc. Don’t even know from where I can download nowadays (used limewire and ares back in the day not sure if they are still around)
I ripped ALL of my old CDs to MP3 a while back. You might look at 4kdownload (.) com...There's an interesting piece of TH-cam to MP3 software there that I can neither recommend or not recommend that is totally worth $15.... :)
Updated post....the AGPTEK T05 (which was my backup mp3 player) battery swelled and can't work without being plugged in...so my $14 mp3 player still works so now i"m shopping around for an mp3/mp4 player that can last more than 4 years 🤔
HI there. About to buy an .MP3 player and why should I consider the TimmKoo with NO wifi or WITH wifi??? What would be the difference between the two besides the ability to hook up to my home wifi or at a restaurant wifi? Appreciate the review and the response. Dale.
I wouldn’t get the Timmkoo at all anymore. There are some much better devices with a lot more features for the same price. From what I can tell in the years since I made this video, it is a totally different device made by a different company. There is one from Pecsu that is significantly better. Honestly, the one I use the most is still the Mechen M30 because it has a pretty nice quality DAC and it’s responsive enough that it can handle large file libraries without much lag.
Hi I’m thinking of getting these for our two kids ages 5 & 7 I’m not tech savvy and I read that it is t app compatible which I think is a good thing but I winder how you get the music onto it? Do you have to purchase each song to directly load it onto the device? I hope you get this comment. Thanks. Jo :)
Honestly, for a kid that age this might be a little much.. My son has an old Sansa Clip that he’s pretty proficient at. Also, RCA / Coby make inexpensive ones that are great for kids. When my oldest was that age he actually had a Polaroid MP3 player! Haha. As for music, I have mostly ripped songs from old CDs or transferred from vinyl and cassettes. If you get an old iPod Touch, you can use ripped files or tie it in to an Apple iTunes account. I just know that when my kids would encounter problems with a tech item, it usually ended up in a drawer never being used. This one may not be intuitive enough for a younger child.
Ryno Bones thanks for the reply, they have really old iPod that we bought a few years ago for a holiday with a lot of traveling and they loved them but they are unreliable now because they are just so old! I really like the price and look of these! Interestingly though on a google search Amazon’s had them for $39.99 bit amazon thinks I still live in the uk but when I changed my address to australia they came up at $149.99 so may not be getting them anyway now cause that too expensive for the little legs!
Joanne Gallagher if you check on AliExpress, there is a brand Ruizu that has similar players...(probably identical). I am not sure what the price would be, but it might be a lot cheaper than Amazon.
I just bought one of these recently just to have something to watch movies on or listen to music. Kinda bought it as a joke device to run things less than optimal mainly cause I like to put high quality videos on lesser devices. Hope it works well.
im looking for a mp3 player with a high volume output on the headphone jack. modern phones seem to have decreased volume compared to older phones (my old iphone 4 with the same exact headphones and exact same mp3 is way louder than my iphone 7 and samsung s9+)
In that case, you’ll want something with a built in DAC. This definitely isn’t it! Honestly, I would suggest trying to find an old LG phone (V20, maybe). Otherwise, some of the Fiio players are great and not overly expensive. I have an iRulu that has a built in DAC and it sounds great. Price isn’t great, though, and the UI isn’t for everyone.
I want to get one of these and try to use it as a PDA MP3 player!! I have an old phone but it’s too big!! I want to feel nostalgic and this is darn cheap!!
Hello Ryno, Can you advise me on actual MP3 disc's? I have a huge book (The Bible really big book) on MP3 disc. 8 discs! I want to be able to listen to any portion of the 8 without carrying all the disc's and boom box with. No one today (2021) is aware of the difference of an MP3 disc to that of a regular CD format. And therefore stumped on what to sell me. By choice I have no smart phone device, and no blue tooth. My idea is to take the MP3 disc's all 8 of them, that will play on my computer, transfer them to a thumb drive, (there are boom boxes that play thumb drive yes), but I want to SEE what chapter and verse I am with the ability to fast forward or pause or skip entire chapters if I wish. So think I need to end up with a memory card? This TIMMKOO MP3 player with 4"I think would be easier to read the screen/no boom box has that large of screen) Do I transfer on the computer to a memory card that will play on an MP3 player with the visual screen? then axillary plug in the boom box or external speaker? Or get a bluetooth speaker/your full size head phones look great! IS THERE AN EASIER WAY? ~ For a bday gift for husband this week, waited too long to solve this problem. Help if you can! Thank you.
I think you've got the right idea: Transfer the MP3 files from the CDs to your PC then directly to the MP3 player. 8CDs of MP3 files is still only about 7GB and most players come with 8GB to 16GB minimum. (Keep the folders, makes it a lot easier to navigate.) While the Timmkoo is decent, it might be tough to read (it scrolls the titles and the font is small..tough to navigate if you're not used to these types of players.) There's also one called a Tengsen that is very similar, but is better quality overall. BUT....For your use, I think you might want something with a slightly bigger screen. This is a bit older, but it has a larger screen: AGPTek WiFi MP4 Player. Basically a stripped down telephone that only has WiFi. It's an idea, at least, and it can use various other apps from Google including Audible, Spotify, TH-cam, etc as long as you've got WiFi.
Actually, after reading the reviews on it (their smaller 5inch has great reviews), the AGPTek seems to have WiFi issues. You could always get one of those cheap phones from BestBuy and not activate it. Without a SIM card or activation, one of those would be perfect to use as an MP3 player, and the apps would be up to date. There's another TH-camr, ETA Prime, that tests out a lot of those inexpensive phones. You might look up some of his videos.
@@RynoDBones OH Ryno YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST. Grateful for all your time and advice. Appreciate your recognizing we are not familiar with touch screen device. Bravo. AND, only after leaving my comment did I notice your updated advice on the Tengsen over the Timmkoo. PS. to return the volley of assistance, There is a new Tengsen listing on amazon, appears to be the same as your link, but your link listing item is no long available. Heads up if you want to correct your link to the other one. I think it is same model. Thank you kindly my friend. 😘
@@RynoDBones Thank you. I don't think wifi would be an issue. All he will do with it is play the stored audio in book form from the sd card thingy or memory. He may chose radio for weather reports/while in the country where there is no wifi. I did JUST check (stupid of me to have JUST thought of it) but the title of his version is available on audible. $8 a disc though to use and 13 to buy. What ever I end up with needs to play on speakers...fill the room, not a personal device ear bud. He may be open to wireless ear phones but prefers while working with tools not to be impeded with gizmos. ~ I don't get how technology just left this one format behind, the MP3 disc that is. We own a sony boom box that plays the actual disc. But they are no longer available and the lens reader has a limited life span. Hate to jostle it about. Again, thank you.
@@b.walker5955 have you thought about something like the APEMAN 9.5'' Portable DVD Player ? Almost any portable DVD player also plays MP3 CDs, or USB, or SD. Plus has real buttons and a large screen. Can also be connected to speakers through the AUX out.
I have just had this device for a few days. Like others frustrated that the music does not remain in their folders we transfer. Someone mentioned putting tags for the albums. How do I do this.
I use a program called Tag&Rename. There are others that are supposedly better, but I have used it for years and am very comfortable with it. All my files have full tags, and I have the file names set depending on what type of album it is. For mixed artist albums, I use Album - Track - Artist - Title.MP3. For single artist albums I use Artist - Album - Track - Title.MP3. Both this and the Tengsen default sort by folder, then File Name (at least for me, with all files on SD card in their own folders).
That's exactly what I need for my new car. As of 2020 cars don't have CD players. They are considered a "relic" of the past. I can use my phone, but as you said in the video, it's got so many background apps. Excellent review. You are getting more and more professional with these videos. Good job!
Ryno...I have about 23 gb of wav and mp3 files going back to my napster days ....Im looking for a player that is safe and has enough storage for me to put them all in there....can you suggest me the best one that is easy to transfer files to? Thanks
Best is subjective. Haha. For the price, the Tengsen is great. I also have an AGPTek that is inexpensive and works great.... Just looks like a small metal brick with a handle. My personal favorite is the FiiO M6, though. I didn't like the dodocool at all, but I have an iRULU F20 that is very nice if you don't mind weird interfaces and settings hidden under several menus. Haha
Does the bluetooth on the player connect to bluetooth speakers cause when I read about the player on Amazon it showed a picture of bluetooth speaker but mine wouldn't connect
The one my dad has does connect to BT speakers. I connected it to a few, and to my BT earbuds. I was also able to get it to work in the car (but that's not supposed to be a feature, I've heard). My mother-in-law doesn't have any BT devices, so no clue if it'd work.
I just need an MP3 player that doesn't have a camera where I can download Amazon Music app so I can use it for work and be compliant with my company rules. What MP3 player do you recommend?
I dunno! I've not had any players you can install apps on. I used to use an LG G3 and then an LG V20. That I installed modified firmware on and used as MP3 players. G3 was great.
@@RynoDBones I understand. Unfortunately we can't use LG because those devices have cameras and I work in a call center and we are forbidden from using any device that has a camera on it. I just find MP3 players pointless since most of us have subscription music services so I don't want to pay and download each song on my playlist individually as an MP3 when I can stream it through amazon for 10 bucks a month. If I download the amount of songs I gave 1x1 it will cost me a fortune I have too many lol. But no worries thank you for the input
The original Timmkoo was loud enough (but Android limits it) ands it still works great after several years. I don't know about the current model being sold.
Hello! I bought this for my daughter. She is ten. I thought I could figure out how to transfer videos and music for her but I have NO idea how to do it and cannot find anything helpful. Could you possible steer me in the right direction? She is wanting to transfer from her kindle fire to the Timkoo MP3 player. Anything at all would help me!! I'm not "techy" so ....Lol. Do I need to download an app on the kindle or something? I seriously thought I could plug the devices into each other with the cord that came with it and voila!! Please help!!
Definitely need to use a computer to transfer the files. You can plug them both into the computer at the same time. Just open the folders in File Explorer. It's as easy as drag and drop. The MP3 player is basically a USB drive.
@@RynoDBones Thank you for such a quick response!! That was completely unexpected but one-hundred percent appreciated! I will definitely keep trying :)
@@saraparris5189 Hope you get it figured out! My dad (mid-60's) has had this for MONTHS and this weekend he bragged to me that HE put music on it by himself. Haha. Literally the first time I've not had to put music on a player for him since the late 90's. ;)
Probably 90% were from ripping all my old CDs. Some from waaaay back in the Napster days. Some from TH-cam using 4K TH-cam to MP3 software. If you’re really interested in a device like this for yourself, I now recommend the Tengsen player. It’s a giant upgrade over the Timmkoo. I’m taking it on the road with me this weekend and will be doing a review next week. So far I am impressed with it and will be keeping it for myself.
Nope, no camera. You can get a pre-paid phone for about $50 that does have a camera and can do all the MP3 player stuff…just don’t put in the SIM card or register it.
As long as you are able to save the files from iTunes to your computer, you should be able to drag and drop. Can’t do it from the program, but if you get an MP3 or M4A file, you can drop them right on. Might look into the Tengsen if this is the kind of player you’re looking for. Tengsen recently came out with a much better player that I definitely recommend over this one. It’s better in all ways. Still, this one is fine for my dad. Haha As always, you get what you pay for, so keep that in mind with these. For what they are, and for what they cost...can’t do much better.
Hey im thinking about getting this... i just need bluetooth but i dont want my grandma to spend 50 on something that wont last.. do you reccomend thi s as a first bluetooth mp3?
The one I got, yes....But the company has changed hands and the unit they sell under this name is no longer the same player. What I recommend is picking up a Samsung A10e Tracphone, not activating it, and removing all the apps not necessary to play music.
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You cannot on this device, but one just released by a company called Louran can. I posted a review for it this weekend. I do not recommend the Timmkoo anymore as the device they sell now isn't the one I reviewed.
I've already given it to my dad, but I'll check the steps next time I'm over there (probably tomorrow) and I'll get back with you. I am pretty sure it's a menu option when you click on a song to add to a playlist. It has built-in playlists, so you can't do *.M3U files. I don't recall if there is a folder structure for playlists when connected to the computer. Once you start messing about in it, it's fairly easy to use overall. My dad, in his 60's, uses it several times a day for a few hours at a time on his walks.
Built in playlists only, confirmed. You can put songs in from the device and change the order. It's not entirely intuitive, but if you've used older Android apps, it's not that tough. More time consuming than anything, especially with a large number of songs. His files are all sorted into folders, though, so he just selects the folder he wants and plays from there.
@@RynoDBones I see only playlist 1, 2, and 3. Can I create more playlists, and can I name them? Also, how do I organize and create new folders? I only see folder 1. Thanks!
@@stevechesser7866 Those are the only playlists available in the player, and I'm not sure you can rename them. On the folders, I made my own in the music directory of the sd card and navigate that way.
Yeah, I might love mine, if I can figure how to load my music & pix! ..but I didn’t get that funky little Android to Android cord, or the fancy little case, & screen protector!..Just checked, & no FM radio either!..hmm☹️🤷🏻♀️…✌🏼🇨🇦
That would possibly work, but I don’t have any way to test it. I gave this to my dad several years ago. I would recommend not getting this device as there are several newer ones that are substantially better at the same price.
What I purchased was not what I received, also it is limiting the songs to about 189. I’ve formatted it several times, I’ve added the songs while charging and while fully charged and nothing
The device's speaker keeps playing while earbuds are connected. They play out of earbuds but the device's speaker plays at same time. How do I get it to just play from earbuds?
My dad and I didn’t experience any issues like that, but a few things you might try - 1. use a wired pair of headphones and see if the speaker still plays; 2. try a different wireless set or pair with a BT speaker; 3. make sure music isn’t playing when you pair a device; 4. unpair everything and reboot, then try again with no music playing. If you’ve tried all that, you might send it back. Seems like everyone’s player has its own unique quirks. Heh, heh
@@rdf126 definitely try another wired pair, or two. It could be a bad connector on those headphones, or might need a pair with either a slightly longer or slightly shorter jack. If you’ve got the case on it, that might interfere with making a full connection. I have a seven year old, too...wouldn’t be able to trust him with wireless buds, either. He’s been using my Tengsen for music and video for about a month with a cheap pair of headphones from Five Below.
@@Rich_42 That's what my dad uses it for, yes. Tough to set up a playlist on it, but if you have your music sorted into folders and then use the File Browser app instead of the music app, you can just play a single folder at a time. The Bluetooth does just fine if this is in a pocket.
Yeah, they discontinued it. From what I've gathered the company was sold and the one that bought it had zero QA and bundled it with broken ear buds and garbage accessories. I'm glad I was able to get one of the good ones, unfortunately they don't exist anymore. I am waiting for another player to arrive for review, but that company never sent me a tracking number.
@@RynoDBones The TIMMKOO MP3 is still a good option in my opinion, though I do have my gripes. Especially the navigation, how if you back out of an album it resets you to the top of the album list that's in alpha order. Annoying. But, at 50.00 I think you get some nice features. I'm an MP3 guy, I don't believe in draining your phone for your music, so it's nice to find a channel giving out good, honest reviews.
@@CIintB3ASTW0oD I always look at the flaws to price ratio. Haha. Sometimes I end up with rose tinted glasses with things like this. My dad still uses this one every day because it's so much like the old iPod I replaced with it. I'm still using the TENGSEN myself. I wish I'd done a better review for it, but it was a spur of the moment thing after work one day and I'm pretty lazy.
This is the third mp3/mp4 player I had so far. The TIMMKOO battery fail to store charge anymore so I alway have to plug in on once I'm using it. The berennis lasted 9 months. The ZUNE was the best but way to expensive for me to purchase another one. So i"m looking at the AGPTEK 5" mp3/mp4 player now 🙄
I've been wanting to get one of the AGPTEK ones, too. I have one of their little ones with capacitive buttons. It worked great until it got wet. You might check out the Tengsen player. My son has been using his since October and it is really fantastic. I also always wanted a Zune, haha.
Thank you so much I got one for Christmas but still can't find out how to download songs pictures and videos to it if you know how that wold be great if possible thank you so much 😀😊😉👍👍
In Windows, it should be drag and drop from your existing files to the player. I keep my files sorted into their own album folders to make things easy to pick through.
They're are websites that let you convert music videos to MP3. Most are free but have a limit to the number of subs you can convert I'm one day. There's also software that can pull the audio from videos, but it costs money.
@UCvEklCGgKIFiIHHQrWqwyIg I like the Tengsen because it's a lot faster, more memory, better screen, and a metal housing. I'm working on my video review now. Battery is decent.. About 8hrs watching movies on one charge. But yeah, there is no dictionary.
@@RynoDBones i just cancelled my order on amazon because it was TIMMKOO not TENGSEN thanks. does the Tengsen come with screen protector and case like TIMMKOO. also that E dictionary i thought was clutch but ill take your word for it and count that loss
Does anyone know how to reset these or get past the password? My daughter added a pattern password despite my warning and has forgotten it. Happy to do a factory reset as most things are on the SD card and backed up to my MacBook.
I actually just returned this as soon as I found out how small the screen is. Also really not great speaker sound quality. I wasn't expecting THX Dolby digital 3d atmosphere experience, but it'squality it was really underwhelming, compared to my phone. I know, ALOT of these media players are like that; the screen barely goes past 4 or 5, but I like to think a portable media device the size of a smartphone would be much better (ie zune, iPad touch etc.) or at least a phone that's no longer in use / jailbroken.
I just bought the same player. It looks like a very nice player, but it won't detect anything bluetooth except for a set of wireless head phones. No detection of my phone, computer, tablet, or any of my bluetooth speakers. Any suggestions anyone?
I just got it so that I can use it for Spotify and it doesn’t seem like it even though it said so on the questions ... it won’t even pair with my phone
Yes it can do 200gb. I have a 400gb card in right now and works just fine. 64gb and up are sdxc format. So you should be able to use a 512 and 1 terabyte card as well.
I dunno, really. I guess it depends on the type of cable your headphones have and the area you live in. I'm right outside a big metro area, so I got a lot of stations and most sounded pretty decent.
Bought this player. Will never purchase again. After not even a year player want turn on. Wasted money. Stick with trusted name brands. Lesson learned. 😢
You drag and drop files you’ve already got on a computer like this is a USB stick. No iTunes or other apps. Just a very basic MP3 player. I no longer recommend it as there are many newer ones out that are much better.
I don't have this player anymore. Gave it to my dad. It should be as easy as dragging the files into the music folder. When you plug it into the computer it should show up as an external/flash drive.
I purchased this mp3 player solely on your recommendation and you were spot on. It performs as your review stated and it was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks You for a good accurate review.
So do you have to download music on like your computer or can you search up songs on there and put them in a playlist
So where do you order it from
@@stephanielane6863 Amazon
I ordered one from the Walmart website and it’s way better than playing music on an android device.
@@stephanielane6863 you can also order it from the Walmart website and eBay too.
Sorry to say, after days of researching & watching reviews like this, I paid $49 for the updated 'WiFi version' of this, which claimed to have a 'slim, curved glass screen & metal body', which mine did not. It was very thick & plasticky, no case, had screen protector already applied, and a much larger bezel.
It also said it has wifi with web browser, which was a top 3 reason I got it, as I really wanted to go on TH-cam for video watching. It has wifi that's totally useless, since there is no way to actually go online. The videos I added via SD card are out of sync, it certainly doesn't play all the formats shown & so far only mp4 video works for me.
Other things it was supposed to have & DID NOT:
That cool adapter cord for phone file transfer & the case, FM radio, or dictionary.
I also got the white one as the pictures showed it more like a silver. Big mistake, it looks like a kid's toy, especially since all models have bright orange buttons now.
can you send the amazon link or website link to me
And when the inbuilt non replaceable batteries are knackered the device is f*cked anyway.
Thanks @SlowMoPanda, I was looking at that updated one, but I'll give it a pass
Nice review sir. Quality video that is to the point and covers all that is needed. Thanks for your time!
I love the mp3 player where I live it depends where I'm at in the house for what radio statIons can pick up but other than that it's awesome and finally an mp3 player that supports the mp4 video format my previous mp3 player only supported the amv video format best mp3 player I ever had
wow great i was gonna buy one, now i am definitely gonna, thx for the review
Good job. I gonna get one
Just bought one and it works
perfectly
It is very fragile and broke after 3 days just a heads up
can you put a password on it or change of wallper to ? is it easy to add muisc on it
Stay cool my ginger friend. 💪 thank you for the review.
lack of song order other than alphabet. has been known to stop charging after a while, touchy power button, real battery life is only about 5 hours, no drag and drop songs if you're using an SD card you have to preload the songs on the card before using them in the MP3 player.
I have my song file names formatted as album - track# - artist - title, so I hadn’t noticed any sorting issues. In my battery test, I did get about six hours with the screen on most of the time, but my dad is only charging it about once a week - something like 20 to 25 hours of use for him. He basically pushes play and walks. Not sure about what you mean by preload songs? I connected this to my computer with the SD card in the player, and it shows up as two drives...completely drag and drop in that regard. My mother in law picked one up for herself, too and seems to really like it. Sorry you’ve had problems with it, friend.
@@RynoDBones the battery is inconsistent then. it will be a gamble to get a good battery. if you drag and drop songs onto the SD card in hard drive mode it will corrupt the files on the card once it reaches a certain memory capacity and you will have to reformat the card. you probably don't notice because you add songs gradually to the card but if you did it in bulk and filled up the card more than half way you would start to notice songs becoming corrupted and the card will stop reading at times. If you however add songs to the card before inserting it into the mp3 player they work just fine.
@@Dragnmastralex Weird stuff. I always enjoy hearing what other people experience with these no-name devices. So far, I've had pretty decent luck, I guess. I put my entire library of songs on it before I gave it to my dad. Every CD me and my wife (and my parents and her parents) ever owned, we ripped to MP3 a few years ago. As much as I enjoyed this player, I think my favorite of all time is the iPod Classic. I had a Gen 2 that I used constantly. Wouldn't mind getting another of those for myself in the future. Right now, I'm using an iRulu F20 which is a clone of a better known Chinese brand (that I can't think of off the top of my head) that was really popular a few years back. It's great, but navigation leaves a lot to be desired.
One weird quirk...I was able to connect the one I got my dad to my BT in my car, but we couldn't get it to work in his. The one my mother-in-law got wouldn't connect via BT in any car. Hit and miss quality. I'm going to pin your comment so others can read it when they watch the video.
I thought it was good. lol
Got one a few days ago. Haven't had any issues with it at all. Does what I need it to do. Thanks for the review!
Is it still good?
If you pause a song and try listening to it where you left off 5 minutes later, it won't. You have to start the song from the beginning. So if you're listening to an audio 4 hours long. You're screwed.
Thank you for this video I appreciate it
How do you switch off shuffle when playing Albums / Folders?
Sadly, your Tengsen player suggestion seems to be sold out everywhere, or I would have gotten one of those instead! 💔
I still use my Tengsen, but even it was replaced online by an inferior model. I haven’t found anything as good in this price range, and I’ve been looking. What I did end up getting was a $60 pre-pay Nokia 3.1 phone that I rooted and put on a custom ROM. With the help of a few apps to hide the phone features, I have a really nice media player that I can also stream with.
@@RynoDBones ---- You can get a Motorola E5 Play that is Unlocked and you can put the Hiby Android App onto it. The E5 Play has a removable Plastic Back (unlike the non-removable Glass Back phones) and you can easily swap the GK40 battery or access the SD card slot.
I wanted SO much to like this, but, I have used an array of 256 and 128 micro sd cards and none are recognized. On one, I received a message saying it was 'damaged.' I didn't know what could be wrong, so, then, I popped in a 32 and it was recognized. But, if that's the limit, it's totally useless to me as I have more than 128 GB of music I want to put in there. Am I missing something?
Have you tried formatting the larger SD cards to FAT32?
I have two questions that I hope you or someone else can answer please
1. what is the volume like on the headphones as I heard on the MP3 players have very low volume we goes up to number 30 or something, If on a train can this be good enough to hear
2. Some MP3 players that I’ve come across on the last five seconds of the song it stops playing by fading into nothingness, does this player play the song until the very end what does it fade out in the last five seconds?
Sweet this will be perfect for my 12 year old nephew who just got his phone taken away because of stuff he was doing on it that he shouldn’t looks like this has a clock and holds music perfect for him to check in on time and listen to music on his away games thank you for posting this
Perfect
How are you?
What about the battery life? (Nvm I forgot you said 40 hours lol ) nice vid
BCKingz the company says 40 hours, yes. In real world use, my dad is getting about 25hrs.
how many hours does the battery last with the screen off? Does it have system updates? It happened to me that it worked for several weeks
Great review! Okay you mentioned in your car you have to plug in the headphones? So this won't with a Bluetooth FM transmitter I have plugged into my car lighter?
The Timmkoo I reviewed had kinda shoddy Bluetooth in the car. I'm not sure how the new ones are, but I hear they're terrible.
@Ryno Reviews Stuff Oh wow. Thank you so much for your time and telling me that!!
I will mainly be using it in the car, so that would have been a nightmare. I think I'll go with the AGPTEK A09X player. Hopefully, that one will work, lol.
Does it come with the mandatory confusion manual? 😁
Good informative video. Thanks a lot
I recently purchased this mp3 player. How can I increase the volume. I have it all the way up and my speaker all the way up. I turned on the custom EQ and turned that up as well. ???
These items are great until the built in batteries can't hold their charge anymore. Then they are next to useless. I have 4 Sony MP4 players. All the batteries are knackered now. I have gone back to using my 1987 Sony Walkman cassette player. Dug it outta my cupboard, inserted 2 batteries, works as good now as it did over 30 years ago. The Bluetooth MP 3 Players should have had separate battery compartments so you can replace the batteries. Then the devices would have worked great.
I totally agree! Would love to see something that uses a replaceable battery like the ones in a DS. You can find those everywhere on the cheap.
@@RynoDBones Yes the MP3 and 4 Walkman, Bluetooth idea wasn't thought through properly. They have something like a 5 or 10 thousand charge lifespan, and initially this sounds great, but all my MP4 Walkmans are now finished after about 10 years. If they had a separate addon battery compartment they would have been perfect.
@@wanderer1955 My dad is still using this one, but he alternates with a Walkman and the original iPod Touch. iPod has the best battery life of all three at the moment and it’s the oldest by almost a decade…the Sony being about six years newer has the worst, but the Timmkoo still lasts longer than the Sony.
You could always buy an E5 Play by Motorola. It's an older Smart Phone with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of Internal Storage. A removable backplate and it takes a GK40 battery that pops out and can be swapped for a fresh one if it ever dies.
@@mana_beast_beats1114 Not keen on an old tech mobile phone. Seems somehow wrong.
Got my eye on one of these for my (9yr old daughter) for Christmas.
A few questions if I may.
How easy is it to get music on it? I assume it's via phone/laptop. I am sure on one site I saw it displays album covers too (like the iPod) does it?
Camera/video - I assume it doesn't take this media BUT you can look at the gallery of watch movies etc ? Again you upload these via a PC/camera ?
Cheers
My son, also 9, has the AGPTek T06S and loves it. It’s a muuuuuch better Android experience. You can load apps, it’s got a camera, and it had decent WiFi. You can get songs on any of these with a laptop/computer. Drag and drop. We’ve got several movies and games installed on the AGPTek one. It’s great for road trips.
No clue exactly WHY this guy is NOW 'ragging' on the TIMMKOO Q5 as it has worked FOR ME as expected for a while now. Read below 🙂.
I bought mine from Amazon about June of 2020, and people, THIS THING IS GREAT!
When bought, the info shows a max microSD card size of 512meg. I started off with a 128 microSD card... worked GREAT. Then I went to a 256 card... AWSOME. And NOW i have a ONE TERABYTE!!! I decided to just SKIP the 512 size and GO BIG! lol I am THINKING about going up to a TWO TERRABYTE CARD soon, and even if the device, for some unknown reason, will not 'see' the full card, WHO CARES? I have PLENTY of other devices that can 'see' such a card size.
I have SO MANY VIDEOS loaded onto the current card! I feel I am now READY for any APOCALYPTIC EVENT regarding needing entertainment during the duller moments when not having to go and gather food & water... lol!
I don't like the thought of LOOSING data, so on a separate drive (a 2tb SSD), I have a folder named "TIMMKOO microSD CARD BACKUP", and now this folder contains an EXACT copy of the microSD Card that is in the Q5 device! I ALSO have a second microSD Card that is a dupe of the one that is in the device, ready to be swapped in just in case. So, hopefully I will ALWAYS have a backup on a second card and a backup on an SSD. Oh, there was a HUGE sale a while back, and I bought TWO SSDs for about $80 each!!! The drives are by SANYO, a company I have trusted for many years.
This is a device that almost anyone can afford. Just shop around a bit. Mine cost $50 when purchased in 2020.
I, Michel J. Gaudet, HIGHLY RECOMMEND this TIMMKOO Q5 device for any and all who want a RELIABLE and GREAT little MP3/VIDEO player, and it has SO MUCH MORE to offer its users.
The ONLY gripe for me is there is no way to OUTPUT the video image to an external viewing device... sigh. BUT THAT IS IT! This thing has an external headphone jack (YES!), and also Bluetooth for wireless use.
Not to just dump my own review here, but I got one of these about six months ago. It's been a good (not great) MP3 player with only a few things I'd improve if only I could. First is the BlueTooth. It's not very powerful, and it can't be upgraded to BT5 from 4. Second is the video playback. While it gives a list of formats it supports, the ONLY thing mine will play is MOV files. It does, however do a terrific job with them, be it music videos, or even movies. I have software to convert to MOV from any format, so it's not a really big deal. Lastly, is the playback order. Even on random play it always defaults to the same songs in the same order if you shut it off and restart it. The ONLY thing I've found to change it is to connect it to my PC and either add or delete a file or two. I listen to it through Apple Earpods on the train to work, and at work through an Onn® Rugged mini speaker. The sound is great and it was a great price.
I found a workaround for the playlists thing (works on most of these MP3 players…since they all seem to use the same software). I sort my playlists/albums/songs into CD sized folders before I put them on the player. Then, instead of using the music app to play the songs, I go to the file browser, navigate to the folder I want to listen to, and play the files from there. That way it only plays that folder, takes a lot less time to load, and it is sorted how I want it. That’s weird about the videos, though. I only played around with it a little. The Tengsen I got after this played pretty much every type of file. My son and I still trade it back and forth. Great for road trips.
@@RynoDBones Have you noticed that adding folders slows playback? When I first loaded this player I simply copied folders from my iTunes media folder, and it was horribly slow switching from one track to another. Some folders were three layers deep in the hierarchy. I keep everything on the "top tier" now, and it works pretty seamlessly. Another quirk: When using a BlueTooth speaker (not earbuds), sometimes the playback speed will be about 30% slow. Like an old turntable with a finger dragging along the edge of the record. A reboot will solve it nearly every time, but it's a pain to have to do that when I switch from earbuds to external. Still, overall it's a good player, and it keeps me rocking going to and at work.(Edit) Another thing I discovered purely by accident. You can drag songs right from iTunes into the Explorer or Finder window of the player to add them, and it copies directly.
@@toxicavenger8680 I actually gave this to my dad right after I made the video. All of his songs are sorted as "\70s\File.MP3," "\80s\File.MP3," etc. So I never noticed anything. I use the Tengsen which is almost identical but it is significantly faster than the Timmkoo. If I'm in the music player trying to load through the directories or play on random, even it slows down. My files are like "\Ryno Collection\Vol 1\CD1\File.MP3," so I do use nested directories. I don't have those issues when I go through the file explorer/browser app, though. At least not as bad. I'm considering just getting one of those $50 no-contract phones from Best Buy and repurposing it just for music. At least I'd be able to do some streaming while on WiFi, too.
@@RynoDBones Good idea with the throw away phone. I had a Tracfone Flip phone and used it (with a 32Gb SD card) as my MP3 player before getting the Timmkoo. One morning, it wouldn't turn on anymore, so that was the end of it, but for $20 and another $14 for the SD it was a great player.
Just by looking at your review, the mp3 player looks quite enticing, it would be swell listening to all my movie soundtracks on it and look at the music videoclips ;-)
Good Presentation 👌
Thanks 😉
I just purchased one yesterday on amazon, I have an iPhone I don’t do iPhone music, I love mp3 I kept my Android for music. The other day I found out google play is going away on androids I can’t listen to my music I synch from my computer to my android like I want to. Now it’s back to buying MP3 players.
To play music do you have to format your sd card first or u don’t have to
But how do you get songs in it? I don’t have any on my pc. Don’t even know from where I can download nowadays (used limewire and ares back in the day not sure if they are still around)
I ripped ALL of my old CDs to MP3 a while back. You might look at 4kdownload (.) com...There's an interesting piece of TH-cam to MP3 software there that I can neither recommend or not recommend that is totally worth $15.... :)
That music is brutal
I totally agree. :) I've learned from my mistakes. Haha
This looks great but no mention of Podcasts. Does it have Podcast software or can you install it?.
No apps for it, just the stuff pre installed
Updated post....the AGPTEK T05 (which was my backup mp3 player) battery swelled and can't work without being plugged in...so my $14 mp3 player still works so now i"m shopping around for an mp3/mp4 player that can last more than 4 years 🤔
Forget these goofy Android things and just get a Hiby R3 Saber or an R2.
HI there. About to buy an .MP3 player and why should I consider the TimmKoo with NO wifi or WITH wifi??? What would be the difference between the two besides the ability to hook up to my home wifi or at a restaurant wifi? Appreciate the review and the response. Dale.
I wouldn’t get the Timmkoo at all anymore. There are some much better devices with a lot more features for the same price. From what I can tell in the years since I made this video, it is a totally different device made by a different company. There is one from Pecsu that is significantly better. Honestly, the one I use the most is still the Mechen M30 because it has a pretty nice quality DAC and it’s responsive enough that it can handle large file libraries without much lag.
@@RynoDBones Thanks for the direction. I am going to see what those two have. I guess for you they are easier to get around in.
Hi I’m thinking of getting these for our two kids ages 5 & 7 I’m not tech savvy and I read that it is t app compatible which I think is a good thing but I winder how you get the music onto it? Do you have to purchase each song to directly load it onto the device? I hope you get this comment. Thanks. Jo :)
Honestly, for a kid that age this might be a little much.. My son has an old Sansa Clip that he’s pretty proficient at. Also, RCA / Coby make inexpensive ones that are great for kids. When my oldest was that age he actually had a Polaroid MP3 player! Haha. As for music, I have mostly ripped songs from old CDs or transferred from vinyl and cassettes. If you get an old iPod Touch, you can use ripped files or tie it in to an Apple iTunes account. I just know that when my kids would encounter problems with a tech item, it usually ended up in a drawer never being used. This one may not be intuitive enough for a younger child.
Ryno Bones thanks for the reply, they have really old iPod that we bought a few years ago for a holiday with a lot of traveling and they loved them but they are unreliable now because they are just so old! I really like the price and look of these!
Interestingly though on a google search Amazon’s had them for $39.99 bit amazon thinks I still live in the uk but when I changed my address to australia they came up at $149.99 so may not be getting them anyway now cause that too expensive for the little legs!
Joanne Gallagher if you check on AliExpress, there is a brand Ruizu that has similar players...(probably identical). I am not sure what the price would be, but it might be a lot cheaper than Amazon.
Ryno Bones that’s really helpful and kind of you! I’ll get those ordered this week! :)
i love you soooooo much your so intertaining
I just bought one of these recently just to have something to watch movies on or listen to music. Kinda bought it as a joke device to run things less than optimal mainly cause I like to put high quality videos on lesser devices. Hope it works well.
It's better than Shrek on the GBA. Haha
hey, how is the volume? i am looking for a loud player
do you think its good now since you had it?
My dad uses it every day. He's got no complaints!
im looking for a mp3 player with a high volume output on the headphone jack. modern phones seem to have decreased volume compared to older phones (my old iphone 4 with the same exact headphones and exact same mp3 is way louder than my iphone 7 and samsung s9+)
In that case, you’ll want something with a built in DAC. This definitely isn’t it! Honestly, I would suggest trying to find an old LG phone (V20, maybe). Otherwise, some of the Fiio players are great and not overly expensive. I have an iRulu that has a built in DAC and it sounds great. Price isn’t great, though, and the UI isn’t for everyone.
I want to get one of these and try to use it as a PDA MP3 player!! I have an old phone but it’s too big!! I want to feel nostalgic and this is darn cheap!!
Hello Ryno, Can you advise me on actual MP3 disc's? I have a huge book (The Bible really big book) on MP3 disc. 8 discs! I want to be able to listen to any portion of the 8 without carrying all the disc's and boom box with. No one today (2021) is aware of the difference of an MP3 disc to that of a regular CD format. And therefore stumped on what to sell me. By choice I have no smart phone device, and no blue tooth.
My idea is to take the MP3 disc's all 8 of them, that will play on my computer, transfer them to a thumb drive, (there are boom boxes that play thumb drive yes), but I want to SEE what chapter and verse I am with the ability to fast forward or pause or skip entire chapters if I wish. So think I need to end up with a memory card? This TIMMKOO MP3 player with 4"I think would be easier to read the screen/no boom box has that large of screen) Do I transfer on the computer to a memory card that will play on an MP3 player with the visual screen? then axillary plug in the boom box or external speaker? Or get a bluetooth speaker/your full size head phones look great! IS THERE AN EASIER WAY? ~ For a bday gift for husband this week, waited too long to solve this problem. Help if you can! Thank you.
I think you've got the right idea: Transfer the MP3 files from the CDs to your PC then directly to the MP3 player. 8CDs of MP3 files is still only about 7GB and most players come with 8GB to 16GB minimum. (Keep the folders, makes it a lot easier to navigate.) While the Timmkoo is decent, it might be tough to read (it scrolls the titles and the font is small..tough to navigate if you're not used to these types of players.) There's also one called a Tengsen that is very similar, but is better quality overall. BUT....For your use, I think you might want something with a slightly bigger screen. This is a bit older, but it has a larger screen: AGPTek WiFi MP4 Player. Basically a stripped down telephone that only has WiFi. It's an idea, at least, and it can use various other apps from Google including Audible, Spotify, TH-cam, etc as long as you've got WiFi.
Actually, after reading the reviews on it (their smaller 5inch has great reviews), the AGPTek seems to have WiFi issues. You could always get one of those cheap phones from BestBuy and not activate it. Without a SIM card or activation, one of those would be perfect to use as an MP3 player, and the apps would be up to date. There's another TH-camr, ETA Prime, that tests out a lot of those inexpensive phones. You might look up some of his videos.
@@RynoDBones OH Ryno YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST. Grateful for all your time and advice. Appreciate your recognizing we are not familiar with touch screen device. Bravo. AND, only after leaving my comment did I notice your updated advice on the Tengsen over the Timmkoo. PS. to return the volley of assistance, There is a new Tengsen listing on amazon, appears to be the same as your link, but your link listing item is no long available. Heads up if you want to correct your link to the other one. I think it is same model. Thank you kindly my friend. 😘
@@RynoDBones Thank you. I don't think wifi would be an issue. All he will do with it is play the stored audio in book form from the sd card thingy or memory. He may chose radio for weather reports/while in the country where there is no wifi. I did JUST check (stupid of me to have JUST thought of it) but the title of his version is available on audible. $8 a disc though to use and 13 to buy. What ever I end up with needs to play on speakers...fill the room, not a personal device ear bud. He may be open to wireless ear phones but prefers while working with tools not to be impeded with gizmos. ~ I don't get how technology just left this one format behind, the MP3 disc that is. We own a sony boom box that plays the actual disc. But they are no longer available and the lens reader has a limited life span. Hate to jostle it about. Again, thank you.
@@b.walker5955 have you thought about something like the APEMAN 9.5'' Portable DVD Player ? Almost any portable DVD player also plays MP3 CDs, or USB, or SD. Plus has real buttons and a large screen. Can also be connected to speakers through the AUX out.
I have just had this device for a few days. Like others frustrated that the music does not remain in their folders we transfer. Someone mentioned putting tags for the albums. How do I do this.
I use a program called Tag&Rename. There are others that are supposedly better, but I have used it for years and am very comfortable with it. All my files have full tags, and I have the file names set depending on what type of album it is. For mixed artist albums, I use Album - Track - Artist - Title.MP3. For single artist albums I use Artist - Album - Track - Title.MP3. Both this and the Tengsen default sort by folder, then File Name (at least for me, with all files on SD card in their own folders).
That's exactly what I need for my new car. As of 2020 cars don't have CD players. They are considered a "relic" of the past. I can use my phone, but as you said in the video, it's got so many background apps. Excellent review. You are getting more and more professional with these videos. Good job!
I'm really happy with this little thing. I want one for myself, too.
Good Job
How are you?
Ryno...I have about 23 gb of wav and mp3 files going back to my napster days ....Im looking for a player that is safe and has enough storage for me to put them all in there....can you suggest me the best one that is easy to transfer files to? Thanks
Best is subjective. Haha. For the price, the Tengsen is great. I also have an AGPTek that is inexpensive and works great.... Just looks like a small metal brick with a handle. My personal favorite is the FiiO M6, though. I didn't like the dodocool at all, but I have an iRULU F20 that is very nice if you don't mind weird interfaces and settings hidden under several menus. Haha
Does the bluetooth on the player connect to bluetooth speakers cause when I read about the player on Amazon it showed a picture of bluetooth speaker but mine wouldn't connect
The one my dad has does connect to BT speakers. I connected it to a few, and to my BT earbuds. I was also able to get it to work in the car (but that's not supposed to be a feature, I've heard). My mother-in-law doesn't have any BT devices, so no clue if it'd work.
hey whats the biggest size sd card it can handle do you know ? best wishes either way
I used a 128GB when testing. I didn’t have anything larger.
I just need an MP3 player that doesn't have a camera where I can download Amazon Music app so I can use it for work and be compliant with my company rules. What MP3 player do you recommend?
I dunno! I've not had any players you can install apps on. I used to use an LG G3 and then an LG V20. That I installed modified firmware on and used as MP3 players. G3 was great.
@@RynoDBones I understand. Unfortunately we can't use LG because those devices have cameras and I work in a call center and we are forbidden from using any device that has a camera on it. I just find MP3 players pointless since most of us have subscription music services so I don't want to pay and download each song on my playlist individually as an MP3 when I can stream it through amazon for 10 bucks a month. If I download the amount of songs I gave 1x1 it will cost me a fortune I have too many lol. But no worries thank you for the input
I listen to allot of audiobooks mostly from audible. Does this have an audible app.?
Nope. No way to add apps, either.
It's available now on Amazon along with another model with wifi
Thank you for the honest, informed review and update information!
Two most important questions?
"Is it loud enough?"
"Does it work ok?"
The original Timmkoo was loud enough (but Android limits it) ands it still works great after several years. I don't know about the current model being sold.
If I want to have 2 or 3 differents music files, can that be done?
Hello! I bought this for my daughter. She is ten. I thought I could figure out how to transfer videos and music for her but I have NO idea how to do it and cannot find anything helpful. Could you possible steer me in the right direction? She is wanting to transfer from her kindle fire to the Timkoo MP3 player. Anything at all would help me!! I'm not "techy" so ....Lol. Do I need to download an app on the kindle or something? I seriously thought I could plug the devices into each other with the cord that came with it and voila!! Please help!!
Definitely need to use a computer to transfer the files. You can plug them both into the computer at the same time. Just open the folders in File Explorer. It's as easy as drag and drop. The MP3 player is basically a USB drive.
Might try this video: th-cam.com/video/V0pzym0OJUY/w-d-xo.html
@@RynoDBones Thank you for such a quick response!! That was completely unexpected but one-hundred percent appreciated! I will definitely keep trying :)
@@saraparris5189 Hope you get it figured out! My dad (mid-60's) has had this for MONTHS and this weekend he bragged to me that HE put music on it by himself. Haha. Literally the first time I've not had to put music on a player for him since the late 90's. ;)
Where do you get your song files from to place on the device? I’m definitely interested. Thanks
Probably 90% were from ripping all my old CDs. Some from waaaay back in the Napster days. Some from TH-cam using 4K TH-cam to MP3 software. If you’re really interested in a device like this for yourself, I now recommend the Tengsen player. It’s a giant upgrade over the Timmkoo. I’m taking it on the road with me this weekend and will be doing a review next week. So far I am impressed with it and will be keeping it for myself.
I have windows 7 and 10. Will I be able to hook this up to my computer and drag my items on the MP3 Player?
We've not had any issues with drag and drop.
Can you take pictures with this? My sister keeps asking for a phone to do this but shes too young so was hoping this would be a good replacement.
Nope, no camera. You can get a pre-paid phone for about $50 that does have a camera and can do all the MP3 player stuff…just don’t put in the SIM card or register it.
How did you download music on this from an Android?
Great review, but im wondering if you Can use playlist sync on Windows media player?
Nope, it only has built-in playlists. They're functional, but nothing special and don't interact with anything outside of the player itself.
Will this work with music from iTunes? I know it won’t sync but if I click and drag the files will this device play them?
As long as you are able to save the files from iTunes to your computer, you should be able to drag and drop. Can’t do it from the program, but if you get an MP3 or M4A file, you can drop them right on. Might look into the Tengsen if this is the kind of player you’re looking for. Tengsen recently came out with a much better player that I definitely recommend over this one. It’s better in all ways. Still, this one is fine for my dad. Haha
As always, you get what you pay for, so keep that in mind with these. For what they are, and for what they cost...can’t do much better.
Hey im thinking about getting this... i just need bluetooth but i dont want my grandma to spend 50 on something that wont last.. do you reccomend thi s as a first bluetooth mp3?
The one I got, yes....But the company has changed hands and the unit they sell under this name is no longer the same player. What I recommend is picking up a Samsung A10e Tracphone, not activating it, and removing all the apps not necessary to play music.
@@RynoDBones oh okay thx :)
Amazing Video, I’ve Actually Changed An IPod, It’s Not Fun. I Changed It From A 16GB To An 32GB. It’s not Fun And It’s Not Easy Either. I Think You Have Just Sold Me, I’ll Have To Buy One On Payday. Thanks For The Awesome Video.
Can you tell me if you can access the internet on this device? I want it for my niece but she can’t be able to get on the internet.
You cannot on this device, but one just released by a company called Louran can. I posted a review for it this weekend. I do not recommend the Timmkoo anymore as the device they sell now isn't the one I reviewed.
Hello marie
How intuitive is the Playlist feature? Can I organize songs in a Playlist?
I've already given it to my dad, but I'll check the steps next time I'm over there (probably tomorrow) and I'll get back with you. I am pretty sure it's a menu option when you click on a song to add to a playlist. It has built-in playlists, so you can't do *.M3U files. I don't recall if there is a folder structure for playlists when connected to the computer. Once you start messing about in it, it's fairly easy to use overall. My dad, in his 60's, uses it several times a day for a few hours at a time on his walks.
Built in playlists only, confirmed. You can put songs in from the device and change the order. It's not entirely intuitive, but if you've used older Android apps, it's not that tough. More time consuming than anything, especially with a large number of songs. His files are all sorted into folders, though, so he just selects the folder he wants and plays from there.
@@RynoDBones - thanks for checking and replying
@@RynoDBones I see only playlist 1, 2, and 3. Can I create more playlists, and can I name them? Also, how do I organize and create new folders? I only see folder 1. Thanks!
@@stevechesser7866 Those are the only playlists available in the player, and I'm not sure you can rename them. On the folders, I made my own in the music directory of the sd card and navigate that way.
Yeah, I might love mine, if I can figure how to load my music & pix! ..but I didn’t get that funky little Android to Android cord, or the fancy little case, & screen protector!..Just checked, & no FM
radio either!..hmm☹️🤷🏻♀️…✌🏼🇨🇦
I ordered this but mine came with big white case already on can't take if off
The background music doesn’t the tone of your content. It makes your video awkward. Your second choice of music was much better.
If I plug earphones for FM radio, can I stream the radio via Bluetooth? My JBL speaker have no aux in
That would possibly work, but I don’t have any way to test it. I gave this to my dad several years ago. I would recommend not getting this device as there are several newer ones that are substantially better at the same price.
@@RynoDBones ok thanks for advise ☺️
What I purchased was not what I received, also it is limiting the songs to about 189. I’ve formatted it several times, I’ve added the songs while charging and while fully charged and nothing
how make the record to come up when tip on the back botten
The device's speaker keeps playing while earbuds are connected. They play out of earbuds but the device's speaker plays at same time. How do I get it to just play from earbuds?
My dad and I didn’t experience any issues like that, but a few things you might try - 1. use a wired pair of headphones and see if the speaker still plays; 2. try a different wireless set or pair with a BT speaker; 3. make sure music isn’t playing when you pair a device; 4. unpair everything and reboot, then try again with no music playing. If you’ve tried all that, you might send it back. Seems like everyone’s player has its own unique quirks. Heh, heh
@@RynoDBones i only have tried the wired earbuds that came with the device. It's for my 7 yr old who doesn't have wireless headphones.
@@rdf126 definitely try another wired pair, or two. It could be a bad connector on those headphones, or might need a pair with either a slightly longer or slightly shorter jack. If you’ve got the case on it, that might interfere with making a full connection. I have a seven year old, too...wouldn’t be able to trust him with wireless buds, either. He’s been using my Tengsen for music and video for about a month with a cheap pair of headphones from Five Below.
How does this fit in your hand? You able to go running with it? Or work out
A lot smaller than a phone. Almost the exact same size as a gen 1 ipod touch.. But thinner.
@@RynoDBones would you recommend this if I work out alot or go running?
@@Rich_42 That's what my dad uses it for, yes. Tough to set up a playlist on it, but if you have your music sorted into folders and then use the File Browser app instead of the music app, you can just play a single folder at a time. The Bluetooth does just fine if this is in a pocket.
The TENGSEN isn't available on Amazon anymore, or at least the BT 5.0 version isn't.
Yeah, they discontinued it. From what I've gathered the company was sold and the one that bought it had zero QA and bundled it with broken ear buds and garbage accessories. I'm glad I was able to get one of the good ones, unfortunately they don't exist anymore. I am waiting for another player to arrive for review, but that company never sent me a tracking number.
@@RynoDBones The TIMMKOO MP3 is still a good option in my opinion, though I do have my gripes. Especially the navigation, how if you back out of an album it resets you to the top of the album list that's in alpha order. Annoying. But, at 50.00 I think you get some nice features. I'm an MP3 guy, I don't believe in draining your phone for your music, so it's nice to find a channel giving out good, honest reviews.
@@CIintB3ASTW0oD I always look at the flaws to price ratio. Haha. Sometimes I end up with rose tinted glasses with things like this. My dad still uses this one every day because it's so much like the old iPod I replaced with it. I'm still using the TENGSEN myself. I wish I'd done a better review for it, but it was a spur of the moment thing after work one day and I'm pretty lazy.
since it's running android are you able to download something to play podcasts or ebooks?
No, it is completely locked down. No way to install apps.
This is the third mp3/mp4 player I had so far. The TIMMKOO battery fail to store charge anymore so I alway have to plug in on once I'm using it. The berennis lasted 9 months. The ZUNE was the best but way to expensive for me to purchase another one. So i"m looking at the AGPTEK 5" mp3/mp4 player now 🙄
I've been wanting to get one of the AGPTEK ones, too. I have one of their little ones with capacitive buttons. It worked great until it got wet. You might check out the Tengsen player. My son has been using his since October and it is really fantastic. I also always wanted a Zune, haha.
@@RynoDBones Thanks dude, I purchased the AGPTEC TO5 today...hopefully it should last till covid dissapeared 🙄
Thank you so much I got one for Christmas but still can't find out how to download songs pictures and videos to it if you know how that wold be great if possible thank you so much 😀😊😉👍👍
In Windows, it should be drag and drop from your existing files to the player. I keep my files sorted into their own album folders to make things easy to pick through.
All I got is TH-cam how do I transfer music to this thing
They're are websites that let you convert music videos to MP3. Most are free but have a limit to the number of subs you can convert I'm one day. There's also software that can pull the audio from videos, but it costs money.
It’s on Amazon right now for cyber Monday for like $30..... do you think it’s worth it?
It's a good buy at $30, but look for the Tengsen. If it's on sale, it's a steal.
@UCvEklCGgKIFiIHHQrWqwyIg I like the Tengsen because it's a lot faster, more memory, better screen, and a metal housing. I'm working on my video review now. Battery is decent.. About 8hrs watching movies on one charge. But yeah, there is no dictionary.
@@RynoDBones i just cancelled my order on amazon because it was TIMMKOO not TENGSEN thanks. does the Tengsen come with screen protector and case like TIMMKOO. also that E dictionary i thought was clutch but ill take your word for it and count that loss
The TENGSEN is on sale on amazon right now Cyber monday $32 instead of $50
I’m a little confused because you say don’t but it in the title of this video, but it seems like a pretty cool device.
There was a better one released not long after this video came out. Info is in the description.
Can i connect usb with otg to this mp3??
You can connect another device with USB-C or micro USB and transfer files. They have a tutorial for that on their Facebook page.
Does anyone know how to reset these or get past the password? My daughter added a pattern password despite my warning and has forgotten it. Happy to do a factory reset as most things are on the SD card and backed up to my MacBook.
Can I play mp3's off of this device onto a stereo when plugged into it?
Yep, anything with an aux input or Bluetooth. Might look at the Tengsen instead, though.
@@RynoDBones Alright I'll check that one out.
Can you install another MP3 player app?
I actually just returned this as soon as I found out how small the screen is. Also really not great speaker sound quality. I wasn't expecting THX Dolby digital 3d atmosphere experience, but it'squality it was really underwhelming, compared to my phone. I know, ALOT of these media players are like that; the screen barely goes past 4 or 5, but I like to think a portable media device the size of a smartphone would be much better (ie zune, iPad touch etc.) or at least a phone that's no longer in use / jailbroken.
Do you have to pay for each music??
What about sound settings?
doesn't come with a screen protector anymore
Can you show how you put the music and podcasts into it?
Don't buy this. There are much better at about the same price. This is a very old video and the product they sell now is NOT the same as this one.
This one is MUCH better, though it is a bit more expensive. It's my go-to for a touch screen player. amzn.to/3vKCw7U
One question. Does it have notes and an alarm/timer?
I wish I could help! I will be going to visit my parents after work tomorrow, and I will do my best to remember to check.
@@RynoDBones thank you man
I just bought the same player. It looks like a very nice player, but it won't detect anything bluetooth except for a set of wireless head phones. No detection of my phone, computer, tablet, or any of my bluetooth speakers. Any suggestions anyone?
It can't connect to devices like computers, tablets, and cellphones. However, it is supposed to work with speakers, headphones, and maybe cars.
I'm looking for something like that... But I listen to music through spotify... Can I download spotify or apple music from that? O
I just got it so that I can use it for Spotify and it doesn’t seem like it even though it said so on the questions ... it won’t even pair with my phone
No, you can't put any apps on it.
Can this hold a 200gb memory card been asking on amazon and nobody can answer
I don't have any to try! I know it supports 128GB.
Yes it can do 200gb. I have a 400gb card in right now and works just fine. 64gb and up are sdxc format. So you should be able to use a 512 and 1 terabyte card as well.
I wanted to buy a new mp3 player because my old mp3 have one of those old usb chargers that doesn't make anymore
Skip this one. Go for a Fiio
What's the best way to get better radio reception with timmkoo mp3 player
I dunno, really. I guess it depends on the type of cable your headphones have and the area you live in. I'm right outside a big metro area, so I got a lot of stations and most sounded pretty decent.
Bought this player. Will never purchase again. After not even a year player want turn on. Wasted money. Stick with trusted name brands. Lesson learned. 😢
I agree. The one I reviewed is still working but the new ones they started making last year are junk.
2:40 FiiO X1.... but this is more advanced tech as far as what it can do😀 I think I'm getting a Timmkoo
Does it have bass or treble controls or equalizer?
It’s been a long time since I actually used it, but I believe there are EQ presets. I don’t think there was an actual EQ you can adjust.
how can u get music on it?
Does it recognise PDF?
I have no idea. My dad wouldn’t use this for that, so I didn’t even think about testing that.
how do you download music on it? can it be used for itunes?
You drag and drop files you’ve already got on a computer like this is a USB stick. No iTunes or other apps. Just a very basic MP3 player. I no longer recommend it as there are many newer ones out that are much better.
How to download music in timmkoo MP3 player ? Can u make a video for that please
I don't have this player anymore. Gave it to my dad. It should be as easy as dragging the files into the music folder. When you plug it into the computer it should show up as an external/flash drive.