If you think the specs themselves are cool, check out the following: the MiSEL that we received is their newer model (MJ-3000R), which is essentially the same as their older model (MJ-2000) with a remote control. A remote control! Way too cool!

The MiSEL came with a power adapter, the above-mentioned remote control, 2 AA batteries, the MiSEL itself, a user's manual and a set of earphones. The headphones that came with the player are of the ear bud type (which is the type that I use personally), and provide sound that is quite decent-in fact, the best out of all of the MP3/CD players that we reviewed before-but still lacking compared to my personal Panasonic ones (my Panasonic ones are really really really good and I purchased them for a really really really high price, though).

The MiSEL includes a very powerful remote control that can be great for users who like to store the actual player in a pocket on in a backpack. It is a little bugger that can be clipped onto a shirt, etc. It has the usual audio controls on it such as Play/Pause, Stop, Next and Last as well as controls for volume and directory browsing. Finally, a hold switch is also built-into the remote control-very handy for fooling those people who deliberately and annoyingly press random buttons on your CD player to screw things up. Basically, you can listen to your music without ever having to touch the player!

The MiSEL itself has a very unique design that I've never seen with any other MP3/CD or just plain ol' CD player before. Being almost a square with rounded edges, the MiSEL's shape and color are actually quite attractive, although the snowy white can get dirty very easily. At the top are 4 buttons to control the ESP feature (45-second for audio CD and 50-seconds for MP3 CD's), directory browsing, play mode (all files/tracks, directory only, file/track only and bookmarks only) as well as how the files/tracks are played (play once, loop, random play and intro play). At the bottom are 4 more buttons for the usual audio controls such as Play/Pause, Stop, Next and Last. At the center of it all is the "large LCD screen." Little did I know how special this LCD screen is until I powered up the player...

Installation
Setting up the player is actually a little more complicated than most people would be used to setting up a CD player because of the remote control, but still remains very easy. The only extra step is to plug the remote control into the player and then plug the headphones into the remove control, or you can choose not to use the remote control and save having more wires to be tangled in, and just plug your headphones directly into the player. Either way works, and we're not ready to begin our testing!

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