[Mike Rivers]

wrote:

Rechargeable AAA batteries - i don't know if they're
that easy to get a hold of or what the price of the charger is.

This is no problem. AAA rechargeable cells are easy to fine, and many AA
chargers are also equipped to handle AAA cells. A camera shop is a
better place to look for battery things than a music store.

I spent $30 on a MP3 player for my mother. Ok, it's a no brand Asian
made thing. But guess what, it plays MP3's, has a FM radio and a voice
recorder. The voice recorder works brilliantly.

Come to thing of it, I have one of those too, but its recording input is
line level only, apparently intended to record from a CD player. I've
never actually used that capability, just used it as a player. It's a
Toshiba, not exactly a no-brand, but not very common either. I bought it
because it was on sale for about $30 and I could read the display. It
has an internal battery that recharges when you connect the player to a
USB port.

I had one previously that took a mic input for recording, and another
one before that which said it had a recording function, but didn't. Both
of those went back to the store for refunds because I couldn't read the
display.


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