Kid Tough Fp3 Player Speakers

This is a great idea for a great marketing group . . . little kids who want to listen to music "just like the big kids." The FP3 has a few issues of it own, but the speakers were disappointing. The sound quality is not good. Even with the volume turned up it is difficult to hear. Another huge down fall is that a power cord is not available . . . so you can end up going through batteries pretty fast. To top it all off, my son has difficulty getting the FP3 correctly mounted into the speaker unit on his own. Overall we were very disappointed with this accessory.

I wish I had used this more with my older son (now 4) when we got the player.We were trying to get him to use it with just the headphones and for whatever reason, Fisher Price didn't think it would be a good idea to display either play or pause on the screen... so a parent can't tell if the music has started without taking the headphones away from the child, and well basically he would start crying and/or turn it off again before it started and we didn't use it much.

But, my younger son (just turned 2) discovered these speakers and the player sitting unused in the corner and has adopted it as his very own favorite thing.He has to have it everywhere, even in bed and at daycare.He can play the songs himself and navigate the menu, and since it has the speakers we can all tell if it's not playing and help him when/if he requires it (with the headphones its still another story... nobody likes the player with the headphones.)

So, for us the speakers are a must have.But there's another thing that prompted my review today:

I left this as a comment to someone else's review, but I thought it might be more useful here. We've had our player/speakers for over a year and it just started making this high pitched squealing noise within the last month.

I called fisher price today and they said this was a common problem. Even though the unit is a year old, and I have no longer got the receipt, they are mailing me a voucher for a new set of speakers.

They asked me to check the batteries in both units, and make sure the player was set correctly in the speakers. Our batteries were just replaced, and the unit works fine if you set it "just so" in the speakers but if you move it at all the squealing starts again.

Their number is 1-800-332-3457 press # for language (English is 1, French 2, and Spanish 3), and then they have an option for kids tough products (1) but it just kept telling me the line was busy and hanging up on me (!). So, after multiple attempts, I pressed (2) for "everything else" and got put on hold and actually helped.

Hope this helps someone...

Edit: I did purchase new speakers with the voucher from FP.The new speakers did not fix the problem.I purchased a new player to test the new speakers and it works fine with both sets of speakers (Old and new), so if you are having this squeeling problem, note that it may be the player itself.

FYI-The voucher must be used in an actual store, and not in an online store, not even FP's online store will accept it... and you can not return something bought with the voucher, only exchange, it shows up as being couponed off to zero. But the voucher is good for ANY FP or Matel toy, except for a few specific named toys.

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My daughter loves her speaker and listens/dances to her "ipod" with it every day.When moved around (which is all the time) it makes a high pitched noise.We change the batteries, try to adjust the FP3 player in the speaker, turn the vloume down and nothing helps too much.So while the background noise is irritating, my daughter loves it so much that we live with it!

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My son got the FP3 player for Christmas from Santa, and his grandparents got him the speakers.Just over the past week and a half we have had so much fun listening to all his favorite music together.He loves using the headphones, but the speakers are great when we all want to listen together.They're very lightweight, and the name Kid Tough is definitely appropriate. He loves to carry it around the house with him, and it can definitely handle the lumps and bumps that come with being toted around by a 3 year old.We really are all very pleased with this product. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who is purchasing the FP3 player.

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I bought this for my daughters--now 4 and 6 yrs two years ago.It is still a well used item for them.The volume is good, it has been dropped and swung around many times and still works great. They have used it indoors and outdoors on camping trips, in the car and at home. The controls are easy for them to use on their own.I recommend this for everyone who buys the fp3 player--especially if you have more than one child.I haven't found that we need to replace the batteries too often--the speakers shut off themselves if it goes a while without being used.

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