I gave it to my 4 year old for Christmas, his older siblings got normal MP3 players. It worked very well on batteries for the life of a battery pack or about a month. Tried to use it plugged in, doesn't work. Replaced batteries, doesn't work. Tried connecting new batteries, still doesn't work. And since I bought it a month before Christmas, the return time had expired when it stopped working. I am very disappointed and so is my 4 year old. My only complaint about the product's design is that the memory card it will use sticks out the side of the device. It's pointless! This is for a child, the memory card should not stick out so it can be easily removed or broken. It does not make sense. I don't think it matters as ours don't work. :-(Beware for buyers.