2008 Writer
MaineMomof2
Bangor, ME

Kept out toddler entertained - but wasn't worth what we paid...

2 star rating

a believer in creative toys, happy to play with my kids, a fan of educational toys, interested in fun for kids, a kid at heart, a bargain hunter
Pros

    Kept him busy for 15 minutes., Camera is pretty good

Cons
    Microphone isn't too loud, Hard to hear singing on t.v., Kids dont know songs

JAN
2
2008

We got this for our 2+ year old daughter as an after Christmas gift (I guess it was considered to be one of the "hot items" this year).  We found it at our local Target on clearance for a fraction of the price (it's regularly $60 and we got it for about $30) - and we couldn't WAIT for our little one to try it out.  Setting it up was EXTREMELY easy - it comes with it's own video/audio cords and the instructions are VERY self-explanatory.  When we plugged it in, we thought something was wrong with it.  The sounds were VERY muffled (the music that you sign to) and it was hard to make out what song it was actually playing.  When she went to sing into the microphone - the same thing happened.  It wasn't like we were getting any kind of feedback - it was just POOR sound quality.  I am really not looking for"BOSE" sound - or anything like that - I just expected to be able to hear her singing along with the song.

On the plus side of things, our little girl loves it anyway.  She gets a kick out of seeing herself on TV (the video quality is actually pretty good!) AND she sings her own songs.  There's another feature where you can plug in your MP3 player (although you have to buy your own cord to connect up to the Star Station) - but we have yet to try that.  Once we get the cord, I will edit this post to include information on THAT sound quality :)



I_thumb_down Fisher-Price Star Station is not recommended by MaineMomof2

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kid-kansas wrote on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:55PM

In response to MaineMomof2's comment from Jan 3, 2008 at 10:41AM:

dang thats too bad then ;( Ron

MaineMomof2 wrote on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:41AM

In response to kid-kansas's comment from Jan 2, 2008 at 4:14PM:

It's pretty much synced up with the TV - it's just the audio. I have it all hooked up correctly - it's just not exactly what I had thought. It works okay, just not as wonderful as I had imagined.

kid-kansas wrote on Jan 2, 2008 at 4:14PM

is there a channel select switch on it? so it is in sync with the tv. hopefully you get it working correctly. Ron