Your hörbert
Your NEW music box -
Made in Germany
hörbert is much more than an MP3 player for children. Robustly made from solid wood and sustainably handcrafted in Germany, every hörbert is a valuable unique piece.
Thanks to the child-friendly intuitive operation with nine colorful buttons for nine playlists, hörbert is suitable for children from 2 years old.
The design of hörbert is unique and a true feast for the eyes. Solid wood meets high-quality stainless steel. Plastic parts are kept to a minimum. Even the colorful buttons are made of wood.
The inside of hörbert is impressive as well. With Bluetooth, internet radio, recording function for Bluetooth streams, webradio and voice, sleep timer, no wishes are left unfulfilled. And all this without expensive follow-up costs such as subscriptions or licenses.
hörbert’s reusable memory card offers an incredible amount of space for your own audio content – about 50 hours of music and audiobooks (using MP3 files) fit on the SD card. You are completely free to upload whatever content you like – depending on your child’s preferences, age, and interests.
Uploading content to the SD card and configuring all desired hörbert functions is very easy with the help of an intuitive web interface, the Browser Set Mode for hörbert. Here is a tutorial video for getting started with the Browser Set Mode.
You can also transfer multiple or larger files via copy & paste using your computer’s file manager to the SD card. Here is our FAQ on transferring your own files to the SD card. You can also use your own larger SD cards up to 512 GB. Even the complete Harry Potter series fits on your hörbert!
When purchasing, choose which free children’s songs and stories we should include in your hörbert package: We already provide over 2 hours of music and audiobooks.
hörbert from outside
1. Volume control with integrated On/Off switch
2. Selection buttons / playlist buttons made of wood
Each button plays your individual playlist.
Pressing the same button again takes you to the next song – this lets you quickly click through the playlists.
3. Fast-forward button
The fast-forward button allows you to quickly skip forward within a song.
4. Rewind button
Press once: jump to the beginning of the song.
Press twice quickly: jump back to the previous track in the playlist.
5. Built-in microphone
With the microphone you can sing, speak, or make music, record it with hörbert, and make it available at the press of a button.
hörbert from the inside
6. SET button
Inside you will find the SET button.
Use this button to adjust your hörbert individually to your needs – volume limitation, sleep timer, Bluetooth on/off, Wi-Fi on/off.
7. Battery clips
Insert the batteries here. You need four AA batteries or, even better, eco-friendly rechargeable ones.
8. Microphone
The microphone is already built into the inside of your hörbert.
9. Memory card holder
We supply an SD card preloaded with lots of content. You can reload it with your own content.
Start listening now
Insert supplied batteries and memory card, screw it on and off you go.
Discover the new "all-round-happy features".
Brand new features
All sources that hörbert knows, he can also record on the memory card: microphone, Bluetooth streaming, and internet radio
Record voice and music in CD quality with the microphone and play it directly from the memory card.
Connect hörbert to your 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi to play Internet radio stations with hörbert’s buttons. Use the recording function to record radio shows and play them back later from the memory card.
hörbert continues playing exactly where you left off.
The colorful buttons have now become wooden turning parts. hörbert thus contains less than 5% plastics: only the circuit board and the components on it. This can no longer be improved.
Your storage space goes further, because hörbert can now play native mp3 and m4a files. That’s why more hours fit on the same card – Each of your memory cards then holds up to 5 times the amount of content compared to the previous format.
New features and bug fixes can be easily provided to you in the future, so that you can always stay up-to-date with your hörbert and its many possibilities.
We introduce the Playlist Language, with which you can control Hörbert down to the smallest detail yourself. This feature will be further expanded in the future. Already a treat for tinkerers.
Proven reinvented
You can use hörbert as a speaker and listen to audio from a mobile phone or tablet via Bluetooth streaming, for example Spotify and Audible.
New: you can now record everything that hörbert plays to replay it from the memory card whenever you want.
New: you no longer have to pay extra for this feature. Bluetooth Audio is now included. (Of course, completely switch-off-able, so nothing is transmitting if you don’t want it to)
Up to 2 stereo headphones can be connected via Bluetooth audio, so two children can listen to hörbert at the same time.
New is that you no longer have to pay extra for this feature. Bluetooth Audio is now included. (Of course, completely switch-offable so that nothing is transmitted that you do not want)
Set how long hörbert is allowed to play before it switches off automatically – for falling asleep or simply for saving energy.
With the proven volume limitation piano/forte, hörbert can be made even safer for toddlers.
No encryption, no subscription, no licensing requirement. You can upload your own content to hörbert. hörbert belongs to you, and that has always been the case.
New: From all music sources, you can now save recordings on the memory card with hörbert: with a microphone (accessory), via Bluetooth (included), or Internet radio (included)
Solid wood frame and stainless steel continue to ensure the legendary durability confirmed a thousand times.
To configure hörbert’s special features, conveniently upload your own content, and organize the memory card, a convenient web interface is provided, the so-called Browser Set Mode of hörbert.
Turn hörbert into a particularly personal gift with a name engraving. We create these in no time, so your order is not delayed.
Unable to use the device due to a small problem? Not with us! At hörbert, repairability is already included in the design. This conserves resources and your wallet.
In case of emergencies, our five-star service team will assist you with all questions. Via phone, email, and with the help of our ticket system.
You want all of this for your own hörbert too? No problem! Starting in spring 2022, we will offer an upgrade through electronics replacement (for a fee) for every hörbert since 2011. We also offer a DIY upgrade kit so you can upgrade your 2011 hörbert yourself.
hörbert has been playing selected songs and stories for more than 2 hours
Find out here about hörbert’s pre-recorded content, from which you can choose when ordering.
Upload your own content at any time
Through the Browser Set Mode of hörbert, you can make all settings or transfer your own files to the memory card.
With the new Firmware Butterfly (since November 2024), it is also possible to use the file manager of your computer to transfer your own songs and stories and copy & paste files onto the SD card. FAQ on uploading your own files.
Of course, you can still easily upload your own songs and audiobooks with our free hörbert software for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The software also allows you to back up your memory card, print a table of contents, or format the card.
Warning: Choose either to use the Browser Set Mode to upload to the card or the hörbert software. Switching between these two methods can mix up your memory card and cause hörbert to no longer play correctly.
hörbert is made of wood
Children learn from nature. The frame and handle are made of solid beech wood, the front is made of poplar plywood, and the back wall is made of birch plywood. With hörbert, your child has a loyal and long-standing companion. Resilient, sturdy, and suitable for rough play. If something breaks, you can have it repaired at the hörbert workshop thanks to the interchangeable parts, or fix it yourself with a little bit of DIY skills.
Every hörbert is manufactured in Germany
Responsibly handmade. Piece by piece, our high-quality children’s MP3 player is made from non-toxic materials and with a lot of manual work. Upon request, we can engrave your music box individually.
hörbert remains sustainably valuable
Things of value will remain with you for a long time. We rely on wood, stainless steel, and a few (but recyclable) plastics. This, combined with features such as durability, repairability, minimal packaging, and CO2-neutral shipping, are our responses to your search for a sustainable MP3 player.