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Summary: "Resume" feature doesn't work as advertised
Review: The one feature that I really need in a portable CD player is that it resumes exactly where play left off when I pressed stop. The Panasonic SL-SV550 CD/MP3 player claims to do exactly that, but what it really does is start at the beginning of whichever track play was stopped at. So if you're 15 minutes into a 20 minute long song, press stop then press play a few seconds/minutes later, it starts over at the beginning of that 20 minute long song. I don't know what most people's definition of "resumes exactly where it stopped" is, but that certainly isn't mine.Doesn't anyone make a portable CD player with a real resume feature any more?
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Summary: Average CD Player
Review: This is my first cd player that can read mp3 cd's.
The anti-skipping technology is very good, I've tested it very well :).
The radio works great, no complains about that...
The only bad thing about this cd-layer is that it cannot read the ID3 tags, besides that, it's a good and afordable cd player.
regards,
-eduardo s.m.
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Summary: Not bad for what it is...
Review: Overall, this is a good product if it's what you're looking. Unfortunately for me, I didn't realize it wasn't until after I bought it. I have too many MP3s to divide them up and burn them all to numerous discs. Also, according to the player's instructions, all the songs have to be numbered (ie 001SongName, 002SongName etc.) and then split into numbered albums, if you want to (although I haven't tried not numbering them... if you don't have to do that, the instructions weren't very clear about it). All of that is far too much work in my opinion. I'm not sure if other MP3 players work the same way. If you can handle all that setup, they player works wonderfully. It loads a CD of 130 MP3s in seconds, and they sound great. The radio is pretty standard, I can get the stations I don't want, but not the ones I want (naturally), but that's probably not the fault of the player. It plays CDs well, and it hasn't ever skipped on CD tracks or MP3, even on a long distance car ride. The only other cons are the lack of ID3 tags, and the random feature doesn't seem to work to well, lots of repeats considering that I had 130 songs sorted into one album. So not bad overall, just not what I was looking for. I'll probably end up buying an Ipod or the Creative Labs Zen Jupebox players.
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Summary: just buy it
Review: Great cd player. Simply does not skip. Great battery life. If your batteries get low and will no longer play a CD, switch over to FM and you can still have tunes! Gets radio reception inside the mall where other sets will not-great for mall walkers. Had trouble at first getting CD's out of player but that seems to have loosened up with use. Would purchase again-highly recommended!
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Summary: It's a nice package, but ...
Review: I share many of the comments already stated in the other reviews. I bought this for the combination of tuner, CD, and MP3 all for a reasonable price. It delivers these functions at the level I need and use. My biggest gripes, and why I only rated it at 3 stars, is the durability of the player and the sound. Like one of the other reviewers, I dropped the player and the latch that keeps the unit closed popped off. This suggests that Panasonic skimped on the quality of the components. I, however, was able to fix the problem by opening up the back of the unit (unscrewed 4 small philips screws) and fished around to find the missing back side of the latch. It was plastic and is not held on to anything inside (it also serves as the spring that holds the latch in the closed position). I was able to put it back on and I was able close the unit. It plays fine now. I'm sure I voided by warranty, but I didn't want to use the rubber band trick. I also agree that the sound is low. I have tried other headphones and through the car stero. Even set at 25 I have trouble hearing it over the train noises on the DC Metro. I was going to give another version to my teenage son for his birthday, but now I'm thinking twice. I don't think it is durable enough.
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Summary: I can't hear a thing
Review: I was so dissapointed when I finally tried this much awaited delivery. Finally I had a mp3-cdr-cdrw-am-fm-player narrowed down from a very few choices I must say. The feel was of cheap plastic. It started to skip after 5 minutes of testing. And I couldn't hear a thing through the [bad]headphones. I plugged it in the car, cranked both car, and player volume to the max, and I could get sound equivalent to what would sound as setting 3 on the volume dial in my car compared to setting 25. I sent it back. And so the quest goes on. Any suggestions? I am looking for mp3-cd-cdr/rw- with at least fm tuner, for hard core gym, and running workouts, with tons of volume. Oh and I did not take this player to the gym.
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Summary: great player
Review: I love this player! Its simple to use and has some great features. It remembers your last song and radio station even when you turn it off. It has skip album and skip song. It's very compact and light. It seems the american model comes with over the head phones but the Candian model comes with bud earphones. You can also turn off the anti skip system which gives a lightly better sound quality (on cds only)
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Summary: i like it alot
Review: First let me just say that i first purchased a Philips Exp212 mp3 cd player and it sucked. It played mp3 tracks but took too long to load each track and made way too much noise during mp3 playback. Then fortunately i found this product. It plays only mp3's but has every feature that an ordinary mp3 player has except the id tags. It doesn't make any noise during mp3 playback and is small enough that i can take it anywhere without hassle. Not to mention it is extremely light which is a definite benefit. For about 60 bucks this is has the best mp3 player out there as far as the price goes.
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Summary: Good, not great
Review: I only have two complaints about this player, 1, the headphones are terrible, but i use my own stereohead phones, that that is a minor problem for me. But the biggest problem, the one that has me wanting to trade this in, is that IT'S TOO QUIET!! I use STEREOHEADPHONES, put the volume on the HIGHEST LEVEL, and I can still hear sounds coming through. Apparently the MP3 is bad, but I use store bought cd's, so that has never been a problem. Other than that, all the features are great.
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Summary: great, until...
Review: the sound is great. the price is great. mp3s and cds play. check.
but... i accidently dropped it and the latch/spring and slider to open the top popped out. now i'm walking around with a rubber band around it to keep it closed until i can get it fixed.
seems like another person had the same problem i did with the latch/spring and slider popping out. eh.
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