JVC XLPV700 Portable CD Player

Rating:
Summary: It's decent, but has significant flaws
Review: Maybe I'm alone on this, but I thought JVC was a pretty highly regarded manufacturer. That's one reason I chose this player over others in the price range. But I must say, I'm disappointed in general. I got it to replace a stolen Sony Car Discman with 20 second memory. Let's start with what I like about it: -It has a very long battery life (48 hrs with extra battery pack attached) -It has rechargable batteries -The controls are very ergonomic and easy to use and find in the dark. -The control hold feature is conveniently located next to the eject on the front -It is extremely difficult to make it skip

Now the bad things: -When the power source changes, it stops playing. In other words, if it's playing from batteries, and you plug it in, it stops. Or if it's in your car, and you start the engine, it stops. -When you start it and it's in resume mode, it resumes at the beginning of the song, or sometimes the beginning of the next song. STUPID! it should resume where it left off. When I start my car or plug in the CD player, I don't want to start at the beginning of the song. -When it does skip, and fortunately this is rare, it stops playing and says "sorry". Great, it's "sorry". I want to hear music! It should just skip when it gets to the end of the memory, like my Sony did, and then continue playing when it can. -The cigarette lighter adaptor keeps coming out of the socket. This is annoying because I don't notice it and hit "play" anyway, and it just starts playing from batteries. Then, somewhere along the line, it runs out of batteries. Or, I finally notice it, plug the thing in, and it stops playing. AAAACK!

So, I'm not entirely pleased. But hey, it plays the CD's and I guess I'll live with it.