Citizen CD-230 CD Player with Digital AM/FM Tuner and 56-Second Anti-Shock Protection

Rating:
Summary: Excellent buy, with a ONE YEAR guarantee
Review: Amazon's site says this gadget goes well with some brand of Secure Digital memory card. I don't understand the connection. I think it goes better with a Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/ Tank. Here's my review anyway:

Good:
1~ Easy, logical control layout; no function lock but the control buttons are stiff and snappy enough to make accidental changes unlikely
2~ Good display, not too small to read (better by far than Sony D-NF400)
3~ Rubber feet and line-out jack for non-slip use with kilowatt amp and speakers
4~ Batteries load from back without removing the CD, the battery cover is attached, and there's a tape tab for removing batteries easily
5~ Shock resistance memory buffer works well
6~ Reasonably good FM and AM reception, despite absence of local/distant selector (Sony D-NF400 is far superior but 3X the price and has fussy control layout) Auto-tune works well
7~ Y2K compliant

Bad:
8~ Recharging feature is "dumb" type and not timed; user must be careful to disconnect charger at the proper time or batteries may be ruined by overcharge (true of NiCd and especially true of NiMH cells; the more they're "cooked", the more capacity they lose and the sooner they short internally). Fortunately the user may switch off the charge function and still use the adapter without charging the batteries in the device.
9~ Headphones supplied are somewhat small, inefficient, and nasty-sounding. This may be of no consequence to an unhelmeted Badonkadonker. Substitution with excellent bargain Philips HS500 cans shows that the machine is capable of excellent sound.
10~ Seems more susceptible to electromagnetic interference than other similar machines from Philips and Sony. This shows up in CD as well as radio, but is only objectionable within three feet of a computer, ballasted light, or other radiation emitter.