GE 74290 Spacemaker Radio/CD Player

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Summary: Love it!
Review: My husband bought this for me for Christmas last year and I absolutely love it! I put it in the kitchen because there's nothing like dancing while you're cooking. Of course, the sound isn't stereo quality, but we can put a CD in, turn it up loud (no crackling either!) and hear it all over the house. Well worth the money. We like it so well we're buying one for my parents this year!

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Summary: I like it a lot!
Review: My sister had one in her kitchen, so I asked for one from 'Santa'. I like it very much. We use it every day. It even has a nightlight for the kitchen. It is very easy to use. When we have power serges, the clock is easy to reset. Reception on the radio is good. No complaints on this one at all!

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Summary: I like it a lot!
Review: My sister had one in her kitchen, so I asked for one from 'Santa'. I like it very much. We use it every day. It even has a nightlight for the kitchen. It is very easy to use. When we have power serges, the clock is easy to reset. Reception on the radio is good. No complaints on this one at all!

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Summary: I made this purchase reluctantly.
Review: My wife convinced me that she needed a small, out-of-the-way radio she could listen to in the mornings, instead of operating the entertainment center. For what it is (and costs), it's decent. I wish it had a better tuner (no frequency lock). CD works fine. It sounds like you'd expect from a clock radio. It comes with all the hardware needed. You install it using the enclosed template, and drill four holes. It takes longer to put the drill away than it does to install. One warning: unless you counter sink the holes, you will have four screws that stick up about 1/8 inch from an otherwise flat cabinet bottom.

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Summary: I made this purchase reluctantly.
Review: My wife convinced me that she needed a small, out-of-the-way radio she could listen to in the mornings, instead of operating the entertainment center. For what it is (and costs), it's decent. I wish it had a better tuner (no frequency lock). CD works fine. It sounds like you'd expect from a clock radio. It comes with all the hardware needed. You install it using the enclosed template, and drill four holes. It takes longer to put the drill away than it does to install. One warning: unless you counter sink the holes, you will have four screws that stick up about 1/8 inch from an otherwise flat cabinet bottom.

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Summary: What a hunk of junk!
Review: Save yourself the headache and skip this product. I love GE products, but we have now had 3 of these GE under-the-counter radios/CD players and every single one is defective. The CD player is the worst ever. If you are lucky, it starts to play. Eventually, it starts messing with the sound with the oh so wonderful fade/in-fade/out skipping noises reminescent of your old 45's with scratches. The forward feature on the CD player is even more cantankerous & usually stops the CD from working at all. Finally, usually mid-way through the CD, it just stops advancing tracks. The reception on the radio is beyond awful. All three of the models I purchased had the same inherent flaws. Save yourself from having to mail this back & from drilling holes in your kitchen cabinets. Buy another brand.

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Summary: Still trying to install it......
Review: This won't be a problem for most, but it's a recurrent problem for us with all "spacemaker" appliances (this and a toaster oven). Whoever built our home left 2 1/4 inch fronts on the cabinets, and none of the hardware included fits. For anyone ordering this appliance, measure your overhang first. If the front of the cabinet overhangs the underside of the floor of the cabinet by more than 2 inches, you will need hardware not included with the appliance. I had to go to a specialty store to find the right size screw (three local hardware stores did not carry it, despite the installation book saying it could be picked up at "any hardware store"). You will need (four total) #10, 32 (thread count), 3 inch, flat head machine screws to install this if your overhang is too much. I'd find them first before ordering the radio, or you'll be frustrated at having the thing and not being able to install it. If there are other problems after installing, I'll let you know.

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Summary: Still trying to install it......
Review: This won't be a problem for most, but it's a recurrent problem for us with all "spacemaker" appliances (this and a toaster oven). Whoever built our home left 2 1/4 inch fronts on the cabinets, and none of the hardware included fits. For anyone ordering this appliance, measure your overhang first. If the front of the cabinet overhangs the underside of the floor of the cabinet by more than 2 inches, you will need hardware not included with the appliance. I had to go to a specialty store to find the right size screw (three local hardware stores did not carry it, despite the installation book saying it could be picked up at "any hardware store"). You will need (four total) #10, 32 (thread count), 3 inch, flat head machine screws to install this if your overhang is too much. I'd find them first before ordering the radio, or you'll be frustrated at having the thing and not being able to install it. If there are other problems after installing, I'll let you know.

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Summary: Nice, but radio's sound was very poor
Review: We bought one and tried it on the counter before installing. The radio, on all stations, had a deep roaring sound in the background. Our current boombox sitting on the counter works fine. We thought there was something wrong with it, so we returned it and got another. Same problem, so we had to return that one too. We are looking for another similar product, but have been unable to find anything else.

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Summary: Nice, but radio's sound was very poor
Review: We bought one and tried it on the counter before installing. The radio, on all stations, had a deep roaring sound in the background. Our current boombox sitting on the counter works fine. We thought there was something wrong with it, so we returned it and got another. Same problem, so we had to return that one too. We are looking for another similar product, but have been unable to find anything else.