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Panasonic SL-MP70 Portable CD/MP3 Player

Panasonic SL-MP70 Portable CD/MP3 Player

List Price: $59.99
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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Problem after about a month of use
Review: It won't play cd-rw discs anymore: it did for about a month. Now it just spins and makes noise. Reads audio and cd-r discs fine. Great anti-skip system. Sound is a tad bit tinny but otherwise okay. I'll probably give it away because I do need the cd-rw capability; don't want to waste cd-rs whenever I want to listen to something. Mine is probably a dud because I haven't found any similar problems on the internet.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Item worked great for a couple months
Review: Last year I bought this item for my daughter. She listens on her bed in her room and does not carry this item around. We were pleased at first. Within a few months the lid ceased to close properly and she had to listen with the unit flipped upside-down to apply pressure to keep the lid closed. A few months later it became temperamental and skipped and/or refused to play. Bottom line is that in less than a year it became unfunctional in a situation with very little jostling. I would not buy this product again. However, at the same time I bought the PANASONIC RP-HS9 Ear Candy Clip-On Stereo Headphones (Silver), and these are a wonderful and comfortable buy. She loves them.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Buy
Review: Light weight, easy to use, many good features, great price.
The only bad thing is that depending on the quality of the MP3 recorded on disc, the volume at which you can listen to it becomes limited or very low.
Sound quality from MP3 vs. tracks on disc is evident. So if your a freak about sound quality, you maybe a bit disappointed.
I like it, but frown a little on the sound performance depending on tracks from MP3's only.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great product for cheap price!
Review: Panasonic has done it again with another great product. This MP3/CD player is a great one. It has a cool look to it and fits nice in my hands. It is also really light. The LCD is amazing, it is big and writes everything clearly. The MP3 playback is a great feature, you can catagorize your MP3's into different albums, and this player will play them all very well with no problem. You can search through your songs really easily. This player is really easy to use. I haven't tried it long enough to see whether it really plays 48 hours of music as its battery life, but if thats true, thats awesome.

Pros:
Cool Look
ID3 tag is clear
Easy to use
Battery life
MADE IN JAPAN

Cons:
cheap headphones come with it
can't search druing MP3 playback

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great value overall, but don't you dare drop it.
Review: The first two weeks I loved my new toy. Great battery life, plays all my burned discs, much cheaper than an iPod, has built in ID3 tagging, intelligent interface, attractive casing. All these things made me love this player. I never even bothered with the useless headphones which came with it, and have been using my Koss PortaPro's exclusively.

Then I dropped it, maybe 3 feet, onto a hard surface.

The close button flew off and skittered out of my sight.

Picture yourself walking down the street, enjoying the fresh air and listening to your favorite song. Then having your otherwise perfect night interrupted so you can scour the grey sidewalk for a light grey piece of plastic. It isn't fun, without a flashlight.

Without this tiny piece, the player will not stay closed. If you're lucky enough to find it, you can unscrew the unit and figure out how to put it back together. This will void your 1 year warranty. If you're not lucky, don't have a small phillips head screwdriver, or don't want to void your warranty, you'll have to tape the player shut and deal with a small piece of plastic jiggling around inside of the unit. Not fun, either way.

I luckily found the piece and put it back together. However, I've noticed that a moderate bump to the close button will stop play and shut off the unit. This is more than annoying. The close button almost came off once more, and tonight, in a dark restaraunt, I had to scour the sticky floor for the close button.

So, if you never drop electronic equipment, I highly recommend this mp3 player. However, I doubt anyone like that exists.

***UPDATE***

as of last month, the piece holding the cd player closed is missing, and the player is being held together with duct tape. Looks horrid. & the player shuts down randomly. Not worth your time, folks.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Delicate
Review: The player looks sharp, sounds great, has a great music title display, and is nice and compact.

But it's fantasically delicate.

I was typing on my laptop with the player on my lap when I moved my legs and accidentally dropped the player to the ground. I'm not that tall; it only dropped a couple feet--but that was enough to break it. Its spring to keep the player shot immediately broke, and I had to use tape to keep the player shut.

Days later, the player stoped playing CDs.

Caput!

I regret purchasing this player, and recommend you purchase another one.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: no skip, but no radio
Review: The skip protection on this player is the best I ever heard. The sound is good, and it has several basic and extra features. But I'm really disapointed that it didn't have a radio. For $$, they could add a radio. My overall advice would be to look a bit harder, and find another player with a good price and a radio.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: THis is ok
Review: This cd-player is ok, it has live, bass and regular sound, but the volume cant go so loud. I would recomend a iriver mp3 player or a sony cd player.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: THis is ok
Review: This cd-player is ok, it has live, bass and regular sound, but the volume cant go so loud. I would recomend a iriver mp3 player or a sony cd player.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Pretty good!
Review: This CD/MP3 is excellent. Nice cool look with awesome features. The sound quality is good if you use good headphones, the headphones... that came with it [could be better]. The MP3 playback is really good and the LCD is awesome and clear. Overall, this is an awesome product for the price.


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