Rating: 
Summary: Panasonic includes almost everything you need
Review: After a year of using the Sony sport discman almost every day, I decided to try this Panasonic. The AM/FM radio appealed to me; for some reason its tough to find players that have this great feature. It also features great shock protection; walking or even jogging with this shouldn't disrupt your music. I spend a lot of time walking, so instead of holding it I place it in my backpack; the headphone remote makes it much easier to control the player. Some have been faulting it for being heavy, but its a bit lighter than its Sony counterpart. Also unlike Sony, the volume is a dial rather than a button; I find this much simpler to control. Now some of the downsides. You need to open up the case in order to switch to shuffle mode. What an odd design decision; what makes it even more odd is program play and repeat are available through buttons. Why not shuffle? I don't like the way the lid opens; it seems like it may loosen up or not form a tight seal over time. I guess only time will tell. The batteries are a bit of a pain to remove, since they are near the hinge of the player top and its tough to reach back there (but it can recharge batteries, so this may not be an issue). With that said, this is a great player. It has pretty much every feature you'd want in a portable player. It is priced fairly high compared to other players; but when you use one almost every day, its worth it. Definately buy this over the Sony Sport.
Rating: 
Summary: Niiiice
Review: After having my Sony D-411 die on me, I was looking for a new CD player. I thought I mareswell spend some money this time and bought this player. It was definatally worth it. If they make this player with the aluminum cover like there other players that might be worth extra money, but poly-carbonate is still strong. The player is very robust, it feels solid, is light, and compact. The radio reception is good, and the sound quality is excellent. The remote would have been nice, except for the fact I found the supplied earphones to be absolute trash, and withot a shortened cord, the remote made my cord too long. Overrall I am very pleased with this player.
Rating:
Summary: Niiiice
Review: After having my Sony D-411 die on me, I was looking for a new CD player. I thought I mareswell spend some money this time and bought this player. It was definatally worth it. If they make this player with the aluminum cover like there other players that might be worth extra money, but poly-carbonate is still strong. The player is very robust, it feels solid, is light, and compact. The radio reception is good, and the sound quality is excellent. The remote would have been nice, except for the fact I found the supplied earphones to be absolute trash, and withot a shortened cord, the remote made my cord too long. Overrall I am very pleased with this player.
Rating:
Summary: GREAT CD Player/Radio
Review: Excellent portable CD player/radio combination. CD player is very good. Resume feature returns to start of track being listened to if CD turned off. Plays MOST CD-R discs (will NOT play some 80 min. CD-Rs; Sony player has no problem). AM and FM tuners very good and quite sensitive. Remote is very good and allows use of any headphones (they plug into remote). Unit appears very rugged. Dropped to floor accidentally while playing CD; didn't miss a beat. Only competition appears to be Sony D-F415 which is not built as rugged, and is much larger. Sony also has resume feature but it returns to EXACT point in track which is a little nicer. Sony has no problems playing all CD-R discs. Panasonic AM tuner appears a bit better than Sony; FM tuners about equal. Sony comes with rechargeable battery pack. Sony has two bass settings (BASS and GROOVE); Panasonic has one. Recommendation: Panasonic SW869V, which is a bit more expensive than the Sony but worth it in terms of rugged construction and surprisingly small size. Panasonic AC adaptor is smaller, too; I use it with the Sony (amazingly, the plugs are the same size).
Rating: 
Summary: skip-free cd, but radio not so great
Review: I bought this player and was satisfied with the cd portion. Jogging produced no skips, this impressed me. The radio was not so great, with this device I could not get stations I got on my recently deceased walkman. This was disappointing, because there are so few players with radios at all. This was not worth the extra money. The other point worth mentioning is that the headphones that came with it were designed by a torture expert and had horrible sound. Don't give up on this cd player until you try it with decent headphones.
Rating:
Summary: A great Player
Review: I got this CD player for christmas and it is exactly what I could want! The radio is excellent quality and you can program many shortcut buttons for your fav. radio stations. The anti-skip is top of the line, it's not quite as good as the Sony G-protection but you won't notice the difference unless you beat the heck out of the player.( The only time realisticly that it would skip with the anti-shock on is if you fell down 50 stories of stairs. Putting the batteries in really isn't a problem and they're quite easy to get out. I recommend buying some rechargable batteries to save you some money and it comes with an adapter which is nice if your close to and outlet and your going to be there a while so it'll save your batteries. The head phones are nice they hurt my ears for about a day but your ears get used to it and then it's fine. I recommend this player over the sony sport or groove it is just more rugged and will last you much longer.
Rating:
Summary: Simply Amazing, When you think of CD player think panasonic
Review: I have spent so much money on cd players, mini disc, different brands, different model, actually my girlfriend think i should open a CD museum with the amount of players I have. Anyways, I have to say without a doubt Panasonic makes way better cd player than Sony, no comparision, in quality and price. I tried lots of sony cd players, without am/fm, always skips even the G protection, ones with the am/fm radio, i get like 2 radio station. I have tried all the brand, then I bought 2 panosonic cd player for myself and a friend, and I have never looked back their shockwave series are the best and even the non shockwave are pretty good, trust me on this one, the price maybe a little more than those cheaps one, but avoid the frustration and get this or another panasonic brand.
Rating:
Summary: Very Good CD Player
Review: I just purchased one of these cd players, and am very impressed. It has great sound quality and with the anti-shock mechanism on, it never skips. The tuner has wonderful reception, and can be tweaked a little with the help of "city" mode. The bass boosting feature is a little weak, but with a good pair of headphones, I imagine that would not be a problem. A warning to others, the headphones that come with it are pathetic. The quality is awful. Count on replacing them with something else, as soon as you get the player. Other than that small issue this is an incredibly good cd player/tuner. I would highly recomend it.
Rating:
Summary: Finally, a radio
Review: I owned an older version of it(the one with the VMSS) and it irritated me after a few months of use, because of the hard plastic headphones. They finally came up with the product I wanted : an added radio. Pros : -It never skips(just like in the commercial), unless it takes a great shock(bashing it should do the thing, uh oh) -The radio is super -A good remote control -Solid body -Great sound Cons : -It's heavier than other Cd players, but that's not important -I don't like wearing hard plastic headphones, it just hurts when I pull it -Rather expensive -I don't like changing the batteries, because you have to open it and remove the Cd to see the lid of the batterie compartment -The locks could be easily broken if an accident happens or use it as I do :( -Will eventually skip if you use it too many times(every day for a year and at least 4 hours of music, for my case) -The "hold" on it is totally useless for me, because I never pushed a button by accident(they are made of rubber). I'm the kind who listens to music everyday, so this little thing is great! I strongly recommend for people who will use a Cd player occasionnally to buy the I-can't-believe-how-cheap-this-Cd-player-is-at-30-bucks-!, unless you walk or shake it, it's better to buy any 40 second anti-skip ones(10 seconds is not enough!). Last of all, the other Cd players at lower cost aren't tough enough for my needs. This one lasts a year and the other ones barely make it for four months! So just go to your nearest retailer store and see for yourself!
Rating:
Summary: skip-free cd, but radio not so great
Review: I purchased this CD player and was highly disappointed. I have an old minidisc player that I purchased 4 years ago and it was getting old. It was one of the MD players that didn't have 40 second anti skip protection. Thus, the reason why I was looking for a CD with 40 s protection. Anyway, when I listened to the quality of the CD player, I was very disappointed. I compared it to my old minidisc player and the MD player blew it away. My wife also agrees with me. I just found out that Amazon.com also sells MD portable players. Boy did I feel like an idiot. As a result, I am returning this poor quality player, and upgrading to a 40 s protection MD player. For those of you thinking about getting a portable CD player, the MD players blow them away.... big time! For those picky people that get chills whenever they hear high quality sounding music, Go for the portable MD players. Peace out! ej
| 
