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I won't buy a Philips product again. Don't be fooled by the nice look of it. Bought to play CDs. One year later won't play CDs.
Now, at about 8 months, the CD player has completely stopped working. I was drawn to the sleek design and thought the price wasn't bad either. So, now I own a nice looking, static playing radio that if you're not careful will trip you up in it's antenna wires. This unit no longer reads, recognizes or plays any CD's not matter what I do. I bought it for my office where it doesn't get much use (until after business hours). I am constantly fighting with static and station reception and have had to hang the antenna wires all over everything for a clear signal.
(I lean books up against the speakers when needed) This is a great stereo for a great price- I am very pleased with it and I found that most of the reviews here were very useful and accurate. One thing that I was not expecting but that you should be aware of before purchasing is that the volume changes in preset intervals and there is a big gap between the lowest audible setting and mute - so that if you enjoy listening to music/radio very softly, such as when you fall asleep, you may wish to consider a different system or set it up in an adjacent room.
I'm returning it tomorrow. Also the remote buttons are really hard to push down. I got this unit from Walmart yesterday for around $70. It looks decent, but its sound quality, both from radio and CD, is so inferior and I don't think it's worth the money.
We rarely use it because:-The remote stopped working after a month-Radio reception is poor-CD's skip constantly or there is the "No Disk" error-Volume #2 is way too loud for quiet meals or falling asleep to ( we've moved with it may times) and volume #1 sounds like it is no longer playing in stereo. I received this stereo as a gift a few years ago.
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