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I feel bad that a previous reviewer doesn't like his. I love mine. I have used it daily since May 2000 and have not had a CD eaten yet! I finally have my music in the kitchen with me. I love having a radio in the kitchen since my stereo is in the living room with the kids TV. I was missing out on my morning DJ and my Holiday CDs. Now I can enjoy my music while the kids watch TV. The sound is great. I love the light too. It's great for illuminating my counter top and at night I use the nightlight feature.

Beware of this product! I recently purchased one, and though it seemed OK at first, I soon found out it had this annoying quirk of wanting to eat any CDs put into it. A CD will go in fine, and it will even play OK, but when you go to take it out of the player, it's a gamble as to whether you'll actually see it again without a mess of trouble. In one case, my CD got stuck *way* in the back of the unit, and I had to *remove* the whole unit from underneath the cupboard to which it was mounted, turn the thing upside down, and *shake* it to get the CD to come back out. Needless to say, one shouldn't have these kinds of problems with a player that's designed to be permanently mounted to a surface. If you must buy this, make sure there's a good return policy in place! GE really screwed up this one.

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!

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!

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.