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Despite the product name, it is impossible to jog with this machine. For the first twenty minutes or so, it works reasonably well, with only a few skips every now and then. But after that, it gets worse and worse until by the end (I usually run for an hour) it stops 20 or 30 seconds for each second of music that it plays. It works just fine when I'm walking, but then, it's not called the "Panasonic Walker." I had frankly hoped for something better from Panasonic.

I really loved this cd player. It had everything a girl could want: resume play, a hold button, a puase button, great sound and it didn't skip. Unfortunatly however, less than 6 months after I bought it it dropped from a chair and broke in half and I couldn't fix it. So I really recommend this player but be sure to be careful w/ it.

My daughter purchased a Panasonic SL-SX289V. Within
a couple of weeks it was busted. It fell onto a
linoleum floor from a height of 2.5 ft and was ruined.
The hinge/latch mechanism was shattered.

A few bumps are inherent in the life of a portable
electronics gadget of any kind. Clearly Panasonic
didn't do their homework in designing their CD players.

This was a very good purchase on my part (if i do say so myself). This is a pretty good looking item and not expensive at all. I don't know very many technical terms so bear with me. I hit the thing and dropped it and it didn't skip at all. I love how it has a radio too because most discman's don't. The resume function is very nice because if you have to turn it off for a while but didn't get to finish listening to your cd then you can turn it back on and not have to skip through the cd to get to the place you stopped. The headphones are very sturdy and give great sound !This also has the random order function which is very nice because then you don't have to listen to the cd in the same order every time. The hold switch is great because when you carry it around you don't have to be careful where you put you hands. This thing is great and if you're looking for a great quality, afordable portable CD player then this is the one for you.