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I wish I could give it half a star, and that would be strictly for aesthetics. the unit is small and does look pretty slick, but that's where it ends. This is the main problem: at some point, the unit stops reading discs. At first this happens with CDRs & CDR-Ws, but the problem quicly spreads to all CDs. I've owned it for two years, and have sent it twice to Teac for repair (it comes with a two year warranty). My warranty has now worn out and guess what? It not only has stopped reading discs once again, but it also does not respond to any commands from either the remote or the front pannel. It won't even turn off unless it is unplugged.

On top of it all, (when working) it is very noisy when switching between discs. Also, be aware that the shuffle mode will not work between discs. It will only shuffle tracks among one disc at a time....

My parents bought this CD player with the matching tuner. It seems they were lucky and it actually lasted two years. The warranty ran out and it stopped playing CDs. Actually to be fair...it will play about 10 min of a CD and then starts skipping around wildly. Avoid this defective product.

I can't agree more with the previous review about the poor quality of the CD player. It has been serviced three times during warranty, and no big surprise, that after the warranty ended, it stopped working again. It basically "freezes" up and stops dead. Apparently, the technology and inner workings of this CD were not figured out correctly prior to production. After the fourth time, I returned it to Teac directly, paid $165 for repair to have a new mechanism put in, and 9 months after, it stopped working again. What a disappointment. Especially, that it is a perfect match to the Teac tuner which works perfectly.

If you're considering buying this refurbished from Orange Chimp, note that the warranty is for 90 days and requires that you ship the player to California and pay $20 for service and handling. Given the problems related by other reviewers, that may not be enough protection. So far mine has worked ok, but the changer mechanism is noisy and seems rough and flimsy. You should probably only consider this for light use, and only if you really need a changer that will fit into a small space.