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I purchsed this and returned it with a lot of headache. It was defective. nothing was working properly.should be out of the market and not in circulation. it's a waste of time for the customer.

The first one of these I bought wouldn't even open and close the drawer - it jammed and stuck due to some mechanical fault. I exchanged it for a replacement and tried that out. While it does seem to do all that it claims, I was amazed to find that this multi-disc player has NO multi-disc functions! To change discs, you have to get up and push a button on the front of the machine. If I am doing that I might as well change the disc myself. I expected as a minimum that it would play 5 audio CDs in sequence - it won't, and it won't play 2 movies in a row either. Also, the remote stopped working for a while, then started again. My experience with RCA/GE is that the quality control has been terrible for several years, and it seems nothing has changed. I will return this unit and buy a better brand.

I purchased this unit less than two months ago and it has never worked right. It turns off after one disk plays and the menu display will not come up. Forget the GE 800 number - they route you to a long distance number and keep you on the phone forever. They would not take it back, but told me to buy a disk cleaner. My local repair shop said that would do nothing. Why should I buy more stuff to try to fix their problem? By the time I make the long distance calls, buy the "fixes" and pay to ship it back, I will have spent good money on a piece of junk. I've decided to dump the unit and buy a new one of better quality.
GE...thanks a whole bunch...

I own this unit and it does not function properly. If I am not unplugging it in order to reset it so that it will turn off or on, I am banging my head against the wall while attempting to get it to play factory DVDs and CDs. The unit also tends to skip ahead a chapter when the fast-forward button is pushed. This piece of equipment is frustrating to try to use. After 5 years, I have developed a better touch for this finicky machine. I would avoid it if I had it to do all over.

At first I was a little disappointed by this unit because it does ocasionally lock up for no reason, but unplugging and then (re)plugging the unit always restores it back to factory settings. Be careful when moving the unit since it is easy to cause discs to become lodged back near the reader. What I love about this DVD player (and I'm looking for another used one) is that it plays every disc I throw at it, whether PAL or NTSC, with strange color formats, widescreen or fullscreen, and I like the direct remote buttons for subtitles, audio, views, etc. If you like to burn your own dvd's, this is a great player for your home burned collection.