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I bought this for my 6 year old son for Christmas last year. I didn't want to spend too much since he is so young. Holy guacamole...what a waste of money. For $10 more I could have gotten something that worked. The radio capabilities are abysmal. Not one radio station comes in clearly. I have no idea why this is as we live in the city and our signals are strong. The sound quality for the cd player is poor, but at least it doesn't sound like the speakers are blown. The antenna broke off within the first 2 months. Partly because we couldn't get any reception so the antenna was moved frequently. I do like the shuffle, repeat. All in all you'd be better off spending a few more dollars. We're tossing this and getting him a new one for Christmas.

Bought this to listen to audiobook on CD, so I don't have to fire up the stereo system, and sound is more than adequate and radio works fine at least for AM. I don't see why anyone has to pay extra for the cord, and the CD does have a mind of its own, but I found that sometimes you need to tilt it up or sideways to get it spinning and then hit play again, and once it starts to play, its fine. You'll get the hang of it if you're a little patient, unless you're a toddler.

It's hard to review something that doesn't work.
It never has and it now has a new home in the recycling plant.
Thanks COBY!!!

i have bought this product about 3 years ago, and it is still working as good as when i took it out the box. good sound quality and has many CD functions that are good too.

only a couple of weeks and it's broken - skips and scratches the CDs. also annoying, arrived without power cord. do not buy this products. it's a waste of money! volume doesn't work. radio works. that's it. not even worth 1 star