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I purchased this unit for Christmas of 08 for my daughter of 14. Just 4 months later with as little as 3 hours of use the CD player stopped reading the disc. I subsequently read reviews of this unit and found several other people experienced the same problem. A call to customer service was disappointing. Not worth fixing and out of the 90 day warranty, buy a new one. Other than not reading the disc, the display was impossible to read without lifting the unit to a 45degree angle. Emerson could care less about customer satisfaction. If it was my company, and I sold hundred of thousands of these units I would replace a defective one at a nominal cost to the customer.

I bought this cd player for my grandson and one for myself.It's got a nice sound to it ,reasonably price,has a remote and is very portable.Nice looking little player.

I really wanted another BOSE but just didn't want to shell out the big bux. I read many reviews & decided on this one. I liked the fact that it has a little remote. That said, I just don't use this player. I find the buttons small & counter-intuitive.

The sound is another minus. Maybe its OK for a kid's room but it does not compare with the rich sound of the bose. I really want the one with the disk changer but I've read neg comments about the changer being too loud for a bedroom at night.

My kid says to get an ipod thingy which will hold about a million CD's but I'm an old dog & don't like "new tricks". Maybe when I conquer the new cell phone I'll think about the ipod.

I bought 5 of these for my childcare center in April. The CD players in 2 are broken in June. (skipping, not reading, etc.) 2 months of use, even continuous use, is not durable enough for the price.

I bought this for my kids to use, and they like it. They only play CDs; they know how to work it; they like that it's not heavy. However, it is remarkably unintuitive. The first time we used it, the songs were repeating, and I had to read the directions to figure out how to get it off this setting. The buttons that control the CD player are arranged around the CD area but also on the front of the player. The buttons that control the tape player are next to where the CDs are inserted. A very illogical arrangement and a disappointment. I shouldn't have to study the buttons before I can get my music going.

Because this is for the kids, its appearance doesn't bother me, but I'd be disappointed if I bought it for myself. The colors are strong, like something Little Tikes would make, and the shape is pretty big and pretty round. I don't imagine that it would blend in with most adult surroundings.