Sanyo MCD-V199M Portable VCD/CD Radio Cassette Player with Karaoke. Cassette Recorder with MP3-CD P

• 110V - 240V Unit for Worldwide Use. Top Loading VCD/CD player.
• Portable VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3-CD Radio Cassette Player. Only Cassatte Recorder with MP3-CD Playback.
• FM Stereo / AM 2-band Radio. 100W P.M.P.O
• Line in (AUX in) Terminal for All Music Player
• KARAOKE Function. Remote Control. BASSXPANDER, VIDEO CD, MP3 MEGA AUDIO, COMPACT DISC DIGITAL AUDIO.

I wanted a Karaoke capable boom box with a radio and cassette. This has all the parts, they just aren't integrated together. Some notes on this:

* It only plays VCD disks, not CD-G disks. It seems everything is CD-G.

* The microphones do not work except if you have a VCD disk in. (Well, I don't know,

because I can't find a VCD disk). It would have been fine if the mics worked all the time. It's silly to turn them off except for VCD disks. Kids want to sing along with everything.

* You cannot record from the microphones. I was really hoping we could do that so my kids could hear themselves for choir.

The above three issues are ridiculous.

The quality and sound are ok, not exceptional by any means. Radio seems to work ok, though mine was off a bit on the displayed frequency. I didn't try the mp3 part.

I'm sending it back.

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I brought 2 of these as gifts for people who did not have players and who I wanted to send some CD's to. They LOVED this player. They said it was easy to use and with 4 speakers it sounded great. I would recommend this player and it was delivered 2 days early.

Roger

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