For the price it is a fair product and I have been generally happy with the unit - there is nothing really special with it.

Has trouble some types of CDR's - I have tried several different brands. I have had better luck with the Memorex Black CDR's and the genereic ultra cheap no-mnames that are blue on the write surface. On CDR's that are difficult I have had numerous stalls and skips. I have found that slowing down burn speeds to 2X helps and sometimes ejecting and re-inserting a disc makes a big difference when it is acting up. Another irritating quirk is that occasionally the doors stick in the closed position. But after restarting the car a couple of times it works normally.

This is a decent pruduct - I purchased two of them one for my wife the other for myself. we have both been happy with the product and have few problems.

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Look, sound

reliability, buttons wear too easily-but remote helps

If you only want it to last for a year, go for it. It's great while it lasts...skip protection could be better. Let me add that the retail price of $299 or whatever is completely ridiculous for the quality of the product.

The antitheft is interesting..

runs a tad hot.

I realy like my player it hasnt skipped and it dosent run too hot! If your interested in an mp3 player for your car this would be a great choice.

It worked for a week before the motorized door quit working.

Overpriced,out of date,cheaply made and sold with lots of hype by overstocked businesses that are trying to unload them.

Avoid at all cost! The unit skips badly, plays some mp3's and .cda songs and not others. It runs so hot that it will ruin a cdrw and after prolonged use destroys the unit itself! After that the nightmare begins with WEEKS and even MONTHS of being in a repair center with NO help from AIWA. Spend your hard earned cash on a unit from a company that doesn't sell cheaply made goods and if it does fail will help you in getting it repaired. Readers You Have Been Warned!

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Alpine and Kenwood and one of those is what I will replace this one with and if I ever get it back after 7 1/2 weeks of waiting so far I WONT sell it because I don't want to be hated!