Customer Reviews

Coby MP-CD450 Portable MP3/CD Player with AM/FM Tuner and Cassette Deck

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I have usually ben happy with the Coby products I've owned in the past, but this one is a disappointment. I wanted to get an inexpensive boom box for my girlfriend to put in the kitchen that would not only play standard CDs but also mp3 CDs and had a radio and cassette recorder as well. The radio and cassette sections seem to do about as well as you'd expect for a boom box selling for $39.95. And yes, it seems to play standard CDs well, although it seems to not play the last track of some of them well. However, mp3 CD playback is very iffy. I have made over a hundred mp3 CDs, and some it will play and others, for whatever reason, it will start reading, then sit there and act like it's having trouble reading, then quit. It also seems it won't read certain brands of CDs I've burned. I don't understand why this thing is so picky. Despite this, I'm keeping the unit since I bought an extended warranty with it and it mostly does fine with its other functions. But I can only play some of my MP3 CDs on it. If you want something that seems much less picky, although not absolutely perfect, and you want something cheap and simple, try the Jwin JXCD472. I got one of those and that one seems to work much much better.

Despite all warnings by previous reviewers, I went ahead and bought this CD player thinking that I'd have better luck. But, as with previous reviewers, the CD player motor broke within the first two weeks of use. After the first two weeks, it refused to play, constantly listing "Read" in its display. With some tinkering, I figured out that you could continue to play a CD if you "jump start" it yourself by: a) quickly spinning the CD manually, and b) closing the lid and pressing Play while the CD is still going. Apparently, the motor is just no good on cold starts after the first few weeks. In total, I've been able to play about 4 CDs on this before it broke.

I never used the tape feature, but the radio seems to work as well as any low-quality small radio would work. The appearance of the player is stylish, and it's a nice small size.

If, like me, you're looking to buy a cheap CD player, please heed the warnings of multiple reviewers. I disregarded, and ended up hitting the same issues as they did. Beware!

This little boombox is quite cheaply manufactured.

The casette deck was very difficult to close from the beginning. One has to adjust the tape just right to be able to close the player. After using it about five times it started shredding my tapes. I am trying to get my money back now because the product is not very trustworthy.

The folks who made this system failed to advertise that there is a limit to how many songs the MP3 will play. I had a disc with over 200 songs on it, and the system will only repeat the first 100 songs at best. I wish I would have known this before I purchased it. Other than that problem, the sound is excellent. Radio reception is great, and the size works for its portability.

I was so amazed that COBY has made a product as good as this. It has Radio, Cassette, CD and MP3! All in one. Now I can record my Old Time Radio MP3s into cassettes. And the low price is so unbelievable. I just love this product and I thank J&R for their quick delivery and excellent packaging.

True, this is an inexpensive unit, but it arrived with the CD inoperative; neither CD nor MP3 playing. All I got was "No Disk," no matter which CD or MP3 was inserted. The radio played, but even that was poor. It's a good looking unit and solid in appearance; but ultimately, it's unacceptable. This is the Christmas season, and vendors, shipping organizations, and the users, (myself), are much too busy. For 39.95 dollars, it's not worth returning, either for refund or certainly, not not replacement. I threw the unit out.

This "boom box" does everything it claims to do. Functions, I would give 5 stars.

The only thing(s) that makes me question its quality is the knobs (volume & the radio tuner), they feel as if they are not connected well. But, I have not had any problems.

For an inexpensive MP3/CD/Cassette/Radio tuner, I recommend it.

This unit does everything it is suposed to do.Also plays wma and mp3.It plays cd-r that my other boombox Sony cfd-250cp does not.I gave it 4 stars because of analog radio and 2 wats /cannel and no remote.I owned for over a year and still plays all my cd-rs with no exception mp3 and wma.

the radio dident work out the box, the cd motor was not working. i never heard a sound from the radio, i returned immediatly, i got the jwin radio (jx-cd573d) which i ordered off of amazon and i use now. do not buy this coby radio save your money

It was the most disappointing product I ever bought from Amazon and really a piece of "JUNK" I am so glad I didn't throw my old MP3 Boombox away! The CD stopped working after 4 months and now after 8 months the fine tuner jumps all over the place! Just a miserable thing! Paid almost 50 dollars for it!
I would like to rate this with a "NO" star instead of a one star but they didn't have a "No" star! Thanks for letting me vent my anger and disappointment I love Amazon and hope they get rid of this company!