Sing Along CD Player

by Constructive Playthings

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 10.7 x 4.8 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002TNJH0U
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,950 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #42 in Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids > Radios, MP3 & CD Players
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

With 45-second anti-skip protection, an LCD display, a high output speaker, headphone jacks, a built-in pocket on the back to hold one CD, and 2 microphones for sing-along fun. Size 9 1/2 W. x 3 1/2" D. x 10" H. Uses 4 "C" batteries (not incl.) Ages 3 yrs. +."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD player for a little one!, September 1, 2010

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LPL Mommy (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sing Along CD Player (Toy)

My daughter LOVES singing and music, so for her 2nd birthday, I bought her this CD player. At the time, there were not too many reviews and they were very hit or miss, but really there is not much of market for children's toy radios with microphones so I took a chance and I am glad I did. It's been 6 months now and she really enjoys it. It has held up well to rough handling by a 2 year old as well as her constantly sticking the microphone in her mouth with the "aaaaaaaaaahhhhh" as another reviewer mentioned. I haven't bought an AC adapter yet and agree it would be nice, but my daughter likes to move around and dance with it so I'm not sure it would work for her, but truthfully the first set of batteries held up well and I'm now on my second set of batteries after 6 months. The only things that I think could be improved about this is that: 1) the volume can be a little wonky. You have to set the volume up very high, like over 20, to really hear it. The lower volume numbers are ridiculously low. Also, the microphone seems to have MUCH a louder volume as compared to the music no matter what. 2) The microphone coil is pretty short (which might make sense for safety reasons, but it is not unusual to hear that screeching noise due to microphone interference. Obviously, I would prefer microphone interference to a strangulation hazard, but if they can't make the coil longer, then I think they need to address the microphone interference. 3) while I really like the hold function which prevents the child from constantly rewinding, fast forwarding, stopping, etc. while the music is playing, it has a drawback, which is that the child CAN open the cd player while the hold button is on. So if they are very determined like my daughter, they can succeed in playing with the buttons to make it do something other than play music, such as insert, remove cd player, stick your finger in when cd is spinning. Frankly, I think the open and close feature should be disabled while a cd is playing. Now, these are just helpful suggestions if the maker was interested in improvement, but I am actually really happy all in all with the CD player. Seems like I got lucky because it's been 6 months and it keeps working.

UPDATE: This product is still going strong 10 months later. I would say that the microphone interference can be annoying particularly because you can actually have the microphones turned off and still get a tiny bit of static/interference. Again, not hugely annoying but still weird. Looking into other CD players with microphone for kids, it seems like this is a problem across the board with some microphones that actually stop working.

The other thing that is great is that my daugther is not yet 3 obviously cannot read yet, but because the CD players had distinctly shaped buttons (some are squares, triangles, octagon/hexagon, circles, etc.) she is able to memorize that the triangle is for playing and the square for stopping, the smaller up and down triangles for volume control, etc. I think this is advantageous for a smaller group of kids than a CD players with all circular button let's say.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Missing one key component! Annoying., January 26, 2010

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Stella Jasowicz (Reston, VA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sing Along CD Player (Toy)

Overall this is a decent CD player for a little kid, but it does have one unforgivable drawback: it does not come with a power adapter. So if it gets used (or left on) a lot, you'll end up buying tons of batteries. I went to Radio Shack and spent another $25 on the AC adapter. Otherwise I would have given it five stars.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CD sing along player, February 1, 2010

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Debra M. Mills - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Sing Along CD Player (Toy)

This was a Christmas gift for my granddaughter. It came on time and was just as it was described. She really loves to sing and this was perfect for her. I was interested in the durability part since she is still young and a little rough on things. So far...still working and she loves to play with it. Great product....glad I was able to find it on this site. Thank you