Customer Reviews

JVC XL-R5010BK CD Recorder

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After quite a bit of research I went with Consumer reports recommendation and chose the Jvc xlr-5000 which records at 2x the normal speed. My brother and I were so impressed with this machine that he decided to get one as well... but he went for the newer xlr-5010 which records at 4x the normal speed. I really liked my 5000, but time constraints being what they are, I decided to go ahead and get the 5010 also. The are both fantastic machines, and I originally intended to sell my 5000 once I purchased the 5010, but I like them both so much I am probably going to keep them... and my brother made me promise if I do sell the 5000 that I sell it to him! Really, read the reviews about the Phillips and Pioneer cd recorders and you will see that they leave much to be desired; also my nephew bought two of the phillips machines only to have them both become defective in short order... their reviews bear this fact out... yet I have yet to find one bad review concerning any of the cd recorders made by Jvc. So, for what its worth, my opinion is that this one is simply the best!!!

I HAVE OWNED THIS UNIT FOR ABOUT A YEAR. IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS IN THE COPYING AREA.SOMETIMES IT WONT COPY PAST THE 4TH CUT.OTHER TIMES IF THE BLANK ISNT PLACED IN THE UNIT JUST SO,IT WILL REJECT THE DISC.OTHER RECORDINGS HAVE DOUBLE ENDINGS ON THE SONGS.NOT GOOD FOR OVER 500 DOLLARS.THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND THE UNIT IS NOT USER FRIENDLY.I WOULD THINK TWICE BEFOR SPENDING MONEY ON THIS UNIT.

Overall, the JVC XL-R5010BK has proven to me to be a good tool to record CD's (about 50 thus far) which I have borrowed from friends or my local library...The JVC model is relatively easy to use if your recording an entire CD, but requires a little "baby-sitting" if you a putting together a compilation disc. Also, I recommend using Maxell blank CD's that have "CD-R music" stamped on them. Certain blank CD's (for instance, ones that are labelled "CD-R pro") will not record using this machine. If you are in the market for a CD recorder, I feel that currently this model is your best bet.

Have had this (actually it's predecessor model) about 9 months and am very happy with it. The only malfunctions have been an inability to set the clock (which I don't use anyway) and that I often have to press the open button more than once to open any of the 3 bays on the changer side. The recording of CDs from 3 sources (the built-in changer, a mega-disc changer connected via optical cable, and the receiver) has worked quite well. Non-digital sources require you to babysit the operation to insert track markers (left to it's own discretion, it treats bits of silence on a track as a new track). I've used it a lot, probably have recorded over 200 CDs so far, and the essential operations have worked perfectly.

Recently bought one of these used, but in good shape (apparently). The cd-recorder worked ok for a while, but gradually refused to burn cds. I suspect this is a symptom of a bad product, not a malfuntion specific to the particular unit. This problem is consistent with other reviews I have read here and elsewhere. I should have listened. If you need a consistently good stand-alone cd burner, buy a Tascam unit.