Customer Reviews

Jensen JCR-700 Digital AM/FM Shower Clock Radio with CD Player

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

I purchased this shower/CD player for my recently graduated daughter's first apartment as a fun item. Before purchasing another one for my teenage son, I asked her about this Target shower/CD player. I had just read a recent Amazon review which lacerated of a similar model. Her email respsonse:

" Also, the cd player works great--however, I don't put it in the shower itself because ironically enough you're not supposed to place it humid/moist areas--so not sure why it's a shower device. I do hang it on the doorknob inside the bathroom and listen to tunes in the morning--so i'd give it one and a half thumbs up. "

I got this as a Xmas gift and it has yet to work right. I tried using it in the bathroom and for the first 5min the radio actually worked then nothing, just shut off. I haven't been able to turn it on since then. Neither radio or CD function will turn on which is odd considering the clock and backlight function still work fine. Don't know if there's some special buttons I'm supposed to be using besides the On/Off one. Also the model doesn't appear on the Jensen website, am planning on exchange for another model.

I was tottaly pleased to open this radio for a Christmas present onlt to find how great the speakers sound.Im looking to buy another unit for another room in the house. 5 stars!!!!

This radio only worked well for about 6 months, then it died. I replaced the batteries with brand new ones, and it still wouldn't work. It was never dropped, but stopped working. I only got some of the stations, it couldn't pick up a lot of them. It is a little big and bulky, especially for the shower area. I've had other radios (non shower type) for 15 years and never had a problem. I would never buy another one for the shower, they just don't last.

We got this CD player/radio for a wedding gift (from our registry). The tuner doesn't get a lot of stations in our area (we have tested this brand at circuit city since we got this one to see if it was just ours or if all of them were like that). Also, our tuning knob seems to be stuck, so we get ONE station really poorly. So, it has only been useful to us as a CD player so far, which really wasn't what we were looking for.

I have owned this radio for a few years, and have these complaints:

-Battery life sucks. I stopped using the CD feature because the batteries would run out so fast, but even without playing CDs the batteries last only 3 months with the radio being used for less than 15 minutes/day. It takes SIX C-batteries, so it gets expensive.

-The "light" feature is useless. There is a button to press that is supposed to illuminate the LCD display to show the time or station. It illuminates the LCD display from each side with a little light, rather than backlighting the LCD display. It does not make seeing the LCD any easier.

-Poor station memory tuning. The only way to cycle through the stored stations is to press a button which goes one way through the stations. For example, if you are listening to the station stored in slot one, then go up to the station in slot two, the only way to go back to station one is to cycle through station three, four, five, etc. until you hit ten and then one again. Annoying!

-I found the reception to be ok, but not great.

-The radio is a bit large. Granted it has a CD player, but it still seems very large for a shower.

I finally bought a new shower radio - one with no CD player since I didn't use it anyway - and am much happier and richer because I don't have to replace the batteries all the time!

Opened the unit and within an hour had it repacked to send back. Very pool quality of construction and lousy sound. I would NOT recommend this product to anyone.

In response to "A Guest" in Virgina, I believe you wrote a review for the wrong product. You state your tuning knob has become stuck but this product has no tuning knob as it uses a digital tuner. Just thought others should know this. I havn't used this shower radio yet but I plan to pick one up after I received a Spectra shower radio (CR-500) for christmas which has broken after about a week, stay away from that one...

HANG IT ON A WALL... OR STAND IT ON A TABLE/COUNTER!
OR MOUNT IT TO THE WALL W/THE ENCLOSED MOUNTING BRACKET..!
THIS ITEM IS GREAT IN THE SHOWER...IT IS, SPLASH RESISTANT..!
AND IT SOUNDS GREAT..! LISTIING TO THE POWERFUL AM/FM RADIO..
AND THE GREAT SOUNDING CD PLAYER...! HAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE DESIGN...AND IT IS EASY TO USE...!
IT CAN ENERGIZE YOUR BATHROOM EXPERIENCE...!
(OR IN ANY ROOM...!) CHECK OUT THE FEATURES BELOW..!
Now you can squeeze in some quality music listening as
you start or end your day, with Jensen's JCR-700 shower CD radio.
This unit sports backlit LCD and a built-in AM/FM radio
with 20 station presets (10 FM, 10 AM) for 1-button
tuning to your favorite station.
Not just another shower radio with poor reception....
this one sounds amazing....!
Clear reception everytime with Drift-free PLL (phase-lock-loop) tuning.
The splash resistant sealed touch-button controls makes
this radio ideal for use in the bathroom.
Use the included hanger to hang the unit in the shower
from the shower head or curtain rail or mount it to a
wall using the included wall mounting bracket.
The unit also comes with a base stand which makes it
equally at home in the kitchen, den, garage or just
about anywhere you want to enjoy your favorite radio tunes.
CD LISTENING FEATURES INCLUDE:
**)20-track programmable memory and 1/all repeat.
**)A mini125-inch headphone jack is provided for private listening.
**)Runs on 6 C batteries or AC power using an AC/DC adapter.
(BATTERIES & A/C ADAPTER NOT INCLUDED)

**)AM/FM Receiver with 10AM + 10FM Pre-sets and Digital Tuning
**)Multi Function Back-lit LCD Display
**)Vertical Loading CD Player
**)Play, Pause, Stop, Skip Forward and Back
**)Programmable Memory
**)Repeat 1 or All
**)Headphone Jack
Power:
**)AC Adaptable (BUT, AC adaptor not included)
Size: 12-1/2" (H) x 6-1/4" (W) x 6" (D)

Model No: JCR-700
Weight: 4 Lbs.

Does anyone know if this item plays burned CD's? Doesn't say anything about CD-R/RW/MP3 playback, so I would asssume it will not be compatible with recorded discs....can anyone verify that for me?

THANKS!!!