Panasonic SL-SX271C Portable CD Player with Car Kit

by Panasonic

Product Details

Product Manual [788kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004S7NT
• Item model number: SL-SX271C
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Panasonic's SL-SX271C meets all the criteria that you should expect from a portable CD player with a car adapter kit. It's lightweight, feature packed, and built to endure the rigors of the road.

To test the SL-SX271C's 40-second memory buffer, we deliberately dropped the player onto the floor from a height of two feet. The silver, plastic case bounced off the carpeting, flipped upside down, and did a belly flop onto the hard floor without skipping.

Impressed by this unit's display of durability and memory protection, it came as no surprise that the SL-SX271C also passed our road test. We plugged the supplied cigarette adapter into our car, slid the cassette adapter into the vehicle's built-in deck, and set the portable CD player on the dashboard. Ten miles and countless potholes later, the music never stopped or even so much as hiccupped. Panasonic's SL-SX27C makes it easy to forget you're listening to a portable music box that costs a quarter the price of a custom-installed CD player. The SL-SX27C is also more theftproof than an in-dash player; just unplug the adapters, slip the SL-SX27C into a handbag or attaché case and lock the car.

The SL-SX27C proved equally impressive when disconnected from a car. Panasonic thoughtfully includes a push button on the center of the CD tray that ejects discs so users don't have to pry discs loose with their fingertips. The battery door, located on the underside of the player, is a snap to open and close as well.

The left side of the compact player houses the headphone jack as well as a thin volume dial, which proved too tiny for an average-size thumb. A Hold switch prevents the player from turning on while it's stored in your backpack or purse. Resume, Random, and Normal switches allows manual access to these functions without relying on the LED and Left/Right disc-skip buttons.

The handsome top panel, with its LED display framed in metallic blue, sports an array of silver buttons, including antishock, skip-left and -right arrows, on/off, pause, and play. In addition, three tiny buttons activate memory/recall, repeat track/repeat all, and an equalizer.

The equalizer offers S-XBS (Super Extra Bass System), which enhances the dynamics of every musical genre from classical to rock. Panasonic also incorporates a Train equalization mode and suggests you use it "to avoid annoying other passengers with noise from your headphones while riding the train, or to reduce fatigue when listening for a long period of time." Unfortunately, the difference between Train and Normal equalization modes was just barely discernible.

The SL-S222's sound was impressive, thanks to Panasonic's acclaimed 1-bit MASH (multistage noise-shaping) technology and its comfortable headphones. The headphones outperformed the tinny, bass-anemic variety that come packaged with most portable CD players.

As for programming features, the SL-SX27C has them covered as well, enabling users to program up to 24 tracks in any desired order. Panasonic's plainly written, well-illustrated instructions, and intuitive user interface helped us program an 18-track CD in preferred order in less than 20 seconds.

Pros:

• Impressive 40-second antishock protection
• Bass friendly headphones
• Attractive, ergonomic design
• Easy to program

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, very complete, quite cheap CD player, June 27, 2000

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jeroen van asten (Budel, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic SL-SX271C Portable CD Player with Car Kit (Electronics)

I have never had a portable CD player before. I did a lot of research
on the internet to compare several different brands of players. I
choose this player, because for this price it was the most complete
player I could find. It has all features I expected, a good anti skip
system (never skipped so far), reads CD-R, good bass, good headphone
and also quite important for me the carkit. .... Overall, a very good player!

52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DANG THIS THING IS TINY!, August 16, 2000

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Liz (n) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic SL-SX271C Portable CD Player with Car Kit (Electronics)

I was in search of a good CD player after my old one quit on me so I reviewed alot of brands and came up with Panisoniac. At first I was like OK this is too small to be any good but I took it for a little test with my mountain bike and I rode it across a gravel road over a speed bump and anything else I could find and it didn't skip once even with the anti-skip off! I love music so this is good it puts up with my constant abuse. It is used at least 5 hours a day on average and it hardly ever needs new batteries plus there are these special batteries that you can buy and the player recharges them itself! Because of the price this is a good player for anyone cause you can do whatever you want with it. That is what portable players are for!

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice for the price, April 2, 2000

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"skanok" (Philly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic SL-SX271C Portable CD Player with Car Kit (Electronics)

I chose did product with my faith in panasonic. I did not use a lot of portable CD players so I cannot think of the comparison with other brands. I like this CD play because of the fact that
1) it is slim, sleek design, very light.
2) 24+hours playing with 2 AA alkaline batteries wow! I alway admire panasonic in this feature (most of panasonic product use very little energy). Adapter is also included.
3) Good anti-skip, in fact I never notice the skiping during shaking.

Sound is ok, heavy X bass. I used it with my computer speakers/sub. quite nice, but it need a little more volume. Nice for use with the head phone.