Sony DE226CK Walkman Portable CD Player

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [221kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005N6KA
• Item model number: 108684
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,467 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Sony D-E226CK offers a new level of advanced skip protection utilizing a part of "FAST RECOVERY" technology from G-Protection, to provide 6 times faster recovery than conventional ESP2 systems and longer uninterrupted playback in more active uses. The brand new oval-cut design has attractive yet functional styling, easy-access controls, and is compact and practically as small as a CD itself. The complete range of car accessories permits versatile in-vehicle use of CD Walkman with no need to obtain additional components. Its Digital Mega Bass Sound System uses digital processing technology to produce rich, deep bass tones with extremely low harmonic distortion and the Digital Volume Function provides for very precise adjustment of volume level using a push button located on the front of the unit, while the volume level appears on the LCD display.

What's in the box

CD player, manual, car kit, and headphones

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sony is keeping tradition as the best with this player, August 31, 2001

By 

Jesse Farmer (NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DE226CK Walkman Portable CD Player (Electronics)

When my old Panasonic broke down, I needed to find a cheap CD player that could perform. This was it. Even the cheapest Sonys wont let you down. Here's the low-down-

Good thing(s)-
1) Sound is incredible. The 2-step mega bass is the best bass boost I have ever seen. It competes with my JVC powered subwoofers at home. Also, digital volume can go very loud, and music is very clear.
2) Player is durable. This is basically true of all Sonys, they will take your abuse. No other brand can take punishment like a Sony.
3) Tough laser. You can punch this thing 4 times with the esp OFF and it wont skip. This is a trend that has kept up since before skip protection existed.
4) Impossible-to-beat-ESP. I can't get it to skip! It takes 10 seconds to skip the thing with the esp off- with it on I can't get it to skip, even running.
5) CD Playback. What I mean by this is how it can play scratched CDs. It does it much better than anything. Even my Office Space CD, with a gash through song 11, will still play [but i dont recommend playing skipped parts.]
6) Weight. Although kind of heavy, you can barely notice it is there if you weigh enough =). No complaints at all here

Bad thing(s)-

1) Options. You can't even program tracks on this, but for the money it makes sense.
2) Size. It is fairly wide, but more long and slim, making it good to fit in a large-sized cargo pocket. Not much of a complaint there.

In summary, this is the best CD player I have bought yet. If you have the money, I would suggest going up to the Sonys with LED remotes but this will work just as well.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Sony CD Walkmen RULE!, October 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony DE226CK Walkman Portable CD Player (Electronics)

I just have to post words of love about this product - I got one 2 weeks ago, and it is AWESOME. It's really hard to get it to skip WITHOUT the anti-skip protection being on, the design is brilliantly thought out (example: automatic resume on all CDs so it goes back to the track you stopped it at, UNLESS you open the lid - it "knows" you've opened it and it'll start again at the beginning), I mean, this is one of the best products I own besides my Swiss Army Knife. One noticeable downside is that it doesn't have an independent line-out, so you'll just have to set the volume at your favorite level for routing it through an amplifier. However, that's about the only nit I've found to pick about this CD player. Oh yeah, just one more thing: TWENTY-HOUR BATTERY LIFE!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!!!, January 27, 2002

By 

Cameron (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DE226CK Walkman Portable CD Player (Electronics)

If you want just a CD player this is as good as any portable CD player out there (no matter the price). It doesn't do MP3, but I don't care. It can play burnt normal CDs though. I had a Sony Discman for 5 years (almost 6) and it stopped doing stereo sound so I decided I wanted another Sony because my Discman had no problems for 5 years and 9 months. Man, this has excellent sound. I had the volume as loud as it goes with Bass Boost on 3rd level and it didn't screw up the sound, and I could hear it across the room while it was going through the headphones. The headphone that come with it are excellent, they produce great sound and are very comfortable. My mom even loves it, she wants to get one and mini speakers for the office. It's not much bigger than the CDs. Oh, also I put the sound to teh test, I played some Creed, Saliva, and Korn to test it for hard rock and it had no problems. I even played some trance, techno, and hip hop on there with no problems. I listen to it on the bus and on half way I can barely hear people within 2 feet of me unless they yell. Also, I can't get it to skip! I tried everything. I literaly played frisbee with my friend while I was listening (on a bed so if it dropped it wouldn't get hurt and from a short distance too) and it didn't skip. I even tried shaking it like I was making Kool-Aid and it wouldn't skip. If ESP Max absoloutely won't skip then why would G Protection be better? It will not skip! The sound also is so good that when I play CDs on my PC I have to adjust because I get used to the superiority of this CD player's sound...But I do have a car kit (i've had it) and the cig lighter DC 4.5 in and it works great.