Pioneer PD-M426 6-Disc Magazine CD Player

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 20 x 16 inches ; 13 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00009QOS3
• Item model number: M426
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #6,369 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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  Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > CD Players & Recorders > CD Players

• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 14, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Easy to manage and outfitted with a nice array of features, the Pioneer PD-M426 CD changer stores up to six CDs at once in its removable magazine, keeping the music flowing for hours. A magazine CD changer is ideal for listeners who like to organize their music by theme or artist. All they need to do is remove one magazine and insert another whenever they want to enjoy a different genre or set of CDs (each additional magazine is sold separately). It's a great way to downshift from upbeat dance tunes to mellow trance music while hosting a party, or to listen to a favorite artist's entire catalogue while cleaning the house.

The audio sounds smooth and precise thanks to the 1-bit digital-to-analog converter and the low-noise, low-loss laser pickup. Among the playback functions are 32-track programming, which lets the listener create a custom soundtrack (the programmed tracks even stay in the memory after the unit shuts off); random play (one or all discs); and five unique repeat modes. An added convenience derives from the Delete Program Playback function, which lets listeners delete tracks or discs that they don't want to play without removing the CDs from the magazine.

Additional features include Hi-Lite Scan, which plays roughly 10 seconds from the first track on either one or all the discs; timer playback when connected to an external timer unit; a programmable pause function (useful when recording onto a cassette); a full-function remote control; and system remote in/out jacks. The remote jacks let users connect the CD changer to a compatible Pioneer receiver, and then control the changer using the receiver's remote.

The PD-M426 measures 16.56 by 4.12 by 11.56 inches (W x H x D) and carries a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

What's in the Box
PD-M426 CD changer, one magazine, remote control, user's manual.

Product Description

Pioneer Six-Disc Playback for Continuous Music Play Magazine Style Changer for Easy Playback and Storage Magazine Hi-Lite Scan Last Disc Memory Comes with Full-Function Remote Control

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Last of a great Product., February 24, 2006

By	F. Sarmiento (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Pioneer PD-M426 6-Disc Magazine CD Player (Electronics)

This Pioneer magazine cd changer is the last of great home electronics products. The design is sleek and the sound is amazing. They focus on the fact that this is a cd changer and tried not to do more than what they should have. The fact that it is a magazine and not a carousel keeps my cd's from being scrached or spinning freely making that horrible griding sound like in other cd changers. I would recommend this to anybody that wants a great and fun design, with great quality sound!

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome CD Player, December 5, 2005

By	Kristi Branstetter (Raytown, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Pioneer PD-M426 6-Disc Magazine CD Player (Electronics)

I just bought this from Amazon recently. I had an older model of this CD player back in the early to mid 1990s. I went thru two Pioneer 25-disc CD players. (Both stopped working after 2 1/2 years.) I went to a Yamaha 5-disc carousel player, which I never really cared for. I was so excited when I found this Pioneer CD player on Amazon because I had been looking for this type of CD player. It is a very easy CD player to use. I like that I can keep my CDs in the magazines and not have to re-load the magazines each and everytime. (I just need to buy a bunch of magazines tho since I gave my old ones away a long time ago.).

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Obsolete technology, January 21, 2008

By	J.M. (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pioneer PD-M426 6-Disc Magazine CD Player (Electronics)

This player is a newer version of a Pioneer CD changer I have had since 1991. That original model was fantastic and lasted pretty much until 2008-- except for the fact that it did not play burned audio (not mp3, but audio) CDs.

I bought the new model thinking that that would certainly have been updated, but to my disappointment it was not. When I called Pioneer, they said that this new model was designed in 1997, which explains why it does not play burned CDs. According to that representative, there are no Pioneer models newer than this.

If this is anything like its predecessor, it's probably a very good player, except for this major drawback, which is why I feel that it really can't get more than two stars.