GTCDR-501

I have only used the CD player as that's what it was bought for, so I could play my music while having trouble sleeping. So far absolutely no problems. Nice size, not bulky. Looks good and sounds good enough. Very easy to use. I just put in the power cord, plugged in and turned it on. IMO well worth the money. Doesn't look or feel cheap either so that's another good thing. Really, I can't think of anything bad so far.

Great little unit. Very compact and lightweight but delivers plenty of volume and enough bass for normal listening even in large rooms. Won't suit those that love heavy bass. Really useful to have USB memory stick socket for music as well as CDs. Note the radio is only FM....... NOT DIGITAL RADIO. CD player works well.......starting at the beginning of each song ! ( reference to complaints about other similar players that skipped tracks or didn't even start at the beginning of songs!) .Remote control very useful!! I use it in a large art room for background music and it is very helpful to adjust the volume remotely. I spent a lot of time choosing this item and it has paid off. Buy with confidence!!

I use this simply as an additional CD player to supplement my main one. I already have an excellent DAB radio (plus a couple of others). It is light, compact and easy to work. The sound quality is good but it also has a Mic slot for earphones which is a bonus, as is also the USB slot. I am pleased with this product (and with its speedy delivery & secure packaging) but there is one drawback: though it plays the CDs well it does not name or list the tracks, which can be a bit frustrating! It gives their time but nothing else - or at least as far as I can see! However, it's a handy device and most reasonably priced.

This is great, good size and comes with a remote. Lot of volume from the speakers if needed. Compact and lightweight, can use anywhere, does not take up a lot of space and Looks smart.

The unit in matte black looks stylish but that is where it ends. I had to transfer all my music to a USB drive, as I have a car with no CD player. The car is nothing fancy, but has a built in touch screen, which displays a menu with a choice of music sources (radio, USB), and I am able to scroll through all the music on the USB drive and choose what to play. Fantastic. I need a portable device which is the equivalent of this - ie it will will allow me to play the music on the USB drive, OUTSIDE THE CAR, and will allow me to see what is on the USB drive and chose what to play. I do not want to have to use headphones or earbuds, or have to link it to my phone. I just want something that will play the wretched music and allow me to chose. But apparently that is too much to ask. I inserted the USB stick and set the player accordingly. It played a random track. Not even the beginning track. I tried fast forwarding, it played a bit of the next track, not the next album. I tried going backwards, same thing. So I have to listen to what the player gives me, not what I want. There is nothing on the display that allows me to chose. Even if I was super organised (fat chance), and had a written list of say 100 albums to remind me of what was on the USB drive, if I wanted to listen to album 99, I could not just scroll through, I would have to play every track on 98 albums to get to album 99. This is ludicrous. OK, back to CDs then. I set the player to CD, but on inserting a CD got the message 'NO'. Tried another CD, every possible combination of buttons from the very minimal 'instructions'. Still 'NO'. So the CD player did not work. Tried the radio. What a joke. Loud white noise and the digital display flashing numbers very fast, no doubt trying to find a 'preset' station, as there is no tuning wheel on the player. I tried various locations in the house to try and get reception, and finally, upstairs and after repeated wild stabbing at the 'pause' button, managed to stop the thing at 881, which I recognised as Radio 2, although there was no information on the display telling me this. So if I am very lucky, with a following wind I may get a few random tracks from the USB stick, and Radio 2 or some other unrecognised station, if I go upstairs and manage to stop the frantic self tuning at the right place. Oh joy. The last straw was the power on/off button. This was as random as everything else. Sometimes it would not turn on, then at maybe the 10th attempt, it would. Then it would not turn off. Then it would. Then it would turn on at the first attempt, but not turn off. Then it would not turn on. Oh wait, there it goes, it came on. But it won't turn off.... I give up.

Not brilliant. Looks quite fragile and sound could be better. Smaller than I expected and looks cheap.

played this CD first time today , I like it nice and reasonable simple to use, good sound & light weight, only small concerns there is no actual off switch so will be interested in how long the batteries last on standby ; putting the batteries in was a little tricky, and changing over the CD's with there being no actual stop switch just the pause button so that took a couple of attempts to get used to, all in all I like it and look forward to using it in the car, as my modern car only has DAB no CD holder any more. currently playing Boney M - rah rah

This radio is very good. It looks very nice and pleasing although not too big. The sound is fine but not the norms, loud enough. Overall I'm happy to recommend it as a good budget radio, cd player