Craig Portable Top-Loading CD Boombox with AM/FM Stereo Radio and Cassette Player/Recorder in Black | Cassette Player/Recorder | LED Display (Black/Gray)

I got this because I needed something with a wired aux input and no bluetooth. I have a small AM FM radio with no speaker that gets horrible to no reception on any speaker that has bluetooth and a wired aux, maybe the bluetooth interferes with radio reception. I never got on the earbuds bus and sometimes use headphones, which for AM reception seems to be the best choice. And I don't like to use anything that involves extended bluetooth transmission. Out of the box it seemed like it had to “wake up” for all the transistor or technology connections to connect because it didn't seem like it worked very well at all. But it could have been because the aux and the CD mode are on the same setting, and because there is a round cardboard in the CD player, it turned on as if there were a CD in;it took a few minutes to figure that out because I could hear some clicking sound and other sound, the CD drive belt or motor, and I opened the lid and found the cardboard, which I removed. Works fine for what I wanted it for, never tried the CD or the cassette and I‘m not sure about the actual radio reception on it but other people say they‘re all good. When a radio doesn't have an antenna the cord is the antenna, not much different than the aux - in line acts as the antenna on headphones for radio reception (I've found for some radio stations, mostly AM, a longer cord, using headphones and my tiny radio with no speaker gets clear reception on stations with a weaker signal or sometimes gets interference from other signals, which sometimes takes moving the cord around a little but it's no different from adjusting an antenna). The radio I use is digital (not data) reception and isn't analog, but it just doesn't have a speaker, it was made that way, It's not that the speaker stopped working or something. I've had it for about five years and have another radio with an aux - in and a light that also has a 3.5 mm jack and speaker that it works fine in but wanted something so I wouldn't have to keep moving those around. And I totally wasted money on two speakers, and they weren't a pair, that had bluetooth and aux - in but gave awful radio reception. They work fine with music apps on a smartphone and the wired aux, which is why I think bluetooth must interefere with radio signals. I guess this review is for the probably small number of bluetooth resisters and light data users (I would say light kilobyte users but a lot of people are heavy data users and recognize gigabytes with little or no reference point for kilobyte). But we late adapters to tech are analog at heart, and probably always will be. To be fair,in the case of the two Bluetooth and wired aux speakers that Do Not work with the radio, which was the only reason I bought them, the second one after the first one was an absolute failure; one defaults to bluetooth and switches to aux only after the aux jack is plugged in, the other always has bluetooth on and it can't be turned off because it can daisy chain with other like speakers of the same brand; that one was the biggest mistake because it's always pumping out the bluetooth signal, and I just don't like the idea of using bluetooth except very minimally; "bluetooth frequency pollution" is the way I think of it, except we're surrounded by wifi frequency or waves and and "certified safe" levels of radiation or waves or rays from smartphones (including what might come from the battery, I think); so that a dose of bluetooth I doubt actually matters very much. But it doesn't mean I want to use it if I don't have to, and,as far as I know, from experience,it interferes with radio signals . If it didn't the radio I have would have worked on the first speaker (with aux and bluetooth) that I bought, and it has always worked fine on the light and the other radio that both have 3.5 mm aux - in ability and no bluetooth.

I received my Boombox yesterday and just got it set up it plays good he has good sound.

My daughter loves this, we got it for her to play cassettes. The only problem is that recently we got the TS CD's, but the cd player doesn't work. It shows it's on, but won't do anything. Disappointed that it can't be returned/exchanged because of the 30-day policy, but will keep it just for the cassettes. Also, it is very lightweight, which makes it seem cheaply made. Speakers seem adequate enough for it's intended use

Very portable w good sound Fair price for item

10/7/23 Maybe I got a "lemon", I don't know. Problem after problem the minute I took it out of the box. NEGATIVES: First, the plug is not "built in", which I prefer. The boom box would work one minute & then be dead as a doorknob the next. Very frustrating! Discovered plug does not fit tight into the device & was always pulling loose. I had to constantly check it. Very frustrating & time wasting! Second, CDs DON'T fit the CD player! The round "holder" is literally too wide, so, I had to FORCE my CDs onto it to get them to snap in so they would play. I'm sure the repeated pressure I used trying to put in a CD will eventually break the CD player. Putting a CD into a CD player should be a brainless, automatic task done w/o even having to think about it or worrying whether it fits, or not! Third, it was even worse trying to REMOVE my CDs from the player!! I swear, I almost cracked my CDs in half because I had to pull so hard on them to try & remove them! ••• POSITIVES: The CASSETTE PLAYER works just fine & didn't eat my ancient tapes - both homemade & commercial - all of which date back to the 70s, 80s & 90s! The SOUND is OK - but .... these are called "BOOM-boxes" for a reason. I know you can't have everything, but a heavy bass option would be a real plus! The RADIO seems to work just fine but ... it is hard to assess bc I live (NOT by choice) in rural Hillbilly country where reception is very poor & radio stations in general are non existent. •••• I'm really disappointed bc overall this player seemed perfect & had everything I was looking for to replace my original small boombox that broke. It's a perfect size & would be a nice personal boombox - if only it was made better & ALL features actually worked! I will be returning it for a refund & continue shopping.

It's a great, small and perfectly portable boombox. We use it when the cable's down, which is far too often.

When recording from a cd to tepe, there is tere constant and strong continuing humming sound - very disturbing. Also, 50% of the many Craig boombox recorders will eventually jam my tapes, unable to extract the damaged tape. these Craig units only last mostly for a little while, before I refuse to use them anymore, because of the tapes being jammed inside them. Besides these two aforementioned defective and faulty operations ( the strong and constant humming sound, as well as the many cassette tapes that get destroyed by them being jammed in the device). I have tried to call the Craig Corporation - to no avail, because nobody had ever responded to my inquiries nor returned my calls. Very suspect and disturbing!!

Works great