RCA RCD118 CD Boombox with AM/FM Tuner and MP3 Playback

RCA RCD118 CD Boombox with AM/FM Tuner and MP3 Playback

Product Description
Product Description:
This RCA portable MP3 CD Player has all the sound and convenience features of a bookshelf system. Multiple MP3 compression rate and CD-R/CD-RW compatible, 32-track programmable CD memory and Digital AM/FM tuning make this boombox a real hit. Throw in the remote, 4-speaker bass reflex system and the Music Match Management CD-ROM and you can really take control of your music.

RCA RCD118 CD Boombox with AM/FM Tuner and MP3 Playback
Average customer rating:

Built Like a Tank ......but equiped with a Yugo Engine

"Skip" the reviews of people who don't read the directions.

RCD118

Wouldn't buy this product again

RCD118 Unreliable.

RCA RCD118 CD Boombox with AM/FM Tuner and MP3 Playback

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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ASIN: B00005MNFF

Product Description

This RCA portable MP3 CD Player has all the sound and convenience features of a bookshelf system. Multiple MP3 compression rate and CD-R/CD-RW compatible, 32-track programmable CD memory and Digital AM/FM tuning make this boombox a real hit. Throw in the remote, 4-speaker bass reflex system and the Music Match Management CD-ROM and you can really take control of your music.

Customer Reviews:

Built Like a Tank ......but equiped with a Yugo Engine.......2003-04-07

Pros: Solidly Built, Has great folder, subfolder, file aqusition. Can select a folder and it will only play the songs in that particular folder. (set to file mode and it plays the whole disc) Sound is very good for a portable...has punch and plenty of power for playing outside at picnic or bar-b-que. The remote control is easy to use, as is the buttons on the machine itself.
Cons: Poor radio reception, even in large metropolitan area. Putting discs in is awkward..potential to scratch them if not done carefully...don't let the kids do it. MP3 tracking is fair to poor at best. If your discs aren't burned and finalized at 8x's speed or less expect skips. The display, while great, lacks a backlight..even though most ad's picturing this item appear to have a backlit display. For some reason this unit runs very hot...your discs are quite "warm" when you remove them.
The technology is out there to play mp3's without skipping...why rca didn't put more into their tracking lens with this unit baffles me, since they spared no expense in the materials for the cabinetry.

"Skip" the reviews of people who don't read the directions........2003-03-03

MP3s are tricky under the best of circumstances and with the most expensive of equipment. I concur wholeheartedly about what has been said here recently about reading directions before putting the knock on an otherwise excellent product like the RCD118. Besides, most people (me included) who buy a portable because it has MP3 do so "just in case" - not unlike how 95% of the people who buy four-wheel drive vehicles end up never taking their vehicle offroad.

The quality is there with this unit in terms of great portable sound - MP3 is a bonus to that, as is the remote control. I haven't heard another unit in its class that sounds better, and many more of the other big brand names that sound (and look!) decidedly inferior.

RCD118.......2003-01-18

Like everyone, I had trouble with skipping. Then, I read and followed the directions. Also, I recommend burning MP3 CDs on Mode 2 Joliet at 8X or below speed. Record between 128 and 192 bitrate. On a mp3 cd player, one won't notice a difference, and this makes units more prone to skipping. The only time it makes a difference if you are going to convert to .wav. That goes for any MP3 CD player, not just this one. I do recommend the product. I never give 5 stars unless it has audiophile sound quality and Line in/out. Display needs backlight. If I want shuffle, then I record my discs in random order.

Wouldn't buy this product again.......2002-07-06

We've used this mp3 player for about a month now, and I probably wouldn't buy this product again. I have two major complaints:

1) The biggest complaint is that it skips on both regular CDs and MP3 CDs, even when it is just sitting on a desk. If you replay the song, it doesn't skip in the same place the second time.
2) MP3 song titles don't scroll on the the little display, you just see the first 10(?) characters, which on my MP3s is the album name, so I can't actually select a song by name.

Other less annoying issues include:
3) no shuffle play for mp3
4) Takes a long time to start playing a disk.
5) The CD-loading space is narrow; it's difficult to get the CDs in and out of the boom box without touching the bottom surface.
6) Another reviewer mentioned how hot the disks get in the machine. It just seems strange, and makes me wonder if we'll have reliability problems in the future.

Another reviewer claimed that "DirectCDs work", but this is only half true. You can put songs on a RW CD using Direct CD, then convert the CD to Regular CD format, but you can only do this one time per disk. The boom box can read only the first session on the disk (this is explained in the manual.)

With just a little more software work, I think RCA could have a great product here. It seems like they rushed this out to market.

RCD118 Unreliable........2002-02-24

Currently trying to send second unit back. FM did not work at all on the first one and CD player was intermittent. The CD player stopped working on the second one a few weeks after receiving it. Because of the problems, it is hard to rate it on sound quality. Works great as a paperweight. User interface is awkward at best. MP3 selection is not straightforward (as I recall from the first one). Would not recommend unless you live next door to a service center.

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