Buy Panasonic SL-CT800 Ultra Thin Portable CD PlayerPanasonic SL-CT800 Ultra Thin Portable CD Player Product Description:
- Plays CD, MP3 & WMA ( Windows Media Audio ) formats on CD-R and CD-RW discs
- Includes remote control
- Digital servo system
- Selectable S-XBS boosts bass for fuller sound
- Slide-lock / Full-Open Top Cover - Slide lock ensures player won't open during playback
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
The Greatest CD Player Ever
By A Customer
The SL-CT800 is an amazing CD player. Not only is it thin and attractive, but it also has an amzong battery life: up to 120 hrs (unheard of typically for MP3 CD Players). It works very well. The only problem I've had with it is that, unlike iRiver's SlimX 400, the LCD doesn't show international characters (i.e., letters from other languages, like the French "é" or the Spanish "ñ", or Russian Cyrillic, etc.). That's not a major problem though, and does not lessen the overall prestige of this amazing device. A definite A+++!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Ultra-cool, ultra-thin, ultra-excellent quality
By A Customer
A couple months ago I bought an iRiver CD/MP3 player but it broke after a couple days, and the second unit I got exchanged for also broke, after less then a week. I did some research on the web and found out iRiver's quality is very poor. So I returned it and bought the SL-CT800 for about twenty bucks less. This is my first Panasonic portable CD player, and I'm greatly pleased.
Not only is the Panasonic much better quality than the iRiver -- it feels solid and gives you a sense of confidence -- it's also quieter and slimmer. The remote control is great, and the illuminated keys on the side of the player are fun and actually give you indications of various things. The player also shows ID3 tags for MP3 files (but not for WMA files). I read English only so I don't know if it shows international characters or not. For my purposes, it plays MP3 and WMA files with total cool so this is excellente, period. Of course, it's also a great CD player, in case you were wondering, heehee.
The player itself takes 2 special Ni-Cd batteries and you charge by plugging in the included AC adapter (which is also cool). It also comes with a case that holds 2 AA batteries and you can attach the case to the adapter port. Panasonic claims "up to 120 hours" total on the combination of Ni-Cd and alkaline batteries. For my purposes, the Ni-Cd gives more than enough juice to last through a whole day of listening. My friend who has another Panasonic says their CD players are power stingy, so I feel good about the whole thing.
If you are thinking a Sony, it's good, too, and they give you a case, but buck for buck Sony's have less features than Panasonic. The SL-CT800 should service me for a long long time.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
It has an " Achilles Heel", the weak rechargeable battery!
By A Customer
Everything was working great initially.But two weeks later, the CD player is dead!I tried it for a long while and finally decided that the rechargeable battery went bad since CD player still works on AC!Why the battery died so fast? I remembered that we put it on charger for a whole night a few days ago! And this baby is so vulnerable to a very common human habit. Look! lots of people put cellphone on AC charger overnight and that doesn't kill their cellphones.
And the manual does say "battery may go flat if AC adaptor is kept on after battery is finished charging" and the battery is only in warranty for 10 DAYS!And I searched lots of places even on www.panasonic.com, can't find any replacement of this new and special Ni-Mh type(Why not Ni-Cd?) battery.
It basically useless without its rechargeable battery.Really disappointed!
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