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Also, although my unit is only 20 months old and has been very little used, the remote system no longer works (and no, it's not the battery). It would not even play it back. If you want reliability, buy something else. Sony RCDW500C Compact Disc Player / RecorderRecording seems to be a hit-or-miss affair. I've recorded a full disk with no apparent problems only to have the unit fail to finalize the resulting disk.
It will generally burn a few songs properly then give a TOC Error response which then renders the blank CD useless. I have tried virtually every brand of "audio" CD available (even Sony) and none of them work consistently. Do not waste your time or money on this thing. The Owner's Manual is basically worthless as well. Buyer beware. I've had mine for a few years and it will ruin more blank discs than it will burn properly. I would guess that it has ruined somewhere around 75% of the discs I have tried to create.
Do NOT buy this unit without the extended warranty, it WILL give out on you. I'm on my 4th one, mostly because it's so familiar to me and I have a hard time finding a similarly-priced unit that will do the same thing. BUT MAINLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO KEEP TAKING IT BACK UNDER WARRANTY.
I am very pleased with the sound of the albums recorded on a CD format. If you take your time reading over the manual and to get familar with the controls, you should not have any problems. I have many older albums that I wanted to try and record on a CD format.
I have never had any problem getting a CD to finalize. It is very enjoyable to get an older album on vinyl on to a CD format. I am using TDK Music CD-R's to record.
I purchased the Sony RCD-W500C at the suggestion of a friend at work. The sound quality seems very smooth and has much more range than a cassette tape. I have had very good results using Sony products.
I spent about a week reading over the manual and another day or so getting familar with the controls on the deck. The sound quality seems much better to me than the sound of many albums I have as CD's.
So before you start read it over and over. I agree with everybody else on the instruction book that it's really confusing. I eventually will figure out how to set the volume when recording from CD to CD but I hate to mess with what I am able to do now considering all the bad feedback on this recorder. On the Sony RCD-W500C/W100 I bought one about a month ago and have been pleased with it. I am able to record from CD to CD even thou I have not figure out how to adjust the volume while recording from CD to CD, and from Tape to CD which I can control the volume when recording from Tape to CD.
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