JVC XL-MC334 200-Disc CD Changer
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- Device Type: Changer
- Number of Discs: 200
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Fun while it lasted...
Pros
Keeps all your CD's neatly organized
Cons
Broke on me after 3 years of great service! :(
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Look elsewhere if you want something that's easy to setup, or if the random function is important to you.
This player is a great way to organize your CD collection, and its wonderful to have 200 CD's at your fingertips! However, based on my experiences with this player, I wouldn't recommend this player, and here's why:
1.) Too many moving parts inside the player. Not only does this make changing CD's very noisy, it increases the likelihood of failure. After owning this model for 3 years with hardly any problems, one day it quit playing CD's. After opening the cabinet, I discovered the problem was a mechanical failure was causing the CD's to not completely fall into place to play. So now no CD's will play unless you manually force them into place.
2.) The random function is very poor. Even if you have the player completely filled with CD's, the random function will always choose the same 15 or so CD's. The player also doesn't remember which tracks have already played, so it will often choose the exact same song within a few minutes of each other! With literally thousands of songs to choose from, this is simply unacceptable.
3.) When you're filling this player with CD's for the first time, be prepared to invest A LOT of time if you want artist/album details entered. There is no keyboard input on this player. All info must be entered by choosing a letter, pressing enter, moving the wheel to the next letter, pressing enter, and so on. I spent several hours entering this info when I first bought the player. Very tedious.
If you own a lot of other JVC equipment, this player may be worth it since its very compatible via the CompuLink system. Everyone else, like me, should move on to something else.
1.) Too many moving parts inside the player. Not only does this make changing CD's very noisy, it increases the likelihood of failure. After owning this model for 3 years with hardly any problems, one day it quit playing CD's. After opening the cabinet, I discovered the problem was a mechanical failure was causing the CD's to not completely fall into place to play. So now no CD's will play unless you manually force them into place.
2.) The random function is very poor. Even if you have the player completely filled with CD's, the random function will always choose the same 15 or so CD's. The player also doesn't remember which tracks have already played, so it will often choose the exact same song within a few minutes of each other! With literally thousands of songs to choose from, this is simply unacceptable.
3.) When you're filling this player with CD's for the first time, be prepared to invest A LOT of time if you want artist/album details entered. There is no keyboard input on this player. All info must be entered by choosing a letter, pressing enter, moving the wheel to the next letter, pressing enter, and so on. I spent several hours entering this info when I first bought the player. Very tedious.
If you own a lot of other JVC equipment, this player may be worth it since its very compatible via the CompuLink system. Everyone else, like me, should move on to something else.
