Philips CDR785 3-CD Integrated CD Recorder

Philips CDR785 3-CD Integrated CD Recorder | Excellent unit still going strong

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	Philips CDR785 3-CD Integrated CD Recorder Philips Philips average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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Make your own customized compilation CDs with this three-disc CD changer with integrated CD-recorder! The CDR785 lets you load up to three discs into its carousel-style CD changer, while using the built-in single-disc recorder to capture the music you love in the order you want. The CD Text feature lets you create and display track titles and artists names, and compatibility with both CD-R (CD Recordable) and CD-RW (CD Rewritable) formats gives you more recording options. Auto Level Control ensures consistent audio levels when recording music compilations, and Direct Line Recording processes the audio information bit by bit, for more accurate duplications. Double speed recording saves you time, while optical digital input/output and coaxial digital input/output provide plenty of digital connection options. And with the supplied remote, you are in control of the action from your listening position.Double speed finalizing allows making discs compatible to CD-player. With auto switch over to analog recording in case of copy protected tracks / discs and SCMS (Serial Copy management system) you have the ultimate tools for disc copying at your disposal. And you can always check the success with the simultaneously playback, for CDR785 combines recorder and player functions. The A-B Programming allows recording of only a fragment of a whole track, and with Microphone Mixing you can be the STAR! Record your own vocals or musical instrument. Better still record yourself singing or playing along with your favorite artist.

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VERY PLEASED !!!!!

I AM VERY PLEASED WITH MY PHILIPS CD RECORDER. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRICE; I FOUND IT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION; IT RECORDS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC;AND IT ARRIVED ON TIME AS PROMISED. I WOULD DEFINATELY ORDER VIA AMAZON.COM AGAIN AND I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM BUYING FROM BIL1953 IN THE FUTURE.....THANKS AGAIN

Excellent unit still going strong

I have had this recorder changer for 5 years and have used it heavily. I have just completed archiving almost four thousand LP and cassette albums (approximately 6000 individual LPs and cassettes), as well as making fair use copies of CDs for my car player. It has been an excellent unit and is still going strong. I have not had many of the problems that some others have complained. It has many virtues and relatively few flaws.

I live in a high dust area and with just regular simple cleaning, it has continued to perform well, while I have gone through two DVD players in the same time. It plays CD-Rs and CD-RWs with no problem, even non-audio CD-Rs copied on my computer. HOWEVER it will only record on the more expensive Audio or Music CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Although the manual says it will only use Phillips media, this is not true. I have had no problems with Sony or Maxell (about a 1% failure rate) and few problems with Memorex and the Walmart off brand (about a 4% failure rate) CD-R audio discs. These usually are failures to initialize or "disc error". Texting is possible but for me is too much trouble for the benefit. Sound quality of the copy is excellent, both in the first generation (digital) and second generation (analog) recordings.

The machine does have some quirks. It is fairly sensitive to voltage fluxuations when in the record mode, especially in the first ten minutes of deck operation. This results in a skip recorded to the end of the disc, ruining the disc if it is a CD-R, and requiring an erase and re-record of the material when using a CD-RW. I have solved this by playing a CD prior to beginning a record session. The unit will occasionally "freeze up". This is remedied by unplugging the unit for about a minute. This has only happened to me about a dozen times in five years. You can not finalize or erase from the remote. Recording from analog sources require you to manually add the tract markers from the remote. This cannot be done without the remote. The changer operation, while quieter than some contemporary machines, is noisier than the new Sony changer (not a recorder) in my daughter's system. There is no changer noise recorded on the target disc when recording a program from the changer side, though. And the CD to CD copying is only at 2X. Also, if you want to do any electronic cleanup of the cassette or LP, you will have to use a CD-RW or use 2 CD-Rs and use the program on your computer to re-record the "cleaned" files. What you get from the recorder itself is a 100% exact copy of what is on the tape or LP surface, "pops", "ticks" and all.

All in all, this machine has been a workhorse and an excellent purchase. It is a shame that Phillips has discontinued it.

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