Customer Ratings & Reviews

Like a lot of things now, this is built to be somewhat disposable. However, it’s hard to argue it should be more durable at a $20 price point. This is the second one I have bought in the last few years as a present for a younger child. She wore out the last one. It comes with batteries and earphones, which is nice. Just don’t expect it to last forever.

Bought as a gift and one for myself also. Mine seemed to work well for a while but lately (and I know it's 2 years old now) it just doesn't do it - even after charging it and putting in new batteries. i was happy with it for quite a while and because the price was right I guess it all remains..."You get what you pay for".

This product is a lot of fun. I carry it in a over the shoulder bag and play it during my daily walks. It skips when I get too bouncy, but not nearly as much as they used to when I had them years ago. It's worth buying.

I was looking for a simple, inexpensive compact CD player for my mother to attach to the ‘aux in’ connection of her Bose radio. After doing some online searches, I spotted this one at Best Buy and decided to check it out. In the store, I was pleasantly surprised that it was on sale for $10 off. Bottom line: it was easy to connect and operate, and it sounds great- especially for money.

Easy to use, compact. But goes thru batteries very quickly.

Bought this to be a stand-in for a CD player that had spun too many times, anyway , good CD player, nothing too amazing except the good anti-skip buffer and my model does have a line level out, if you want to connect to a stereo receiver/amp. Haven’t used it heavily but under moderate use it holds its own, though has one downside, which was that it didn’t come with an AC adapter for the wall socket, which you would think it would, as I hate using batteries. But that was easily remedied by going to Amazon and buying one, matching mA and voltage input. I’ve had it for a couple years , no trouble. Hint, matching mA and voltage levels for the ac adapter is critical, as it will mean either good long product life, or a shorter one. So anyway I think I just splurged for a Audiovox multi volt selecter model. Plug fits great into the insignia CD player. That’s about all I have. To my knowledge the CD player may or may not play cd-r discs. Read literature online for details, always research before a purchase!

It is only 20 dollars. I am still behind with new technology because I am an old generation. I am listening to classical CDs which I collected over the past 30 years with this CD player. The sound is good and very reliable. It is a battery operated player. Yet, I have to replace the batteries only once a month.

read all the reviews. Knew issue with not being able to return to where you left off, and it not being able to fast forward thru a track. You have to start thru the track and listen until you can find your place. Not sure there are reasonable priced players that do that anymore. You can set it to play first 10 seconds or so of every track, until you find the track you left off at, which is time consuming. I've not tried that feature, though the booklet does say that setting eats up battery life. I don't worry because I have an adapter from an old Sony Walkman which was amazing, or I use rechargeable batteries. Be that as it may, reading the booklet was not easy given it's print size; I had to read it twice to understand everything, which is not usual for me. I use my player solely for audio books due to visual issues. I did read about skip problems, so enabled that function. However, with it on, the lightest brush, or movement, and I do mean lighttest, including reaching over but not touching the machine, caused it to shut down. And then you have to restart and hope you saw where it was, track wise. That was unexpected and a big disappointment. I discovered however, illogically, that if I did not use the anti-skip feature, the problem went away. Bought it the beginning of August and used it every night for 8+ hours for the first 2 weeks until my first library download came in. Like the machine. Very good sound quality for books, which is it's total use. Cannot address any other useage. I considered the 10.99 machine, and buying 2, but have had very limited life spans with them previously, and if I opened both, the warranty period would be an issue. Any way, decided on this, and opted for the 2 year warranty @ 6.99. Looked at the more expensive model, but the only difference I could find was the radio, and do not need that. Was very impressed with the more recent, at that time, responses from Insignia when people had problems, difficulties or were not satisfied with their purchase. Made me feel more confident in the product,

I borrow lots of audio books on CD from the library, and listen to them while cleaning and gardening and even grocery shopping. Best Buy guys helped me figure out which portable player would work best, and I'm very satisfied with this one. So happy they still make these! Works really well.

Easy to use and the sound is very clear. Very reasonably priced.

This is my second Insignia CD player. It only lasts about 2 years, but then I play it often. The sound is good and it is easy to use. It does not have a memory to mark where you left off and it uses up batteries quickly. When it stops working it no longer reads the CD; it gives a constant error message. It is good for the price, especially since good CD players are getting hard to find.

This was the only portable cd player I could get at BestBuy or else where for the price I wanted to spend. Easy to use for someone (like elderly) who are not comfortable with modern day electronics.

This is inexpensive, lightweight to carry or small enough to carry in backpack while out and about. We still have and use our Cds and wanting to be outside working in yard or maybe taking a walk this portable CD player is great for listening to our favorite music. I'm glad that Best Buy still carries this product.

I realize the era of really good quality CD players is long past, so this is the second one I have purchased (My wife still has hers) It sounds ok and the battery lasts quite a bit when you turn off ESP plus it's easy to operate.

I bought this CD player to play audio books during travel. It works well for this purpose, and at a great price. I didn't like the headphones, but swapped them out with the ones i use for my iPod.

For those of us who still prefer listening to cds this portable player is perfect for the job, and you can't beat the price. The only downside is how fast it will go through a pair of AAs, but any player with do the same so I recommend rechargeables.

I’ve owned this same Portable CD Player before. It works well but doesn’t last forever. It’s easy to operate. I listen to books on tape with this player so I use it for a few hours everyday.

Works perfectly and sounds as good to my ears as the component CD player on my system that passed away. I was hoping to run it using its wall wart to save on batteries, but it apparently can only be used to recharge them. The packaging was not clear about this but seemed to imply that I could. I'd have returned it if I tried it during the return period.

Great player. Durable, sounds good & easy to use. Comes with full size headphones.

this is a good item , sound is good , easy to operate will, probably get another if and when this wears out, but one problem, when I went to change the batteries the first time I could not get compartment to open up , very easy, finally I got it open and it broke , now I have to tape it shut, goes through a lot of batteries , will get ac plug next time