Comments on: Panasonic CQ-RDP153N Car MP3 CD Player

By: Marvin

Marvin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:36:46 +0000

I’ve long sinced moved on from my Panasonic so I can’t compare it to other devices but I remember the sound being pretty good even with standard speakers. Different priorities aside I think it’s safe to say that in this day and age electronics of well known companies have reached a certain level of professionalism that people can expect. Thus I don’t think any modern car radio has bad sound which makes it even more important for those companies to differentiate in features or above all usability.

By: Kat Brunton

Kat Brunton — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:04:10 +0000

I understand what you are saying, but as far as I am concerned most of what you are talking about is superficial aesthetics. (The exception being, the skip function, which obviously hampers use.) I really am not too bothered if the display cannot fit the entire track title, so long as there is enough there to differentiate which is which.
When I buy a stereo the most important aspect is: how does it sound? I know that this depends on your speaker set up as well. But there is no question that if the sound quality is the biz then all else fades.
So what is the sound quality like?

By: Olan

Olan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:41:36 +0000

Thanks for the information. By knowing this, I become understand which player that suitable for my car. Thanks!

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By: Marvin

Marvin — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:32:53 +0000

This might yet again be due to limited memory which – don’t get me wrong – is a flaw in itself too.

According to specs the amount of tracks an audio CD can hold is 99, an mp3 CD however can hold a lot more tracks (depending on bitrate used) and, more importantly, also have a folder hierarchy that can make for long path/filenames (up to 255 on Joliet). E.g. 117 tracks x 255 byte = 29 KB. Doesn’t sound like much to me either but this is the amount the shuffle list must cover to be able to address each song.

Sadly enough it’s also possible that it is as you suggest and it’s simply a design flaw. I’m not entirely convinced though cause I have yet to see a consumer electronics device (MP3 player, DVD player with MP3 support, and even Winamp!) featuring a decent shuffle/random algorithm that does not play some songs several times before having gone through an entire playlist.

By: Michel Coutu

Michel Coutu — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:11:30 +0000

Nice to see someone on these farcical crappy hardware.

I have one for you…

I was looking for a basic ‘a small portable” CD player, but that could also play MP3s… I found the “Panasonic – SA-EN17″ that was exactly what I was looking for. It stated all the good things, INCLUDING “Songs Shuffling”.

I was tickled pink with this… My girlfriend and I each got one.

Took these home, and worked OK but I could not “shuffle” the MP3s, no option on the menu, nor on the Remote. So, I did what we ususally have to do, I RTFM…

Lo and Behold, Shuffling is ONLY FOR regular CDs… Not MP3…

Why in the hell would they make such a product? I don’t particularly care about shuffling a single CD, but a reasonable CD full of MP3s, has a ton of music that one would want to shuffle… Darn!

So add another one “TechFlaws” to your list..

Regards,

Michel Coutu