Veggie Singalong CD Player Rating :
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Worthless junk!
By Lisa
I was so excited when my mom told me she had purchased this for my 3 year old son for Christmas. He LOVES my brother's ancient Fisher Price carry along cassette player with microphone so I thought it'd be nice for him to play his CDs. I had looked previously and every CD/MP3 player with microphone(s) was SO expensive! Shockingly when you know they're not as high quality as a regular "boombox" but are double or triple the price. Well, my mom got this on sale and we were thrilled. We saw no reviews of it first, but I had read reviews of every other "competitive" product and they all had consistently mixed ratings (love it or totally doesn't work).
So Christmas came and my son gets his CD player and a brand new Little People CD. We put in batteries, turn it on, the CD starts....and it stops. We try again, it starts...and it stops. It won't play through the entire first song, and it won't skip to any subsequent songs. We tried two other CDs before deciding the CD player was definitely the problem. My brother is a computer technician and said it was the laser reader (? right?) and that he couldn't fix it. Luckily, the store let us exchange it even though my mom bought it in October (And it was now after Christmas). The second one plays entire CDs! It is very sensitive, so if you bump it the CD will quit playing for a second but I kind of expected that from a child's toy. One microphone seems to work better than another but that may be because my son basically licks them while he's talking. :/
I rater it 3 because the first was a 0 but the last was at least a 4, maybe even a 5 due to the price. Based on the other two reviews it looks as though ordering this is going to be a gamble on whether you get a working unit or not.
EDIT: Changed my rating to 1 star! The second one does NOTHING now but buzz and say error. Junk!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Sadly returning it.
By So Sad
We bought this cd player for our 2 year old because he loves music and "Bob". The cd player is very cute and got rave reviews from him (carried it around all Christmas morning chanting "Bob" repeatedly) until we tried to play it. We thought the price was a little high ($40), but were willing to overlook that considering it seemed very attractive. First, it operates either by batteries or adapter, neither of which were included. Second, the on/off/volume control dial doesn't work every time, we thought it was broken at first. Finally, the cd player is so sensitive that the slightest movement (even adjusting the volume) of the player causes it to skip. That was the final straw for us. The player looks as though it is designed to be played with, but there is no way that is possible while playing a cd. Sadly we are returning it to the store for a refund.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Oh where can I buy it?
By Suzanne
I'd heard of Veggie Tales from an Aussie friend but had never come across it much here in England. I'd been scouring the internet for a small portable CD player for my little boy (not quite 2yrs) as he loves his music and rather than put a CD player in every room thought one portable would be cheaper. All the CD players I found for children here in the UK were either too old for him or didn't play proper CDs so when I came across the brightly coloured small child friendly Veggie Tales CD player with microphones!!! I was ecstatic. Only trouble was on the UK site it was over £400! Imagine my surprise then when I found I could buy it on the US site, ship to the UK all at a reasonable cost. I paid the cheapest shipping cost so didn't expect it to arrive before Christmas but after just over a week my parcel arrived. From the moment my son saw it he loved it.
It's like any portable CD player, you knock it - it jumps. I was a bit disappointed that one of the microphones packed up quite quickly but then my son did have it in his mouth when he sang and once it had time to dry out it started working again.
He hasn't worked out yet that the CD player is to be carried by a handle not dragged by a microphone but it tests the players durability and for us it passes.
Product Description
124 Features: -sing-along CD player.-Headphone jack, search, skip, pause and volume control.-AC Adaptable (AC Adaptor not included). Includes: -Included 2 microphones.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #102877 in Toys & Games
- Brand: VeggieTales
- Model: VT124
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9375.00" h x4.50" w x10.75" l,2.40 pounds
Features
- Headphone jack, search, skip, pause, and volume control
- 2 microphones included
- AC Adaptable (AC Adaptor not included)
