Jensen CD-540 Portable Stereo Compact Disc Cassette Recorder with AM/FM Radio

alaTest has collected and analyzed 169 user reviews of Jensen CD-540 Portable Stereo Compact Disc Cassette Recorder with AM/FM Radio from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the usability and size. The portability and performance are also mentioned favorably. Many are less positive about the reliability and durability. Opinions are divided on the sound.

This cd player skips and outputs poor sound quality. If you paid $5.00 for this piece of junk, you spent too much!!

After two or three weeks of use,the top of the CD refuses to close. It started to skip and does this periodically. Total drag. I liked that you could play both cd and tapes and that is the main reason I bought it. If I still had the box, I'd send it...

I bought two of these for my two kids. Both units immediately showed a lack of tolerance for any kind of defect in the CD surface. They also skip when simply walking across the floor where the unit is standing. Also, the cassette drawer is poorly...

I bought this for cross country trip. It skips songs on the cd setting.

I found the tape player hard to use. It is hard to fit the tape in the slot. After 2 months of very little use, the tape player is now broken, as it catches the tape in the player each time and ruins the tape. I also found the buttons for the cd and...

we were so happy to be able to find this item., Cassette players are hard to find.

I really wanted to give this item a good review and since this is the third one, I'm going to have to give it the 1 star since this is the reason why I purchased it as well as the price of $34. All stereos played fine for the first few minutes then...

Bought this for the tape player and it doesn't work. It's cheap and poorly made. Not worth $40. Returning it asap.

I liked the size but had to return to story the CD skipped.

Would not play both sides of cassette tape. When it did play the one side it played verrrry slow. Returned. No more in stock so I had to dish out more money. But that's okay because I don't think it was defective, I think it was just poorly made. Which...