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I bought the CDR770 to transfer some of my favorite vinyl records and cassette tapes to CD. It works great for that purpose. The machine is easy to use and produces CD's of very good quality. The machine has many features that I do not use so in that sense it is overkill but the price was so attractive that does not matter. Pros: Excellent quality design, construction and function. Cons: Records only on special blank CD's. Make sure you get blanks that say "CD-R AUDIO". Regular computer data CD's don't work.
Bought my first one of these Philips machines when they first came out. First one lasted about one year ( about the same time my Harmon Kardon one lasted ) Bought a second one and it lasted a little longer Doesn't have a volume level record knob so I have to come from the stereo, into a mixing board and adjust the treble, bass and volume for each of the albums I am transferring to disc. Here's a pic of the second one of these units I've owned over the years Just cause it's brand new and never been used doesn't cut much weight with me Willing to take a chance on one more so I am bidding on it ( but not expecting much ) But if it goes more than $50 bucks on the bid - it's not worth it - it would cost more to repair it when it breaks down than it's what it's worth
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I've been through it! I purchased new. In the beginning I went around the block with Philips customer service and got a replacement for a faulty unit. Since then, no problems. The best CDs for use with the Philips CDR770 are: Sony CD-R MUSIC TDK CD-RW MUSIC If you try others--good luck! You must use AUDIO CDs. This unit cannot read data disks. Brand is also important; for instance in my experience Memorex cannot be read on this unit. Stick with Sony and TDK (MUSIC disks only). I've made many dozens of excellent recordings with few mishaps and those probably were caused by occasional flaws in disk manufacture. I will say that the transport on the CDR770 is aggravatingly slow, so just live with it. This unit is capable if you are patient. Have fun!
These Phillips recorders are out of production,but they are the best CD recorders around,thus, the demand for them. I have Two of them now, the other is a dual bay CDR795. The sound of these are crystal clear, you can even hear the clock ticking in the studio, between takes, yes, that clear. We had to remove the clock. How's that for clarity??? Again, because I have a history, with the Phillips Brand, that is why I purchased thew CDR770. It took minutes to hook up, and we were off to recording Band rehearsal once again. we use it to record rehearsal, to make Band homework CD's. Learn from our mistakes,catch the outstanding things we do too and it provides a learning curve for the band members, because the CD is finalized in minutes for them to take home and study... I wish I new knew the reason these went out of production, beacuse there is NO DOWNSIDE to these units. They are the best!!!Read full review
I have owned a few of these units- various models throughout the years, all by Phillips. Simple to use - logical and almost without the user manual, you can figure the thing out and record to discs pretty quickly. No great technical mind is needed - keep in mind you need to feed this thing CD-R Music blank discs - I tried fuji- all purpose discs - and this unit does not wanna recognize them so avoid those if possible. After heavy use - maybe over the course of 3-4 years, the lasers seem to crap out- you have trouble with toc errors - with certain blank media. Finished discs on playback may sound like a vinyl lp- playing back with lots of clicks and pops - so i am hoping for maybe 3 good years- before i have to buy another unit. The sony machines are very sister- friendly to this unit- so a disc partially burned in a sony- can be loaded into this unit and you can resume recording to the limit of the disc- and perform a successful finalization when you have the full 79:00 minutes of music recorded. It is best to not burn the media completely full - as headroom on some blanks makes for a hit-or-miss finalization- so best to leave a minute or so at the end of each disc- and you have essentially no worries. I previously owned a Phillips CDR -950 (a very early model)- and the laser blew within the first 4 months of ownership- got it fixed under warranty- and it went again 18 months later - so dependability on these things is hit or miss - but then again- it is not an 800.00 dollar professional machine either. My unit gets used alot- maybe 5 discs burned per week - so am hoping i got a decent one this time - I use this to record/burn only - have a separate playback only deck - which really sees all the heavy use - these recorders are getting too hard to come by anymore- so i am babying the thing !!!!Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
The only down-side I've found is it doesn't have a countdown time mode. Other than that, it's great. Now to re-record the CD's that my other deck won't read (it's fine with factory CD's, just won't read computer burned discs).
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The price was right, and it 's features are in great working order. It is lightweight and easy to set up.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Works ok not the easiest to use has inconsistencies
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
It takes a certain type of CDR, and they are hard to get.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
It's a great product, it works great with some discs but won't recognize others, I bought Fujifilm they worked great but Maxell was hit and miss
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned