The PLCD16 seemed like a nice player at first. It sounded fine, and I really liked the Weather band feature. Then, we took the boat with us up to camp last year where we had some rain overnight and the next morning the Pyle would not play. This is a MARINE unit, right? Designed to be around water?? Hmmm... anyway I dried it out as best as I could, it still would not play. It was still under warranty so I sent it in for a look. The repair center said it had gotten wet but since it was under warranty they sent me back a new detachable faceplate. After that I was very protective of it, never let it stay out in the boat overnight, and again it only lasted about two months before the radio portion of it completely quit one sunny morning. It still works as a CD player, but that's it. So, I'm currently in the market for a new unit but sorry to say it won't be this one again. Seemed like it should be a good value for the price, but I was wrong.