i bought this cd player in June because of the radio and it's CD/MP3 capabilities, the last sony with radio i had lasted me three years until some nitwit stole it, who knows how long it would have lasted. the only thing still working on this model is the radio and that only works when i'm sitting very still at my desk at work, the reception is horrible. it's a good CD player if you intend to use it in one place and don't lug it around from home to work. it skips...a lot. i dropped it ONCE...and it won't play CDs now. waste of money