Can I play the CD's in shuffle mode? Can I add other Boze speakers that I already own? Does it come with a money back guarantee or warrantee? Is it actual Boze or a knock off?
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Hi...The songs on the CD's will shuffle but the CD's themselves do not shuffle (which I was really disappointed about). About adding speakers, I will quote from info booklet "You can use your wave system III as a multi room expansion speaker system for a Bose link-enabled lifestyle home entertainment system, Call Bose for required cables" I do not use speakers. The warranty is limited to two years, but it had a 30 days money back guarantee when I purchased it. It is a new system from Bose themselves not a refurbished system or a knock-off.
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Does the CD tray respond? Does it open when it is supposed to? If you move the tone arm off it's rest post does the turntable begin to turn? If so the unit is powered up. Is the source selection knob not working? I hope you have better luck than I did with the unit I bought, I was profoundly disappointed with mine. The 2-watts per channel audio output was a huge disappointment. You won't get any "thumping" bass our of this unit. It doesn't distort, but has the sound of a 50's vintage table radio.Good Luck
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This was answered by another reviewer. I finally figured it out, too. While on play mode click MENU. The following will appear: Repeat, Equalizer, Variable Speed Play, Replay mode & Exit. Click REPEAT and right click or pick one of the following options you want....Random, Intro, Normal, Repeat One, Repeat folder and Repeat All. Click RANDOM for the shuffle mode. Hope this helps.
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It has a random button that plays tracks from all loaded discs in a random order. It stops when all tracks have been played once. I believe that is the same as shuffle.
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I have only used the player to play regular music CDs and play them from beginning to end. However, the owner's manual lists three additional playback modes. There is a random playback mode where all of the files on the disc are played in random order. There is a memory playback mode in which you can make a playback list of up to 25 files. There is a repeat mode. In the repeat playback mode, you can play an entire CD repeatedly, play one track repeatedly, or combine it with the memory playback to play the playlist repeatedly or random playback to play all of the tracks on the disc in random order repeatedly. I have only used the player to play regular music CDs and play them from beginning to end. However, the owner's manual lists three additional playback modes. There is a random playback mode where all of the files on the disc are played in random order. There is a memory playback mode in which you can make a playback list of up to 25 files. There is a repeat mode. In the repeat playback mode, you can play an entire CD repeatedly, play one track repeatedly, or combine it with the memory playback to play the playlist repeatedly or random playback to play all of the tracks on the disc in random... » Read More I have only used the player to play regular music CDs and play them from beginning to end. However, the owner's manual lists three additional playback modes. There is a random playback mode where all of the files on the disc are played in random order. There is a memory playback mode in which you can make a playback list of up to 25 files. There is a repeat mode. In the repeat playback mode, you can play an entire CD repeatedly, play one track repeatedly, or combine it with the memory playback to play the playlist repeatedly or random playback to play all of the tracks on the disc in random order repeatedly. « Show Less
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Well Levery and micheck, if it does have a shuffle mode any reason why you haven't shared how that works, since most others claim it does not have that feature? This is a very rare feature in portables, therefore very important to know if it actually has it.
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I had the same question beforehand and never got a straight answer. As far as I can tell there is NO shuffle/random function on the unit. When playing songs off the SD card it always plays them in the same (alphabetical) order. The "Repeat" button just turns the repeat function off and on, and the "Mode" button just changes the input. There is no mention of a "shuffle" function in the instructions. The lack of a shuffle/random function is the only criticism I have though...otherwise it is a great little device.
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This unit has very good sound quality. I use it to play CDs in our Ballroom that is approximately 60' x 80' and the music fills the room. The only negative thing is I was told the unit will SHUFFLE all the CDs, however, it will only SHUFFLE one CD at a time. After discussing this with the Sharp Co. they agreed the information on their literature should be changed and be more exact. I do live in a retirement community, so this unit was bought for our dancing and listening enjoyment. Hope this helps.
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I also love the same music and am particular about the sound . After only 10 days a new CD stuck in the drawer. I had to send the unit back. I decided to order a Denon d-m29s. A little more $ but well worth it. The sound is twice as good as the Yamaha. I also only play CDs on my unit. I would say don't buy the Yamaha if you want great sound but it will give you good sound. If you buy hope yours lasts more than 10 days.
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It doesn't play CD's or DVD's at all. It is like a "juke box" storage system for them. Works great..when it works. I had 2 that went bad..now I'm using a manual storage system which works every time.
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Probably way to late for this answer, but I too was curious as to it's cd-r/rw capabilities so I wrote to the company. They answered quickly (to my surprise) and was told "YES", it will play any/all types of cd's. The BeBop player which sells on Amazon will as well (I own that one so know for a fact that it does). This information should be in the items' descriptions. It would have saved me lots of research time!
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Hi Liz I returned 2 of them. The first one the cd did not work then the next nothing worked. Im sorry to tell you but you do need to return it. Also if you use the recordplayer and it has the scratches and on the cd it will sound just like that. It sounds tinny. So Sorry to tell you this but i had no luck with it. 2sassyjay@comcast.net
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the source should be 7.1 i guess. else we can play a simulation of 7ch stereo. pl check if your DVD/BD is written as 7.1 ch? If its 7.1 ch recording and you are not getting 7.1 then check Speaker distribution. if everything is fixed per its position. Can use odyssey auto adjuster. finally, do you use anyother system which takes care of distribution of spound to speakers? ( like bose acoustimass?) check that too if it i s7.1 too. thanks
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It's basically just a speaker. You would use your device to control everything. So yes, you can use shuffle. This thing was hard to figure out and the directions were terrible. But it is tiny, and sounds okay once you do figure out how to use it.
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Yes, I have the same question, and will only purchase this item if there are speakers that can be used with it. I already have the CA portable digital speakers and use them with my (now full) 8GB ipod nano, doesn't look like the 2GB shuffle is compatible with these speakers.
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I just looked at the manual. It plays the "Roland/Boss proprietary format" (a bunch of tracks that come with the unit & new ones you can download, free I think), MP3 and WAV. I know by experience it doesn't play Windows Media, so I just rip from a CD or snag a WAV from the internet. Oh if you're playing single coils like me you're going to have a lot of hum but it's okay, it's helped me learn a lot but it is expensive.
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that model dose not have a shuffle mode. I hade the same problem. Sent mine back.