TEAC CD-P1260 Won't Play CDRs That Easily Play on Other CD Players
584841
When I bought this unit in May 2013, I tested it only on store-bought CDs.  It played them fine.  I have not used it much since then because my wife has been in the hospital for many months and I have not had time.  Yesterday, I finally tried playing CD-R discs that I have recorded using commercial software.  None of these would play on this TEAC 1260.  All of them easily played on my very old (1989) Sony CD player that died (and that this TEAC replaced).  My CD-Rs also easily play on my three DVD players.  I was looking for a good single disc CD player that would be simple to use.  Unfortunately, the TEAC 1260 is not it.  If you only play CDs that you do not record yourself, I guess it would be O.K., but otherwise I cannot recommend it and am very sorry I wasted my money, as it is now too late to return it.
1040313
I thought the CDs would play on any CD player. I was wrong!  Only thing I've been able to hear them on is my computer. Love the CDs but wish I could listen to them another way.
1928850
I think I would have liked it but CD 1 wouldn't work in any of my Cd players. Now CD 2 was great, just wished I could have heard #1. Ol'Charlie can play.  It's my own fault I don't go thru all the BS to get it exchanged. Does make me think twice about buying on line.  Tag,1 for their team.
970444
cd changer slot does not register it. Even tried a CD with silent audio tracks. Additional device is needed to communicate with the factory CD player.
1601649
Does not play CDs.  Was a gift for a nun who had a 50 year anniversary in the convent and she was not able to play the CDs we purchased for her to use this portable CD
4769967
This was a Christmas gift for a friend who is paralyzed and plays CDs on his laptop computer (using a head mouse to operate it).  Unfortunately, he was unable to play the CD on his laptop.  We tried other CDs and they work perfectly fine.
Could this CD be defective?
4390919
I bought the product for a buddy of mine. Little did I know it was a mini cd with an "adapter" type disc that turns it into a regular cd. My buddy stuck the cd in his car stereo and it seemed to work fine the first couple of times playing the music well. This past weekend, the music started to be come distorted and playback got really bad. Needless to say , the "adapter piece became stuck in his stereo and now his 12 disc cd player will not work at all. Is it his fault for putting the disc in his car cd player? Is this disc for cd-ron only? I need a little help from anyone that has some input. Thanks!
3581997
I have purchased the combo player a few months back thinking that I can play my home made Video CDs (VCD). Though the on tha packing it says we can play Super VCDs, I was not able to play. After spending hours to reach the customer suppoert, the CSR asked me what is a SVCD (duh).
Another CSR asked to send the player for service. I did. Finally they returned the player with a note "Unable to test" and they did not returned my sample vcd also.
I was so happy that I was able to return this.
Features with VCR were ok.
Think twice before making any decision.
1636843
I have a Philips Dual-Deck CD recorder.  I have recorded about a dozen CD's since making this purchase.  So far I have not experiene any problems.
4328731
The music is beautiful, at least what I can hear. However the CD will not play beyond tract #8. My cd player plays all of my other CD's completely so I know it is not my cd player. I need to return it and have another sent to me because something is wrong with this one.
2112828
Works for sometime and then like many others have mentioned here it will start skipping CDs. At first I thought the CDs were bad so I trashed them and purchased news one's but got the same result. Then I tried several different CDs and found the same issue. Frustrated I went to amazon and saw this product is now a best seller. I read the reviews and found that I am having the same problem,
2536909
supposed to be skip proof, hah tiredof skipping,have not tried the other other cd player yet i am disappointed
3884399
I had a previous model. It was o.k. This one is O.K. but it is quirky. It will sometime not accept CDR Music discs
1346100
I bought this to use on an old (and extremely selective on what disks it'll record on) Marantz Professional CDR631/U1B. It won't work. I post this just to advise anyone else in this situation that they should find another disk to try, Other than that, it is a cdrw disk and I bet it would work great on any other stand alone CD recorder ;))
3063079
Update: November 29, 2014
My grandson was able to play the first two one-hour mp3 CDs that I made for him and they worked fine. I recorded them using my Samsung Galaxy S3 android phone. Since then, NO CDs worked without stopping within the first 14-17 minutes for no apparent reason. They act as if there is only 15 minutes of recorded material on them rather than over an hour. It would not play mp3 or m4a CDs that I made although these CDs play fine on a number of computers and all of our DVD players. Since it was purchased for the express purpose of making audio recordings of books in my own voice for my grandson, it was essentially useless to me. Just to see if it was the individual player, I bought a 2nd one [exact model] and had the same problem. It is some function of the design of the machine, not a problem with the CDs. I was ready to return both players.

FINALLY I happened on the free conversion software called ConverterLite. For whatever reason, when I convert m4a files to mp3 files using this conversion software, the CDs will play on both players. Go figure. It took a lot of time and perseverance. It is disappointing that the manufacturer does not supply clear information about what types of disks will and will not play on their player. It is confusing when different buyers have diametrically opposed answers to questions on operation. I have found something that works for us, so will keep both players.

The sound is good. The players are now functional. To other potential buyers out there:  GOOD LUCK!

October, 2014: Bought for my grandson to use to listen to CDs of me reading books to him. I am very impressed with both the quality of sound and the ease of use. It also has an am/fm radio as well as an auxiliary input. Although I would never want it so loud that I used it with the volume turned all the way up, I gave it a try and it does not distort. Quite impressive. It comes with a plug-in cord. Can also run on 6 C batteries. I have not tried it with batteries. I will report back if there are any issues. So far I am very pleased with the quality for the price.
3160725
CD's skip during playback (YES they are new and clean). distortion occurs at 1/2 volume !
849662
Cd ejects when adjusting the volume and the radio stations are all fuzzy. Cds have to be a certain type to play