Remanufactured to like-new condition; includes 90-day warranty Executive microsystem with 5-CD changer, single cassette, and digital-synthesized FM/AM tuner 70 watts per channel, biwired and bi-amplified for clear, powerful sound Compatible with CD-R/RW discs, MP3 digital audio files TPS (Tape Program Sensor) lets you search forward or backward across up to 9 cassette songs
Editorial Reviews:
Panasonic's SC-PM19S executive microsystem offers style and power, housing 70 watts per channel in its sleek, wood-and-silver casing. The SC-PM19S includes a single-well cassette recorder and a five-CD changer with Panasonic's exclusive MASH (multi-stage noise shaping technology) 1-bit digital-to-analog converter for clear, accurate sound reproduction. And the system plays not only prerecorded CDs but home-brewed CD-Rs and CD-RWs, and it's compatible with MP3 digital audio files. It's also available in a silver/black finish.
To ensure powerful, clear, and virtually distortion-free audio, the system features a bi-amplified, biwired configuration, which splits the amplifier's labor to independently power each speaker driver for more efficient power usage. Super Sound EQ boosts the low, medium, and high frequencies at the touch of a button, and four preset equalizer curves are also included.
Other features include a drift-free, digital-synthesized tuner with 30-station (15 FM, 15 AM) presets, TPS (Tape Program Sensor, which lets you search forward or backward across up to nine cassette songs), detachable speaker grilles (in case you prefer the look of naked tweeters and woofers), and a multifunction remote control.
What's in the Box Panasonic SC-PM19S shelf system, remote control, 2 AA batteries, and printed operating instructions.
User Comments about the Remanufactured Panasonic SC-PM19S 5-CD Shelf System (Silver)
The player is very UNRELIABLE. I should have listened to the warnings. I was warned that lot's of moving parts = more chances of player failure. This is a player to definitely AVOID. This is definitely the case here. The CD changer involves many mechanical moving parts. The player looks and sounds nice, but it fails on the reliability factor.
I got it fixed and a few months later, all my CDs were skipping again. I had this player in for servicing three times in less than a year. After about 3 months of play all my CDs began skipping. Unless of course you enjoy spending alot of time at the repair shops.
It gets extrememly annoying if you care to listen to the music in any way.I took it in to be repaired, because I had loved this unit's performance up until this problem.The repair shop replaced the laser a couple of times, and they also cleaned it out thoroughly. It sounds a bit like a squeak and a dropped word or phrase during playback, and it happens pretty frequently (at least a couple of times a minute). When that didn't work, upon Panasonic's recommendation, they replaced the entire CD playing unit. The CD players on this model are notoriously unreliable -- they skip and cannot be repaired. I've had good luck with Panasonic in the past, but not sure if I will buy from them again.I bought this unit a little over a year ago, and 1 month out of warranty, I started to have a problem with the CD playback skipping, just little bits at a time. Still not fixed. I had mine in for repair, the whole laser unit was replaced, and it still skips. Upon hearing this, the repair shop told me that Panasonic had admitted having lots of problems with this unit and similar ones, which were somtimes repairable and sometimes not.It seems a case where the manufacturer knows that the unit is problematic but doesn't want to stand too tall behind the workmanship.Caveat emptor, indeed.
