Purchased this unit yesterday at Media Markt, returned today and tested replacement unit. Actually I'm very satisfied with the device, because of the price, the feature richness and also the sound. However, the boxes crack when playing CDs, the sound does not come out of the drive. This crack does not occur in the other media (tape, USB, SD, radio). So listen carefully with every purchase. For quiet, smooth songs crackling / popping falls on strong, with loud songs only at low volume. Seems a production error to be, because several devices have / meadows the same mistake. My guess: a maladjustment of the laser, although it takes place without errors, but the position is not reasonable levels off and accordingly produces noise. Error was made not only in my own home, but also in the test site with the local media market. So as I said, listen carefully and a complaint if necessary! The device is in fact really great and there was a repair and the information of the company Grundig worthwhile. Thank you for your interest.
