Aiwa CDC-MP3 Car CD Player

Pros: Crystal Clear, awesome sound, great look.
Cons: Skips.

I bought the Aiwa mp3 player from overstock.com about 2 months ago. I was a little anxious at first because this was my first mp3 in-dash player. When I got it, I installed it right away. I have to tell you, it was the greatest thing I've ever...

Pros: MP3 Playback in the car!
Cons: Remote mounted to steering. Auto Volume function not included.

*******UPDATE*******
03/23/01
Just to let you know, I still love my Aiwa unit, but in the interest of science I just purchased the Kenwood KDC-MP8017. I will be putting it through the paces over the next couple of weeks. Since the Aiwa unit now...

Pros: IT PLAYS MP3s!
Cons: Hard to find, useless remote.

No really, I mean it!

Aiwa has finally achieved the holy grail of consumer MP3 players: cheap and useful. Before the release of the CDC-MP3 unit, you might be able to get a useful unit, but it wouldn't be cheap. At $300, it is a quite...

Pros: Great sound, up to 512 mp3s, recognizes albums of mp3s.
Cons: Bumpy roads are a nightmare, no skip protection.

This player was bought for me for my birthday. I've been using it for over a month now. The only complaint that I have is that it has no skip protection. Anything more severe than a speed bump causes the CD to skip.

The good:

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Pros: Great sound, up to 512 mp3s, recognizes albums of mp3s.
Cons: Bumpy roads are a nightmare, no skip protection.

This player was bought for me for my birthday. I've been using it for over a month now. The only complaint that I have is that it has no skip protection. Anything more severe than a speed bump causes the CD to skip. The good: Reads MP3 files ...

Pros: Plays mp3s, removable face, remote control, H-Bass, can read Joliet filenames (Windows CDs)
Cons: Non stock looking display, purple lights, remote sensor on right side of stereo

When I was considering replacing my factory stereo with an mp3 player, I was debating whether or not to get an Aiwa brand car stereo. After looking at different brands I found the Aiwa to have a lot of features and a great price.

The CDC-MP3...

Pros: Price, MP3, Power
Cons: Skipped once

This is a really innovative product. It is one of only two car deck MP-3 players on the market that I know of (20DEC00), the other being a Kenwood deck at about $750USD retail. At $300USD retail for the Aiwa it is a good deal in my opinion. I found...

Pros: Great sound, easy to use, and of course plays MP3s!
Cons: Remote should be tossed. Needs a pause button.

Okay, I have never actually owned any others, but the Aiwa CDC-MP3 is quite simply one of the best products I have ever purchased. This is why I have decided to make it my first epinion.

I had serious doubts about Aiwa because I had never...

Pros: 10 hours of music in one cdr
Cons: No important ones

I have bought an AIWA cdc-mp3 and read the first opinion in the list, I think the guy who worte it is an ass, while it may be true that his unit didn´t work, that´s not the same way for every one. My unit works really great and I think that it´s well...

Pros: 175 songs on 1 CD!!!!!!!
Cons: Remote sucks

This is the best car audio product available right now. Being able to listen to over 175 songs (11+ hours) of music from one cd is where it is at. There are a few negatives with this unit but they are so minor I still give it 5 stars.

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Pros: Price, plays MP3s, reads/displays song tags, pushes good sound through my speakers
Cons: It does skip, but not nearly as much as stated previously (learn to drive people).

Well, I was surprised at how many people came here and gave the bad reviews for this unit. I bought this unit 2 years ago and I've had only one problem with it....the case broke (OH NO!!). I quickly read through the reviews and being a user of this unit ...

Pros: Plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs encoded with MP-3 data allowing 200 songs on one CD.
Cons: Relatively slow in loading mp3’s. Very cheap remote.

I have had this unit for about two months now. I wanted to become very comfortable with the unit before I wrote an epinion on it.

I recently had to replace my Blaupunkt car stereo due to very lousy performance from it. Not only did CD’s skip...

Pros: MP3's for the car!!! Reads ID3 tags; Plays CD-R AND CD-RW;
Cons: Useless wireless remote; No digital radio; Skips some (not enough to annoy)

Picture this...
1. Surf to http://www.billboard.com
2. Make your own weekly billboard CD-RW's from Napster.
3. Pop your CD-RW into your AIWA CDC-MP3 player
4. Repeat steps 1-4 weekly.

For long trips...
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Pros: Great clean sound quality, powerful and functional
Cons: Non yet...

Finally you can now play MP3's in your car! Burn CD's from your computer and take a collection of your favorite albums or MP3 collection and your set for the whole week! That's about 10 full hours of listening pleasure on a single 650 MB disc. At $299,...

Pros: Mp3s in your car. You can ge it cheap
Cons: the Manual was lacking and skips when i make sharp turns at about 40 mph.

I recently got this reciever for $210, about 90 under retail at http://shop.store.yahoo.com/discountsonline/aiwcdcaraudi.htm
Its awsome, I have used it for about 6 hours and no problems yet. The output is great and all I need is one cd for 10 hours...