Panasonic SC-HC35 Compact Stereo System

• 2 3/4 Slim and & Stylish Design
• Powered sliding Door for CD/ iPod Dock
• Intergrated Universal Dock for iPod/iPhone

I paid full price for it at Best Buy and I won't return it: it works just great. I bought it for my love of audiobooks on CD. The remote does everything you can think of. The unit allows you to quickly back up for several seconds and by chapter. The display shows everything. I don't own an IPod but I do own a Sansa player. The unit has an audio input and my Sansa plays perfectly via a small connector cable (The unit will play anything that has a headphone output. To use it I bought a 3.5mm to 3.5mm male/male connector on the internet.) And of course it has all the usual FM, AM, clock stuff.

Two weaknesses: if you pause the CD for a long time, it will "forget" your last heard chapter. So you need to remember where on CD you left off. Also it's not an easy to live with wake-up clock radio because its use requires too many buttons to press (use your old clock radio).

But it' a keeper for sure. Looks great, sounds great, can do absolutely everything, and takes up no real shelf space.

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I wanted to update my old system to play my ipod but also wanted to have CD capability. $ wasn't an issue, but few systems had both features. Found the set-up somewhat simple and the only negative comment I can give is I have an older ipod and can only play music from playlists as this was indicated in the manual. Placed the unit in a large living/dining room area with cathedral ceilings. Can't believe the sound from this compact unit, it's amazing. Also the sliding door does concern me as I have read other reviews that this can malfunction. No regrets on this purchase so far.

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The SC-HC30 has great reviews on Amazon, so I figured that I would pick up the new SC-HC35 at Sears for $150. The unit looks great and has great functionality with pretty good sound for such a small unit. The downfall is a very high pitch hissing sound that is always produced except when a cd is spinning. It is similar to the noise that a tube tv makes when it is on, but a little lower frequency and much, much louder. I will be returning it today and looking for something else...perhaps the SC-HC30.

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I was looking for a small, budget-conscious bookshelf or tabletop radio/cd player, when I ran across the Panasonic SC-HC25 at Costco. Purchased it and loved it, except for one thing; not enough power for my taste. So, I returned it and was on the search again. I decided to purchase the higher wattage Panasonic SC-HC35. I really love this unit!

At first I made the mistake of comparing it to my previous component system, and of course there was no comparison. However, it provides me with good quality radio and cd playback and takes up very little space. This unit has different EQ and sound settings, so you can tweak the sound to some degree. Wish the volume went a little higher, but the unit and speakers are only so big. All in all, I think this unit offers quite a bit for it's small size and reasonable price. Don't own an IPOD, so I can't comment on that function.

I got a great deal on this through Amazon; free shipping and paid $40 less than retail stores near me. I will probably upgrade to a system with more power some day, but am very pleassd with this purchase.

This was a great little stereo for about 7 months, then it stopped recognizing my iPhone. Sometimes it will, mostly it won't. For me, it's worthless to have just a CD player... i already have a number of those. It does have a pretty good sound for the price... but unless you must have the CD function, I'd look elsewhere.

EDIT: Changed my rating from 1-star to 5-stars... I contacted Panasonic customer support (a good experience in itself) and they were able to walk me through a "reset" that fixed my major issue with this unit.