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Singing nonstop!
I bought this as a birthday gift for my 11 year old daughter. She and her friends used it at her birthday party much to all's delight. We currently just use it as a stand alone, rather than plugging into the tv. Putting it together was simple and instructions on how to use were clearly self-explanatory as the girls figured that out without adult assistance.

Lots of fun, best amateur karaoke machine, I've used.
My husband got this karaoke machine for me at Christmas. I'm very pleased with it. It has lots of features that many other karaoke machines don't. I love the Audio Voice Control. On any regular music CD, when you have the AVC turned up it will take a portion of the regular singers voice out so you will become the lead singer on any regular CD. Depending how on key you are, the lead singers voice will get lower, but you will still faintly hear it- almost like a background singer. You can use regular CDs, demonstration karaoke cds or the CDGs with this system. The system will come with one CDG cd with a few songs on it (none of which I had ever heard!). Another excellent feature are high, low & flat buttons that will change the key of the music or lyrics so you can find the most comfortable range for your voice. The speakers are a nice streamlined size and will fit almost anywhere & the sound quality is great. The whole system is very easy to move around too. This model will hook up to a color TV too, and the video of the singer or the lyrics will be color instead of black & white.

Has anyone hooked this up to a CD Recorder yet? Will it work with a CD Recorder? The book didn't specify. I am curious to try this with a CD recorder and record our karaoke jams! I like also that there are 2 microphones on this model. One is a wireless. This system also has 2 microphone jacks, so you can actually have 3 people singing at one time- great for trios! I use a professional grade microphone of my own with this system and it sounds phenomenal. This system is a bit more expensive than most, but it had all the fun features I wanted.

The only things I didn't like on this model? Well, I didn't like the angle & placement of the camera. You won't be able to move around as the camera doesn't have much of a range or a very wide angle either. You have to stand right over the machine to even get a decent video recording of your singing. It's not a good angle to film anyone in. Also, the Instruction manual wasn't very through as to what you could do with this machine (ie can you hook up to CD Recorder/tape recorder?). Also, you cannot make MP3 files of your performance on this model. Also, they don't give you any information on where to find more karaoke cds.

My system has worked well so far. It has a registration card in the packaging, and from what it says, you send it in and you will have a 90 warrenty from the date of purchase from the Singing Machine company. Tho, like I said, I haven't had to call the company on their guarantee so far.

Overall, this machine is lots of fun for the serious karaoke bunch!

UPDATE: Yes this will hook up to a CD Recorder and the recording sounded very professional too!

Best bang for buck!
Very good product. Easy to set up and excellent quality for price. The small camera produces great video suitable for recording. With a high-end michrophone this unit can easily match professional quality systems. A+

Fantastic product! Works Great!
I just opened this item last night for an early Christmas present and played on it all night long. It works GREAT and even hooked up to our plasma tv perfectly. My ipod works great in it (although I wish the lyrics I have downloaded in my ipod would show up on the screen - but that's no biggie). Fantastic sound from the built in speaker. I would definitely reccomend this item to any karaoke fan!

All Singing Machine Products are Outstanding Quality
I have purchased many different items from this company over many years, and have always been happy. My most recent is the Singing Machine, the Black with black speakers (model #999). Can't wait for my kids to open it up this Christmas! That is how confident I am in the products!