I just bought this recently. Ive checked everything out and everything works great. I love the speaker which can go pretty loud without having to use headphones. First, the radio is great. It receives channels easily and clearly. Second, the cassette player is awesome. Im using cassettes that i recorded in the 90's. I had a great akai recorder though. Lastly, the reason i actuallt bought this was for the recorder. Someone stole mine which used mini cassetes. I have quite a few empty cassetts so thats a plus. It does record only in mono not stereo. But mono is fine with what i need. Im happy wirh this piece so far and it was a great price. I recommend.