It does play CDRs, but is picky about which ones. A recent batch that I made on my plextor with Mitsui CDRs (one of the better brands)skips on it. CDRs made 10 years years ago have performed just fine. The unit has a new CDM 12 optical pick up on it. I'm just a bit surprised to find that my 9500 and CDX (both older units) seems more compatible especially

Hi: I'm wondering if BS Overture/4000 owners could share with me their experiences with the types of CDs that are playable on this system. Recently I discovered that my BS 4000 would not play CDRWs and is also picky about the certain CDRs. My unit has the Philips CDM 12.1, the linear optical pickup, not the radial pickup. In contrast, my CDX and

Thanks Andy! I'm amazed at how sophisticated this thing. Looks like I need to get a 2 way remote! I only have a 100s and BL 4s Derek

Foxtrott: These extra programming features that you talk about, are the a feature of the BL7000 or are they native to the 9500? In other words would ANY 2 way remote work? The other way to look at it is if I programmed the BC 9500 using a 2 way remote and then hid the the BL7000 under my bedsheets would the 9500 still know when to turn on or does it

Hi: Does anyone have an opinion on Penta 1s vs 2 and 3s? I've always wanted pair and there maybe an opportunity to pick up a pair of Penta 1s. I'm reluctant to jump on them because they do not have the alpha numeric display which I think looks "cooler." Aside from this were there any other differences? Can the 1s be "upgraded"

Peter, Thanks for your reply. I do have the manual, but I couldn't get the unit to function as I want it to. Let me play with it some more. Derek P.S. Looks like I need a BL7000 :)

Hi Peter: Well lets say I plan to use it as an alarm to wake me up during the work week (5 days) and on the weekends I'm out of town. That means every Friday, I'd have unplug it so that it doesn't come on on Saturday and stay on during weekend. It's kinda silly. You should be able to just disable it like you would a an alarm clock for

Peter: Thanks for the reply. So there is no way to keep the 9500 off short of clearing all of the programs or unplugging the unit? Is there a way to program the timer to turn off the radio after a certain time? So say on at 7 am off at 8 am? At least this way it won't be on all day? Derek

Hi: I recently started to use the Timer function on the 9500. I notice that when I disable the timer mode, the BC9500 still comes on at the preset time however in muted mode. Is this normal? What if I'm going on vacation and don't want the unit to come on at all, surely it doesn't make sense to clear all of the presets? Ideas? Thanks, Derek

Hi Graham: Thanks for your reply! Your describe my scenario precisely. I dove into it this weekend and it was an annoying process. It took me a good hour to get everything the way I wanted it! Derek