PANRR830 - Analog Standard Cassette Recorder/Transcriber Model RR830

I'm the Recording Secretary for a small Home Owners Association in a senior community. We needed a new tape recorder for our monthly meetings so I called the Town Clerk to see what kind they use for their Council meetings. She told me about the Panasonic and said they have six in Town Hall they use in different departments. I did have to order a microphone separately from Panasonic. The recorder worked like a charm, picked up everything very clearly and is very easy to use. The only problem I had was locating 90 minute tapes. Most stores in my area carry 60 and 120. I would highly recommend this recorder. I'm very satisfied.

The machine only turned on and the ear pieces of the headset was flaking all over - machine completely unable to be used- sent it back the very next day!

When my old transcriber finally had it, I had to buy a new one because I still need to transcribe things from the old cassettes from time to time. I looked at a lot of transcribers and settled on this one, and I was not disappointed in my choice. This has been a great asset when I've needed it and the quality is great. I highly recommend it.

I am also a professional transcriptionist and work with this machine several hours a day. I like it -- it's a good machine for the price. I replace mine about every 3 years or so. I have used machines that are MUCH more expensive and they may have a few additonal features, but this little machine has all the features I really need. I have never had a problem with the foot pedal. The usual reason for replacing is that the longer tapes (90 min. tapes) are heavier and can cause too much drag on the spindles. If you have to use the heavier tapes, you should probably get a heavy duty machine, but it will come with a heavy duty price tag.

IT WORKS, IT'S A LIFE SAVER. THIS OFFICE STILL USES THIS "TECHNOLOGY." WAS HAPPY TO FIND ANOTHER TRANSCRIBER.

I am quite a fickle - but very loyal - customer and when I find a product or service that meets my needs I work with it until the last bell tolls. I worked with this machine almost 20 years ago, and was so pleased with it that I put out an APB on it for use in our small home-base business. Imagine my delight when it popped up on Amazon.com at a most favorable price. I was so happy that bought it out right. Still going strong after all these years - and no, the Dictaphone is not obsolete by any definition of the word. What attracted me to this model was the fact that it carries both mini and standard cassettes, a counter, and the ability to set the number of words your pedal will present when you go fast forward or backward. Well worth the price I paid - and it's still in use in my business, even after this may years.

Item did not come with all expected attachments for use. Bomber. Not available for use which causes me to have to now either return it or purchase the attachments for use. Wasn't able to start my job due to missing parts. Not to satisfied with this item. Don't know if it works because of missing parts. By the time I find and order other attachments it may be too late to return.

My office has tried several different methods of transcribing letters and each one has failed for one reason or another. We finally decided to go back to what everyone trained on, it may make us look outdated, but it works and things are getting done a lot faster around here.Thank you to the seller for your assistance when dealing with a shipping error. Your response was prompt and courteous.