Hereby ProtelX, declares that this equipment (GPO Brooklyn) is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive, you can access a copy of this certificate on www. I have a silver one that the usb/mp3 player is acting up, so I will have to open it up and check it out. It may be hard to believe in our modern, mobile world, but there was once a time when taking your tunes with you on the go was quite the feat. The control can be used to change the balance between the left and right speakers, with the change displayed on the LED display. I would change the tweeter look if i could and change some of the flimsier buttons but thats mainly it.

I didn't think the mech looked very high quality but it has to be said that on my nice new tape it sounded very stable. PORTABLE: Fully portable, the Brooklyn comes with a rechargeable lithium battery with acharge time of 1. With over 6 million of the world’s best eBooks to choose from, Kobo offers you a whole world of reading. High-res audio and vinyl aside, the GPO Brooklyn Boombox can handle pretty much any audio source you care to throw at it.MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM: Your music can be enjoyed via the top-loading CD player, cassette player with recording function and digital tape counter, DAB and DAB+ FM radio with Info button, USB playback/recording, so it’s time to gather together your music from all media. Make sure magnetic tape is would tightly on the spools inside the cassette before inserting it into the GPO Brooklyn.

The tape mechanism uses a thin metal chassis with plastic gears (not uncommon) for rewind and fast forward. With a look straight out of the ’80s plus a dash of modern technology, the GPO Brooklyn manages to step both directions in time.underneath the main board is the board that houses the output level meters, CD/USB player controls and the tape counter. With a cassette deck, you can also go truly old school and record mix tapes again from any of the other sources – should you be able to track down a blank tape of course.

GPO Brooklyn - Boombox Stereo Bringing the '80s boombox bang up to date, the GPO Brooklyn gives you sound and style in equal measure. At first I thought it was perhaps a little too thin but after comparing it to a friends boombox that is from the early 80’s they feel somewhat the same.I love this, looks great, sounds great, I have to give it 4 stars though because I think more work is needed on smaller details, like all the volume/bass/treble knobs, etc feels pretty rushed, I like it regardless. Allowing a single chip to perform multiple tasks as opposed to electronics of yester year were a there many separate boards with larger components soldered to the circuit board.

A timed run against an mp3 of one of my favorite tracks was correct to the second so its seems consistent.

With mic input also included, you could clandestinely hold your friends to ransom with digital recordings of all their atrocious karaoke efforts. What’s perhaps even more interesting though is the ability to record audio to a blank USB stick inserted on the side.