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product_id: 1143921
title: "High Power MP3 AM/ FM Radio Cassette Recorder with USB and Music Port High Quality Sound with 2-Way 4 - Speaker (Black)"
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# USB & Music Port playback AM/FM radio with 16 presets 280W total power High Power MP3 AM/ FM Radio Cassette Recorder with USB and Music Port High Quality Sound with 2-Way 4 - Speaker (Black)

**Brand:** panasonic
**Price:** 3325 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Power your nostalgia with modern versatility — sound that commands attention!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** High Power MP3 AM/ FM Radio Cassette Recorder with USB and Music Port High Quality Sound with 2-Way 4 - Speaker (Black) by panasonic
- **How much does it cost?** 3325 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- panasonic enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted panasonic brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Legacy Meets Modern:** Cassette recorder functionality preserves your vintage collection while USB and MP3 support keep you connected to today’s digital soundscape.
- • **Customizable Audio Profiles:** Five EQ presets plus MP3 Re-Master and Sound Virtualizer let you tailor sound to your vibe, from vocal clarity to immersive bass.
- • **Smart Radio Tuning & Presets:** Store up to 16 AM/FM stations with easy remote control access—never miss your go-to broadcasts, even in busy schedules.
- • **Seamless Multi-Source Playback:** Play your favorite tunes from CDs, cassettes, USB drives, or any digital device via the front music port—versatility that keeps your playlist fresh.
- • **Immersive 2-Way 4-Speaker Sound:** Experience rich, natural surround audio with 10W per channel power delivering crisp highs and balanced mids.

## Overview

The Panasonic RX-D55 is a high-power 280W boombox featuring a 2-way 4-speaker system for natural surround sound. It supports multiple playback options including CD, cassette, USB, and AM/FM radio with 16 presets. Enhanced with MP3 Re-Master and Sound Virtualizer technology, it offers customizable EQ settings for tailored audio experiences. Designed for both vintage cassette lovers and digital music fans, it combines classic recording capabilities with modern connectivity in a sleek, portable design.

## Description

Panasonic's RX-D55 CD Radio Cassette Recorder is a 280W cassette recorder with USB and music ports and high quality sound with four 2-way speakers. This boom box features natural surround and high quality sound with MP3 re-master and sound virtualize. It plays CD, CD-R/RW and MP3, has an AM/FM radio and a cassette recorder, and comes with a remote control. It comes with both a European plug and a US plug adapter.

Review: My long winded take/review :-) - I like the build quality but the sound to me varies with the type of music that is played and what medium that music is played on. For example playing Classical music via CD the clarity is superb in my book. A piano solo sounds fantastic via CD. Turn on the sound virtualizer and the piano jumps out at ya. Playing a quality and well recorded normal bias tape sounds wonderful as well. There will be a slight tape hiss since this unit does not have Dolby A,B,C or HX Pro noise reduction. I believe that is not a failt of Panasonic but rather that Dolby has stopped issueing license rights for Dolby NR on Cassette decks. Playing music via the USB sound OK but not mind blowing as the Quality of MP3's even at 320 are OK but not the same as the way the CD sounds. CD is lossless non-compressed audio compared to Lossy compressoon of MP3, that would be the reason why. Playing device over the (music port) aka (line in) works just fine however! :-) if using the earphone out of a media player such as an iPad, iPod or iPhone care should be taken with the volume of the device. It is easy to cause the input signal to clip and a noticeable 'POP' and 'Crackle' sound will be a result on certain parts of a song with high BASs or high TREBLE. After I found the right sweet spot volume wise with my iPod the sound was actually pretty good. Jimi Hendrix sounded awe-some with the sound virtualation enabled. Can some one say 'Wide-Stereo' mode of the high end boomboxs of the mid to late eighties! Now back to the sound quality, The lows are some what lacking fullness. No matter what eq setting , there are only 5 available settings (Heavy, Clear, Soft , Vocal or EQ OFF) The BASS is somewhat lacking. There is some but not that solid BASS I get from my old school Pasonic from the late 80's now keep in mind that the speakers in this unit according the the owners manual are 8 CM or 3.149 inches. And a 1.5 CM .59 inch ceramic tweeter. Where my 80's box has 12 CM or 5" in drivers. So one can not expect too much after all this is not a Bose system not at this price. As far as clarity CD's, Quality well recorded tapes sound awesome as long as its not a BASS heavy track! Same for devices on the aux in/ music port depending on the quality of the music recording/format/ encoding/ compression etc etc example don't expect too much from a 64kbp mp3. Most of the music from my iTunes collection sounded pretty good. USB playback this all depends on the same factor as far as the compression/sample rate of the MP3. Too bad Panasonic only Made support for MP3 play back and not support for AIFF, WAV and FLAC. That would have allowed for some great sounding tunes via USB at the cost of space of course. . Also recording From the CD to the Cassette on a quality Maxell normal BIAS tape sound great for a normal type 1 casstte. The radio, FM reception is very good and sensative. I was picking up distant stations but with much static as this unit does not seem to have the old school 'Distant/Local' setting that helped pulling in far away stations (distance mode) or attenuating strong local stations (Local mode). Inwas able to use the receiver with out pulling out the antenna. I also happen to be in a good location for reception. There will be an exaggerated static hiss sound when tunned into a weak station or one that is way to strong with the Sound Virtualizer function on. I found it better to turn off the Sound Virtualizer in those situations. I find the Sound Virtualizer works best on CDs, quality recordings on tape as well as quality recordings on a media device. Recording your own voice, well this unit does not include a built microphone like boomboxes of the past. But if you get the right adaptors and a mic preamp along with a microphone you can use the music port and simply adjust the audio out of the mic preamp so there is no clipping and the audio input on the mic preamp properly you can acheive a decent recording. But be warned keep the volume low on the radio as it will squeel since the radio will act as a live monitor to the input signal via the music port. It will squeel! Not a pleasant thing for your ears and could hurt the speakers too if too loud. With that said, Over all I think this is a great value for the price and all that it has to offer. I just hope and oray it lasts me a while. My last system (non Panasonic ) the CD player quit
Review: Exceptional Quality Complete Compact Stereo - Review updated December 8, 2022 I now have two of these units, and will comment on both. This is a high-quality compact stereo system. There are 10 watts to each speaker whereas cheaper units come with only 1-3. The manual is detailed. Take care of the remote, you will need it for certain functions. To turn the player on, push the AM/FM button. To turn off, push TAPE/OFF. The sound quality is very good ... however, this player excels in playing music. The vocal audiocassettes and CDs I have require tweaking the equalizer, as the native sound tends to be a bit too muffled. The first one of these I have, via the headphone jack, is connected to older larger Bose powered speakers to excellent effect. There are several presets to tweak for various kinds of sound. The most basic are five equalizer presets: "heavy", "soft", "clear," "vocal," and "off." You can independently tweak the bass and treble. The virtualizer feature projects sound, and there is a "re-master" option, which reproduces the frequencies lost during recording. ... RADIO: You may want to install four fresh AA batteries to back up radio presets in case of power outage. If you do that, diary to check batteries every so often. I found the AA batteries leaking a year before the date they were stamped to expire. I don't use the larger batteries, just the AC cord. There are 16 presets each for AM and FM. Start by tuning to the lowest radio frequency. On the remote, hold the forward arrow button down for a second and it finds the first station. Say you want a preset there; press "program"; then the number buttons to assign a number to it (eg., press #1) and that is your preset. Push the forward button to find the next station you want; press "program" then the number buttons (eg., #2). Alternatively, you can use the "auto preset" button and presets for the strongest stations in your area will automatically be set. To listen to a station, press its number on the remote's keypad. Update on the radio: Now having another of this boombox to use in another room, I've discovered that indeed the radio reception tends toward the weak side. I'd thought it was just the location of the first one (plus that I'm not in the perfect location buildingwise for radio reception), however, trying out the newer Panasonic in another room still fails to achieve strong reception. ... CD PLAYER: This is full-featured. You can start on any track, program the order of tracks, skip tracks, and repeat the CD. Use the remote to program the CD player or the Play button on the unit to just play it. Con: I find it inconvenient that this boombox does not turn itself off after playing a CD. ... USB DRIVE, MAX 8 GB SIZE: The main thing I've used on this unit is the USB port and flash drives to play MP3 music. Back in the day, we could hear about 5 songs on one side of a 33 RPM and then wait for another one to flop down from the spindle. Contrast that with listening to hundreds of songs that play automatically. When you turn off the player, it remembers where it was on the USB drive and takes up in that place, as long as the unit stays connected to power. There are a couple of ways to get music onto the USB flash: 1) Synchronizing with Windows Media Player - In Media Player, you can rip CDs to your computer as MP3s, enhance the quality of the MP3s up to the maximum (320 KBPS) and add to a flash drive. 2) Direct copy and paste of each MP3 - In this method, you insert the flash drive into the computer's USB; open My Computer; open the flash drive; open your Music folder; copy and paste the files - just the music files not the folders and sub-folders - into the flash drive window as you would any other window. Adding Auto Volume Leveling to Music on USB Flash Drive: When listening to music, do you ever find that one song will be too quiet so you turn it up, then the next will be too loud, so you have to turn it down again? Adjusting music volume is called leveling, normalizing, or changing the gain. When it works, the overall volume is similar from song to song without coming in at different volumes. Windows Media Player has Volume Leveling available but these features don't transfer to your flash drive. If you're somewhat "tech savvy," you can use a free program called MP3Gain. Google MP3 Gain for the You Tube demo videos and the website.If you install MP3 Gain, please read the Help file first; I recommend setting it so that your original copy is not overwritten but a new copy is made with the gain adjustment. Or just keep a backup copy of your music library. If you like the program, please make a small contribution to the author. Update on USB Function: After several years, the USB player stopped playing the songs that normally played at the end. Unsure why this happened. To solve this, purchased a San Disk Clip Jam MP3 player and copied my music to it; attached it to the Pana via the 3.5 mm "Music Port", and the result sounds fine, plus, the Clip Jam holds more music and has extra features. ... AUDIOCASSETTE PLAYER/RECORDER: If, like me, you have the older cassette tapes, it is getting hard to find players for them anymore. This unit has that capability. Unlike cheaper players I have, the Panasonic handles even the longer tapes (longest I have is about 50 minutes on each side). ... If you have read this far, thank you for reading, and hope this has been of some help to you. Enjoy the music!

## Features

- High Quality Sound and High Power with 2-Way 4-Speaker and Big Size Speaker Box 280 W
- Music Port on Front Panel for Digital Audio Player Playback.
- Speaker power rating of 10 watts per channel
- Natural Surround & High Quality Sound with MP3 Re-Master & Sound Virtualizer.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B004L0JI94 |
| Batteries | 2 AA batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | #178,743 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #279 in Boomboxes |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,606) |
| Date First Available | January 26, 2011 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 10.14 pounds |
| Item model number | RX-D55GC-K |
| Manufacturer | Panasonic |
| Product Dimensions | 10.67 x 16.06 x 5.83 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Panasonic
- **Color:** Black
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 10.67 x 16.06 x 5.83 inches
- **Speaker Type:** Surround

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Will this allow me to key in CD tracks higher than 9? My French lessons CDs have 71 tracks; can't keep pushing 'forward' all the time.**
A: According to the manual:  "NOTE on CDs...This unit can access up to 99 tracks."  I just accessed a disk with 35 songs by pushing the remote button  ">10" and then "3" then "5" and got song 35.

**Q: FM reception is not good. There is a single screw on the back for an additional antenna, but a dipole antenna needs 2 screws. Any suggestions?**
A: Tuner must be set to US step increments.  Factory default is set for European standard:For any purchasers who may have misplaced the manual: Page 6 AM allocation setting:This system can also receive AM broadcasts allocated in 10 kHz steps.To change the step from 9 kHz to 10 kHz1 Press and hold FM/AM.After a few seconds the display changes to a flashing display of the current minimum frequency.2 Continue to hold down FM/AM.* When the minimum frequency changes, release the button. To return to theoriginal step, repeat the above steps.* After the setting is changed, any previously preset frequency will becleared.Here is a link to the manual: (it is in English , Spanish, Polish and Slovakhttp://content.mixelectronics.pl/Produkty_Dokumenty/radiomagnetofon-z-cd-panasonic-rx-d50eg-s-2237-100002-11360.pdf

**Q: Does this have a jack for headphones?**
A: Yes, there IS a headphone jack -- it is on the rear of the boombox.  It also has a "Music Port".  To use the Music Port you need a cord from whatever external music device you may have.  The cord must have a stereo plug which fits your external device's headphone jack _AND_ another 3.5mm stereo plug, at the other end, which plugs into the Music Port.  That way you can play music from your external device through the sprakers of the Panasonic boombox.

**Q: does it have an sd card slot?**
A: No on-board SD...but, it is super easy to buy an SD or MicroSD to USB converter.  They are usually under $5.  Good idea!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My long winded take/review :-)
*by L***R on February 3, 2018*

I like the build quality but the sound to me varies with the type of music that is played and what medium that music is played on. For example playing Classical music via CD the clarity is superb in my book. A piano solo sounds fantastic via CD. Turn on the sound virtualizer and the piano jumps out at ya. Playing a quality and well recorded normal bias tape sounds wonderful as well. There will be a slight tape hiss since this unit does not have Dolby A,B,C or HX Pro noise reduction. I believe that is not a failt of Panasonic but rather that Dolby has stopped issueing license rights for Dolby NR on Cassette decks. Playing music via the USB sound OK but not mind blowing as the Quality of MP3's even at 320 are OK but not the same as the way the CD sounds. CD is lossless non-compressed audio compared to Lossy compressoon of MP3, that would be the reason why. Playing device over the (music port) aka (line in) works just fine however! :-) if using the earphone out of a media player such as an iPad, iPod or iPhone care should be taken with the volume of the device. It is easy to cause the input signal to clip and a noticeable 'POP' and 'Crackle' sound will be a result on certain parts of a song with high BASs or high TREBLE. After I found the right sweet spot volume wise with my iPod the sound was actually pretty good. Jimi Hendrix sounded awe-some with the sound virtualation enabled. Can some one say 'Wide-Stereo' mode of the high end boomboxs of the mid to late eighties! Now back to the sound quality, The lows are some what lacking fullness. No matter what eq setting , there are only 5 available settings (Heavy, Clear, Soft , Vocal or EQ OFF) The BASS is somewhat lacking. There is some but not that solid BASS I get from my old school Pasonic from the late 80's now keep in mind that the speakers in this unit according the the owners manual are 8 CM or 3.149 inches. And a 1.5 CM .59 inch ceramic tweeter. Where my 80's box has 12 CM or 5" in drivers. So one can not expect too much after all this is not a Bose system not at this price. As far as clarity CD's, Quality well recorded tapes sound awesome as long as its not a BASS heavy track! Same for devices on the aux in/ music port depending on the quality of the music recording/format/ encoding/ compression etc etc example don't expect too much from a 64kbp mp3. Most of the music from my iTunes collection sounded pretty good. USB playback this all depends on the same factor as far as the compression/sample rate of the MP3. Too bad Panasonic only Made support for MP3 play back and not support for AIFF, WAV and FLAC. That would have allowed for some great sounding tunes via USB at the cost of space of course. . Also recording From the CD to the Cassette on a quality Maxell normal BIAS tape sound great for a normal type 1 casstte. The radio, FM reception is very good and sensative. I was picking up distant stations but with much static as this unit does not seem to have the old school 'Distant/Local' setting that helped pulling in far away stations (distance mode) or attenuating strong local stations (Local mode). Inwas able to use the receiver with out pulling out the antenna. I also happen to be in a good location for reception. There will be an exaggerated static hiss sound when tunned into a weak station or one that is way to strong with the Sound Virtualizer function on. I found it better to turn off the Sound Virtualizer in those situations. I find the Sound Virtualizer works best on CDs, quality recordings on tape as well as quality recordings on a media device. Recording your own voice, well this unit does not include a built microphone like boomboxes of the past. But if you get the right adaptors and a mic preamp along with a microphone you can use the music port and simply adjust the audio out of the mic preamp so there is no clipping and the audio input on the mic preamp properly you can acheive a decent recording. But be warned keep the volume low on the radio as it will squeel since the radio will act as a live monitor to the input signal via the music port. It will squeel! Not a pleasant thing for your ears and could hurt the speakers too if too loud. With that said, Over all I think this is a great value for the price and all that it has to offer. I just hope and oray it lasts me a while. My last system (non Panasonic ) the CD player quit

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exceptional Quality Complete Compact Stereo
*by P***R on August 31, 2011*

Review updated December 8, 2022 I now have two of these units, and will comment on both. This is a high-quality compact stereo system. There are 10 watts to each speaker whereas cheaper units come with only 1-3. The manual is detailed. Take care of the remote, you will need it for certain functions. To turn the player on, push the AM/FM button. To turn off, push TAPE/OFF. The sound quality is very good ... however, this player excels in playing music. The vocal audiocassettes and CDs I have require tweaking the equalizer, as the native sound tends to be a bit too muffled. The first one of these I have, via the headphone jack, is connected to older larger Bose powered speakers to excellent effect. There are several presets to tweak for various kinds of sound. The most basic are five equalizer presets: "heavy", "soft", "clear," "vocal," and "off." You can independently tweak the bass and treble. The virtualizer feature projects sound, and there is a "re-master" option, which reproduces the frequencies lost during recording. ... RADIO: You may want to install four fresh AA batteries to back up radio presets in case of power outage. If you do that, diary to check batteries every so often. I found the AA batteries leaking a year before the date they were stamped to expire. I don't use the larger batteries, just the AC cord. There are 16 presets each for AM and FM. Start by tuning to the lowest radio frequency. On the remote, hold the forward arrow button down for a second and it finds the first station. Say you want a preset there; press "program"; then the number buttons to assign a number to it (eg., press #1) and that is your preset. Push the forward button to find the next station you want; press "program" then the number buttons (eg., #2). Alternatively, you can use the "auto preset" button and presets for the strongest stations in your area will automatically be set. To listen to a station, press its number on the remote's keypad. Update on the radio: Now having another of this boombox to use in another room, I've discovered that indeed the radio reception tends toward the weak side. I'd thought it was just the location of the first one (plus that I'm not in the perfect location buildingwise for radio reception), however, trying out the newer Panasonic in another room still fails to achieve strong reception. ... CD PLAYER: This is full-featured. You can start on any track, program the order of tracks, skip tracks, and repeat the CD. Use the remote to program the CD player or the Play button on the unit to just play it. Con: I find it inconvenient that this boombox does not turn itself off after playing a CD. ... USB DRIVE, MAX 8 GB SIZE: The main thing I've used on this unit is the USB port and flash drives to play MP3 music. Back in the day, we could hear about 5 songs on one side of a 33 RPM and then wait for another one to flop down from the spindle. Contrast that with listening to hundreds of songs that play automatically. When you turn off the player, it remembers where it was on the USB drive and takes up in that place, as long as the unit stays connected to power. There are a couple of ways to get music onto the USB flash: 1) Synchronizing with Windows Media Player - In Media Player, you can rip CDs to your computer as MP3s, enhance the quality of the MP3s up to the maximum (320 KBPS) and add to a flash drive. 2) Direct copy and paste of each MP3 - In this method, you insert the flash drive into the computer's USB; open My Computer; open the flash drive; open your Music folder; copy and paste the files - just the music files not the folders and sub-folders - into the flash drive window as you would any other window. Adding Auto Volume Leveling to Music on USB Flash Drive: When listening to music, do you ever find that one song will be too quiet so you turn it up, then the next will be too loud, so you have to turn it down again? Adjusting music volume is called leveling, normalizing, or changing the gain. When it works, the overall volume is similar from song to song without coming in at different volumes. Windows Media Player has Volume Leveling available but these features don't transfer to your flash drive. If you're somewhat "tech savvy," you can use a free program called MP3Gain. Google MP3 Gain for the You Tube demo videos and the website.If you install MP3 Gain, please read the Help file first; I recommend setting it so that your original copy is not overwritten but a new copy is made with the gain adjustment. Or just keep a backup copy of your music library. If you like the program, please make a small contribution to the author. Update on USB Function: After several years, the USB player stopped playing the songs that normally played at the end. Unsure why this happened. To solve this, purchased a San Disk Clip Jam MP3 player and copied my music to it; attached it to the Pana via the 3.5 mm "Music Port", and the result sounds fine, plus, the Clip Jam holds more music and has extra features. ... AUDIOCASSETTE PLAYER/RECORDER: If, like me, you have the older cassette tapes, it is getting hard to find players for them anymore. This unit has that capability. Unlike cheaper players I have, the Panasonic handles even the longer tapes (longest I have is about 50 minutes on each side). ... If you have read this far, thank you for reading, and hope this has been of some help to you. Enjoy the music!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by P***T on November 10, 2019*

I bought this product to have music when my expensive hifi system has issues and leaves me without music in my house. Wanted a radio, cassette & CD player with possibility of plugging my iphone as the unit does not have bluetooth. The unit came from the US to Australia and played without faults from set up. For the money ( it cost me one tenth of my speaker cables), I was not disappointed. Loved to hear my old cassettes that were recorded on a Nakamichi tape deck 20 years ago....they sounded very good. Cd and radio also sound good; heaps of features on the handset. Only thing to be careful of is that you must ensure the power selector on the bottom of the unit is on the correct voltage for your country e.g. 240V as it is in Australia. User guide can be read on the web before purchasing. Well recommended.

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