This boom box will repeat one song over and over all night, and it will repeat the whole CD over and over all night; But, it will only operate on house current with my two boom boxes. Both boom boxes failed to run on batteries.
Press the Source button (next to the Power button) repeatedly until you see three dashes - - - across the screen, and that's it. Your CD will automatically start playing.
It takes 8 "C" batteries. The batteries install from the bottom of the machine. There is a diagram inside so you will see how to correctly position them.