Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: don't recommend

Shortly after I purchased this product, the earphone feature stopped working...had to play tapes back on a different recorder if I wanted to listen using earphones. Still used to record since it worked better than my other one to pick up voices in meetings, although not always very clearly; however now I find that it will suddenly just stop recording -as if the tape is stuck- and won't restart unless I tap the machine. Very stressful to have to keep an eye on it! (NOT a problem with the batteries!)