I have one. It's a Yamaha MDX-793. I like mine. I just bought it because I never owned one either, but thought they were neat. You got yours cheap. Mine was $150.00 from Ebay and had the manual and remote with it and was in excellent shape. I also have a minidisc portable player, a Sony. You can get some discs from Ebay, also thrift stores and flea markets. IF it powers up, you are halfway there.......