This product has many 5 star reviews on different websites. Ignore most of these reviews. They all include a disclaimer that VTech made the toy available to these reviewers free of charge. We just wanted a karaoke machine that our little one could use to create wording and hear his own voice. Not this product. The microphone barely works and the "effects" are mostly absent. But the worst thing is that the machine constantly offers to "sing a song". No matter which setting you choose, the machine will repeat "let's sing a song" over and over again. This is literally a nightmare. Quick review: avoid it.