i bought this for my daughter and everything was great untilit stopped charging. it would only play when plugged in. we began to put our own rechargable batteries in it. it wouldnt work unless we put regular batteries in it. then it stopped working all together. my daughter got less then a month of play time on it. i tried returning it to the store and they had changed their policy so i wrote and called the company. they gave me the run around and told me i must have done something wrong. buying it was a big mistake. and a waste of money.