I know it was used. But if I wasn't handy with those things it would have been a bad purchase. The radio faceplate was broken, the tone/balance/fade knobs were missing and one of them didn't work right, the volume component was loose and needed repair. The radio code was not included so even after asking for it and not getting any reply, I searched the web for how to get it and eventually got it. Without that code the whole unit is worthless.