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Fatal Flaw!
The headphone connection becomes loose on this radio with normal use, leading to in-and-out audio reception. Maddening! It happened on the first one I bought, but I bought another thinking it was a one-time flaw. Not so. It happened on the second one too. Don't waste your money. It's junk. Horrible design This walkman is at best highly annoying and at worst very dangerous to your ears. For some reason they decided to place the volume dial directly behind the clip and the lock mechanism does not lock the volume. The result is blasted out ears any time you try to clip the walkman on something or keep it in your pocket. A terrible design flaw - avoid this product if you value your ears. About as good as they get . I wear these type radios a lot of days for up to 9 hours a day for years had well over 20 different types. I been looking getting one for a long time finally I lost my volume knob off the older sony (sport model) I was using . This model list for around 60 $ found it remanufactured for 24$ on amazon search . I dont use the ear buds (I prefer comfort fit earphones style due to the comfort and also people can see them so they dont think in insane while laughing at comedy radio ). I also dont use the arm band I carry it in a pocket with the earphone wiring under my shirt as not to snag on items . Locking the controls is great I can sit on the radio in my rear pocket and drive with no damage . I thread the earphone cord through the attach point on the radio more or less like a safety chain as to not drop the radio to the ground . The only problem I have is when I handle the radio I always hit the volume knob changing the volume I wish it would lock . I like the battery indicator . The older sony you never knew when it would quit battery wise . This radio is the best I ever used waiting for the next model . With these type radios lets face it somewhere down the line you are going to drop it really bad and it will break( my personal record is from 32 ft while installing my satellite dish ) As far as repairs to a 24$ item is not worth the time involved and shipping fees I keep it for spare parts and buy another one of the same model . In fact probably should order one now . Kind of feel like I just jinxed myself . It made it 3 months so far have it on now . Nicely designed multiband radio I particularly wanted a radio that received TV sound, plus FM/AM. This receiver does all that plus a weather band. The design is convenient for exercising since you can wear it either on your belt or on your arm. Sound quality is excellent on FM with a nice bass boost. AM reception is average. Headphones are adequate but not superlative. Lack of automatic tuning is a negative so finding stations that are not on your presets are time consuming. It seems to be tough since I have banged it into the door frame several times while it was on my arm and dropped it a couple of times without any scratches. Manual tuning disappoints I expected more for a $50.00 radio from Sony. It's difficult to find radio stations, because there's no scanning or automatic tuning. (Two months ago I bought a no-name radio for two dollars and fifty cents that had automatic tuning - I just assumed Sony would offer this feature.) Reception is only OK. Also, the manual tuning is limited. You can only change the frequency by 1/10 (from 98.7 to 98.8). Often, the best reception would be in between (let's say, 98.75) and you can't get the best reception. Cool design. Like the mega bass. But a radio for jogging without automatic tuning/scanning is a bad investment. Don't buy it. | |
