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sony radio
excellent product. Great reception. The vendor shipped quickly and it was delivered ahead of schedual GREAT ITEM! This Walkman does not come with the earphones pictured. That being said, my husband loves the radio. I don't think he would have liked the phones in the ad. Thanks for a great item. Review of complaints I read the reviews before buying this unit. There were two main complaints at the time. These were station interference and the power button being struck during storage, causing the battery to be drained prior to the next use. I bought this unit despite these complaints. I expected interference problems given the power of the unit and thought I could remedy the power button being accidentally struck. However, the user manual addressed both issues. The unit has a lock switch. This is mainly used, I believe, to prevent an accidental strike of any of the station keys, resulting in having your station accidentally changed. However, this lock switch can be used to prevent the unit from being accidentally turned on. When you turn the unit off, engage the lock switch. As long as the lock switch is engaged, the power won't go on when the power button is pressed. You just have to remember to disengage the lock switch before turning the unit on next time. I forgot and started thinking either the unit was faulty or the battery was bad. Concerning the station interference, there is a tuning switch that has two settings. I'm unclear of it's purpose but if it's set to the wrong setting, any station will be difficult to hear. I don't believe the tuning switch would corrcct the interference of competing stations, but thought I'd mention it here anyway. I'm next to Philadelphia but no where near downtown. My area largely doesn't have competing stations. But it is possible to have station interference on some stations at certain times and at certain physical locations. I would expect station interference to be commonplace in large cities. But, again, I would expect this given the unit's power. The weather stations typically are hard to hear, but I've had this problem with past units from other companies. I need to listen carefully, but given how often I listen to weather, this is no problem. I hope this information helps. I'm very glad I bought this unit and am using it a lot more than I had expected. Excellent Price Performer--Senior Citizen Using this Sony Walkman as my travel radio after several years owning a comparable Sangeon (it died after a moderate fall) has brought me back to Sony products. Price was about 1/3 of a comparable Sangeon model; sensitivity and station selection is excellent; battery life is yet to be seen--I'm still on my first AAA battery. Some of the critiques about presets really don't apply when going cross country in a train, for example; anyway, does anyone really use 25 presets? Can't Go Wrong With This Radio I bought this to replace an older Sony Sports radio(the yellow one) which had just given out. After giving this little gem a good workout for several weeks, I'm ready to pronounce it a WINNER! I live in the Chicago area and get excellent reception on AM/FM/and TV local stations which I often listen to on long morning walks. The presets are plenty and easy to program. Looking for a reasonably priced well-constructed and versatile radio?-look no further. | |
