How does this work in big cities with lots of FM traffic?
806851
I traveled from Cincinnati to Cleveland to Detroit to Dayton and back to Cincinnati without any issues. It works best when you use a station that is not assigned to a call number (in other words, where you hear static) and the number on either side does not pick up a station either. However, as long as you can find a station with static, you should be fine. If you happen to travel somewhere and the number you choose starts to pick up a station, just adjust your station and the transmitter to match.
1782811
FM reception is not too good where I live---but then, we cannot get ANY TV broadcast here and the stereo in the house gets only static. When we drive to the big city, however, the reception is quite good! Guess a lot depends on one's signal strength, eh?!
119230
It really depends on how much metal the building has. Metal may ask like an antenna and grab the signal before it gets inside the building and take it to ground. If the inside walls have metal 4x2's that is also metal the knocks down the signal. If you have old fluorescent lights and the transformers are in metal FM should work OK and AM in most cases should work. If you have updated fluorescent drivers and even some LED drivers you may have issues with AM. AM may not work well near many machines including a computer. This is why you have problems in large offices it is not how the radio works. Most homes are made with wood, stone and bricks. Radio goes right through these and there is not a good path to ground. It goes bet through wood and the thin wires inside the walls are not enough to grab most of the signals to ground. FM has more energy (higher frequency) and it much less to get noise. It does not like bouncing off other buildings when you get the same signal at two slightly different times. If you can, listen to Radio on line - they may not like you doing this.
1818640
I'm not sure. I know it works very well in the City. The stations are about 28 miles from my house.
898677
I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the music is on a reasonable level, you will most likely be happy enough with the quality.
766684
This unit does not receive stations via FM transmission. However, once you hook it up to your network there is a local stations list. It will be the stations near the unit that stream via the internet. The programming will be slightly delayed compared to over the air programming. <<< just in case you are trying to be caller number 10.
608277
Hi: I'm using it in a suburb with the stations about 20-30 miles away and all I can say is that it works remakably well at these distances.Al
201152
That's actually exactly how it's designed to work. You set the station to where it's all fuzzy and static. And it works flawlessly. Hope that helps. :)
162566
The device uses FM channels which do not have a "station" attached to it. So with that in mind it is only limited by the open air channels available in your market.
725348
Yes it can. There are trunks that can handle simultaneous outbound and incoming traffic.
1809613
FM reception is very good in the city--don't know about outlying areas. It's a little tricky to tune since not much space between bands, but still a very good little radio for the price.
419465
Avoid MSN, neat bells and whistles but lousy signal. I've had both MSN and FM traffic, FM traffic not as "cute" but it works because it gets a signal. I live in Seattle, signal reception was almost non-existent for MSN, except around the Microsoft campus where it was very strong - probably a conincidence?
222331
What I have noticed here in Memphis is that you have to periodically adjust the station. Some stations are not as clear/strong at my house but when I move closer to the city the interference increases and I have to change the frequency. It works on a moving vehicle very well if you can find a frequency that is not occupied strongly. It can overtake some broadcast frequencies as long as they are not super strong. Good luck
1927269
Interesting. I've been considering pre-ordering the 1390T. The amazon description says it does have multi-point routing, maybe it is wrong. With the FM transmitter on the 765T, do you have to use the FM transmitter, and does this mean you have to tune your radio to a dead FM channel while driving? Interesting point you make, because the prices are very similar on Amazon.
45703
Frankly, I don't know. Mine got stolen a long time ago. I had not used FM before I lost it.
753331
In my experience that shouldn't be happening. I was always able to pick a station on the FM band, match it on the digital readout, and pipe my iPhone through the car speakers. On intuition rather than science, I picked low powered stations (88.7 or 90.2 for example) rather than powerhouses and had good fidelity.
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not a pro on this but my understanding is the higher to number chosen the stronger the frequency will be, so you might want to try that for starters. If you have mountains or large city that will affect it as well. just remember at it's strongest frequency when used a lot they will want you to get an fcc license think that's $35 a year but google that if needed. hope some of this helps, contact motorolla customer service, just google their number and ask them directly if this didn't solve your problem and have fun.