I want to use this for exercizing outside. Is the reception the same as in the car? I get sick of my MP3 player.
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Its ok. as long as you don't have tall trees, or buildings. I would use the cell phone app instead. At least that would be more comfortable than those terrible stiletto head phones. You could record your programming, and listen to your content where ever you want. For your FYI. I have the stiletto 100, and the Stiletto 2. I still use the 100 that I purchased in 2008, and the Stiletto 2 became a two hundred dollar paper weight within two, and a half months. Check the web!
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Hi Susan,I have enjoyed mine now for three years. The reception is affected by the weather I have noticed. Usually what I do is put it in the cradle over night and have it record the programming I like. That way when I go to the gym in the mornings I have several hours of music available to me. The signal inside the gym is intermittent and it is affected by the structure of the building. So if you don't mind this it will be an awesome portable satellite radio I absolutely love mine.
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Absolutely! My husband takes his to the local park and walks four miles every morning. He uses it in his barn, walking in the morning, in our truck, in our car and out west on his motor cycle. I hope this helps...........elaine
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Without Wi-Fi, the only way to get a live feed is to use the special headphones that come with this player. The headphones have a built in antenna. Too be honest, I do not use these headphones as they are very bulky. Instead I use the Wi-Fi streaming function of the player - which probably will not help you outdoors.
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The reception sucks. The only way to get reception with this device is to dock it with an antenna. The headphones are useless.
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Depending on location you are driving, around city it will pick up good but going farther out or under bridges it will be cutting in and out. I would not recommend it. If you want little better reception stick it on a top corner of a windshield. It worked for me.
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I have used it in populated suburban areas. It works better at some times than others. I use it for audiobooks, so a bit of static on occasion is not a big issue.
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IF you are looking for radio reception. Don't do it. I live in New York. A station every two digits on the dial for the Car radio. I get VERY LITTLE stations on this headset. It's only good if you hook your MP3 Player to it. Since that's what works, buy a much cheaper headset that accepts a MP3 player connector. If I didn't read all the happy reviews, That's what I would have done
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It's pretty good. I listen to podcasts streaming from my phone and the sound is audible on busy city buses. The range of the device is extremely limited, but that just means you have to keep your phone in a nearby pocket.
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Not very good in water, because as you go in and out of the water and down the pool not only does the reception change but so does the sound? I do like it for working around the yard? I like my UwaterK7 better, but it takes on water after a year. I have two and they both did the same, so I thought I would try something else and I am disappointed. I may try changing the earphones with the K7 to see if that will help with the reception and the sound. The manual must be for another radio too? But I think I have figured everything out.
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i got this radio so that i can listen to it where i live (Manasass Park, VA) because reception down there is very bad. This radio solves that problem. I can listen to my FM station with no static. I recommend it.
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I live on an Acre and it works great on my property. As far as the car I can not answer but I would say if you and people an acre away want to listen to your MP3 go for it. I would add this thing will broadcast further than my property. :-) Have a great day!!!
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The reception is great for me. My office is in the middle of a concrete building with large HVAC equipment on the roof above me and I have no trouble picking up my local public radio station. I just adjust the antenna every now then if things get wonky.
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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?!
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It works great out side the car as a speaker phone and for music/podcasts.I use it this way all the time. You can use it while it is charging too. It is a challenge to hold the unit without pressing one of the buttons.I have mine paired with an iPhone 5s and it works great. I have never been able to make the FM transmitter work as well as its predecessor did. The built in speaker is generally loud enough that its not needed.
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The sound is fine when you play the attached mp3/music device. Keep in mind the attachment is only transmitting a radio signal. If there is any sort of sound quality issue, more than likely it will have to do with the player or possibly the car stereo instead of this device. As long as the radio channel is not being used by a station, and your volume is all the way up on the attached device, everything will sound fine.
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Speaker good...it plays mps3.,,and it plays songs from memory card. But the antenna is terrible. Look up the "Tom tom"... It's the same thing, but has much better reception. Get that one!
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You must first tune your car radio to a blank station. Then set the FM transmitter to the same frequency. Once they are both on the same channel the FM transmitter should "take over". Just plug your mp3 player or whatever you use to the FM transmitter and it will broadcast on the station you set the transmitter to. I've even had friends in other cars next to me tune to the same station and listen to my music. The signal is pretty strong.
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Yes. I use it outside all the time and it works will. I have not used it with music.
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I use this radio in the village and jungle in central America and as I stated, I use a copper wire piece as added antenna and I get 2 channels out of 6 stations. I would say, it compares good, because when I rent a car, it also only gets 2 stations in the village. As a side note, I'm going to cut the antenna to the last/thickest section of the antenna and add a car antenna to the top of that. This should be perfect as it would give me a 3 foot antenna, instead of the OEM 12 inch antenna.
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mine would do well with running or jostling the player, but as soon as you go outside it cuts out. Mine was almost unusable outside in most areas.