trying to find a good radio and all these reviews makes it so leary to buy ANYTHINg, how can one have 18 5 stars and 8 1 stars?? I'm so confused
1697152
I own one, and we are happy with it. It is small, plays CDs, sounds decent and does the job, oh and it is cheap.
1697153
Because it depends on the music you listen to, how loud you like to listen to your music and the quality of the music. This player is mediocre at most for my liking. You have to be very careful with the CD door or it will break. Not enough volume for my liking.
1697154
This unit is fine, does everything you want it to, AND has both auxiliary in (play iPod or MP3 device through its speakers), AND has headphone jack, meaning you can listen to it through headphones (often best fidelity) OR use it as source of "audio in," such as copying audio onto PC/laptop.I had the unit, but it got donated to a halfway house on the Eastern Shore, bad decision on my part. Wish I still had the unit. Fidelity of its speakers is acceptable plus, and with its design, it has good base (sp?) for a boom box. Best feature is that headphone jack.
1697155
You can always purchase a lemon. I have two Memorex Sport CD/MP3 players which are in good working condition. The radios work fine for our use. We are a small clinic and use one for our motor lab and one for our audiological testing. So, at this point all we are using is the CD player. It works sufficiently. If you read my review, the sound quality and loudness is adequate for a small to medium (4 to 10) group of children. With the headphones, it works well. Best of luck. I have tried several other "boom boxes" for this price range, one died within 3 months, the others do not allow headphones nor MP3 CD formats -- this one does. Fort Adobe You can always purchase a lemon. I have two Memorex Sport CD/MP3 players which are in good working condition. The radios work fine for our use. We are a small clinic and use one for our motor lab and one for our audiological testing. So, at this point all we are using is the CD player. It works sufficiently. If you read my review, the sound quality and loudness is adequate for a small to medium (4 to 10) group of children. With the headphones, it works well. Best of luck. I have tried several other "boom boxes" for this price range, one died within 3 months, the others do not... » Read More You can always purchase a lemon. I have two Memorex Sport CD/MP3 players which are in good working condition. The radios work fine for our use. We are a small clinic and use one for our motor lab and one for our audiological testing. So, at this point all we are using is the CD player. It works sufficiently. If you read my review, the sound quality and loudness is adequate for a small to medium (4 to 10) group of children. With the headphones, it works well. Best of luck. I have tried several other "boom boxes" for this price range, one died within 3 months, the others do not allow headphones nor MP3 CD formats -- this one does. Fort Adobe « Show Less
1697156
It depends on what one is looking for. I wanted a radio that played MP3 formatted CD's. And that's exactly what I got & I am very pleased. It's not high end, but I listen to old radio shows so their quality is less than perfect. For the price, it's a lovely radio, plays MP3 formatted CD's, as well as regular ones. Perfect for the kitchen.
2061214
I returned the radio after receiving. I live midway between LosAngeles & SanDiego (60 mi. either way). I could not get more than 2 stations. You need to live near a city for it to work. I cannot ans. your question. Buy via Amazon Prime and you can return very easy if not happy. Lots of bennies/w Prime.
47927
Its all about reception and a $20.00 antenna will do just as good as an expensive model. Remember you get what you pay for. Expensive models you paying for the name, so it would be wise to check around for different name brands with quality. Check with consumer groups and do more research before buying an antenna.
2235975
I think you never have satellite radio.i personally think its waist of good money.the same songs over and over like the regular radio,I wish XM radio stop the ripoff and give the people what they paying for,we the people expect for the money we pained the best music and shows all the time and the same song only ones every two years.
1958493
No, but that's a good thing. Compared to the variety and number of quality radio stations on the net-Sirius is CRAP. I tried it for 6 months-the same song 3 days in a row-it was worse than AM. Spend some time-there are fantastic net stations in every genre. Trust me, Sirius is at the bottom of the barrel.
1607895
I don't recommend this radio to anyone is extremely complicated to use ,I don't like the way it functions and the remote control that comes with it doesn't work,I hope I answer your question
811322
I bought one for a road trip from Ohio to California. I heard people on the CB less than a dozen times. It was a major disappointment. I'm not sure what kind of radio systems truckers use these days. I remember taking a long road trip in the 80s. Cars AND truckers were using CB's and I was able to have conversations the entire way. Next time you see a trucker, ask them what they use!
296923
They are a very good radio I use mine on Ham radio. Which you have to be licensed. You need to apply for a business license from the FCC and see what frequency they give you I'm not sure what your location is and if you are in a heavily populated area or in the country if you have that many vehicles chances are you will need to be hooked up with a repeater system a lot of times there is somebody in the local area who supplies radios and repeater system .Chances are you would be cheaper off with a cell phones.
959363
scuseme, i already answer about the radio it work only two weeks. amsorry the brand is not good, i ask for another product and i never receive any answer from you you are loosing credibility.
872278
I found the sound quality lacking. I would recommend buying the Baofeng 888s - you get a MUCH better radio and a ton of accessories for half the price.
1015933
The radio records mp3's. As far as complaints regarding noise, I don't have that problem, in fact I would have to categorize this as the clearest sounding radio I have ever owned. I wonder if some of the problems that people have are due to the enviroment in which they are using their radios.
2121588
My honest opinion would be to buy a different radio. This one is junky. I bought the planet audio double din deck and that one is alot better than this one. Picture quality sucks. And this deck is not a double din. Its a single din. With a giant plate behind the screen that does come off. Scale of 1-10 I give it a 4.
1373255
I agree with Rick V.'s post. Many of the one star reviews appear to be written by users ranting about technical issues they know little about. Their "see my other reviews" often indicates they knew very little about the other products they reviewed. If a negitive review can't be supported by facts, and readers do not find the review helpful, Amazon should not use it. Some of the reviews are rather humorous excuses for not knowing what they ordered or how to use it.
715788
This is a CB radio. CB radios do not use frequencies like that. They literally just use channels #1-40
78042
You can't, they are crap. I tried them on two TV's and also had two other try and all I could get is a radio. Totally unhappy with this product. I guess you get what you pay for but why would Amazon carry it?
1283977
I tried it out today...FM radio sounds great. The player even has an "auto scan" option similar to seek in a car radio - it will automatically pick up all the stations that have good reception/audio quality and put them all in presets. This way you don't have to go through every decimal number (98.4, 98.5, 98.6,etc) looking for stations.
433763
This radio is no where what I thought it would be I would not give this radio very good rating. Audio is poor even with a ext speaker the head is not made good at all I had to replace the head of the one I have a week after installing it. And after I got the new one the screen had a lot of lines in it so I sent it back in and the next o e went out after I used it for about a week. I have not replaced it again