Does FM radio work well? Has anyone had good reception with the FM radio?
1056792
Yes, it gets great FM reception. It has an FM wire antenna that can be moved around, and it also has a detachable AM antenna. It picks up more stations more clearly than my previous sony cd clock radio.
1579280
Sorry, I don't use the FM function of it. Other than that, I love it. The item performs more than well for the price. Battery life is good. I love the sleep mode feature because I bought mainly so it would put me to sleep! At times, I wake up on top of it and it withstands the bad treatment! The sound is good and clear.
294418
Hello D. Deen. I work in a older 3 story building, approx 90 plus years old, made of brick and cinder block. I get good reception on the second floor. The FM is strong regardless where the radio is. The AM works better by a window and away from electronics like computers. All said I am very happy with this radio.
1195687
I would say it has better than average reception of am/fm stations. It comes with external fm antenna and it's internal am antenna is vary good.
17409
Yes, with the plug in antenna the FM reception is good. However, AM is terrible.
712328
Yep, as the others have said, that's what I use mine for too. Works very well. Only drawback is it's hard to get any reception for the radio feature.
544224
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.
345343
For us the FM radio works great. We can get all the same stations we get in our car.
161983
Yes, That is the one thing that this does well. The FM transmitter part does not work well in my experience.
1906563
Yes. Mine is incredibly finicky. The FM is so sensitive that it takes me a few min to tune stations. The AM is rock solid. I do think it needs to be fixed though, it shouldn't be that hard to tune in a station like the one I'm trying to get. I have a Sangean digital radio and it gets everything just fine.
381775
Not very well. The reception is horrible. You get very few stations on any of the bands its on. Very very bad reception. And even worse sound quality.
2216374
The radio works on all bands. But the receive is not very good, the quality of the radio is good. They just need to get the receive improved.
759383
No - the reception isn't that good. I wouldn't rely on it for its FM receiver.
2071660
The FM receiver is good, but reception is going to be more a function of your FM antenna. I have a large, omnidirectional "S" shaped antenna which, in the over-radio'd Charlotte NC market pulls in a station on almost every frequency -- even WNCW, the popular non-commercial station from western NC.
1906571
No problem with my radio. Pulling in FM stations loud and clear from over 100 miles away using the internal antenna. AM reception is rather weak so I've added an external antenna to get better AM reception
157856
Yes, I'm happy with it, but I only listen to one FM station. Sometimes it depends on where you position your player. If it does not work in one part of the house, try changing location. Or try moving the antenna in different directions.
1920977
We have had no problem with either AM or FM reception and listen to the radio as often as the CD player. We do live in a rural area on top of a hill, but the nearest station is about 17 miles away, and we have no problems receiving it.