I live in a rural area. How well will the FM tuner perform ?. Is there an external antenna connection ?.
2091277
Yes, the system does come with an external antenna. I live in town so I can't really answer your question as to how good the reception is but it works good for me. The cord on the antenna is fairly long so you should be able to get some height when hanging it. I'd say around 5 feet of wire, give or take.
2091278
I believe it does have connection for FM antenna. I returned mine because the DVD and USB stopped working.
1206494
Good question! never tried the fm reception so I can't answer it. Matter of fact I do not have this antenna anymore.
970681
No external FM antenna input, but the attached wire antenna works pretty well. BTW I see that others say it does have an external antenna input so I double checked my manual. All it says is to fully unwind the wire to improve reception and don't hook the wire to an outside antenna. Only inputs are 1 Coax for TV antenna or cable and an AM loop antenna input.
273978
Hi. I don't think it will work for weak FM stations because I believe FM uses a different band. You would need a high gain FM antenna. This does a good job on weak (from about 30 miles away HD TV station transmitters with good line of sight-- no mountains etc.). I have not tried it for FM but I doubt it would help.
1866887
I use an auxillery wire to tune into local radio. I have a radio tuner app on my phone. The wire acts an an antenna
2243480
I use one for FM USB 10-15 meters with an external auto tuner (LDG 100ProII) and have talked round the world. Limited results on 17 meters below that you are out of luck. If you need something simple for 10-20 meter antenna take a look at the Hy-Gain 12AVQ if you want to work even lower bands than 20 check out the Hustler BTV series of antennas. www.eham.com is a great shopping tool for reviews because they are not a retail sales site. You would need to look at HF Verticals and Wire category.
157854
The one good thing about this radio, is its reception. I live just outside a metropolitan area and have had no problems AM or FM.
1210156
mine works well without a additional antenna - it will depend on how strong your FM signal is.
1987712
It has an FM tuner, it also comes with an antenna you will need to connect to the back.
2216563
This radio works well for AM and FM reception. I live in the country, and often tinker in a metal outbuilding where I have an old stereo receiver (the kind with large remote speakers and lots on inputs like you would have in a living room) from the 90's with a digital tuner using a wire inside the building for an antenna. That system will often loose reception when all doors are closed. This little radio works better on both AM and FM even though I don't bother to extend the antenna.
1906568
I have had the same problem as mentioned by others. I bought it in 2013 and have struggled to tune in local FM stations, even with several different antennas. Nothing seems to work. Any additional suggestions?
1674029
I have not used for FM reception but for picking up TV channels and it works just fine, in fact better than a previous model I had.
702654
Sadly no external antenna connection. Has: line in, line out, headphones jack and external power. Has built in battery charger for MmH batteries. The sound is very good, AM reception is fair and FM is good. Hooking a wire about 36 to the telescoping FM antenna work very well.
441922
I have a HD AM/FM tuner with a coax connector daisy chained at the very end of feeds from my antennas. Yes, the HD8200U will provide FM reception. I'm going to avoid saying "good" and rather say "Improved" over 300 ohm flat wire type that comes with a lot of units in the box.I have since upgraded to D8Be antenna with even better UHF performance and improved non-directional ability. Hope this helps.
573000
I hooked it to my RV antenna and it works great. You have to do a scan in the setup mode for the tuner to find your local channels.
2094049
The antenna connector provided with the unit is simply about a 12" piece of wire with an RCA male connector on one end. There is an RCA female on the back of the unit. As for the FM station staying tuned, I have never used the FM. I only listen to music that I have on SD cards or USB.
1892818
NO AM/FM tuner, however, with the network capabilities you would be able to stream any radio station you wish. It will be a much better signal as well as giving you more options.