Shame on RF: this is an awful product
933427
Right out of the box, it was clear the tricycle was a shoddy product. We were surprised at the poor construction and quality but love RF's other products and decided to give it a try. We read the instructions, carefully put it together and hit the sidewalk. After a year of use: it never worked well - the locking feature didn't function and the bottom pin would work itself loose. The handle bars would come off. It was too delicate for adults to pick up and carry around. We found ourselves regularly tightening all the parts to keep it in one piece. And then, last night, on a regular walk with our son, the whole thing fell apart as we rolled. After two blocks, the handle bars came off in our toddler's hands, then the front wheel column peeled off and he pitched forward onto the pavement. Shame on RF for putting such a crappy and dangerous kid vehicle on the market.
1900904
This product is total garbage.  It was poorly designed by Gran Prix (That's GPX ...)
If you put two AAA batteries in this unit, you will get about 2 hours of decent listening before the unit becomes so glarbled and scrambled, all music and voice becomes completely inaudible.

Apparently this unit has some sort of audio filtering to make it 'sound better' when scanning channels, but whatever that audio filtering is, it completely zaps batteries and requires such a specific amount of power from the batters, that after the batteries fall below 80%, the unit begins to sound like garbage because the audio filter begins to fail.  80%!! The batteries are basically still 'new'(ish).

I got a different portable AM/FM radio and the same AAA batteries lasted TWO WEEKS with nearly 5 hours a day of use! TWO.  WEEKS.
Not. TWO. HOURS.
4400832
This piece of $#^! has been emitting the most annoying screeching sounds at random for years now. I'm finally junking this thing as even though the sound quality is very good most of the time as I just can't take the random, incredibly high-volume, chirping noises. Onkyo customer service was no help whatsoever. The boy who answered the phone said he'd never heard of the issue and to take it to a repair center where I'd surely be charged over $100 just for the inspection. When i asked if there were firmware updates he said no and that they'd probably have to replace the circuit board. I've pampered this receiver from day 1 but it was clearly a lemon and Onkyo has no interest in standing up for their product. Will never buy from them again
4399865
Here in the L.A. area, this product detected over 60 channels and added them to the lineup.  I deleted dozens of channels because I am not interested in home shopping, religious programming and programming in languages other than English.  This defective product restored those unwanted channels against my will.  I attempted to tag those unwanted channels as "skip" and this defective product removed the "skip" tag and added them to the channel lineup.  Also, this item has a remote control with buttons very small and close together which make it very difficult for an average adult human's hands to operate it.  The manufacturer was unable to resolve the problems that I encountered so I had no other recourse than to return this item for a refund.  Save yourself the time, money and frustration and pass this item by - Do not buy this piece of junk.
4649303
I have a Rolton W405 FM radio which is similar in size and price ($13) and which I would rate as five stars for its build quality and performance. I bought this radio for the addition of AM. As expected, both radios are made in China but thats where the similarities end. This one must be from the cheap part of China, or Chinas China if you will...

Theres really nothing to like about it. I would rate it zero star if that was possible. The plastic is flimsy and nasty. But more importantly, its performance is atrocious. In a perfect location the reception is clear, but anywhere else it drops off dramatically. When tuned to the same FM frequency and placed beside the Rolton, the Rolton is crystal clear while this one is 90% static. I do not believe I received some kind of dud, this is what it is. Im returning it to Amazon but frankly its such a nasty little piece of junk I was tempted to bin it and forget it. If you insist on buying one, I would say $5 is already overpriced.
3238843
After first installing the RF amplifier, I went to tune the TV by performing a channel scan.  However the the The connector snapped off when I attached the RF cable and tightened it a bit.  Apparently the nut to secure the RF connector was loose and by torquing it down caused the connector to snap off near the circuit board.  I basically had to just throw this unit into the trash.  The construction design is rather terrible. Circuit board has poor grounding as well.  I had a RadioShack version of the same device that was better constructed than this unit.
743722
This device seems good quality on the outside, and the display is clear and works fine, but I could NOT get any radio stations at all on it and my other radio gets over 40 stations loud and clear, then when i connected it to my iPhone and played music, it was scratchy and bad quality, so I took it apart as I know about electronics and enjoy learning how things work, after i removed the nice speaker grill i saws the two speakers and they seemes ok quality, but when i pressed on them one was fine and the other had coil rub!!!! COIL RUB RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX!!!  I continued to open it and when I saw the main board that had  the FM receiver and amps for the speakers, I knew why it didn't work good, everything had glue on it and the amps were cheap chinese knockoffs of the real amp chips from a reputable manufacturer, then i disconnected the connector for the bad speaker and played a few songs, they were still scratchy with the good speaker connected, I also tried one of my speakers I had laying around,same result then too, awful, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT UNLESS YOU WANT JUNK OR WANT TO JUST DISTROY SOMETHING!!
3578308
I have another wireless video systems that I use to monitor hidden traffic behind my Camper RV.  The one I currently have was made by PEAK and sold by Sam's club.  Although the camera and 7" monitor were very adequate, the RF transmitter is below par and "cuts out" while on the road for no good reason, rendering it untrustworthy for monitoring rear traffic. Actually, I am using a direct connection with great success, albeit inconvenient considering the connection and wire routing hassle.  In trying to find a "better" solution, I purchased a set of these units.  Before going through the trouble of running wiring and installing them on my RV, I tried them in the living room under controlled conditions.  They intermittently transmit/receive a maximum of about 15 feet, and I'm being generous.  The video would breakup and recover for no reason even at a distance of about 4 feet.  This is the same or worse operation that I get with my current RF system mounted on the RV now.  I think the available technology is just not good, probably because of the price point and the FCC restrictions.  Once you see the quality of a "hard" connection, its difficult to return to the RF solution.
1673688
This only played about 10% of my burned CD-R's that use MP3's. The sound quality is ok but nothing special.
The skip protection I can't adequately test but my guess is that doesn't work as promised. There is no manual so programming it is a huge pain. The FM tuner does work but you will need to be outdoors. If you work in an office building, you will a lot of extra static.
This not even worth the $20 I paid for it. Do not Buy this.
4516043
I have an extensive collection of radios, small, medium, large, analog,and digital. This radio is without a doubt the worst of the lot. The reception is so poor,it barely qualifies as a radio. I gave it away, but probably should have thrown it away to save the new owner the trouble.
1242372
I bought this a few weeks ago from a home center, but didn't use it right away.  Finally tried it today and both in the voltage and current modes it just constantly chirped (even when I turned the sensitivity for each to minimum).  Since the directions say that RF can interfer with it, I even turned off my wireless network, which had no affect.  I am completely disgusted with this tool.  Unfortunately I threw away the packaging, so I can't return it.
2436743
I have had the product for 1 hour and it will be returned ASAP. I called Belkin and that was a useless exercise.

I currently use a SIIG Wireless Audio Pro tuned to 88.3 with the car antenna retracted. Works very well (the secret is lower the antenna to minimize adjacent radio station interference). So, I am experienced with these devices. I wanted the Belkin because it is a nice integrated look and no more wires. There was absolutely NO reception on my radio unless I wrapped my hand around the gooseneck. Something is wrong with either the tuning, the antenna, or the power output of this device. I have seen Belkin transmitter hacks on the net that lead me to conclude that it is the antenna. Save your money!
4501683
I had such high expectations for this product.  I was looking for a product that would allow me to listen to the music on my pc throughout my house.  What I got was a huge disappointment.  The first strike against this product is that you cannot use your PC speakers when you are using the transmitter.  I read a lot of product descriptions on different websites, and not one of them mentioned this "feature".  So, as soon as you switch to the transmitter, you need to replace your speakers with a FM radio right next to your computer.

Another huge disappointment with this product was the range.  I was able to pick up the signal on a radio that was a couple of feet away from the transmitter, but that's it.  The radio in the next room could not find the signal.  A FM Clock Radio that we have couldn't pick up the signal even when it was placed right next to the transmitter.  My stereo system one room away was able to pick up the signal for a few minutes, and then lost it.  I tried several different frequencies, including available frequencies at the low, middle, and high end of the range.  They all performed equally poorly.

Setup and installation were very easy.  The interface for changing the broadcast frequency is very simple and easy to use, but unfortunately, this product is a turd.
1577746
Absolute RFI nightmare.  These devices are completely unfiltered and will wipe out AM/FM/Ham radio in a huge radius around where it's plugged in. This thing is pretty much a wide banded noise generator from DC to 150 mhz with plenty of spurs and crap above 150mhz.  If you want your cable company and the FCC knocking at your door fire this bad boy up!  I got one for free to jump start my garden this year and I'm going to pay the dude to take it back.
1616463
Wouldn't connect to the internet what-so-ever, going back to an old dual band I was using until I can return and replace this alfa garbage.  Plus realtek is garbage software and I'd rather eat a bowl of rocks than use anything that is channeled through any of its services.  Steer clear of this product, buyers be warned.
1786568
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but after having the Harmony Remote 1000 for a little over a year now, I've come to the conclusion that this remote just plain sucks.  I purchased this as part of a new home theater I built.  All of the remotes that came with the hardware I purchased work flawlessly, except for the Harmony.  Well, specifically the touch screen portion of it.  The actual physical buttons work just fine.  Power on/off, check.  Volume up and down, check.  Change channels (one up or down at a time), check.  Recent channels and mute buttons?  Check.  Using the touch screen for anything useful beyond powering up the systems - worthless.

Initially I thought it was something in my IR system that might be bogging things down.  But when I go get the remotes that came with the devices the 1000 is supporting - they all work without a hitch.  So I can only believe it has something to do with the touch screen and it's lack of good interoperability with the rest of the hardware/software.

I was surprised this wasn't an RF remote when I first purchased one, and Logitech has a new RF one coming out that I guess I'll probably get and try it out.  Hopefully that one is better because it has a lot more physical buttons vs. the touch screen.

It's certainly not because I'm not "holding" the virtual buttons down short enough, or long enough, or in the right way.  I can see the signal indicator showing it's sending something.  Or it buffers up the actions I wanted it to perform, and then they all go through at once, or not at all.

I've tried turning the unit off and on again by removing the battery.  I've tried reinitializing the device by re-doing the entire setup from scratch, and it always falls into the same glut of uselessness.

If Logitech ever needs someone to test a future release of a product, let me know - I'll be more than happy to help to make sure whatever replaces the 1000 or the 1100, is far better than this little bundle 'o crap.

Oh - did I forget to mention, this is my second 1000?  The first one was DOA.

Thanks for listening to me rant.  I appreciate it.
1877646
What a shame that the other reviewer of this item got burnt--but, believe it or not, my experience with this product was even worse. I chose this product by Crosley because I am satisfied with a standard record player I already had from them; but wow, how I was disappointed with this item! As you may suspect, I did get it mostly to be able to record my old record albums onto blank CD-Rs so that I could either donate my old records to charity or just preserve them carefully without using them and wearing them out. Whoops! Despite the fact that Crosley will have you believe that this little ol' machine can copy a record onto a blank CD-R, I wouldn't bet the ranch on it.

I was able to insert the CD-R all right; but even with Crosley's customer service agent on the phone (who didn't know much about this product, telling me this is a new item which it's not) I was totally unable to get this machine to copy the vinyl record onto the blank CD-R. It just didn't work.

In addition, the radio did not work well. Indeed, I had great difficulty tuning into any radio stations at all!

I remain a fan of standard, regular and much more simplistic Crosley record players; they just didn't make this one right. Perhaps they even bit off more than they could chew, trying to make a machine that can perform so many useful tasks. Maybe Crosley will make a better "5-in-1" in the future.

I would avoid this product; maybe I will have better luck with a similar machine by TEAC.