Purchased this radio. Love the features but I can't get anything but static on the Weather Band. Help!
1076399
I love the radio but I must admit the bands are not lined up just right play with the bands on either side of the weather band it should pick up. I do not use the weather band but I will and do a follow up on this.
1940368
mine never worked brand new out of the box, there is a group of us that go off-roading and we are always pretty close and it would not transmit or receive it was just all static. the weather radio works on it though. would not buy again
1056791
hmm i returned it and got another one and the reception is still very poor. I guess it's related to some interference then!
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.
131093
Try the learning mode first, Check the antenna connections. Mine came loose and it made static.
263390
I just purchased this radio and it has been dropping the wifi signal as well. The network signal shows blue so I'm assuming from miket's post that there is a problem with the radio connecting to the squeezebox network. Funny thing is though I have a squeezebox boom as well and it never has problems connecting like this one does. I think there is something wrong with these radios and from the reviews I have read it seems to get worse over time. I think I will send mine back as well and just get another boom.
619070
I've had this radio for 2 1/2 years in Tucson and haven't received a single AM station. Either scanning or manual all I get is static. Could be a bad apple though.
1335857
AM/FM reception on my stock antenna (Ram 1500) was fine on all channels. Switched to the stubby and the only channel I had reception on was a local LI station and even that had a significant amount of static. Left the radio tuned to that station, switched back the the regular antenna and the signal was crystal clear.
1994535
The Radio itself does not have NOAA, if you are hooking up sirius radio I believe that is a option thru them but call and check with them first, I remember one of sirius packages mentioning NOAA features
2144808
To be very honest, I have not used this unit in quite some time. I am still trying to figure out HOW this damn thing works. I know all local frequencies by heart, but setting up which where who and how..... just to get the thing to scan is less than impossible. I have used other brands in the past with excellent results. I think this was a mistake. But to answer your question, some emergency departments have the burst of "static" sounding stuff at the end of each transmission. You might try turning down the SQUELCH. This may not help but I tried.
882037
You don't have one good radio source in you town? Its better to use an FM station that has a Lil static the sound quality will come out really good.
416809
I'm not aware of a weather band on this radio, but if you know the frequency you may be able to find one.
422627
It's not good clarity is horrible! High static while driving, tried so many different stations.
2220686
The speaker itself is incredible! The FM transmitter is not. On every station I tried, the call and music came through with a great deal of static, and there is no AM feature either so if you live in an area with plenty of well-broadcast FM radio stations, it will be difficult to find an FM station not in use. I returned mine I'm fact.
123010
I just ran through the SW bands again - it is now 9:30ish pm ET and I got 25 good stations. Either my location is better, or my radio is just a lucky example and the quality control was not good. My USB and SD card slots work - both in stereo. I am sorry yours isn't performing as well.
671630
What area are you from? I'm in Philly and I get reception on 88.1. If you can't get it on that channel, try the lower fm channels 88.1-90.7You might also want to try higher channels, 107.9-106.5...good luck ; )
273990
Haven't had it in the rain, but have not been able to get one channel other than the marine weather report for 10 minutes. Scan and scan and scans and nothing. I am using it just north of tampa florida.