I have this and AM won't work right. Instead of 1100 it comes in at 1098 All AM is off Any suggestions?
1106565
Look in the manual for how to change the AM band tuning step. Make sure it's set to 10 kHz which is the North American standard.
1106566
Wow, the same thing happened to me, and yes, it is in the manual! Hold the tuning "up" (+) button while turning on the power, and it will switch from the European (9kHz) to the U.S. (10 kHz), which sets it back to 580, 590, 600, etc., rather than the off numbers. Best 10 minutes I ever spent on the internets!
1106567
not really, however that is a problem with digital tuners, the same thing can happen with fm, you are most likely at the fringe point of that 1100 station. Good luck.
1106568
Jeff ours works 720 to 1710 AM. FM also works. I would return yours. My husband and I each have one. He uses his ALL the time, even when he sleeps (I snore.) He is ROUGH with his, esp cutting trees. He's 73. Good Luck! Liz
253029
Mine is set to a AM station. When a call comes through and I answer it, it does not switch over.. I answers on speaker on the same AM station.
604986
OK, I just found and changed the AUTO SET and the DST settings. I hope that does the trick. Thanks for the tip!
43960
I know mine is the same way. I had to set it for the Eastern time zone. I do not know why. Besides that it works fine. I live in Kansas and the radio signal comes from Colorado.
225542
Send it back! Ours is just okay. It displays the phone numbers and names, but the time is always wrong (now much wrong is inconsistent) and it doesn't have a red light that flashes when someone's called, as our old one did. I'd either buy a more expensive one or look at Radio Shack.
1130085
Reception is great for me. AM stations will break up after sundown here in Philly, but that happens with nearly every stationary radio. FM is consistently strong - never had a proble
2037865
I would try deleting the FM presets that are currently stored. Select 88 to 108 and then try the auto tune again. The FM stations should generally not need to be retuned manually to get better reception.
1360823
Mine doesn't ....and the timer by Area Code doesn't work well either. Easy to set, but turned on at least two hours before dusk when using my Area Code. Had to buy something else to get true dusk to dawn.
869422
Take it off autochannel, use a fixed channel (1,6,11) and reset. Some wireless devices don't take well to channel jumping. Worth a try.
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 ; )
1063350
I see the number 110 on the sliding band. Not sure if that is the number you are looking for?
692128
I really could not be sure. Perhaps the battery is low or not very fresh. Maybe a re-programming of the code. Could be you are in an area with too much interference in the air when outside. I wish I could say for sure. I wish you better luck in the future though.
1847652
The radio dial goes to 1710. The specs on Kaito's website say 1710. Most radios built for sale in North American since 1993 have been capable of receiving the extended AM band. There are no AM stations in the extended band where I live. Depending on the weather sometimes at night there are out of town stations that can be heard. I will try to remember to check and will update the post. I would go with what appears on Kaito's website or send an email to Kaito and ask them. It is evening here. I am listening to a station on 1660 AM. No question about it. This radio does indeed receive stations up to 1710. The radio dial goes to 1710. The specs on Kaito's website say 1710. Most radios built for sale in North American since 1993 have been capable of receiving the extended AM band. There are no AM stations in the extended band where I live. Depending on the weather sometimes at night there are out of town stations that can be heard. I will try to remember to check and will update the post. I would go with what appears on Kaito's website or send an email to Kaito and ask them. It is evening here. I am listening to a station on 1660 AM. No question about it. This radio does indeed receive... » Read More The radio dial goes to 1710. The specs on Kaito's website say 1710. Most radios built for sale in North American since 1993 have been capable of receiving the extended AM band. There are no AM stations in the extended band where I live. Depending on the weather sometimes at night there are out of town stations that can be heard. I will try to remember to check and will update the post. I would go with what appears on Kaito's website or send an email to Kaito and ask them. It is evening here. I am listening to a station on 1660 AM. No question about it. This radio does indeed receive stations up to 1710. « Show Less
1962008
Yeth, it be saying am and pm but no cool rooster crowing alarm like the original Radio Shack model did. I can't tell you how many times I re-broadcast that crowing rooster over the ham and CB radio.
1080581
No. I'm tuning it now and when pressing down it skips from 88.0 to 108.0. Changing from US to EU doesn't make a difference.
1001621
It's tough to recommend this radio for am? I've had trouble with am signals. I don't use am on this radio. I think it depends on where you place the radio. There are a lot of buttons on this radio and it takes some time to get used to. If you are operating in the dark I think that you might at times hit the wrong button. Overall I do like it.
93140
I also have not been able to get my clock to the correct time zone...it has the right time, but mountain time....I unplugged it various times, and it does correct the 12:00 time eventually, and push the button that says EST, but it doesn't take it...I really got it for the size and sound of the radio, so I have given up on getting the getting the correct time. I even looked up others who explained how to get the time going on amazon, but didn't work for me.