how is the radio reception?
1667555
I would describe the reception fair. Since there is no whip antenna it isn't going to be as good as what you'd get on a portable transistor radio, but it easily picks up local stations, even some of our lower power ones.
2056599
Most of the time yes you get a pretty good reception every once in a while it gets just little bit hard to tuned in and hit the channels but just only wants in a while. Has a good fit and will close out outside noise well.
809098
Hi Susan,I have enjoyed mine now for three years. The reception is affected by the weather I have noticed. Usually what I do is put it in the cradle over night and have it record the programming I like. That way when I go to the gym in the mornings I have several hours of music available to me. The signal inside the gym is intermittent and it is affected by the structure of the building. So if you don't mind this it will be an awesome portable satellite radio I absolutely love mine.
310672
FM reception is fine. We live in an area with a lot of radio stations and sometimes you run into one station stepping on another's signal, but that's not a function of the radio. The stations we have programmed in come in perfectly clear. In my opinion you can't beat the sound or quality of this radio for the money.
1782811
FM reception is not too good where I live---but then, we cannot get ANY TV broadcast here and the stereo in the house gets only static. When we drive to the big city, however, the reception is quite good! Guess a lot depends on one's signal strength, eh?!
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.
1385
My FM reception is good even though my unit is in the basement. I've never had any trouble with reception.
2182000
Absolutely, the sound isn't half bad. My only 'complaint ' is you cannot see what station you are tuning to.
1821319
I have not tried to see what reception is like. I bought the product to use with USB media and with that it works great. I can give it a try and see.
2214795
I found the FM reception to be above average and, that is with a cell tower close by. I did get my radio fixed within 10 working days and was given free shipping...so very good customer service.
1147044
I don't use AM, only FM and the reception is excellent. I use it on my desk at my house, that is on the 5th floor.
676557
I am having NO problems with this at all. This is the second day I have been playing it. CD plays very well. Reception on the radio is great. I live out in the boonies and sometimes can be hard to get a station. No problem with this little gem. For the price, you cant beat it. Its no Bose but you get your moneys worth. got it to use when we go camping and the volume is great. Wont be any problems hearing it. No tinny sound on mine at all. Hope this helps!
997945
I have no idea where you are But we do get very good reception for a long way. We love our radio it is better then any we have had in our life time
898677
I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the music is on a reasonable level, you will most likely be happy enough with the quality.
2056603
The reception is better than average. The separation between stations will depend on your area. The tuning is a little tricky due to the dial only having only one complete rotation.The sound protection and radio quality is very good especially when I'm mowing.
2098361
You would need to pick a station that is the most optimal for reception. Here, live 106.7 is really bad on my car - I can only hear just a faint, but 105.9 (unused station) did it for me. Now it sounds really clear without any humming noise during intermission.
1001620
Yes it's a great AM/FM radio but make sure you use an antenna. Hope this helps :)