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Summary: Look for another radio
Review: Although the size of the radio is decent I find the reception is weak and the battery door keeps popping open, causing a loss of preset stations and reseting the clock. You can find a better radio with better reception for less money.
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Summary: Waste of money
Review: I couldn't agree more with the above reviewers: this is an extremely poorly made product and I am glad I lost it today as it's given the impetus to finally replace it with something that (a) can be carried without being in the pocket (b) whose volume does not flip up or down easily and (c) that every time it's bumped--which is often if you use it for sports--emits loud beeps into your headphones.
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Summary: It's an OK radio for jogging
Review: I gave this radio 2 stars; one for the preset buttons, which I need if I want to change stations while I'm jogging, and one for the long life of the AAA batteries. Beyond that, the belt clip fell off and got lost a long time ago, so I have to either keep the radio in a zipped pocket, or hold it in my hand. Unfortunately while I'm holding it, the battery cover tends to pop off. The pulse checker is worthless. The headphones that came with the radio were poor quality and uncomfortable. I gave them to my rabbit for a chew toy.
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Summary: Another low quality "Sony Phony"
Review: This product exemplifies the decline of Sony quality. Unless they redesigned this model since I bought one in December 2000, it is not an armband radio. It only has a strap suitable for hanging on something, or wrapping around your wrist. It does have a belt clip. To release the clip manually, you push on the tab. To release it automatically, you put it on your belt. Unfortunately, the automatic release feature occurs when you least expect it, usually when standing over some hard surface like concrete or a glass table top. The best way I have found to carry the unit usually is to put it in my pocket. Definitely not recommended for sports! The tuning and reception are very poor indeed, with station bleed through, regardless of inside or outside location. Setting the digital to 98.7 yields 103FM usually. That does not happen with any other of my radios at home. There are switches on the back for Mega Bass and FM Sensitivity. These are cheap switches which never fully "click" into place, requiring constant fiddling that results in shorting static. There are some good features, like the locking feature, which either locks the station setting or power off. This is necessary because the buttons tend to get pushed (especially when in my pocket). The volume control, however, does not lock in, and may turn up or down unexpectedly. Do not buy one of these, and please consider Panasonic or JVC products. All my JVC and Panasonic products are topnotch, while every walkman I ever owned an most recently my Sony video recorder have broken. And I babied them. So no more phony baloney Sony for me!!
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Summary: Another low quality "Sony Phony"
Review: This product exemplifies the decline of Sony quality. Unless they redesigned this model since I bought one in December 2000, it is not an armband radio. It only has a strap suitable for hanging on something, or wrapping around your wrist. It does have a belt clip. To release the clip manually, you push on the tab. To release it automatically, you put it on your belt. Unfortunately, the automatic release feature occurs when you least expect it, usually when standing over some hard surface like concrete or a glass table top. The best way I have found to carry the unit usually is to put it in my pocket. Definitely not recommended for sports! The tuning and reception are very poor indeed, with station bleed through, regardless of inside or outside location. Setting the digital to 98.7 yields 103FM usually. That does not happen with any other of my radios at home. There are switches on the back for Mega Bass and FM Sensitivity. These are cheap switches which never fully "click" into place, requiring constant fiddling that results in shorting static. There are some good features, like the locking feature, which either locks the station setting or power off. This is necessary because the buttons tend to get pushed (especially when in my pocket). The volume control, however, does not lock in, and may turn up or down unexpectedly. Do not buy one of these, and please consider Panasonic or JVC products. All my JVC and Panasonic products are topnotch, while every walkman I ever owned an most recently my Sony video recorder have broken. And I babied them. So no more phony baloney Sony for me!!
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