For all the hoopla, and touting about its accessibility, I guess I was 
expecting more than a piece of below-average junk.  Here are my quick 
findings:

1.  As with most Am sections, the radio is completely deaf without 
connecting its loop antenna.  I've only had the radio for a couple hours, 
and haven't figured out a way to attach the loop to the radio.  It has 
enough wire that it could be placed on a wall.

2.  Similarly the Fm dipole is a must.  Interestingly, instead of the F 
connectors that most tuners use these days, this has a cable type screw-on 
connector.  Sensitivity is good, selectivity and immunity to overload on 
mine is only fair.

3.  Menu Accessibility:  It doesn't say this in the main radio manual so 
unless you look at the Quick-Start Guide for the Blind, you won't know that 
the Menu Mode is disabled when you are in accessibility mode.  You enable 
accessibility mode by pressing the power button, the lefthand button on the 
top with the Select Button which is the lower-left button on the front of 
the radio.

It appears that in this mode, you can set the time by holding the display 
button in for two seconds.  You can also set the alarm time for Alarm 1 and 
Alarm 2.  You can press either alarm to be informed that it is on or off. 
What sighties can do is determine whether the alarm wakes you with radio or 
a tone, this doesn't seem to work in accessibility mode.  Sighted people can 
also access the menu and make all sorts of other adjustments such as 12 or 
24-hour time, tuning modes like U.S. or International Am/Fm band limits and 
channel spacing,Lcd color and brightness, etc.  These are only available in 
the menu when the accessibility mode is turned off.

There is an option in the menu under the regular non-accessible mode to see 
what the hardware/software version of this radio is.  However, there isn't a 
Usb or some other port to update the software, so even if a new version came 
out, I don't know if there is a way to update it.  The manual doesn't state 
that this is possible.

Also, there is no way to control the radio's verbosity.  The buttons 
typically give you way too much feedback.  For example, if you press the 
volume up button, it says something like Volume Up.  That type of feedback 
is nice when you are familiarizing yourself with the radio, but I think 
after a day or so it would be too verbose.  It would be nice to be able to 
set it to advanced mode, where it wouldn't continue to be so verbose.

Sound quality is better than a $29 off-the-shelf clock radio, but that isn't 
saying a whole lot for it.  Those of you who have had the Sony Dream 
Machine, this doesn't compare to it as far as sound quality.  I think the 
manual is written incorrectly.  It claims it has 4 two-inch speakers, but 
without ripping off the front grill or voiding my right to return the radio, 
it looks more like it has two four-inch speakers.

I am not sure if I will keep this radio or not.  Since I don't need a clock 
radio with all sorts of other alarm options, it is one of those things that 
might be nice, but not sure it is worth the cost.  It can receive Hd 
stations, but not the radio reading service subcarriers.  In accessibility 
mode, you can't bookmark songs, read the Hd display for data, or other 
things that I would have thought would have been made available if the IAAIS 
was as involved with the design as they were.

Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.

Steve
Lansing, MI