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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Quick Review of Insignia Hd Radio, Not Very Good
> All of them appear to come that way. Don't know what that means.-----
> Original Message -----
> From: Gerry Leary
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 10:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Quick Review of Insignia Hd Radio, Not Very Good
>
>
> Hey I just got mine today. Now it started out fine. It was talking right
> out of the box. There was a piece of paper taped over the display but it
> was no problem. So I hooked it up and tuned around. Not to bad. I would
> say it was a little above average on AM, and a lot better on FM. But
> after
> tuning around for about 5 minutes all buttons stopped doing anything. The
> radio was playing but I couldn't change anything. I had to take the
> double
> a batteries out and unplug the power for it to work again. I tried it
> again
> and the same thing happened after a couple of minutes. I found that the
> only way to reset the radio is to unplug it and take the batteries out.
> If
> you don't have any batteries in the radio it will reset simply by
> unplugging
> it. It only takes a couple of minutes for the display to freeze. So I
> guess I'll take it back to Best Buy tomorrow and get another one. Gerry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 4:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Quick Review of Insignia Hd Radio, Not Very Good
>
>
>> What's the big deal of attaching a dipole antenna? It's a nice
>> little receiver, perhaps not the best one ever built and I don't
>> understand everyone's being so quick to bash it.
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 02:53 PM 7/6/2012, you wrote:
>>>This is why hd radio will never go anywhere! When you have to connect an
>>>=
>>>antenna to an hd radio, forget it.
>>>Trippy, ac8s
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: Anthony Vece=20
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Quick Review of Insignia Hd Radio, Not Very Good
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow!
>>>
>>> Steve, I didn't know you were so positive.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
>>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Steve
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 10:35 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Quick Review of Insignia Hd Radio, Not Very Good
>>>
>>> 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.=20
>>> 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
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