Now, that's what I call a radio that is too smart for its own good!

73, de Lou K2LKK
At 07:52 PM 10/31/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sunday 10/31/04 15:02 Butch Bussen wrote:
> >Well, you know their motto. "You got questions---  we got batteries", or
> >something like that.
>I always thought their motto was: "You've got questions?  We've got even
>more questions."
>
>It's always an adventure shopping at the Shack.  I once took back a DX-398
>because the clock wasn't keeping time reliably.  They were quite helpful,
>and even exchanged the radio for another one, which involved some paperwork
>since I'd purchased the original at another store, and I had paid for a
>service contract.  When I got home with my new radio, I discovered why the
>clock on the old one hadn't worked.  The radio has a feature whereby you
>can automatically set the clock based on a signal from FM stations in your
>area.  It turns out that the stations in my area that broadcast the clock
>signals were set to different times, with as much as a couple of hours
>difference between them.  Too bad the helpful RS sales person didn't tell
>me to turn off the automatic clock setting feature.  My original radio was
>working perfectly, and neither of us knew it.  As I said before, shopping
>at your friendly local Shadio Rack can be quite an adventure.
>
>Steve

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