What do you mean?
----- 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