a piece of paper taped over the display?
that doesn't sound like something they'd do from the factory...wonder if 
this one has been used and returned?

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: Quick Review of Insignia Hd Radio, Not Very Good


> Hi Gerry;
>
> Below the display, their are five columns of buttons.
>
> Between the fourth and the fifth row of buttons just above them their
> is a reset button.
> It's recessed so, you'll need to use a stylus.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73 de Anthony w2ajv
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon iPhone!
>
> On Jul 6, 2012, at 10:50 PM, Gerry Leary <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> 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