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HD Radio Portable Player
HD Radio Portable Player
When you're on the go, listen to your favorite HD and FM radio stations using this portable player that features a belt clip for easy portability.
 
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3 out of 5
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Could be better
on August 25, 2009
Posted by: akobet
from Westport, CT
Fix the reception and they have a winner.
This unit is pretty inexpensive. When it works, it works well. It comes with okay headphones.
Poor reception - range about 15 miles. I live about 45 miles from NY - right on Long Island Sound, no mountains, aside from trees and horses, nearly a clear line of sight to Manhattan. The car’s built in HD picked up the Manhattan stations immediately. Car's radio can get most of New York's FM stations. But not this Portable Insignia. Driving to Manhattan this morning, this little Insignia only started to receive the same stations in Pelham, NY - I looked at a map - only about 15 miles from midtown Manhattan. Granted, the Insignia Ant was inside the car. No ext antenna connection, so you cannot improve the range.
No AM receiver. To get the AM HD stations, you have to hunt for them in the FM band. Example, WCBS 880 News in NYC is buried on the third channel HD3 of the Oldies Music station 101.1 FM. Not easy to navigate to. Sometimes if it loses the signal, or perhaps after the unit was turned off for a while, the 'Preset' to 101.1 HD3 reverted to 101.1 HD1, so I started getting music instead of news.
I didn't notice any difference in sound quality of this unit vs the car's built-in HD. Both have the same HD issues: The sound quality of HD vs FM is barley noticeable. Sometimes worse - as you get a "tin" sounding depending on the bandwidth of the transmitter. Sort of like a low quality MP3. But HD vs AM Radio is a quantum leap, no more hiss and pops. But FM solved the same issue 50 years ago, so all you get with HD is better use of the FM spectrum, and no splash between strong signals on a nearby freq vs weak stations you're trying to listen to.
The menus are not too confusing. Nice color screen, but hard to see in sunlight. Using the presets are a little confusing (since I had to read the manual), everything else was straight forward.
What's great about it: Small Size, Color screen, Low price, Common USB port charger
What's not so great: Poor reception & no ext antenna
I would recommend this to a friend!
Sound Quality
3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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