Sangean America DT-210 DT-210 AM/FM Digital Tuning Pocket Radio
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Customer Review: Review after 3 years
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, I have had this radio for over 3 years and it has held up well. But, then again, I don't work in a construction site environment. I use it at home and the office. Yes the sound is better through the headphones, but the speaker is good for background. I mostly use this for am talk radio and I am satisfied with the quality of sound and the build.
However, a few weeks ago I dropped this radio on the floor and it hit the power button on it's way down. This broke the micro-switch under the power button cover from the main circuit board. I opened up the case and found the micro-switch. Very small, but I was able to carefully solder the tiny switch to the circuit board. I assembled it back together and it works great. Most of you should not try this at home unless you are familiar with electronics as there are no user serviceable parts inside (HA!).
Yes, I would recommend this radio and would buy another one if it was lost or stolen.
Customer Review: Awesome Little Radio
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought the 210V looking specifically for a pocket radio with good AM reception as I am an AM DXer (long distance reception) and I'd heard that this was pretty sensitive on AM. It is impressive - 9/10 khz selectable tuning so trans-oceanic DX is a possibility from the coasts. Took it with me on a trip to the Louisville area, and was amazed. Good reception from as far away as Denver(KOA), NYC (WABC, WCBS, etc), Minneapolis (WCCO) using the internal ferrite bar. Set next to a loop such as a Terk or Select-a-tenna, reception is even better. From here in Idaho, WCCO, WBAP, and other big 50 kilowatters are regulars using only the internal ferrite bar.
I don't spend much time on FM, other than listening to out local NPR station, but it sounds good, very good in fact. The bass boost feature really brings out the FM. Nice.
This radio definitely exceeded my expectations regarding its AM capabilities. Highly recommended.
Customer Review: Works well but overpriced
Summary: 4 Stars
Pros:
-Good features
-Sounds quality is nice
-Buttons seem well thought
Cons:
-Seems more expensive than it's worth, even at sale price
-Battery indicator basically useless
-Stock headphones are terrible
-Memory dependent on constant power
Conclusion:
In general this radio is pretty good and I use it every day indoors at work and it handles well. The real problem with the radio is that for its price one kind of expects a better and perhaps smaller product. What I don't understand is that a product that lists its normal price as $99.50 (though its been half-off for almost a year now) somehow doesn't have a memory that can be saved without batteries. In the age of something like the ipod shuffle this thing seems unreasonable.
Well, this seems to be how pocket radios are, and this one is definitely pretty good compared to something like a RadioShack brand.
Customer Review: The Best Portable AM/FM/TV Around
Summary: 4 Stars
My Sony radio/TV audio broke after only a year and I was looking to order another one but decided to see what other radio/TV portables were out there. The Sangean DT-210 won much praise, while some cited similar problems with their Sony. I decided not to put myself in a position to be fooled twice and purchased the Sangean instead. I'm willing to try most things once! Well, what a wonderful surprise to discover that the Sangean lived up to its name! Reception was better as well as length of use on two batteries. I like the swivel belt clip which keeps the radio from being jammed off when getting into the car. The speaker option is a plus when it's necessary to be able to hear other things around you. The only thing I miss are the preset buttons that take you straight to the station rather than having to scan through all of those you have programmed in. But all in all, I feel I have a better radio/TV and am very satisfied with it.Customer Review: Not pleased with performance.
Summary: 2 Stars
I got this to replace my tuners in my car and in my house. I wanted to just plug the headphone output directly into the amplifiers like I do with my iPod. Reception has been an issue when I tried this with hardware before. I tried an mp3 player/fm radio, and some fm tuner/remote for the iPod. Neither could pick up my favorite radio station at all. It's a college station in Atlanta, WRAS 88.5. The mp3 player didn't even tune that low.
So I had big hopes for this radio, but they were dashed once I got it. The station came in okay inside; not good, but at least I could hear it. However there was no reception in the car.
Another thing I didn't like was that the output spiked when turning it on or off, which was loudly audible through my speakers when it was connected to the amps.
This radio has worked for many people, as evidenced by the other reviews. However, I had to return it.