Radio Reviews

I bought two. Both came with a problem where the barometer is offset low by .7"-.8" at all times. My advice, check before you put out your money for the T6320.

I received mine the other day. I've tried a few FRS, all or most have pretty much the same features. I read a few reviews & researched the T6320 & found that this model has all the bells & whistles, whether you need them or not!

I've had a chance to do a mini field test at Downtown Disney on Friday. It works great, great reception, able to send & receive from other FRS. All the extra features, Digi compass, thermometer, weather channels, etc are great to have available. I don't know if I will have a need to use them all, but the digi compass is one great feature, I think it's pretty accurate. Signal strength seems pretty good, I would like to field test to see if 2 miles is possible w/ the T6320. The volume is good, seems pretty clear & crisp. But the reception does get a bit garbled if the volume is set too high. Haven't tried the VOX feature yet.

Ergonomics, it's a bit bigger & bulkier than the T289 & T6220, but it is easy to hold. But it's thinner than the T250 or

FR 50/60 models. The "push to talk" button in the middle & not a problem, easily reachable. Actually it's a good idea, you will not accidentally press it like other models w/ the "push to talk" on the side of the FRS. The call, mode, & power button on top are also easy to get to. But I did on a couple occasions press the call & mode buttons accidentally. When you have it clipped on the belt clip, this can happen. A mere annoyance, I just have to get used to where the buttons are. But when it is clipped to my backpack, no problems of accidentally pressing these buttons. It also has a "lock" feature, only a few buttons can be pressed, the call & talk buttons.

The menu is easy to understand & work with. But the mode button, if you want to get to a particular item, say the weather channel, you have to scroll through a few screens. I wish it had a way to set what you would use most often, instead of scrolling to get to it.

The looks of the T6320 are rugged. It seems that it can take drops & work like a champ! The rubber coating makes it easy to hold on to, also the finger grooves on the sides give you a good hold. The screen is big to see what's going on, you can see all the icons that you have set for use also. A nice feature on the T6320 is you can have the clock showing the time when it is on standby mode. The battery cover fits snugly, no openings for moisture or dirt to get in. The T6220, the battery cover would push up just a bit. I've secured the battery cover w/ electrical tape. This is more of an insurance that the cover stays in place, also the tape covers the charging points, if you use Motorolas recharable kit. Doing this, those points will not corrod w/ time.

The manual claims that battery life is 30-35 hrs for alkaline batteries. What I don't understand is, if you use NIHM batteries, the battery life is only 12 hrs, why? Motorola's reputation would suggest that this is pretty accurate. I carry a second set of alkalines just in case it runs out of juice.

I suggest buying a Motorola arm/belt ( model 56323) carry case. I made a little hole on top of the carry case, so I can clip (using a mini link) it to my backpack. On the bottom part of the antenna, there is a hole that you can attach a lanyard through. I don't think that this is all that secure, it looks to me that eventually it will tear off, after hanging on the lanyard. The Motorola carry case hold the T6320 secure, it also adds a bit of protection if you happen to drop it. You then have the option to carry the T6320 on your arm, belt, around your neck or backpack. The belt clip that is included works great. It has a secure hold when the T6320 is clipped to it. I can use the belt clip for work use.

The T6320 is pricey, but IMHO worth the money. This FRS is defintely made for outdoor use. I suggest to buy a one T289 or T6220 or T250 or T6300, & one T6320, if you are in the market. This would make a great combo. The other person can communicate w/ you w/ the other FRS & you can carry the T6320 & know exactly your direction, weather, or temperature at all times. Whether this is necessary is up to you, but having these features will come in handy at some time. Now I'm my families mobile communications dude!

This seems like an excellent FRS. A lot of useful outdoorsman functions, excellent range and clearity, light weight and compact. The only bad things I can really say about it right now is that it doesn't have a retractable/folddown antenna (Kenwood has one), location of the push to talk button and the belt clip, which seems very "cheesy" and doesn't give the impression that it is very secure. There are however, 2 attachment points to add a lanyard for added security if you want.

I have been using this radio for a few months. My first impression is that this radio is way too bulky for family use.

The radio works fine, got nice features, but one thing I want to mention is, the extra power on GMRS really won't do much to your range, so do expect to get only slightly better range than FRS. It is the environment that matters, not power.

Since you need the FCC license to operate a GMRS/FRS radio even if you are only using FRS, so I wouldn't recommend this for family use.

This is the best radio I ever used the range is incredible. I just came back from a camp out and it was windy and raining all day. This radio work the whole time no matter were I was in the camp every one could hear me. I love the repeater channels and the Voice scrambler. The weather channels keep me informed were ever I go. If you want to buy a radio it's well worth the money

My shipping and receiving employees immediately became more productive as they were able to clearly communicate throughout our warehousing and manufacturing complex. Great product. We just went ahead and order the NiCa batteries and the recharging station as we noticed that regular batteries were only lasting about 48 hours.

I bought this Boom Box and the only problem I found is that the place where the CD goes don't have enough room for your fingers so you can pick up your CD by the edges and not toughing the sides. Other then that this thing is really good for your money. So chalk up another one for Philips, a very good product.

This is a great stereo boombox! the best I have ever owned. The sound is perfect and crystal clear. The design of it is great. there is alot of quality here. You get alot of quality for your money. I highly recommend this stereo and the products of this company.

This is an excellent boom box for the price. It does everything well and the sound quality is great. The dynamic bass boost is exceptional- the sound is very deep and clear whether you're playing the radio, tape, or a CD. Radio reception is also very good and it's great at rejecting interference from strong stations. The tuner is so selective, especially on FM, that some close stations come in as clearly as in a car. I previously had a Sanyo boombox and liked it, but I wanted to upgrade to something better, and when I heard this one I had to buy it. The only thing that is strange is that there's no window on the tape deck and the CD player shows only the track number, not the time. But I've noticed that many other boom boxes in this price range are the same way. Overall this is an excellent boom box. It's the first Philips product I have purchased, and I'm sure it won't be the last. I would highly recommend it to anyone who's looking for a great-sounding boom box and doesn't want to spend a lot.

This system produces the greatest sound ever. It will blow your heart away. The mini disk is very easy to uss but the whole system weighs a lot.

This sterio is a great sound system that delivers great music. The mini disk recorder is very easy to use and it is a very sturdy system and will last for a extremly long time.

Alright for all you people who have previously owned mini disc players, you know the awesome quality. Now try adding to that to 2 very good subwoofers. You know what you get? The BEST! I happened to buy this in the store for alot more than this costs at Amazon so I am thinking about ordering this one and taking my old one back. This is an excellent product at an excellent price. Check it out!

As advertised, the PAL is the perfect porch radio. For its size and portability, the sound quality is outstanding. Reception is as good or better than any other portable I own, especially Walkman style units. But don't stray too far from the house for very long. I'm very disappointed with the battery performance of my unit. Initially I had a problem getting the battery charged. After several recommendations provided willingly by Tivoli Audio staff, I finally got the battery charged but it has never held a charge for very long. Early on, on a full charge, my PAL would play for the better part of a day (at relatively low volume) but now (the unit is about a year old) I'm lucky if it runs for much more than an hour before that battery calls it quits. I'm hoping a new battery will remedy the situation.

a nice little radio. rechargeable battery pack works well, and the radio does a good job of pulling in the stations and putting out a nice sound. there are two problems: 1) the exterior is disintegrating on mine (it has not been subjected to anything harsher than a gentle touch), and 2) the tuner, while good, is quite inferior to that of the Tivoli Model One. don't buy this radio expecting it to perform as well as a Model One - it will not(though perhaps it should, given the slightly higher price of the PAL).

I live in Los Angeles where many stations compete and go in and out, especially with the pathetic pig tail antennas that are stuck like a joke in the back of many radios. But the Tivoli has a great antenna and is easy to use. I only wish this radio had digital tuning presets. Also don't be turned off by the one mono speaker. Its sound is clear and brilliant.

Im very pleased with the radio, I did have several problems shortly after the purchase(4months) 1- the Display became very hard to see. 2- The battey charger died. I contacted Audiovox tech. support, they had a flat fee for repair with exceeded the purchase price of the radio. I deal with alot of communications equipment and feel the warranty is way to short, if I remember it was 30 days and isnt the industry standard..1 year.

I read all the sales ads. They didnt tell me much about the radio. Here are some facts.

15 Channels, 1st 7 are FRS, last 8 are GMRS.
There is a Scan function, although it scans slowly, it works nicely.
Distance and Reception is EXCELLENT.
Its possible to program for CTCSS, if your other radios are capable, this could be useful.
Power switch, volume work great.
Vox didnt work well for me, maybe if I was in a non-quiet environement. There are 3 settings, hi/med/lo, I had to use hi, and still yell into the mic before it would activate.
Transmission was very clear.
You are limited to the programed channels, there is no way to include the 'left out' channels or even swap some of them.
You must manually set each channel for Hi power that you want to be on high. (default is low).
There is an emergency button on the radio (?useless?).
Antenna is better than I thought it would be. Ac Adaptor is bigger than I thought it would be. I came with 5 rechargable batteries, they seem high quality. You have to flip a switch to charge the batteries??? Thats right, and the batteries must charge for about 24 hours. I dont mind doing this, but shouldn't they charge automatically?
This is wall mountable, and the mounts are the standard slide on slots you would see on any other small unit.
The display has large characters on it making it easy to read, but as the sun goes down, it gets harder to read. There is a backlight, but as you push the 'out of the way' button, the light only stays on for a couple seconds. The items on the display are informative though and the other lights on the unit are useful.
Weather channels worked great, but I had no doubts here.
There is a lock button, so noone can change channels accidentally, I like it.

Overall, I like the radio. It can be used easily right out of the box. Or you can spend a little time setting it up, just for fun. Transmission, reception was very clear. The limitations of the availible frequencies are acceptable, as long as everyone who tries to communicate with you knows about your channel limits. Again, very simple and easy to use. Workmanship and Quality was better than I had expected.

Why can't I pay for it by check.
I don want to get it on my charge cards.
If I can't pay for it by check then for get it.
Thanks very much,
Were is there a store in Indiana that sell them please let me
know.
Thanks very much.

The BEST thing about the CCradio, is that the digital AM tuning is in 1 Khz steps (not the typical 10 Khz steps) which means, with other digital radios, each step in tuning will go like: 870, 890, 900, 910 etc. But with the CCradio, you can tune: 870, 871, 872, 873, etc.

Since there are no other stations there, why is this great? Because, if say, you want to listen to 890 AM, if you tune to 891 or 892, you will hear the same station, but it will sound better with more highs, closer to the sound of an FM station.

Plus, if there is another station close to the frequency you want to listen to, you can tune more to the side away from the offending station.

This radio is marketed and hyped for the best AM reception, so I didn't expect much with the FM side, but I was pleasantly surprised! The FM side is great for distant stations as well.

I have a friend who has this radio as well, and here are the only problems we both have with our CCradios...

If you leave the backlight on for a few hours, some of the LCD display segments go out and look like it is broken. Turning off the backlight, after a while they come back and work again.

You can still tune the radio, but it looks weird when this problem occurs, so I turn on the backlight, tune in the stations, then turn the backlight off again.

Also, sometimes if you hit the preset buttons on the top, you will sometimes activate the clock setting or timer for some reason, even though you are not touching those buttons at all.

This doesn't happen often, and overall this is a really great radio to have, it has TV audio as well, so you can watch TV in the bedroom but have the sound come out of your CCradio at your bedside instead of from across the room.

It has weather band too.

And an alarm clock, so it makes a great bedside radio, although it is hard to find the sleep timers and backlight buttons in the dark.

I recently replaced this radio at my bedside with the Boston Acoustics Receptor which I like a lot better as a bedside radio than the CCradio.

However, I would never get rid of the CCradio, nothing else tunes in 1 Khz steps for AM. Seperate Bass and Treble controls are nice, but although they say the radio was designed for optimal sound for the "human voice", I find I need to turn up both the treble and bass controls to maximum to get the BEST sound out of this radio, for voice OR music. But that is usually the case for any radio with tone controls.

I find the price is a bit high for this radio.

There is an old proverb you get what you pay for and this radio
is an example of that. I have just gotten my radio this past week
and I am hearing stations on AM and the TV band radio I have never
heard before on any other radio I have owned, I also like the
reception on the FM station, but my primary use will be for AM
and TV band radio. I also like the weather band for up to date
weather information during storms.
I know that this radio costs a little more but I feel it is well worth the price.
it.

I've been using a CCRadio since 1999 mostly for AM radio reception. I really enjoy AM talk radio for financial and legal advice, plus the entertainment value. Often I need to listen when I am in a remote area hiking and the CCRadio outperforms any other unit, period. I also use it inside my office where ALL other radios emit nothing but static due to the 115VAC power lines nearby. This radio is large and heavy, but if you want to hear distant stations, it is better than any other on the market. Once my radio broke and I called the CCRadio guys...They repaired it for NO Charge. Talk about service ! Plus the reason it broke was my fault...

I was hesitant to buy this at first because it was so inexpensive. I figured "you get what you pay for" right? Well, I was wrong. This little walkman is one of the best purchases I made. The sound and reception are great. I got a great deal. No complaints here!

I bought it before Christmas, and I am very pleased with its quality. Do not listen to that guy who complained this one wasted him a lot of battery because of the easy turning on power button. In fact, there is a lock button, once you use it, all the other buttons will be disabled.

I ordered my 486 and then saw that bad review and was sweating it...but boy were they wrong, this little go getter rocks. First off is the design. Its suberb, I've never had a portable so small, its barely bigger then a cassette.

The sound is crisp, clear, and robust. Of course your not going to have awesome bass, dah, its a freaking small headphone speaker. But this unit can compeate stright up with units costing 2 or 3 or 4 times as much. Yeah I thought, 20 bucks its going to be so so, I was wrong.

I don't have any ideal why its only 20 dollars but unlike others I dont look a gift horse in the mouth, I ride it baby, And boy am I glad I did.

It's everything a portable walkman should be, the problem with the other review was he was knocking it for not deliviring something its not suppose to anyway. It be like me buying a great surf board and giving it 2 stars cause its a crappy sewing machine.

Don't buy this and your missing out on one sweet deal. Its a great walkman that happens to be 20 dollars not a 20 dollar walkman that happens to be okay....

I really enjoy my little TV.I also have the 888 model from Citizen.they are very simialar although this one has a radio.I find the speaker a little to small and tinny but it's tolorable.I get really good reception on both the TV and the radio.A fun way to kill some time,when your on the go.

This is a great little TV! The picture is better than most of my larger TVs, and it's small enough to fit in a tote or briefcase. It also has an AM/FM radio. I would recommend this product highly!

This works great!!! I have 4 for my family!!

The radio is OK, butI have a beef with the false advertsing. The bubble pack trumpets "FIVE-MILE range." But the owner's manual --which you can't read until after buying and opening the bubble pack (a jackhammer would be helpful for this) -- says "range UP TO FOUR MILES" And even this is conditioned on "clear, unobstructed terrain."

I belong to a hunting club where a group of 8 of us use this model and have used them for 3 years. I personally own 4 G-11s. This radio is well made (made in Korea not China as with almost all other brands). It has excellent sound both in and out and using 4AAA batteries has at least the same range as my Audiovox 1535. The option to use 3AAs will reduce your range. Our radios see heavy use during the hunting season and they've held up in bad weather and at least one took a 7 foot drop without damage. The only units that needed replacing were lost not broken.

I recently purchased the G-11 (pair) and must say that, for the price, they are well worth the money. After searching around for a pair of GMRS radios with similar features, the G-11 by Midland was by far the lowest priced. After field testing the ability of the G-11, I found it's performance acceptable even under less than perfect conditions when taking into consideration it's power output (2 watts max). For light recreational/business use, this radio is the one!