Radio Reviews

It works OK, but I can't understand why it doesn't have a volume control. One of the major reason for purchasing a remote mic is to allow the radio to be placed in an unreachable location. The mic should have a volume control so that the volume can be adjusted without digging out the radio. I bought mine so that my radio could be buried in my backpack while mountain biking. After using it and cursing my inability to adjust the volume, I gave up on the remote mic and switched to a strap-mounted radio pocket.

I wanted this for the Talkabout unit as soon as I saw someone with it. We are skiers: the remote allows us to keep the main unit in our warm pockets, and to more readily reply without taking it out. It indeed meets our needs not only skiing but also when our hands are busy with a fishing pole. In other words, it is really useful for anyone who is outdoors and wants to avoid fumbling around for the basic unit. I am somewhat disappointed at the clip which attaches the microphone. The clip is on the small size and subject to coming loose.

The talkabout 250 seems to have a clunky design, specifically with the placement of the "Push to Talk" button. This microphone plugs in and allows you the ease and flexibility of a real microphone.

Ths microphone unit works both as a speaker and as a microphone. The speaker in this unit is superior to the internal speaker in the talkabout.

This unit allows you to put the radio in your pocket, or clip it on your belt and still be able to hear and talk on the radio. The microphone contains a clip that you can clip to your collar or shirt pocket that keeps the speaker close enough to your ear for you to hear anything, as well as close to your mouth for talking.

I strongly suggest that if you buy a TalkAbout 250 that you also buy this microphone.

This microphone does not work with the TalkAbout 280 which has different size microphone/headphone jacks.

The main reason I bought this was because under technical data they stated that a wireless remote control was included. After receiving the product the instructions said a remote was not included which means your information under technical data for RX-D10 stating there was is FALSE. Please correct this erroneous informaton.

This boombox is great! The CD sound quality is wonderfull, Same goes with the tape player. The radio reception isn't quite the best though. You can get great reception within 20 miles of the city it's being broadcast from, but if you live way out in the country and are buying this for it's radio, get something else. Another plus is the ability to record onto tape from either CD or radio. The radio's presets are excellent, although a little difficult to search through. The CD shuffle feature is cool. Yet another plus is the bass boost. It boosts the bass so much it's surprising! I think everyone should have one of these!

An all around great boombox. The CD player works excellently and the cassette player is more than adequate for the price. The appearence is appealing and it is not to heavy for when you want to listen to music on the go. I have never had any problems with it. I suggest you go out and get yours today!

After looking at all the reviews of the MP3 compatible boom boxes, it became obvious that they all had problems recognizing CD's with MP3 files... bad enough some couldn't read all home-burned CD-R's. So I found this unit for about $30 less than the similar Sony with MP-3, and got Line-In and a decent sounding "Mega Expand" setting (not avialable on the MP-3 version).
Now I plug in a "real" MP-3 player (or my laptop) for MP-3's. I also use the Line-In in my hotel room for my laptop to watch DVD movies. They are SO much better with decent sound, and internet streaming radio sounds great too. I even plugged the headphone jack from the hotel room TV in and had much better sound than from the single 4" speaker on the TV.

Downsides:
1. Not a lotta Boom in this boombox, but also not a lot of weight.
2. No backlight on the LCD display. Actually gets pretty annoying.

After looking at all the reviews of the MP3 compatible boom boxes, it became obvious that they all had problems recognizing CD's with MP3 files... bad enough some couldn't read all home-burned CD-R's. So I found this unit for ... less than the similar Sony with MP-3, and got Line-In and a decent sounding "Mega Expand" setting (not avialable on the MP-3 version).
Now I plug in a "real" MP-3 player (or my laptop) for MP-3's. I also use the Line-In in my hotel room for my laptop to watch DVD movies. They are SO much better with decent sound, and internet streaming radio sounds great too. I even plugged the headphone jack from the hotel room TV in and had much better sound than from the single 4" speaker on the TV.

Downsides:
1. Not a lotta Boom in this boombox, but also not a lot of weight.
2. No backlight on the LCD display. Actually gets pretty annoying.

After shopping around for a higher-end boombox that includes MP3 playback, I decided to go for this one. Have not regretted it so far. If you are also keen on MP3 playback, perhaps waiting until boomboxes can handle them better may be worthwhile.

What I like about this model:
- sleek design, compact, easy to carry
- cassette player/recorder
- 4 pre-programmed sound modes
- Mega bass and Mega expand options that give better sound quality (combine these with the "Vocal" sound setting to get best sound quality for most rock/pop music)
- Radio tuner is easy to operate, with a digital tuner/display and presets
- Line-in feature very useful to play MP3s remotely from a laptop or MP3 player.
- CD-R/RW playback that gives you a viable option to burn MP3s into audio on any ordinary CD
- Fully functional remote
- Headphone jack, not found in some of the other boomboxes that I looked at

Cons:
- Sound is biased towards higher frequencies in my opinion (resulting in a distinct hissing sound if you go close to the speakers, even at low volumes)

As you can see, I have not had much to grumble about with this piece. Good buy for an average priced boombox. Note: I compared the sound quality of this model with some of the Phillips boomboxes and the Sony was far superior (perhaps due to the 4 preset Sound modes)

I own two of these. We live in a fairly flat area. They are out of range in about a mile, contrary to the claims of a 2 mile range. Otherwise, very nice & sturdy piece of equipment.

Some companies are very, very, proud of the name. Sometimes you can buy two products of a different brand which would work just as good as this one, and still have enough money left to buy something else.

I think somebody made a boo-boo. The T6310 sports the FM radio, not the T6320. Within the last year I have owned every Motorola FRS radio out there, and I have had the T6310 for six months (at the time I wrote this) and wear it everywhere I go. I bought it for use at work and just cant seem to leave home without it (sound familiar). The radio has been dropped, smacked around and just plain abused, but it still works great. Some people dont care for the swivel clip, but I think it was a great idea. If you ever sat down with anything hooked to you belt and felt that auwful jam in your side, you will appreciate the swivel clip. But anyway, any of the T6300's are great. Just remember if you want listen to some jams while your yacking away, the T6310 is what your gonna need..........:)

I found this radio to be a poor performer when trying to tune in weak stations that I can get with my home or car radio. Stations with strong signals come in clear. The headphones work well, and the size is good. The belt clip is a little weak. A good radio for the $ if your favorite stations have a good strong signal.

This is a very good portable radio. It is very good if you hate turning the dial on the other portable radios. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars cause I thought that the headphones where not of the best quality. If you get this product, I would get some new headphones. You hear a lot of static with them.

I was looking for a small radio that would be easy to exercise with. This was perfect! The stations came in very clear and it was so light to carry. I thought the headphones were great, very comfortable and secure. I bought 2 other radios before this and returned them both due to poor quality. I love this one and definitely recommend it!

The first one arrived and didn't work. The second didn't either. The fact that today there are only two reviews when last month there were a dozen makes me wonder.

I've owned the set of Proton radio and slave speaker. The sound is incredible. I have placed them in my bookshelf headboard where they are a perfect fit of form and function. All the controls are extremely workable and well-thought out. But even better is the fact that you can set it and forget it. I awaken to my favorite station, with the music ramping slowly up. I got to sleep using the sleep timer. Depending on which alarm you set, 1 or 2, the sound comes out of different speakers. Here in Texas we get lots of bad storms yet I've rarely had to reprogram my Proton; it holds the settings when the power's off. I highly recommend this unit.

This is the speaker slave to the Proton RS-332. I keep the master unit in my bedroom as a clock radio. I wanted a radio in the little office next to my bedroom, but I have two computers in there and I liked to listen to an AM station. The AM reception was awful. What to do? I got this speaker unit and hooked it up with the 18' cord to the tuner in my bedroom. I hooked up a Turk AM Advantage antenna to the tuner. The speaker unit has full on/off tuner controls, but since the actual tuner is in the other room, the computer interference doesn't affect the AM reception. What a concept! Works great!

The size, shape of the radio are perfect for shoving in your pocket and forgetting about. It has a hold function to keep the buttons from being push, but unfortunatly atleast once a day I would succeed in turning off the hold function from within my pocket. The best feature is by far the battery compartment and the 20 plus battery hours it gets on a single AAA battery. The reception is pretty good, although it picks up disturbances from nearby cell phones. There are a whole list of bad qualities with this radio. The first are the headphones, which are the most uncomfortable one I have ever had the displeasure of putting in my ears. I threw them out within thirty minutes and replaced them with an old set that only had one speaker working; a much better tradeoff. It is unbelievable difficult to remember how to use station preset function. I figured it out twice only to forget it a few weeks later. It also has this city function that keeps all stations from coming in at all. I really don't understand what the purpose is of that unless you want to listen to white noise to fall asleep.
Last week I finally lost my ShockWave radio, though I will miss it, I plan on trying my luck on something a little better. I could have swore that in the late 90's when you paid between $40-$60 dollars for a walkman you used to get something of slightly better quality. Now all you get in this price range is garbage. Is this progress?

I've been using little radios on my commute for years, and this is the best - even better than the old SONY FM/AM Walkman Sports that was my previous favorite. Terrific FM reception, it pulls in a pretty good selection of downtown stations even when my train reaches the outer 'burbs (and it receives very well inside the train, another sign of the tuner strength). The best, most convenient battery change I've ever seen, and runs for quite a while on a single AAA. Size is perfect. Distant/Local switch handles downtown overload pretty well.
Downsides: Memorizing a station requires a Mensa certificate, no auto-off (do any of them?) - but these are minor. Great choice for a commuter radio.

I bought one item like this and like it , sound is clear with extra bass, reception is much better, better than Sony. most of the people mistaken it like Mp3 because of the style. i like listening on radio all the time and one solve the problem, lite and comfortable to carry.
Planning to buy another one just in case, coz i know they don't distribute this anymore. do you think i reccomend this ? , you Bet. i bought a armstrap to put in , and it ready to go. try it , you will love it.

it seems like remote has no volume controls

the volume control on the remote is combined with the fast forward/ rewind buttons

I love this boom box! It has wonderful features including a remote control and excellent sound quality. I like having the cassette and CD players on the top of the item. Overall, this is a wonderful purchase and I strongly recommend buying this boom box.

...but a little lacking in function. My biggest problem might be a little nit-picky, but when the alarm is set on buzzer, if you turn it off, the radio does not stay on. This was one of the best functions of my old alarm clock. It keeps you from falling back into a dead sleep. Instead, I passed right out again. But it is a good-looking alarm clock. If that's important to you.

ive had this clock for almost 3 years and i must say ive had no problems with it. you can choose b/w the radio or the buzzer alarm to wake you up. the display is nice and bright. the design is kinda cool too. it has a soft wire antenna for better radio reception. ive found it to be very reliable and good quality.

I really like the dual alarm feature. The only problem I have with this clock is setting it is somewhat strange. There is a "fast forward" type button that you use to move forward and then if you overshoot your time you can slowly go backwards with a different button. It's kinda a pain sometimes if you just want to move your alarm or set the clock forward an hour. Besides that, it's a perfectly fine alarm clock.

I have to admit I was attracted to this Boom Box because of thegreat price for the features you get...but 60 days after purchasing it the CD player went capootz on me and now I have to try to find a dealer in my area or a Sony manufacturer to fix the problem. Something tells me that "great price" won't be so great after I get a quote to have it repaired. Watch out!

I'm surprised the Amazon editorial review rated the sound of this boom box so poorly, because it was the sound quality that convinced me to buy it. I haven't changed my mind, and haven't regretted buying this machine.

I'm very impressed by the richness of music played through this unit, especially CD and (surprisingly) cassette tape. It has good midrange and depth. The stereo separation is poor, mainly because the speakers are so close together. The "mega bass" button does a good job increasing the bass, but it's not so noticeable when playing classical music or when listening to pop via FM radio. I always use it when playing compact discs. The tone control's effect is more modest, but still useable and useful.

The cassette player plays with surprisingly little hiss, especially considering there's no Dolby noise reduction.

Music from FM radio stations sounds a bit thin, and clearly inferior to music from CD. The "mega bass" option has little effect improving this.

So overall, a great little boom box with good sound quality. I originally intended owning this machine for a short period and then selling it, but now it's a keeper.

I just got this unit. . . It had a better sound than anything evenclose to the price. The mega bass and tone control are very useful,and this is one of the only boomboxes in this range with a shuffle feature.