Sangean America DT-210 DT-210 AM/FM Digital Tuning Pocket Radio by Sangean
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Digital camera reviews of Sangean America DT-210 DT-210 AM/FM Digital Tuning Pocket Radio
Digital camera Review: Exactly What I Needed
Summary: 5 Stars
Good reception. Good speaker. Easy on batteries. Fits in shirt pocket. Once you figure out how all the buttons work, it is easy to use.Digital camera Review: Exactly as advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
This radio was exactly what I needed.. It's small enough to take walking and the range of reception is wonderful. It was everything that it was advertised to be.
Digital camera Review: Exceeded My Expectations
Summary: 4 Stars
Periodically, I must sit 4+ hours for a necessary appointment located in a multi-story structure. Because I enjoy listening to AM radio, I'd been taking the only digital tuning portable that I had, an AIWA. With that unit, I needed to sit in a particular area in order to marginally receive one of two stations to which I listen. With the Sangean DT-210V and sitting in the same area as well as farther away, I'm able to receive multiple AM stations in addition to all of the VHS stations in my area. While there is some periodic static associated with the AM listening, it is not overly intrusive. It is certainly a huge improvement over what I was tolerating previously which included `resorting' to FM when no AM station could be received. For reception capabilities, I gave five stars, but deducted one for the steps needed to utilize the presets, a minor nuisance.Digital camera Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I was surprised at the size of the radio. It was smaller than I expected. But, the quality was GREAT! I would easily buy another if needed.Digital camera Review: Excellent AM. Slightly inconvenient FM
Summary: 4 Stars
I've used both the DT-210 and its big brother, the DT-400W. The smaller radio has incredible AM reception that the DT-400 doesn't come close to matching, for whatever reason. A distant AM station I can barely pick in daytime up on the DT-400 (and not at all when it goes directional after dark) pops up loud and clear on the DT-210. Or, as clear as a distant weak AM signal can be, hearing it on earbuds.
That said, the bigger DT-400 has a much more convenient tuning system (fewer buttons to press to go through presets) and better over-all FM. The DT-210 is much more susceptible to FM stations fading in and out depending on what directon you're facing. Actual sensitivity seems about the same between the two, but you're more likely to find yourself shifting about to keep a station with the smaller radio.
The smaller size of the DT-210 is a little more convenient; the need for AAA batteries instead of the more easily available AA's is less so. Every convenience store has AA's, fewer have AAA's. The belt clip provided is pretty useless. These radios are durable enough; mine have been dropped on hard surfaces now and again and survived. Don't get one wet, thogh!
And yes, the power button failed on my last example of a DT-210, too. But it gave me three or four years of nearly daily use, so it didn't bother me that much. Both Sangean radios are much superior to the Sony equivalent, for my money. If you're trying to pull in a fringe AM station, the DT-210 is the next best thing to a bigger and more expensive Crane. And most of the games I want to hear are on AM.
If anybody knows of an MP3 player with halfways decent FM reception, I'd like to hear about it. Most have radio strictly as an afterthought.