Sangean RCR-5 Digital AM/FM Clock Radio by Sangean America, Inc.
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Digital camera reviews of Sangean RCR-5 Digital AM/FM Clock Radio
Digital camera Review: A Perfect Fit
Summary: 4 Stars
For its size, it also has a truly fine sound quality, not at all tinny or cheap sounding. But the reception is weak for FM stations. I get most, but not all the stations clearly that I desired for preset programming. I use the radio in the bathroom, so I do not need all the other features. I also love the size of this unit. It fits perfectly on the shelf and that is the reason that I bout it.Digital camera Review: Almost perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I looked around for a while trying to find a clock radio with all the features I was looking for without breaking the bank. This one comes oh so close to being exactly what I wanted. The main attributes I was looking for was a digital tuner, an adjustable back light, and individual button presets. This unit has all these and more. Everything else is super easy to use and well thought out. Multiple settings for the alarm (everyday, weekdays, weekends, once). The soft amber light of the back light is perfect. I can easily see the time without lighting up the room at all. The only minuses are limited battery back up (built in battery only last 10 minutes in an outage), no station scan for the tuner, and a relatively weak antenna. There were a couple of weaker stations in Sacramento I was hoping to get but don't. All in all I am quite pleased with the purchase and will be keeping it.Digital camera Review: Audio Distortion and Station Wandering
Summary: 3 Stars
Loved it when I first got it, but since then I've noticed the station tuning (supposedly digital) wanders, and there's nothing I can do about it, since each station is set where it's supposed to be. I love the digital push buttons to go to different stations, and that's why I bought this item.
The included antenna is woefully inadequate, and there's no external metal part to attach a real antenna to.
Worst of all, the audio quality is very low fi. Disappointingly so. I'm considering jig-sawing into the box and connecting a decent Radio Shack bookshelf speaker, though I'm not sure where I'd put it. I liked that it all fits on my night table. I never use it as an alarm clock.
Very disappointed.
Digital camera Review: Clock Radio -- Great but not perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this alarm clock a week ago. These are my initial impressions.
Radio. It is a great radio with a digital Tuner. I really like the presets. I listen to my baseball team on AM radio in the evening and my FM Morning show. It is so easy to switch back and forth between these two. That is just awesome. However the radio will not blow you away, but I mainly use this radio for talk shows and it is perfect for that.
Clock.
This is probably the weakest area of the radio. It would be awesome if the radio had an auto dimmer for night. The great thing is that you can dim this alarm clock as much as you want so that it doesn't disturb your sleep. Some clock radios just have 3 settings uber-bright, super-bright, and bright. Then where the weakness comes in is that when it's dim the alarm clock is pretty much unreadable during the day.
Alarm.
The alarm seems fine. It is different than my last radio. It is a little hard to use, but not impossible. I like the gradually louder beeping.
AUX IN/Headphone
These 2 settings are great. It adds to the flexibility of the radio. If I wanted to bring it to work, or put on headset at night, or listen to my ipod it could do all of these things. GREAT.
Overall it is a great clock radio. I never rock out with my clock radio. I have much nicer equipment in the house for that. The misses clock radio is visible during the day. I really like the 5 presets on both AM/FM. In two seconds I can switch between stations, or AM/FM. This is exactly what I wanted.
Digital camera Review: Damaged radio would not even turn on.
Summary: 1 Stars
Sangean RCR-5 Digital could not even turn it on. If I had not ordered from this seller before I would not order from them again. Sent damaged radio.