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Review on πŸ“» Retekess PR11 AM FM Radio Portable: Rechargeable Transistor Radios Small with MP3 Player & Micro SD Card Support, Ideal for Outdoor Adventures (Gold) by Paul Curd

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Didn't work for my evil purposes

I ordered this radio to connect to computer speakers in a drive-in theater (with inverter powered speakers). I've only seen one show with this radio so far, a temporary show in a mall parking lot with an inflatable screen. The radio tuner couldn't play the movie locally without a lot of static electricity, while the radio in my truck tuned it to perfect CD quality (or as close as an FM radio can get). very sensitive as I previously did a channel scan which caught every local station as well as a few more distant stations that I wasn't familiar with. Could it be that the pop-up was broadcasting on a frequency that this portable radio was also picking up interference from a distant station broadcasting on the same frequency that was too far away to affect my truck's radio? I will try again in a more permanent cinema before returning it just in case. Until I do that I can't really tell if the tuner is too sensitive or not sensitive enough. A few other issues are that the radio uses mini-USB for charging - not micro or USB-C, but mini. Who still uses mini USB? In addition, you cannot gradually increase the frequencies. You can only switch from scanned presets to scanned presets or enter channel numbers manually.

Pros
  • Nice to use
Cons
  • Neutral