Sangean

Bought one nearly a year ago. "Tinny" sound and changing the bass/treble sounds does not help much in this respect. I've only used it in DAB mode but… Read more

noticed that recently on some stations the sound cuts out momentarily. Loses pre sets easily esp. if it has to be turned off and shifted to another room. Need also to continually change the aerial around. Never had this sort of problem with other radios before this. Apparently putting in batteries helps but I only use it with electrical cord. Overpriced IMO. I am looking to buy a different brand.

Excellent – Please read McCactus review so I will not repeat his/her words. I can only add some suggestions that would further improve this excellent radio.… Read more

Radio remote controller would be a better option than a standard one. I would like to the possibility to preset more than 10 stations in internet radio, DAB and FM.

The good and the frustrating – The good: Fair FM reception: much better than my old Sony SRF M97 DAB excellent Rechargeable battery duration is a good surprise Sound quality is… Read more

good (with earphones)

The ugly:

Aerial is a joke and will not last (keep it inside and use earphones cables instead!) Supplied earphones are very cheap (broken in one day) Swithing between favourite stations is horrible! It is a minimum 8 steps operation!!) Impossible to upgrade software (bugs)

Good Internet Radio but questionable build quality – Its great to be able to listen to stations from different parts of the world at the touch of a button on a radio rather than a "device." However… Read more

issues with my model are 1. the whole exterior has yellowed (apart from the battery cover) and 2. the surface of the selection buttons have started to crack and fall away. Seems rather poor after only 4 years on a fairly pricey radio.

Stick to a reputable brand – Really poor batter life, 2-3 days with 4 hours listening, on-off button intermittently does not work, radio turns on by itself. The DC charged packed in after 1 year, cannot get a replacement. Would not recommended .

Stupid battery life – Batteries going every 4 days what is wrong with these radios it's a new one 2 weeks old ?????????can't return it as box been thrown away this company should take it back!

Great Product! – - Really good reception in remote areas unlike digital which drops out - Louder output unlike digital - Rechargeable batteries that can be recharged in the radio - Can use mains power as well as rechargeable or standard batteries

Works well. Sound is good but too much bass. IN BLACK or WHITE! – Very tricky to set-up and set two alarms. alarm set will cancel out the Radio alarm They come on softly and can be snoozed with long Snooze bar, or… Read more

turned off by hitting the Standby button .

We wanted AM and FM, only need three stations, we selected three of the 15 presets..

No Digital radio, which is useless anyway! It can fail to pick up stations in the suburbs! And takes a moment to start!

Alarm repeats for an hour until cancelled...

We wanted good sound from decent speakers, but this one has a little too much base, but OK louder while lying in bed. 2 x 2.25" 8ohm... No treble or bass settings, but have not seen a clock radio with any!

This has all the settings we needed... Has Auxillary in and earphones 3mm sockets

Has a Snooze, and a Sleep timer 15 to 120 minutes!!

The clock LEDs are great, and LARGE, and can be dimmed! 7 levels!!

It has a capacitor memory for settings. In the US it can have two batteries!

Uses 240v AC adapter 7.5v DC 0.8amp

Still have not managed to set the alarm radio. not clear in the instructions!

search on ebay, and search for the manual at Sangean RCR-24

We got ours from iBUYS, no worries Took several emails to get it all working.

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The last reply with most solutions.. These are problems with p8 in the Manual, and in the file on the Sangean web site!

We have a number of problems with the settings and the clarity of the manual on p8..

I managed to set the radio alarm, somehow, and it worked twice, failed again this morning.

The first few mornings the Alarm and the radio were set and the radio turn-on failed.

The ALARM 1 on ALARM setting, worked a couple of times.. before I managed to set a RADIO alarm..

Will they work if both turned on? One as Radio, one as Alarm!

Do they need to be set for different times to use both alarms?

It needs to set for the different times, if you set the same time, the alarm will according to Alarm 2 choose to wake up.

Can you change the Source or Station once set?

How?

It need to disabling/cancelling alarm setting and re-setting again.

What do... ONE ALL M-F and 5-5 mean during the alarm setting procedure?

ALL -> every day

M-F ->Monday - Friday

S-S -> Saturday – Sunday

Trying to change SOURCE here fails and won't select by Pre-set!

It needs to disabling/cancelling alarm setting and re-setting again.

Could not select the station via a pre-set Number!

It need to pre-set the station at first.

Why did 522 and 875 display while selecting AM when I first attempted a setup?

It the default value.

It would drop out of the sequence while I read the next step!

Selecting the Volume for the radio alarm just stays at 7 !!!

Won't change! Nothing in the manual to suggest this is the MAX Vol and can only be adjusted down!!

The buzzer max Volume is 7.

At this point, while amending Alarm 2, with Alarm 1 already set, the TUNING button only changes the display from m--f to 5--5 ALL ONE ???

The Alarm 1 and Alarm 2 is individually, we tested the RCR-24, could not re-appear this issue.

The only way to select ALARM 2, was to hold it and go through the whole setup steps again!

Then the Speaker icon flashes and the display defaults back to ALARM 1 !!!!

Toggling from Alarm one to Alarm setting 2 does not HOLD it switches back to No1 !!

How do you change from one alarm to the other, or select both

I think I did it once, but is NOT mentioned in the Manual!

How do you change from one to the other or select BOTH?

If want to select Alarm 1 or Alarm 2, they also need to go through the whole setup steps, because need to confirm the setting is that you want.

How do you stop the EMR or RF interference from a nearby phone or transformer interfering with the sound?

On 666 we have to rotate the radio 90degress to stop the buzz, seems OK on 846 and is OK on FM!

Is there a way to change the Bass/Treble to more treble please?

The RCR-24 has not EQ setting.

Disappointing – Living in rural Victoria we decided to become more media mobile due to limited reception at home. After researching our options we purchased a… Read more

Sangean WFR-27C in the hope we would be able to connect with the outer world. What an illusion! The one and only purpose the radio had to fulfill was to connect us with the News Services all over the world. Well the Sangean WFR 27C is utterly unable to meet our expectations. Upon arrival we excitedly programmed in all the stations we wanted to listen to. The radio worked like a treat. After 20 mins we turned it off because we had to leave. Upon return we turned the audio on again - not a peep. We rushed for the manual and learned how to reset it. It worked again. For the next four days whenever we wanted to use it it would not start by pressing the ON button, only via resetting it from scratch, which takes between 1 - 3 mins. And then came the moment when everything completely froze. You couldn't turn it on or off at all. You could not reset it at all. After an hour of reading the menu, fiddling, lining up Helpdesk calls we gave up. In addition, although being plugged into the mains the radio depends on batteries . The charge duration is minimal or faulty, as after approx 30 mins the batteries need recharging. The customer support is non existent.

As far as we are concerned our purchase was a complete waste of money.