![]() How does the HD radio sound? Well, ordinary FM sounds somewhat muffled by comparison. SUCCESS! I could then pick up all the San Jose radio stations and many of the San Francisco radio stations. ![]() Then I moved the radio to the other nightstand - the one against the wall - and strung the FM dipole antenna in the corner with one leg against the outside wall and one leg on the inside wall. I live in a very crowded-spectrum area, the San Francisco Bay area, where pretty much any possible frequency has a radio station on it. At first I thought the radio was incredibly insensitive. Pandora immediately started streaming out of the stereo’s speakers. I stopped the iPod on the iPhone’s touchscreen, pushed the Home button, and selected Pandora. The next thing I checked out was the Internet radio functionality. The channel forward/back buttons on the remote (and on the radio itself) also served to go forward and back between songs once I had the iPod started on a playlist. I could then use the iPhone’s iPod controls to select the song to play and start playing it. When I plugged the iPhone in, it automatically switched into iPod mode. I plugged everything in, hung up the antennas on the wall between my bedroom and my living room, and plugged in my iPhone. The problem is that I find headphones to be confining, thus the reason for this small clock radio / stereo. When I’m in my bedroom reading in bed I like to have some music to accompany me, and given the lackluster offerings on commercial radio today, my iPhone is the main way to get that. The first thing I tested was the iPod functionality. Also included is a chunky remote that is ridiculously large by today’s standards. I guess the video out is if you’re playing videos on your iPod, otherwise it makes no sense. On the back there are the following ports: FM antenna, AM antenna, AUX in, AUX out, headphones, and video out. ![]() It has an iPod/iPhone port on the top with various adaptors for the various shapes of iPods and iPhones, and will do HD (digital) AM and FM also. ![]() It is a somewhat chunky block that sits on your nightstand. I picked one of these up at Costco yesterday for $99. ![]()
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