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Walmart has an aux input?I found a Bluetooth adapter that will plug into the aux input at Walmart.
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Walmart has an aux input?I found a Bluetooth adapter that will plug into the aux input at Walmart.
Walmart has an aux input?
That is only in Super WalmartsIt's in the produce section between the kumquats and star fruit, where no one ever looks.
I'm scanning flea-bay, Craigslist, and the like all the time for an HDR-16! I'm not exactly confident of finding a good used one there, but I'm looking!
I recently bought a non-portable, so used would allow me to purchase sooner, or _maybe_ allow me to purchase vs not. There appear to be ‘refurbished’ ones out there for a small discount.
However this radio has one disppointing flaw. I use it as a bedside radio and fall asleep to it using the sleep timer. The problem is the LCD backlight is extremely bright and there is no way to turn it off while the radio is on!
I got a solid, stable lock on KSL AM's HD broadcast in the house with this radio last night. I was quite impressed!
Thank you very much for all the detailed info Bulwinkl; at least there is hope that one day I might hear HD AM; this time in Harrisonburg,VA will be the last time for a while that I might be able to try it; in mid August I will be in Charleston,SC, but I’m suspecting between the time of the year and the fact that I could not get any of the NYC stations in HD in Virginia Beach,VA, that the odds of hearing an HD signal for my week in Charleston,SC will be even more remote that Virginia Beach. The month before Virginia Beach I was in Seattle for several days and no HD radio on the AM band there.Yes, KSL's signal is certainly sky wave here. the distance-from-to type of websites put straight-line distance at around 500 miles between here and there. I think the HDR-16 is a pretty good DX radio, too. It's not as good as my old GE on AM, but it's quite good and it's terrific on FM.
I've experienced the inability to lock (meaning, to play) HD signals the same as you have. There are only a couple of AM stations here locally (Phoenix area) that transmit in HD. The one is a sport-talk station, and it locks right in. Sounds clean and clear with much better treble reproduction; very much like an FM station. There's a spanish-language music station that is the other AM HD transmitter here. It's part of the La Campesina group. I can't get that HD signal to lock on any HD radio, automotive or household, unless it's within 4 or 5 miles of the transmitter tower. The signal strength is very good all over the place, but the HD signal just won't lock in unless you're right there. I sent a note to La Campesina about it through their website, but got no response. They simulcast their signal on an FM station here now, so I suspect they care little what is going on with their AM transmission.
I was surprised as well; since I had checked radio-locator before I left and it should about 4 or 5 AM stations with HD capabilities; so I’m guessing that just like in my home market (St. Petersburg-Tamap) where there had been four or maybe even five at one time.....one by one, they stopped the HD. I did the HD scan in Seattle numerous times day and night every day and it would just go through the whole AM band w/o stopping. If I do hear something in Charleston, S.C. In Harrisonburg,VA later this month, I will be pleasantly surprised. Think I’m more likely to hear AM HD in the northern tip of Virginia than Charleston. Here though there is just two much interference from the Cuban stations day and night to expect any sky wave HD reception.I’m surprised there weren’t any AM HD stations in Seattle. I’d have expected some. Maybe you’ll get lucky this next time in Charleston!
I’m surprised there weren’t any AM HD stations in Seattle. I’d have expected some. Maybe you’ll get lucky this next time in Charleston!
————————————————————————————————————There were two HD AM stations in Seattle itself a couple years ago, the South Asian station on 1250 and the sports station on 1090. I had just bought a Sony XDR HD radio (used) and heard them, and within a couple months the HD was turned off on both stations. They are now both analog only. There might be a couple HD AM stations north of the city, but I haven't heard their IBOC buzz lately, so I'm not certain they still run HD on AM. I also haven't fired up the Sony XDR lately (lost interest in HD AM or FM).
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Thanks for the info boombox4; normally I’m a day late and a dollar short......this time I was two years too late! I was staying in the University District, so all the signals of the Seattle stations were strong and in additional to do the HD scan, I then, getting desperate, checked each one out several times, one by one, including 1090 and 1250 and as you indicated they are now in analogue. At least now I know it wasn’t me or the radio!