Sangean DT-220V AM/FM Stereo Pocket Size Radio with Self-Storage Headphones

Amazon Customer Reviews

(5 out of 5)

The holy grail of pocket radios!

Wow! This is what I have been looking for! A pocket radio with the following features: good reception, digital tuning, light, alarm, clock, presets, good speaker sound, fits in my pocket, has built in earbuds (that retract with a push of a button!), stereo FM when you use the earbuds (or your own headphones), lock switch, TV audio, built in telescoping antenna, auto turn off after 90 minutes (which you can easily cancel). This is a great radio, the best pocket radio with a built in speaker that I have seen. Sangean usually has terrible reception and their radios usually have a lot of noise between stations but this one receives and selects as well as my Sony! Definitely get this if you want apocket radio with a speaker!

(5 out of 5)

I Take It Everywhere

Since receiving my Sangean220V radio, I hate going anywhere without it, even into the next room! I love knowing I can flip it on to keep me company whenever I get bored or things too quiet. I don't want to damage the earbuds, so I leave them retracted and use a separate headset when I'm not using the speaker. Reception is great on this little dude, and I got an AC Adapter at Radio Shack so the radio can keep me company by playing all night. I spent some time with the manual, and as a result am able to pretty much do the controls in the dark! It does have a display light, a clock and an alarm, but I don't really use those. I just love having a little radio I can tune easily using the digital tuning, and listen to without having to plug up my ears. It's small and easy to take along. I love it, and want a spare!

(4 out of 5)

Marco's Review

I have been on a quest for approximately 3 yrs. for a hand held radio with digital tuning. I also wanted one that allowed the versatility of a speaker and also headphones.The quest is over. the speaker on this radio is larger that those on other pocket Sangeans, so a little larger in size, and a lot better in sound. The FM reception is good on all stations with decent signal strength. On my favorite jazz station, a rather weak one, from a college, I must plug earphones into the jack, and it then becomes much better. Sangean has offered to send me a tailing lead antenna, at no extra charge, to remedy this problem.The radio also has a scoping antenna, which improves reception in many case, but is not even needed with stroner FM stations

Design and ease of use are excellent. You can literally hit the Band button to go from Fm to TV to Am. Presets were cake to program. With the exception of setting the alarm and the clock, most buttons have only one function. This avoids those nerve-racking instructionsi.e. hold this while pushing that, hit the button three times and then hit function twice.

All in all a beautiful find.

(5 out of 5)

A good radio

I bought this for an elderly relative who listens to the radio in bed very often. He is very happy with the purchase.

The included retractable headphones are working well for him. There is a plug to use your own headphones as well. I'm glad this radio takes two AA's instead of AAA's, because AA's last longer.

One feature is especially useful. By default, the radio shuts off after 90 minutes. The person I bought it for regularly falls asleep with the radio on -- this feature saves battery life. If you don't like this feature, simply hold the power button down for a few seconds and it is disabled.

Holding down the up/down tuner button briefly will scan and stop at the next station. There are also 5 presets, actually 10 if you hold down a "+5 preset button", but really only 5 are user friendly for the elderly. That's 5 for each band -- am, fm, tv.

Reception is superior, that's why I bought it. He has to extend the antena to get a weak FM station, but that's expected. He likes the ability to listen to local broadcast TV stations.

Those who listen to radio quite often can justify the higher cost of this superior product. I recommend it.

Edit: A year after buying this, I bought a Sangean DT-180V.
This is a newer model without speaker not available on amazon yet, but should be soon. I think it is a better radio.

(5 out of 5)

Great little radio!

I was searching for a radio that was more sensitive than the previous radios I had been using, not only on the FM band, but also on the AM band.
The FM band receives like my car stereo does. It picks up about every station I would want to listen to and a few others I couldn't pick up from within my house. The AM band is sensitive, but being that I live in a rural area, I suspect it will be even better when I travel with it. The TV band also picks up very clear.
The radio has simple controls and is designed to be easy to use. The backlight comes in handy if you like to listen in bed.
The retracable ear phones are adequate and help reception on AM stations.
All in all, this was a great buy I would recommend to anyone.