Product Description

This is it--the shower radio you've seen and wanted! / Now just a few keystrokes away from being on its way to your home

Product Details

• Brand: Sony
• Model: S79V
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.13 pounds

Features

• Splash resistant multi-band shower radio
• Unique easy-grip design
• Easy-to-use controls
• Supplied hanging strap
• Quartz synthesized tuner

Amazon.com
The Sony Shower Mate radio may just be the ideal early-morning companion: it only plays what you want, when you want, for as long as you want. This splash-resistant TV/Weather/AM/FM synthesized radio offers five preset buttons for programming in your favorite stations, a 90-minute timer with five timer presets (great for kitchen use), and an auto-off function. The large, raised buttons that top the unit are labeled clearly for bleary-eyed mornings, and the volume control has raised grips so that it can be manipulated when fingers are wet and slippery. The Shower Mate is oval-shaped with a flat top and bottom, and is constructed of tough, white plastic. Although it's intended to be used near water, the radio shouldn't be submerged--or even subjected to the stream of a shower. Comes with a strap for hanging and a suction cup for positioning a wire antenna. Requires three C batteries for operation.

From the Manufacturer
Tune into your favorite radio station in the shower with Sony's ICF-S79V AM/FM/TV Weather Band Shower Radio! Its splash resistant multi-band radio makes it ideal for the bathroom, shower, spa, or sauna. Digital AM/FM/TV/Weather reception allows you to choose from the wide variety of radio talk shows and music programming, plus sound from TV channels 2-13 along with weather band broadcasts. Sony's ICF-S79V--don't shower without it!

Features:

• Water Resistant Multi-Band Shower Radio makes this an ideal radio for bathroom, shower, spa, or sauna
• Unique Easy-Grip Design will not easily slip from your hand and can be set down on tub edge or other flat surface
• Easy-to-use controls are located atop the radio for handy one-finger operation
• Quartz synthesized tuner provides the most accurate drift-free tuning
• AM/FM/TV/Weather Band reception lets you choose from the wide variety of radio talk shows and music programming plus sound from TV channels 2-13 and weather band broadcasts
• 20 memory presets offers convenient one-button tuning of your choice of 5 favorite AM stations, 10 FM stations, and 5 VHF TV channels
• Easy Weather Button allows one-touch access to weather information
• Built-in digital clock has LCD and shows exact time and station preset number
• Selectable automatic-off timer automatically turns off the radio at a time you select from options of 10-, 20-, 30-, 45- and 60-minutes up to one hour
• Large speaker lets you hear rich, wide range sound even while water is running
• Built-in antennas include ferrite bar for AM, wire antenna for FM
• Frequency Range: AM: 530-1710kHz, FM: 87.5-108MHzTV: VHF Channels 2-13, VHF Weather: 109-216MHz
• Speaker: 3-1/8" (77 mm)
• Power Output: 250 mW
• Power requirements: "C" x 3 batteries, 4.5V DC
• Color: White

Customer Reviews

Simply the best
If you've ever bought a shower radio (I've bought & tried several), you know that they all s*#k. This is the first one that DOESN'T s*#k. Not the slightest bit. This one is fantastic.

It's got a digital tuner - no dealing with tiny tuning knobs and guessing if you're on the right station. It's got an accurate digital clock. It's got weather band. It's got tv audio (channels 2 thru 13). It's got an antenna wire with a suction cup at the end so you can actually better tune in your station. All the function buttons are simple & waterproofed. The sound is great - for a mono shower radio. It's got a heavy duty string to hang it on your shower head, or just set it on any flat surface - it's solid and will stay still. And to top it off, 3 C batteries in this thing last forever - instead of a single 9 volt or a few AA's that other shower radios usually have. Sony did good here.

Just buy it. Then buy another whenever you can't think of a good gift to get someone - people LOVE getting this as a gift. I've given several.

I like this radio
I looked at several brands of AM FM TV Weather radios for use during severe weather when power might be out. I was searching for specific features:

1. Battery power (for power outages)

2. TV band (tornado tracking is sophisticated enough to get down to street-level tracking on TV. NWS hasn't caught up yet)

3. Decent sound quality

This radio met all my needs with the added bonus of being water-resistant. (I must admit I am baffled by the term as EVERYTHING is water-resistant to one degree or another.)

Reception is good in all areas of my home (including those areas where we cower when tornados are lurking). The radio includes a wire antenna for FM reception which stows in the battery compartment.

Sony recommends leaving the three "C" cells in the radio and changing them every year. This maintains the time and radio presets.

Pros: Good reception, solid design, handy controls, good sound.
Cons: Bigger than some.

To avoid finding the radio with dead batteries (or worse, corrosion in the battery compartment), I set reminders in my Palm to change various batteries annually.

A fantastic radio
I've had this radio for a year now. I use it most mornings for 20 - 30 minutes, and I'm still on the original batteries. I have it hanging on the shower wall where it occasionally gets splashed. I haven't had any trouble at all with it not being waterproof. I think the sound is good quality, and the digital tuner and pre-set buttons are easy to use. I like the one touch on/off button as well. I would highly recommend it, and would like one for our second bathroom as well. For the price, it's a real bargain!