Product Description

High Fidelity AM/FM/HD Digital Radio Technology with Clear static-free radio reception. Backlit LCD Display --- easy to see large, full-dot backlit LCD display has brightness, contrast and display mode adjustments. Wood Based Cabinet --- with simulated cherry wood finish is designed to fit into any decor with style. Data services --- text based information - artist name, song title, etc. are scrolled across the receiver display.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #812 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Brown
• Brand: Sony
• Model: XDR-S3HD
• Dimensions: 4.75" h x 6.75" w x 11.85" l, 7.90 pounds

Features

• High-definition tabletop radio with FM multicasting and alarm
• Digital tuning control
• Backlit LCD display
• Alarm time setting with radio, buzzer, or line-in source
• Wireless remote control included

Amazon.com Product Description
The Sony XDR-S3HD HD Radio receives multiple program streams over a single FM frequency with FM Multicasting. Text based information such as artist name and song title scroll across the LCD display. The easy to see large, full-dot backlit LCD display features adjustable brightness, contrast and display modes. AM is upgraded to FM fidelity, while FM can deliver CD quality sound. It is different from satellite radio because these signals are transmitted from public accessible radio stations. Best of all, no monthly subscription is required. The wood-based cabinet with simulated cherry finish is designed to fit into any decor with style.

Customer Reviews

HD radios-not user friendly
This is a good-sounding radio but lacks some very important user features. One would be a battery back-up. If the power goes off, you lose all your settings, which could be dozens of things you must set up. Because of this, I bought a UPS (battery back-up) just for my radio. The other thing is the lack of dual alarms. So now, I must use my old wind-up alarm clock, too. Otherwise, I have no complaints. This is the radio I would recommend to a friend buying a HD radio.

Incomplete technology
This Sony is a fine radio but it fails to include one of the most important features of HD radio technology: access to multi-casting. At least one station in Philadelphia broadcasts two programs but this radio does not have the technology to access the second program. What is the point? The seller gave me a good price & delivery service but the radio is a disappointment for this feature. Otherwise, it has good sound & the reception is excellent.

Not always HD
I ordered this HD radio because NPR in Las Vegas combines their classical station (relatively low power) with their news station (relatively high power) using the HD format. I receive the news station, albeit with some static at times, and so HD was a means to receive their classical station.
But after receiving the radio and using the FM Reflect antenna, I found that the news station was not quite strong enough to produce the classical station in HD mode. However I could receive the classical station, with a little static, due to the superb sensitivity of the radio. It is analog, rather than HD (hybrid digital) and so the disappointment is tempered with the fact that at least I can hear the classical station, and will keep the radio because of that.