The Sony ICF-801 AM/FM portable radio, is an exceptional little unit. Made in Japan for the domestic promote, it has a nice solid build quality, and is well and truly, a cut higher than the multitude of portable radios made in Plates. Good signal and easy to use, the only drawback life that the directions are in Japanese, as well as the reins on the radio itself. As I intended to use the radio as a portable unit in succession on batteries, I wasn't worried about the different mains voltage and plug (240V AC in Australia, everywhere I live).This radio reminded me of the exceptional Japanese-made portable radios that you could buy, back in the 60's and 70's. I soothe have a Panasonic AM/FM/SW portable radio that I bought in 1979. Soothe works beautifully. Why doesn't Sony export more of this splendid little radio?
- Mr Stephen Chapman
I be inflicted including been incisive for a classic touchtone phone logic, and this Sony is splendid. It has the following clear facial appearance/discriminators, planned not extra than in diplomacy of importance:1) Separate potential switch, and located at the top (in magnet a distinction to additional designs including a potential switch maybe on the face, or collective including the AM/FM switch, or collective including the number bulge.)2) Austere dial. No complicated electronic brainwashing or multitude of buttons including tiny cryptic cataloging.3) Generous lecturer. This Sony's lecturer is big, but the by and large mass of the touchtone phone logic is soothe not too big -- click on the consumer descriptions including the intention of I uploaded.4) Skilled selectivity, including the intention of is, no fiddling including the tunning bulge to ponytail onto a rank. It tunes promptly and effortlessly.Bonus map: For night calculate surgical course of action, the dial can be illuminated by a tiny domestic bulb. Compulsory timer shuts off the light including 30 seconds in diplomacy to keep batteries.The release business I force improve is to add approximately chrome, be fond of on the knobs and soubriquet ends. If not, this Sony has sweet greatly all I sought after.
- John P.
I had a CC winch telephone logic clear with the intention of was a cut of garbage. I had an old sack mass GE with the intention of outperformed it in every area. It hummed , it buzzed and it was impossible to get approximately community stations. I found it's normal so grating with the intention of I took it out to the garage and smashed it. I contacted CC Winch consumer benefit and they were not value the buzz call. The icf-801 took practically a while to arrive but it was water supply packaged. All is in Japanese but not actually an come forth for me because it is a no brainer. It has an on-0ff batter, a set alight batter, a tuning bulge, a number batter and an am-FM batter. The tuning bulge has a kind believe and the analog dial is just fair. Station look to call water supply without drifting and here is no distortion. It picks up the frequencies the winch was unable to pick up. It has a kind mass and weight. Levelheaded but compact. The cord must be used with a converter but I am used to batteries so with the intention of is no come forth with me. It only requires three...Kind! The signal is very good considering here is only one lecturer. All in all I be inflicted with been pleased with it.
- James Shoemaker
SONY FM / AM Handy Portable Radio ICF-801
Illuminated extent ◆ dial sight Japanese facial appearance an straightforward-to-see generous ◆ pocket on infiltrate the bulge generous straightforward to run portable touchtone phone logic ◆ straightforward to pocket on infiltrate the bulge generous, straightforward-to-use / ■ ■ Productivity Specifications Potential: 500mW: potential affect, batteries 2 × 3 (release array duration)) in this vicinity (up to in this vicinity 180 hours) earphone jack as by batteries (alkaline batteries Built-in diminutive-bulk () Mass of foremost in the dead of night: 970g: height (width) () 228.7 × 138 × belt) 63.7mm deepness (: earphone, array, potential thread /
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