TR629 Portable Shortwave Radios, Digital Radio AM FM Plug in | for Home,DSP, Backlight LCD Display, Digital Tuning and Preset, USB, Micro SD, Clock, Recorder

I had spare change to buy something for my belated birthday, so I bought this. This radio came the next day thanks to 1 day shipping, shipping was fast. I took it out of the box, and it came with a cord, and also took the D cell batteries out of an SW boombox that I hardly use. I powered it up for the first time using the cord, and set up was very easy. The AM Band (MW Band) is permanently set by default to tune from 522 kHz to 1620 kHz at 9 kHz increments. The AM reception is very clear, and I bet it will be very good too at night. To pick up distant stations you will need to use a tunable loop antenna and couple to the receiver or use a ferrite rod coupler for your active and passive antennas that is for the AM bands. Since it only tunes 9 kHz stations, you will have to enter the local / distant AM stations you want to hear and enjoy or take your time to slowly tune the tuning know at 1 kHz increments. It's a very good AM receiver to use on the bedside or anywhere day and night. The SW bands are great, and this receiver give you, the listener the ability to tune from 2.3 MHz (120 meters) to 21.195 MHz (15 meters) to hear the world such and international news, music and events, and sports. You will need to use the telescoping rod antenna for moderate the strong signals on the short wave bands, and a wire antenna indoors or outdoors for weak to moderate signals during the day and night. This radio is very easy to use, even for a beginner, and since it's digital tuning it should be much easier than using a analog dial. It does give you the ability to preset the memories as many as you need to through the ATS tuning or memory feature. I would recommend that you purchase also a reeled up wire antenna to use indoors and outdoors since there is no external antenna input jack. FM Band is great since it's able to tune from 76 MHz to 108 MHz which is likely you will hear TV NTSC channels 5 which is 81.75 MHz, and channel 6 for NTSC audio on 87.75 MHz, and also the entire FM broadcast band. If you happen to be around Japan when travelling, this radio is able to tune the local Japanese FM broadcast band from 76 MHz to 90 MHz, and the rest of the world from 88.1 MHz to 107.9 MHz. For best reception use the telescoping rod antenna and move away from noisy sources. Also you can still use a dipole antenna by clippng one lead to the telescoping rod antenna. It does have th ability to receive local and distant FM stations without the receiver overloading. The best time to listen to distant / remote FM stations is mostly during the late spring to early fall season. The Recording / Playback feature is a great addition which has the ability to use a up to a 32 GB micro card (not included, but required) to collect your local and distant radio programs and talk shows, and international short wave radio broadcasts and share your recordings with your friends and family. There is no settings required to change the bit rate or anything, so everything is set and ready to go already. It can playback MP3 and WAV files even from a USB WAV recorder that I used to plug in and tested the playback feature which most of the files on it were MP3 and WAV formatted. This radio is a very easy to use radio, and it will give someone started in short wave radio listening and eventually get prepared for bigger complex receivers with single side band and other modes, and eventually help prepare that short wave radio listener for to get on the air with a amateur radio license to talk and help support the world in need.

My little workhorse. Really good FM radio I can pick up stations I can't anywhere else on any other device. It can even pick up stuff my car radio can't pick up. As far as mp3 goes. It's not great at playing audiobooks better multiple files. So what I do is I use audacity and put all the files into one big file. And then it does fine. It'll play 32GB for sure and definitely 56GB I don't know about bigger thumb drives. As far as the SD slot goes I've never tried it. The AM radio is better than anything I've got honestly. But where I live we only have 3 a.m. stations left. I can pick up about 23 strong radio stations. And I've even been able to pick up a radio station as far as 100 miles away "at night only, and consistently" but not bad for a hundred miles away. My home stereo is part of my home theater can't even do that and it's a pioneer. The shortwave well it's fun to play with but honestly I've only ever picked up three stations and that was at night. But then again I don't speak Spanish and then the one that wasn't English was a religious station. I can get far clear far better reception in the FM band and listen to the same exact radio station they transmit on AM/FM and shortwave, or is the Europeans would call AM Midwave. As far as sound, strictly mono, Even in the headphone jack. The speaker that comes with it punches well above its weight. That speaker can fill a whole room honestly. As far as battery life goes listening to the mp3 player I've gotten about 20 hours on three d cell batteries I had about 50% volume. Listening to the AM or FM radio add about 50% volume 30 hours probably. I'll listen to the mp3 player at night playing audiobooks to help me go to sleep. Doesn't use a lot of electricity when plugged in to house power. I like it I'd get another one if I this something ever happened to this one. And I've had this one for 4 years now. I use it a lot. As far as audio formats on the SD card, I've only ever used MP3. And there you go. Would I recommend it Yes. To solid little radio. Although I would recommend getting rechargeable d cell batteries. I've got nine diesel batteries and they got me through a power blackout that lasted for 3 days.

This is not my first rodeo -- er, radio! I'd never heard of Retekess before now, but have owned dozens of radios spanning decades. It's smaller (and thicker) than the pictures make it seem. I like the overall styling, but I wish the volume knob was on the side. Regarding the sound -- it's passable. The 3" speaker does okay, but sounds more like a "transistor" radio than anything else. It's very clear (with lots of treble) but has zero bass. A deeper sound comes from my Sangean PR-D18 handheld radio...which has an even smaller speaker! I appreciate the direct-entry buttons under the display...which is also big and easy to see. The backlight comes on each time a button is pressed and It's very easy to select a station on any of the three bands. But I haven't tried to set any presets yet. I don't usually do that with radios anyway. And I also appreciate the carry handle. The recording feature is pretty unique. I've certainly never seen that before. I tested it briefly with a thumb drive I had lying around. It works! ... and seems easy to figure out. I can't attest to whether it has recording-length limits or not. But it's a cool feature. Most of my radio listening is done with AM, so I bought it, hoping that it had reasonably good sensitivity on the AM band. I was pleased to see that it actually does. HOWEVER, after plugging it in, and playing with it for awhile, I was disappointed (at first) that most of the out-of-town AM stations I tuned to had a lot of interference, and the reception wasn't very good. FM (as expected) was just the opposite. Normally when I listen to AM stations at 30 miles away and farther, I use a Terk (external) AM antenna, to boost the signal. The radio responded well using that method. Stations that were basically non-existent when I tuned to them, came to life when I put the Terk next to it. (which is what is supposed to happen) The picture I attached shows the radio and the Terk antenna together. So, a day or two passed, and I finally decided to put batteries in it. BINGO!!! The static and interference I was hearing on AM, was gone! This also improved the radio's ability to pick up distant stations :-) I was amazed at the amount of RF NOISE the AC plug caused. So......if you want to use this receiver for AM -- USE IT WITH BATTERIES ONLY! And I would recommend NiMH RECHARGEABLE batteries. (they're available in D size) I'm not much of a shortwave listener, and I actually haven't even been able to find a SW station that the radio will tune to. My house is only a few miles from a "clear channel" 50,000 watt transmitter...so it's only picked up "splatter" (on SW) from that tower. Bottom line; the Retekess seems to be pretty well built, and the antenna (for FM/SW) is a good length. If you don't care about AM distant stations, or AM at all, then the TR629 should be a good fit for you, and you can even use it on AC power.

Delivery was exceptional. This radio is well designed, and has some good features, if only they worked properly. Unfortunately, the set I received did not function according to the instructions, therefore I have returned it. I may rationalize and order the same radio again, thinking that I may have simply received a “lemon”. The controls are slightly complicated and did not work consistently. The radio has 10 push buttons that can be used to manually input different stations, and can allegedly be used for station pre-sets as well. The instructions on how to program the pre-set buttons are totally inadequate and do not work! The speaker put out a good clear sound. I’m disappointed that the radio I received turned out to apparently be defective.

I picked up this Retekess TR629 expecting “pretty good.” What I got was a straight-up workhorse. The reception on this thing is ridiculous. MW, FM, SW it doesn’t matter. I’m pulling in channels loud and clean, including shortwave stations I’ve never been able to catch on any of my other radios. I’ve got a whole lineup now that I didn’t even know existed. The interface is simple and actually pleasant to use. Big display, clear buttons, and a tuning knob that feels solid instead of cheap and loose like a lot of radios in this price range. It scans quickly, it saves channels easily, and switching between bands is instant. There’s no learning curve with this one you pick it up and you’re off. The speaker surprised me the most. Even at low volume this thing kicks. Bright, full and way louder than I expected. I almost wish it had a half-volume setting because the quietest notch is still punching. Definitely not a bad problem to have. The build quality is solid. Nice weight, strong handle, good antenna, and nothing feels flimsy. It feels like something that’s going to survive road trips, garages, and late-night shortwave hunts. The backlight is clean and easy on the eyes and the battery indicator actually works, which is rare in radios at this price. I picked this up to replace an old radio that struggled with AM and shortwave and I ended up getting something way better. I’m already hearing stations from across the world that my other radios never touched. This thing is going to live at work with me and it’s absolutely earning its spot. If you want a radio that punches way above its price tag, pulls in stations like it’s showing off, and is just flat out fun to use, this one’s it. I’m genuinely impressed.

The TR629 is a significant upgrade of the TR618. Instead of analog tuning, this unit has digital tuning and auto search. It has a fully functional clock, alarm and sleep timer. It shows the temperature of the room, and it has a record function. The sound quality has also improved somewhat. You can pre-set your favorite radio stations which you could not do with the TR618. The extra $10 price is well worth it. It is important that you read the instructions carefully because they do not say clearly that the on/off power button functions also as a sleep timer. A long push activates the seep timer, a short push will turn the unit on or off. The TR629 is made for the US market and does not have a switch for 220 Volts. You have one fairly large size speaker, so you don't have stereo reception. I gave this radio five stars because of its numerous features. I hope the next upgrade will include bluetooth function.

I was very disappointed in this radio. It had all the features I need (basically AM, FM, earphone jack and display window) but it was a big disappointment for me. The earphone jack did not work with my pillow speaker, I couldn't figure out how to set the "presets" to save favorite stations (owners manual is too complicated and I couldn't get the presets to work) terrible reception even with antenna extended, and if I want to check the time or change stations during the night, the display window light was so bright, it would wake my wife! I had high hopes for this radio but it failed dismally. I'm relatively intelligent but setting (or failing) to set the presets was very frustrating. Who WROTE those directions??? Back to my old I-pod. No clock, no presets, no display screen, but it could pick up my stations quite well

I really like this radio. Has decent sound and the AM and FM sensitivity is going. Gets a lot of stations on FM and at night the AM band is very busy. I had a flash drive with quite a bit of music on it and it worked great. I like the design and especially the back light to show the frequency display every time you make a adjustment. Been playing it on battery power since I received it and so far it seems to be pretty easy on them. So far it's my new favorite radio.

Som muito bom Sintonia digital muito boa Muito satisfeito com o produto.

Produto devolvido nao funciona

El radio cumple con su función, es deseable que en lugar de tener que ponerle pilas gordas trajera pilas recargables, capta bien la señal de FM y AM, reproduce bien los archivos de audio desde la micro sd y desde la usb, hay que leer el manual para aprender a manejarlo al 100% ya que no es tan intuitivo su manejo.

Não é bivolt. Não vale a pena comprar.

Es un radio portátil muy completo, con funciones muy útiles, su tamaño es el adecuado para transportarlo por toda la casa; también me gusta la opción de conectarlo a la corriente eléctrica o utilizarlo con pilas, el sonido es aceptable y lo mejor para mi, que tiene la opción de grabar música o tus programas preferidos.