[Electronics-talk] setting radios

Wed Nov 27 04:25:37 UTC 2013

Unfortunately, that's the breaks with radios and televisions.  It was much 
nicer when you could turn a dial, because you could get a feel for what the 
dial in your area actually felt like and you could learn easily where the 
stations were.  With these digital tuners, it gets annoying to just even go 
from one end of the dial to the other, and it is harder to get a feel for 
it.  I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is not as easy.  Especially when 
the dial sometimes goes 1 KC at a time instead of ten on the AM, and one 
point at a time on the FM instead of two.  It makes it more tedious to go 
through the dial and find something.  The other thing I hate about digital 
tuning on AM, is, when you do have one that goes 10 Kc at a time, the 
stations don't land in the center, so they quite frequently are off tune. 
Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:42 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] setting radios

Hello Pam and all,

Yes, my original post was about the challenge of using regular radios which
are part of a stereo system. I have one now with a CD player with it; it’s a
sony model.

I'm trying to say it is difficult to know which station you are on. The
screen tells you the station. I am saying the screen is not spoken leaving
me not always sure which station I'm on.
I use the buttons now and do it the best I can. But I wish there was either
a larger print or talking feature.

I hope this makes sense now. But now that people have brought up other
options, I'm open to that too. I won't ever give up my standard radio
though. I'm not always sitting tied to a pc or laptop. Besides, I believe
you need consistent internet access to use something like itunes radio; I do
not always have consistent wireless connections.
And, no thanks to the  iphone thing.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Pamela Dominguez
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:13 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] setting radios

I think she is talking about a physical radio, not a program you put on your
computer or iPhone.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Snow White Dove
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:09 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] setting radios

Hey Ashley,
Actually, the new iTunes radio is really accessible.
Also, I love iHeartRadio. It's very accessible.
Give it a shot, I think it's free but I'm not sure. It's been a while.
Jenny

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 26, 2013, at 1:31 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Setting up the radio station you want is with buttons on most radios; in 
> the past, you had a tuner knob to set stations and no digital way to 
> program in stations.
>
> Its important to see the station to know where you are.
> Are there talking radios? I know the ipods read you the station frequency 
> you’re at, but other than that, I can’t think of anything accessible.
>
> How do you find the stations you want? Just listen? Ocasionally with good 
> light, I can see the number. Otherwise, I have to listen and guess what 
> station I’m at based on the music played and number of times I’ve pressed 
> a button. For instance if I’m at 99.5 and wish to go to 98.7, I know I don’t 
> have to press the buttons much to get there, but if I wanted to tune to 
> 88.5, I have a long way to go.
>
> For music, I love cds! I find them most accessible as you simply put in 
> your cd and press buttons to go to the track you desire or play it on the 
> pc with something like windows media player, and still select your track 
> or listen straight through.
> Old fashioned, but I find its most accessible except for the ipod route. 
> Most music services such as rhapsody are not very accessible. Oh, nor is 
> the hd radio real accessible either. So cds, IMO, are one of the best 
> options.
>
> Ashley
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