| | |  | Sports Electronics & Gadgets | Home » » » Sangean HDT-1 HD Radio AM/FM Stereo Tuner | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | HDT-1 HD/AM/FM Radio component Tuner adds HD Radio Technology to your Home Theater System with graphic LCD display, Program Associated Data Services, Display indicates call sign, channel frequency, data rate, radio text, audio mode, service mode, signal quality, signal strength, IR Remote Control, Line-out | | | Features: | |
• Backlit LCD display
• Program associated data services
• Auto preset system
• IR remote control
• External antenna input
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 17.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 20.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 13.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 8.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 68 reviews |
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 HD tunerAug 31, 2009
Was a gift for my son and he said it works very well.Had a hard time finding one when they first came out so I was glad to find this one on Amazon.Price was reasonable.
Forget the mumbo jumboJul 05, 2009
After all the mumbo jumbo I read on this HD tuner I really had my doubts despite the low cost. I bought it on Amazon from Egroup. The unit came in perfect shape. I live in the Dallas area. I have the tuner hooked up to an Onkyo 606. I play the tuner through the 7.1 home theater speakers, and the secondary speakers for whole house sound. I use a Logitech Harmony 880 to control the whole system, Sangean an easy addition. The controls are well thought out. The remote is cheap, but stores nicely with my dozen other remotes.
The tuner sounds great and the reception is fantastic compared to normal FM. It is not CD, but the fidelity is several times better than normal FM. The quality leap you get going from FM to FM HD is about like the quality leap you get going from AM to FM.
In Dallas, I could get about 6 FM stations clearly. Now, I can get about 36 FM HD broadcasts clearly. I don't know how many regular FM stations in addition to that. I'm sort of snubbing them. There are about 6 AM HD stations in Dallas. The variety in HD is remarkable also. I have all 20 FM presets filled, plus the 6 AM stations loaded, and the remaining 14 AM presets empty. Who cares. Thank goodness it doesn't lose presets in a power loss. This is the first time ever I could get the local classical station without periodic multipath.
Dallas must be HD Disney World. Signal drop and switching to normal FM wasn't a problem. Look up the HD Radio website and see if you like what HD broadcasts are available in your area before buying.
Optical out on this unit gets you another type of out, but I doubt you could tell the difference over the RCA jacks. At the price the HDT-1 is going for, see Egroup, paying more may not get you enough.
The LCD doesn't turn off. It displays the time in fairly large numbers. It's not as bright as a 4 watt night light, more like an LCD alarm clock. Some people think those are too bright, but not bright enough to keep from tripping over things on the floor at night. The LED on my subwoofer is brighter, the red led on the Sangean is brighter, etc.
Somebody said they had a conventional FM tuner that sounded better than this. Really? What did they pay for it? Looking back at the reviews I read, if the reviewer sounds like a audio snob, or someone with an agenda, quit reading and move on to the next review.
Good HD Radio TunerJun 29, 2009
I was pleasantly surprised with this product. I was skeptical about the whole HD Radio thing, but I'm glad that I decided to give it a shot. The sound quality is better than normal radio, and I now get a bunch of additional stations.
This is a good tuner. It does exceptionally well, even with weaker signals. I live about 60 miles from most of the stations that I prefer to listen to, and this pulls them in no problems. I was worried about receiving the hd signals though, since the stations were so far away. This tuner wiped away those fears easily as it received hd signals from all the stations with just a pair of bunny ears sitting on top of it. All in all a great tuner.
However, it does have a few flaws. The biggest one for me is how bright the display is when you turn the unit off. It will still light up the room, which is a problem for me since I bought it to go with the stereo in my bed room. Secondly, it takes about 5 seconds or so for the tuner to lock into the hd signal (a mild annoyance, admitteldy). Lastly, the remote feels a bit cheap. Sometimes you have to hit the button a couple of times before the unit registers it.
In short,
Pros:
Great reception
Good sound quality
Can store secondary hd channels in the presets
Remembers presets if unplugged
Cons:
Display does not turn off
Cheap Remote
Text scrolls slowly
Verdict: If you want an hd radio tuner, this one should serve you well, even if you live 60 miles from an hd transmitting station.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Poor supplierJan 24, 2009
The HD Component Tuner arrived approx. 5 business days after it was ordered.
To my great dismay, the Tuner was poorly packaged & was received with unsightly scratches all over its front display screen!
Good Receiver , but few bells and whistles would be niceJul 16, 2008
Sangean HD Radio is an adequate addition to your audio component group. It does all that sangeen claims, however, for the price, it would be nice if it had a few more bells and whistles, like a sleep function, a turn on function, etc.
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