[accesscomp] Re: SAP Button

  • From: Sue Buckley <suebuckley25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:39:26 -0400

Thanks Gene 

Regards
Sue Buckley
"The Power Behind The Shadow of The Brains"


On Jul 31, 2012, at 7:40 PM, "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have the radio and it works well.  As far as recommending it is
> concerned, all I can tell you is that if you want it, it works well.  but
> recommending it compared with a different option such as a converter box
> is something I can only say is a decision you will have to make.  As I
> indicated in my earlier message, converter boxes are much cheaper.  You
> will have to make sure the converter box has a SAP option on the remote. 
> If you want an actual radio for some reason, then of course, you would
> probably want to get this radio.  If all you want is the ability to
> receive television signals from over air broadcasts and you are willing to
> connect something to a boom box or stereo or amplified speakers, then a
> much cheaper converter box is well worth considering. One advantage of the
> radio is that you can scan for stations yourself.  You may be able to scan
> for stations yourself using a converter box but a sighted person would
> have to go through the procedure for scanning with you and show you every
> step and you would have to make notes on those steps for future reference.
> You would have to have the converter box connected to a television so the
> sighted person could go through the procedure.  If you don't have a
> television where you live, the converter box might loose the results of
> the scan when you take it home with you after the scan and you might have
> to scan again yourself once it is connected at your house.
> 
> the main reason I purchased the radio is because one of my local
> television stations doesn't broadcast SAP programming properly.  the
> converter box I use keeps reverting to the standard audio channel when
> listening to this station.  The radio uses a different encoder and that
> problem doesn't occur with that encoder.  In other words, I purchased the
> radio in hopes that it would solve a specific technical problem with
> receiving a station in my area and it did.  I like the radio but it's very
> unlikely I would have spent two hundred dollars for it except for the
> technical problem I wanted to solve.
> 
> Gene
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Buckley" <suebuckley25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:18 PM
>> Gene
>> 
>> Do you not have this radio? How is the reception in your area of the
>> country?

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