Retekess HR11S Emergency Radio Hand Crank Solar, Digital AM/FM/SW Radio with Bluetooth and Recorder, 3 Ways Powered Radio with Flashlight, Cellphone Charger (Green)

The media could not be loaded. I received my Tivdio HR-11S yesterday, promptly delivered by UPS. I selected this radio after looking at all other options for an emergency radio. Judging from the multitude of features and good reviews, Tivdio appeared to be the best choice. I spent about two hours testing the radio, following the 30-page instruction book and came to the following conclusions:1. The sound quality of both the MP3 player and the FM radio is excellent, even though the speaker is only 1.5 inches.2. Automatic digital tuning is relatively easy, so is station selection.3. The numerous shortwave bands yielded several stations with good reception.4. The date, the clock, and the alarm were easy to set. It takes about three steps to read the time and only if the radio is on.5. The MP3 player accommodates 32 GB of songs (more than 12 000 songs), and the titles and performers are displayed on the screen.6. The radio has a built-in microphone, but you can record directly from the radio from FM to MP3 on your SD card.7. The radio has a bluetooth function, meaning that you can use it as a speaker for your smart phone or other transmitting device.8.The radio can be powered by cranking it up or using the solar cell on the top. The solar cell will work if it is in your window in direct sunlight.9. The radio can be charged by your PC, from which (I assume) you can download songs to your SD card.(I have not tested this feature.)10. The radio has a very loud siren to be used in an emergency. It also haas a rather bright flashlight and SOS alarm signal.11.The radio has a college band, a Japanese band (for Japan only), but no weather band.12. I have not tested the equalizer, but I believe it works with MP3.13. Because of its compact size this radio is ideal for travel.14. The radio comes without a case, but I found an old camera case, which fit perfectly.15. The battery life was excellent probably because I had the volume set fairly low.There are many other features in this little radio, which I will experiment with in the days to come. My initial impression is that it is quite a unique piece in my collection of some 50 portable radios. Some of the alternatives I considered were the Kaito KA680 ($55), the Midland ER310 ($60.35), the Kaito KA500 ($55), and the Sangen MMR-88 ($64.95). All these radios missed some of the desirable features found on the Tivdio HR-11S. The closest one was Kaito KA680, but it did not have shortwave. Some of the others were not digital, had no clock and no PM3.I hope my analysis saves some future buyers time as they research the market.

The little emergency radio that could! Great price right now on a do everything, compact receiver.Search my name and model number on Youtube for an in depth review video of this radio.Features I like about this radio:* Build quality.* Audio quality on speaker and headphones is fantastic.* Great FM reception.* Decent SW reception when external wire added.* Record feature that also records stereo from the FM band!* Backlit LCD Panel.* Solar, Dynamo, and rechargeable Lithium battery.* Flashlight.* Awesome MP3 playback. Support for up to 32GB micro SD cards.* Bluetooth* Text reader, a great tool to have for important short lists.* Clock, Calendar and Alarm functions.Features that could be added or improved on:* Line-In jack for the recorder.* Longer life battery option.* Other colors...green is boring. Maybe yellow?* AM reception is ok, but still suffers from birdie type tones.* NOAA band? would be the icing on the cake.Overall this radio does many things well. The HR-11W will be for those that need the NOAA weather band. This radio is great for camping and hiking.

I like that it has a hand crank, solar, USB and that it will charge the battery. It takes a little while to get used to the controls. You will have to read the instructions over carefully to get it to work right. It can record off the radio and via the built-in mic. You can play songs off the SD card, max 32GB. You can also just repeat part of a song, repeat a song, randomly play songs, repeat all songs or repeat a folder of songs. You can also use the equalizer to select normal, pop, rock, jazz or classic listening modes. It has a text file browser that you can use to page through a text file you have put on the radio. It has a light, SOS signal and emergency siren. You can receive via Bluetooth from a device but you can't send via Bluetooth to a device. It has good clear sound and can get pretty loud. The sound can be adjusted in steps from 0 to 30 and 10 is a comfortable level for me. It can auto search (ATS) a band that puts the received stations in memory that can be retrieved later by memory location. It has 440 FM memories, 132 MW(AM) memories and 928 SW memories. When I automatically scanned for stations I found 7 FM stations in my area, 3 AM stations, and 10 SW stations with a 23' external antenna clipped to the whip antenna. I live in a valley so I don't get the best of reception. I also like that it has clock and calendar functions. It has an alarm that can be set to ring once at a specific day and time, ring daily or ring multi-day which can be set to ring on any day or combination of days Monday thru Sunday, You can also update the firmware on the radio, however, I haven't seen any firmware or firmware update program on their website. This is a feature packed radio and I have only touched on some of the features. I highly recommend it.