Customer Reviews

Coby CX-96 All Weather Sport PLL AM/FM Radio with Arm Band

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(16)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

Many people have said the arm band is sewn wrong. IT iS NOT. (e.g. "The arm band was a puzzle, all the velcro patches were on the same side which would not allow wrap around strapping so I had to glue a patch on the opposite side at the appropriate location and it works like it should.").

I thought so too, at first. Then I figured out how it works and it is really easy to use and comfortable.

If you put the radio down on its face you are looking at the velcro band as it crosses behind the radio. Your instinct is to stick this on your arm and try to wrap the strap completely around your arm. If you do this, the velcro will not stick and you will think the product is broken.

Instead, grab the velcro band in the center and LIFT it up so it forms a loop. You can now see the back of the radio (in fact part of the radio forms about 1/3 of the circumference of the loop). Insert your arm into the loop. Now grab the end of the strap on one end, turn it back around on itself and stick it to the strap. Repeat for the other side.

The trick is to recognize that your arm touches the back of the radio. The velcro does NOT wrap 360-degrees around your arm.

Pros:
This is my 4th portable digital radio. I live in a small city. I feel both of its FM and AM receptions are good, especially the AM because of radio's small size. I can find many stations and can lock them easily. I use it while I drive (no radio in my car) and when I walk. The volume is loud enough. I haven't tried its arm band.

Cons:
1. Its preset station selection button only lets you go upward. With 10 presets each for FM and AM, it may take you a few more pushes to get back to your last preset station.
2. The Hold switch protrudes from radio's body, so it's turned to Hold "accidentally" quite often in my pocket. Small annoyance.
3. One of my favorite AM music stations, only this one, sounds distorted somehow.
4. Of course, its earbugs are useless because they keep slipping out my ears.

Overall:
It's a good digital AM/FM radio for $15.

If you are looking for a cheap FM/AM radio, this is the one.
Reception was my most concern when I was shopping for a radio. I received this radio today and it has a pretty decent reception both FM and AM, actually better than my old Sony which I bought for $35 (very disappointed). I live in Oakland, CA and work in Novato, CA. I've tested both places. Since Novato is a bit furture away from San Francisco area, the reception is a bit weak especially when I got inside the building, however, it works great when I tried it in Oakland (which closer to San Francisco) I got pretty good signal from both FM/AM in and outside the building. The head phone that comes w/ the unit is so so. I use my better headphones that I bought awhile back and it sounds great!

Overall this radio good if 1. the reception is your major concern 2. you don't want to spend over $20.

This is a good radio for the price. The armband is a little uncomfortable. The digital tuning is nice and 10 presets are cool. I mainly use it at the gym to tune into the TV's that they have. It works good for that.

What makes a radio a 'Sport' radio? Does the mere fact that it will fit in your pocket or come with a terrible armband (which broke after 10 days) qualify? In my mind a 'Sport' radio must have one very important feature: a timing mechanism. Now while that missing feature makes me miss my old Sony, I don't mind it missing because if they had added it they would have screwed it up as much as they did the rest of the Radio.

I won't bore you with a long rant about a crappy radio which really isn't worth talking about which I only do in hopes of preventing you from wasting your money.

Lowlights:
When you take out the battery to replace it all your presets are gone.

Presets are a terrible pain to set.

It became increasingly difficult to change the station and volume requiring more and more pressure on the buttons each time.

Reception is pathetic. With my old sport radio I had extremely good reception around my neighborhood. With this 'sport' radio I get extremely good reception of 4 or 5 stations at once! When I listen to 100.9 I hear 98.1, 97.3 and 102.9 as well! Not to mention the all static all the time station.

On AM it is actually a lot better. The only other station that bleeds into it is the aforementioned all static station.

In conclusion... learn from my mistake and navigate away from this item immediately.

I successfully use the radio feature of this device while working out at the gym. It stays put on my arm and gets good reception of the retransmission of the TV shows playing in the gym. I would buy another if I ever need to.

We bought this for our GYM time but this has got a really bad reception and sound qaulity. Not recommended.

I did research on arm band radios and found the comments about this particular radio very helpful. I recently joined a gym and wanted to be able to tune my radio to the programmed radio stations in order to hear the tv. I didn't want to spend a lot of money because I didn't know how I would like an arm band radio. I received it this past Friday and used it for the first time on Saturday. I am sooo glad I purchased this radio!! Although I had to remove one of the velcro peices and sew it on the opposite side (the strap was designed wrong), this is an awesome radio! I agree with the other posters that there should be a mute button. Other than the strap being wrong, this is an awesome radio. Great reception and sound quality. I would recommend this radio to anyone.

Got this for the gym to listen to the TV broadcasting...didn't work at all. Every station was completely staticy....sent it back immediately for a refund!

I was looking for a less expensive radio to pick up AM channels for sporting events and what I ended up with is a very poor product. First the ear buds stopped working, then the whole radio stopped working. It was not worth the box it arrived in.