Customer Reviews

JENSEN MR-400 TV Band Portable Radio

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this is a great little radio for the price.
it sounds like a radio costing ten times more.
i highly recommend it.

I received the Jensen portable TV with radio & was quite impressed at how good it sounds. I've had others that cost more & this one sounds just as good & it's nice & light to carry around. I'm very satisfied!!!!

Pocket sized AM/FM radios with TV audio are not very easy to find and are often quite expensive, so it was a delight to find this little gem and at this price too. It proves that inexpensive doesn't always mean poor performance or quality. The sound is great and it is able to pick up distant stations that our other pocket sized radios can't. The quality of construction is as good as radios costing a good bit more. I highly recommended this Radio.

When I bought this little Jensen MR-400, I didn't think about the purchase all that much. It was right before the massive midwest blackout in the summer of '03. During the blackout, it became my constant companion. It was the only way to get a little news about what was happening and the progress (if any) to ending it. And it worked well.

Its small proportions shouldn't fool you. The sound it generates is quite impressive. Of course, it doesn't have digital tuning so stations are a bit hard to find and lock onto but once you do, it hangs right in there. The antenna is quite long and maybe one drawback is that it nearly outweighs the radio. If you fully extend the antenna, it is hard to keep it upright but it also performs quite well on its back. I can get a couple of TV stations with it but that's not my main interest. The battery life is excellent in this model.

If you're looking for a small, inexpensive portable that gets good AM/FM, this little guy is hard to beat.

I bought this because of the Jensen name. Don't waste your money. It's just OK as an AM/FM. BUT I purchased it because of the TV audio capabilities. It's worthless for TV reception. I have other TV radios that have worked fine in our location. This unit gets NO TV stations at all. Jensen is selling a piece of Chinese Junk. The tuner knob feels like it will not hold up for long. I'm VERY unhappy with this radio.

I received the Jensen MR-400 today (15Nov02) and was pleasantly surprised. The first thing I did was put the batteries in wrong, so ensure that you do not do that, or they will ruin the unit ... luckily I took them out quickly.

The reception is GREAT and the TV works amazingly well ... uses only two AA size batteries ... better reception than my much larger and more expensive Sony AM/FM/TV radio.

Wow ... it is so small ... you will be amazed at its size. After using it today at the river listening to my favorite TV program, I am impressed because I was 25 miles from the station out in the boonies.

I will update this later if it should prove warranted.

Good Luck,

John G
San Antonio