Sangean PR-D8 Portable Digital AM/FM Stereo Receiver with SD-MP3 Recorder and MP3/WMA Player (White)

by Sangean

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.2 x 2.2 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002PMKG1Y
• Item model number: PR-D8
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,219 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #87 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Stereo Components > Receivers & Amplifiers > Component Receivers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Featuring input versatility, sounds quality, clean styling, and reliable performance

Large, adjustable, easy-to-read LCD display.
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Sangean's compact portable PR-D8 FM/Stereo/AM Receiver with MP3 and MP3 Recorder/WMA Player is an awesome combination for the radio enthusiast, ideal for small spaces such as your office, workshop, kitchen, or bedside table. Its advantages over similar devices include its input versatility, sound quality, clean styling, and reliable performance. Its functions are so simple and user friendly, and its controls are so intuitive, that the PR-D8 is truly the ultimate compact AM/FM stereo MP3 recorder.

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Superb Performance & Enhanced Functions

Compact, yet powerful! The innovative Sangean technology delivers versatility, quality, styling and crystal clear quality audio sound and range performance that exceeds the competition. The PR-D8 offers and additional audio flexibility like auxiliary inputs for MP3 players as well as audio outputs to an amplifier or recording device via the line-out jack.

The Ultimate Timer Recording and Alarm Clock

The PR-D8 has a timer that can record from AM/FM/AUX via the built-in high sensitivity stereo microphone. You can record your favorite AM or FM program that you may have missed because you were not available or it came on at a time you could not be home. Well, the PR-D8 solves your problems--set the timer for the time your program goes on the air and it will record your program to an SD card.

Versatility and New Modern Look

The PR-D8 has streamlined, robust, modern look. It provides durable protection while you're on the road. It only weighs 1.8 lbs, making it ultra-light, so you can take it wherever you go. You'll appreciate the large adjustable easy-to-read Dot-Matrix LCD display, which features two Dot-Matrix LCD screens for MP3 functions including disk name, folder name, track name, and the 3 segment battery level indicator. The MP3 Recorder with auto gain control has up to 32GB HCSD capability. You can schedule recording from FM/AM/Aux In or internal microphone and output to MP3 for later enjoyment. The MP3 features separate folder creation capability, random play and browsing, and 3 separate bitrate recording levels. Playback from MP3 or WMA formats.

Advanced Technology for ECO Design

The PR-D8 has the unique distinction of operating on NiMH, NiCad, or standard "C" size alkaline batteries. While the unit is plugged in and utilizing the rechargeable batteries, it recharges the batteries as long as you leave the switch into the rechargeable Ni/MH/NiCad position.

Technical Specifications

• Display: FSTN 128 x 64 Dot-Matrix LCD
• Speaker: 1.57" x 4.53" full range
• Alarm: Radio or HWS (Humane Wake System) Buzzer, with Snooze
• Tuner: Digital AM/FM
• Presets: 5 AM; 5 FM
• Digital Format Support (Playback): MP3, WMA
• Digital Format Support (Recording): MP3
• Supported Recording Bit-Rates: 64/128/192 Kbps
• Digital Media Support: SD/SDHC/MMC Card
• File System: FAT 16/FAT 32
• Inputs: 3.5mm Auxiliary input
• Outputs: 3.5mm Line Out; 3.5mm headphone jack
• Power: DC adapter; 4 x "C" Size (UM-2, LR14) Batteries
• Built-in Ni-MH/Ni-CD Rechargeable Battery Charger
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 9.13" x 5.2" x 2.15"
• Weight: 1 lb 11.5 oz

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs a Bit More Refinement, May 5, 2010

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JT McBride (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sangean PR-D8 Portable Digital AM/FM Stereo Receiver with SD-MP3 Recorder and MP3/WMA Player (White) (Electronics)

Radio section works really well. You'll need headphones to hear stereo on FM. AM section does a good job of pulling in weak signals, but does not feature RF selectivity filters to control whistles and adjacent channels, just three audio filters (Music, Norm, News) which control tone. On very weak AM signals, the built-in MP3 recorder creates enough RF noise to add noise via the built-in antenna. The Scan button is extraneous, as holding the tune-up or tune-down button scans in that direction. The scan button only scans up in frequency. Radio will not automatically pick up and program the station presets, like good in-dash car radios often do.

Unit takes 'C'-size batteries, and seems to go through them pretty fast. Much, much shorter battery life than the C. Crane CC Radio which uses D cells.
The white finish seems to resist scratches very well, but will show smudges and dirty fingerprints. Key-lock feature blocks button inputs, but the volume control is NOT locked - it's a real potentiometer, not a digital volume control (pros and cons to this).

MP3 controls are horrible - really needs a firmware update to de-bounce the fastforward and reverse functions on the rocker. Will only go one speed in FF, when it would be nice to have it speed up after 5-10 seconds depressed. Navigation of folders and MP3 files is really crude. Records in 1-hour per file. You can't use the Fast Reverse to access the end of a file, and if you're patient enough to hold the FF to get there, any hesitation on the button will bump to the next file.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds GREAT! Was worth the wait!, December 9, 2009

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Hummingbirds (USA) - See all my reviews

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I ordered the Sangean PR-D8 months ago before it was actually even released, and after shipping delays, my order being canceled due to uncertain shipping date,etc., I re-ordered. I am glad I did! I love this radio (and I hate to call it that because it is SO much more!). The reception is fantastic on this (and I do not even put the antenna up!), the speakers are awesome and sound like a very large boom box is in the room, rather than this tiny radio. It is just unbelievable! There are 3 sound settings (news, music, and something in between which is what I usually use, as the music setting seems too boomy and the news seems to sound better for talk). Anyway, I just love the SD card player! I have looked for something like this forever!!! I put about 20 CDs on my 4GB SD card, popped it in, and it played them all w/out any problems at all. There is a search button that shows you all the folders on the SD card, so you can choose which CD you want to play. I have this stereo in our large bathroom, and it fills the room with music while I shower. I was considering the Sangean shower radio before purchasing this, but I really wanted the SD card feature, which that model did not have. I mostly use this on AC, but have tried it on batteries for an entire day and it did not really use them much at all (there is a battery indicator on it). Only 3 things I could wish for with this: 1) that when running on AC, the light should stay on (rather than go off after a set period of time) so I can see the clock from across the room, 2) I wish it had some way to hang it on the wall (ie. bracket or holes on back), and 3) the AC plug comes that out of the side should be an "L" shaped plug so it is more invisible when you are trying to hide the cord... it just sticks out way too far from the left side of the radio. Overall, I am very happy with the Sangean PR-D8, and I am so glad I waited for this model! You will not be sorry if you order one! In fact, I want a couple more for other rooms now!! (I just wish the price were lower though)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Radio, January 31, 2010

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J. Deguzman "Tech Support" (Bartlett, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sangean PR-D8 Portable Digital AM/FM Stereo Receiver with SD-MP3 Recorder and MP3/WMA Player (White) (Electronics)

We use this in our newly remodeled master bathroom. FM reception is great. We have always had issues with getting good FM reception where we live and that is why I purchased this brand. The SD card option for mp3 is also perfect. I put in a Class 6 8Gig SD card and navigation around the sd card is nice and fast. The ONLY thing that this radio is missing is a handle. I knew that going into it. Everything else on my list was either satisfied or exceeded with this radio.