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Coby CX83SL Pocket AM/FM Radio with Speaker

3.0 out of 5 stars 19 customer reviews
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  • Sensitive AM/FM tuner
  • Integrated full-range speaker
  • Convenient belt clip and neck strap
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
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  • Brand Name: Coby
  • Model Number: CX83SL
  • Item Height: 1.8 inches
  • Item Length: 0.8 inches
  • Item Width: 3.5 inches

Product Information

Product Dimensions 0.8 x 3.5 x 1.8 inches
Item Weight 4 ounces
Shipping Weight 4 ounces
ASIN B0013U9RPA
Item model number CX83SL
Batteries 2 AAA batteries required.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 19 customer reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank #487 in Electronics > Portable Audio & Video > Radios > Personal Radios
Date first available at Amazon.com December 7, 2003

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2.0 out of 5 starsSmall size, no other benefits
By A Customer on May 28, 2009
Color: Black Verified Purchase
Somehow I forgot to write a review for this thing last year (though I remembered to upload the photo!).

I tried a few Coby radios at the time, including this one, and none were very good. Weak reception and sound. As the other reviewer noted, reception is bad enough to make several stations virtually non-existent.

If you actually want to listen to radio, pay more for a Sangean or Sony.

Compared to this Coby:

1. The Sangean SR-3 is like a much higher-quality version of the Coby, but for a much higher price.

2. The Sony ICF-S10MK2 offers similar quality advantages without being more expensive, but it is much larger.

3. A variety of small headphone-only Sony radios are also available for reasonable prices.

I gave the coby 2 stars because the price is low enough to make it a novel pocket-size toy. I don't know of any other speaker-bearing radio this small for this price. But if you want anything more than novelty value, this is a bad choice.
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1.0 out of 5 starsDo not judge by it's cover or in this case the picture
By milpool on January 13, 2010
Color: Silver
The picture is not the product I received. It is the ole bait and switch. The one received is a Coby CX-83 - but it is all cheap manual dial - not the nice LCD display in the picture. Very very disappointing.
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4.0 out of 5 starsHas an External Speaker, Has Two Carry Modes
By M. Morrison on July 23, 2012
Color: Black Verified Purchase
This little portable AM/FM radio is hard to beat for the price. In addition to the usual earphone jack, it has an external speaker, not easy to find, particularly in a small pocket radio. (I don't like earphones; they're inconvenient and ruin your hearing.) The speaker puts out a good deal of monophonic sound for the size of the radio, controlled by a little volume wheel, which runs on two AAA batteries.

What is really nice is that the radio comes with two carry straps that easily click into slots in the body. There is the usual pocket clip, but also a neck strap that you can choose. I use the neck strap, as while I am working in the yard, a pocket clip won't hold the radio in your pocket when you bend over.

My only complaint is that on AM stations, even powerful ones, the volume varies as you move around. Apparently, the internal antenna is highly oriented. Also, it is pretty difficult to see the kilohertz and megahertz markings to find stations accurately on the little tuning wheel. However, if you just want to leave the radio primarily on one station, that isn't a significant problem. For $5.00, it's hard to complain!
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3.0 out of 5 starsgreat inexpensive radio for kids!
By jean h bates on January 7, 2014
Color: Silver Verified Purchase
well I gave it only a three rating as I bought three of them for my three grandson's so I really don't know how well they work. according to my son everything that was bought works fine. my grandson's are eight and under so I didn't want to buy something expensive as you know how rough boy's can be! they got them for Christmas and was something they actually never had, so they were pretty happy about them. I would recommend these for the younger kids as if they were misused and quit working you aren't out a lot of money.
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2.0 out of 5 stars... you never can tell when you will get a good one. The latest purchase found me unable to ...
By James "Count". Dollison on October 6, 2014
Color: Black Verified Purchase
This radio are cheap and you never can tell when you will get a good one. The latest purchase found me unable to turn the volume do to acceptable level, other I can not turn the volume up enough ! it is a cheap gamble !
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1.0 out of 5 starsRadio is much smaller then expected.
By Book-aholic on March 22, 2014
Color: Silver Verified Purchase
When you have it on full volume you can barely hear sound. If you want to enjoy the music or other programing you really have to use the ear buds to understand what is being said. It doesn't pull many of the local stations in this area in either.
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1.0 out of 5 starsVery Weak Reception!!!
By Mark Harrison on May 6, 2009
Color: Black Verified Purchase
first off I didn't expect a lot from a less than five dollar radio. I wanted a small radio with which to listen to online radio stations, via a very high quality CCrane fm transmitter. any brand should have accomplished this easily as the signal from the transmitter can be heard 3 houses down loud and clear. This radio however had static only one room away! Only 2 or 3 fm broadcast stations came in strong enough to be completely static free. and am was almost useless only receiving the two local stations less than 15 miles away! the radio looks good, is small and if you can get a signal the built in speakers were clear. included was a neck strap which would have been handy, and a belt clip along with a pair of very cheap earbud headphones. Coby may have poor quality control and some may work marginally better, but i would gamble even the few dollars this radio cost to try to get one.
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1.0 out of 5 starsAwful reception
By S Perry on April 2, 2012
Color: Black
I have this in silver and it gets terrible reception. I can only get 1 local station in sort of clearly and even then, there's still significant static. Most of the time the signal fades in and out, so I just don't use it. It also runs through batteries very quickly.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Good Job!

Published 23 months ago by Bruce Renshaw
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

the funtion is good, the design is nice, and the quality excelent

Published on July 31, 2014 by Maurcapy
1.0 out of 5 starsDon't waste your money

Cheap and has very poor reception. Small in size. Purchased to use as bike radio, but only receives one FM station. Battery cover fell off during first use. Disappointing.

Published on November 14, 2013 by J Castle
5.0 out of 5 starsVERY GOOD

The radio picks up the where i listen to , my other radios i have wont , well i got one that will buts its a coby ?

Published on October 26, 2013 by cuda71
4.0 out of 5 starsGood Little Thing

Good little radio for those of us who like to have everything separate in case of disaster: dropping, water, loss, ect.

Published on October 6, 2013 by Therese Van Arsdale
2.0 out of 5 starswhispering radios

it wont pick up stations well and the external speaker isnt loud enough to even hear,the dollar store had one for 5 bucks that was way better

Published on July 13, 2013 by david bailey
2.0 out of 5 starsNot what I expected

I wanted a radio with an external speaker so that I did not have to use the ear buds, I wanted a radio that I could turn on softly at night when we are not a home.

Published on July 11, 2013 by Elizabeth Tylavsky
4.0 out of 5 starsSimple, but effective.

This little radio was purchased as a gift. The recipient had really enjoyed it and it was well worth the price.

Published on November 15, 2011 by Richard in Texas

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