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Griffin Technology RadioShark AM / FM Desktop Radio with Time-Shift Recording Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great gizmo
Comment: I have an AM/FM radio in my office but it's always a pain changing the volume when I'm on a call and it's obviously impossible to 'pause' it and not easy to record anything... This solves all those problems... AND it came with an extra USB extension cord so you can place it near a window or otherwise away from your computer equipment for better reception- this is even more important for AM reception since virtually all electronics cause interference in the AM bands.

Plus now if I take a call or walk away from my desk I can just 'pause' it and when I come back later I can skip over the commercials.

It's also completely USB powered so there's no extra power cord needed.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Worthless Junk
Comment: I installed this on my office computer & could not pick up a single station on AM or FM band, I tried re-installing it, re-positioning the device & all I ever got was static. I took it home & tried to install it on my desktop & laptop---nothing but static. My $9 clock radio works fine in the office, but not the Radio Shark. I live in a major urban area with plenty of stations within range & even plugged into an external antennae this junk would not work. Please note the range of customer reviews on this product---most people have given it bad to mediocre reviews. It is a total & complete waste of money.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: RadioShark
Comment: The RadioShark does what I want it to do. I live in an area where it is easy to get the radio stations that I listen to. The two stations that I wanted to be able to record from come in good, so the time shifting feature is great for me. Distant stations don't come in very well and would guess you need an external antenna to improve that.

The only problem I have had is the pausing of live broadcast and then starting up later as it doesn't seem to work for me. I tried the suggestions that Griffin support sent me, but no change in behavior. The direct record of a broadcast does work, so this is what I could do if need be.

I'm on a Mac and have downloaded the latest version (2.0.2) for OS 10.4 from Griffin.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Problematic, though eventually decent.
Comment: Does not work that well with the drivers that comes with it. Lots of background hum and other audio distortions. It works mildly better with the updated drivers on griffin's website. Works pretty well if you download the drivers for the RadioShark 2. Pretty expensive original price though.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great item for the price.
Comment: I got the radio shark to replace my stereo that died. It not only does that but adds a radio recorder to my tools. I can save audio recordings directly to iTunes. There is updated software that enhances the radio shark experience, but it also leaves out one or two features from the old software version I thought should be carried on to the new.

Dislikes are it is not the best on reception, but local stations come in very clear. Wish it had a way to connect to an external antenna. This would help in boosting the reception part.

Overall a good buy and a cool way to have what the old macs had. One more point is that it is stated on the package it is for 400mhz G3 macs, but is recommended for G4s and up. I have a 700mhz G3 and it seems to work just fine on it.

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