Sony WM-FX290 Stereo Cassette Player with FM/AM/TV/Weather Tuning
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Customer Review: Works great, love it for books on tape
Summary: 5 Stars
Easy to operate, great little player for listening to books on tape while walking.Customer Review: Sony WM-FX290 Stereo Cassette Player with FM/AM/TV/Weather Tuning
Summary: 5 Stars
Can't stop listening to it.Customer Review: Great Little Walkman!
Summary: 4 Stars
I love my Sony Walkman WM-FX290! So much so I have bought 3 of them so far for different purposes for myself. Work, home, play, working out, you name it. It is lighter than a previous version that was out and only uses one battery. I have an office job and do the type of work where a TV would be nice but sometimes all I have time enough to do is just listen instead of watch so this works out great. I love the features of having FM/AM and TV. The Weather Band I hardly ever use and usually I don't hear anything on it anyway. There are CD Walkman's I have seen that have AM/FM (a feature that was a long time coming) but no TV so this is a great unit for the money. How much do I love this little unit? One day I forgot to bring it to work. Did I go home during my lunchbreak to go get it? Yes, I did! Lol! I have gotten that used to it! Living and working in the Washington, D.C. area, a city that takes it Radio and TV news, entertainment and music seriously, this unit more than fits the bill. It keeps me feeling "in touch" all day with AM and FM talkshows, the noon newscasts, NPR stations, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul, Classical, Rock, Oldies and more. Whatever formats your city gets, this little unit seems to be able to pull it in with a generally great reception. Also with all the syndication changes and format changes that have been going on in radio in general, this unit keeps you up to date with what the latest changes are (good or bad) by having so many FM choices programable. If you like variety in your radio listening this unit is great with a total of 40 Presets AM/FM/TV/Weather combined. On the inside of the office, some stations just do not come in, but most of my favorites do. When you go out for lunch you will generally be able to pick them all up anyway on it. Overall, I think you will be happy with this Walkman. Kudos to Sony on an excellent job with this one! I traded up the earphones for a Phillips SBC HS500 so I could have the wrap around headphones option and it works great at work as well and also when you are wearing baseball caps. Hope this was helpful!Customer Review: Great product but for this price...maybe
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this sony walkman. I use it while working out, on the job, and while I study and I must say this is a great product. The radio reception is great (and much better than cheap digital tuner walkmans), weighs next to nothing and comes with a convenient plastic proective case. What I really like about the product is though it has 40 presets - it doesn't demand you visit all of the presets before returning to the first one. What I mean is if you have 12 FM presets - you don't go to 13, 14, 15, etc before returning to the first one. That's a feature you don't find on too many tuners these days. I have said nothing but good things about the product but why i only gave it four stars is the price. 30 dollars is quite steep for this product. I think 20-25 dollars is a fairer price but when comparing the prices of this walkman versus those with the other ones on the market today, this is not a bad deal at 30-35 dollars. It certainly is not a steal but if you are looking for quality sound, great reception, and a great overall design go with this walkman.
**Just a couple additional notes. Scrap the headphones and get yourself the phillips sbc-hs500 pair. They are only 15 dollars and are much more comfortable and the sound reception is great.
Second, ignore those who say setting presets are difficult. You probably will have to read the directions to learn how to set them but after 5 minutes (maybe only 3 minutes) you get the hang of it. Plus - how often do you set your presets? If you set them every five minutes, fine, the preset setting is a bit cumbersome, but if you are like me and only change a station every couple of months or so, you can live with the preset settings.
Customer Review: Great Walkman for on the road usage
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this tape Walkman about a year ago (after my previous Sony Model was stolen). I use this unit very heavily when I go on walks, to the Gym, or just am on the road and away from a computer. I listen to Christian Radio, News, Sports and other uses that an iPod will not give me. IPods are cute, but the lack of a built in radio is not attractive. Sure I got plenty of tapes, and recently purchased a 10 pack at Best Buy's. I do a bit of radio recording, so these are nice. Sure it would be more economical to have an iPod in some ways, but they cost an arm and a leg, and not all broadcasts I listen to have Podcasts, and besides I sometimes want a LIVE feed (i.e. sports, weather, traffic). For these uses I'd never dump this unit for an iPod. The battery life on this unit is great and I like the fact that this unit only requires one AA.
The downside to the unit and why I give it 4 stars is because of the TV/WB features which almost never can pick up anything. Why include the features if they are that pathetic? No this is not a unit problem, but a Sony problem. My previous model also had these issues with TV/WB pickup.
But overall a great device, and as tape players and tapes get more rare, it may be wise to stock-up. I may buy a backup unit, just encase my current unit gets destroyed or stolen. Tapes will never die in my life.