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Retekess V117 Portable Radio AM FM, Shortwave Radio with Clear Dial, Transistor Radio with Best Reception for Seniors (Black)

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About this item

  • Portable AM FM SW radio; FM 87-108MHz; AM 522-1620KHz; SW 8-10MHz; compact size; 4.65oz weight; with lanyard; suitable for elderly to go for a walk
  • Good reception; pocket radio with 18.9-inch retractable rotating antenna; clear reception without drift
  • Loud volume; V117 with 2.24 inches; 8ohm; 0.5W speaker; clear and loud sound quality; and a 3.5mm headphone jack; easy to use in different scenarios
  • Operated by 2 AA battery; being used to receive important information when there is no power otherwise available; with our AM FM radio; your AA batteries will last for weeks
  • If you have a family member in an area where hurricanes are frequent; you can choose this battery radio as a gift; a battery-powered portable radio; you can receive AM FM SW broadcast messages nearby in an emergency



Product Description

Retekess V117 3 Band FM / AM / SW Portable Radio Battery Powered Emergency Radio Receiver

easy to use radio
Portable small radio

Battery Operated

Powered by 2 AA batteries(not included)

  • The electricity lasts for a long time and can be used for emergencies such as emergencies and power outages.
  • The radio has no screen display, and the power consumption will be lower in comparison.

Good reception

Large dial scale

  • Frequency numbers are larger and it is easier to see for the elder.
  • A fluorescent pointer provides comfortable viewing in the dark.

Headphone Jack

3.5mm headphone jack

  • You can enjoy the radio without bothering others with 3.5mm headphone.(not included)
  • Listening to your favorite music/radio programs/story at home, kitchen, outdoor, camping.
Loud volume
Radios Portable

Portable Design

  • The size of this 3 band radio is 126 x 75 x 26mm / 4.9 x 2.9 x 1in, the weight is 132g / 0.3lb.
  • Radio is pretty easy to carry around via back clip or lanyard; you can take it for morning exercise or a break in park with a piece of brisk music or a great small radio show.

Note:

  • When listening to FM band, please pull out the 24in antenna to obtained the best reception.
  • When receiving AM band, you can get the optimum reception by rotating the direction of the radio.
Radios Portable AM FM

Retekess V117

Specification:

Speaker: D57mm, 8ohm, 0.5W

Power: 2 x AA batteries (not included)

Size: 126 x 75 x 26mm / 4.9 x 2.9 x 1 in

Weight: 132g / 0.3lb

Package Includes:

1 x Retekess V117 radio

1 x Hand strap

1 x User manual

Easy to use

This portable radio is designed with 3 control knobs; the tuning indicator will remind you of available radio stations.

Large knob design

Plus with compact thread knob with greater resistance, no needle drifts and it’s easy to tune to your favorite stations.

Features:

1. FM+AM+SW 3 band receiver

2. 48mm telescopic swivel antenna

3. Easy-to-use cylinder type tuning knob

4. Large dial scale panel display

5. LED battery status indicator


Eduardo Santos
Reviewed in Brazil on July 24, 2024
Chegou dentro do prazo
Peter Hoang
Reviewed in Australia on October 13, 2024
That's very good one , it's small but really "Big mouth" loud enough for people could hear it and it's has 3 bands too good with small size like that...to one person that is really good companion with the lonely time in the middle of the night...love it so much
Carlos Ocampo
Reviewed in Mexico on May 7, 2023
Buscaba un radio con buena recepción en AM para mi madre de 85 años, le había comprado uno marca Tecsun pero para ella era muy complicado su uso, en cambio este tiene sólo 3 botones, e l selector de frecuencia, el de sintonía y el de volumen que también es de encendido, igual tiene muy buena recepción en AM y mamá está encantada con el producto
EZK
Reviewed in Canada on October 30, 2023
I needed a small "Pocket Radio" for a Senior with both severe vision and mobility issues. The tuning knob and switches would have to be large enough to for them to find by touch and easily move and manipulate with weakened hands. The batteries needed to last a week with several hours of listening a day.I went through several radios from a variety of sources, almost all of them were unusable because of the OFF/FM/AM selector switch being difficult to manipulate. Eventually I found the Retekess V117 which seemed to have what I needed. The OFF is located on the Volume wheel, the tuning knob is easy to manipulate.Comparing the unit against two the most common locally available radios of the the same size ( Sony ICFP27 @.1W RMS & AR/Vital @ .3W RMS). Battery life using Amazon Basic AA's is around 40-50 hours, which is about 60% of the what the Sony IVF would get, and about the same as the Vital. The Retekess is rated at 500mw (.3W RMS), so the battery life makes sense.The audio quality out the Retekess is quite a bit better that most other pocket radios of the same size, it has more bass and a slightly larger speaker. Compared to the Sony it's also quite a bit louder.The Retekess doesn't tune as well the Sony and AR/Vital the other two can catch more stations and are better dealing with stations that are on the fringe. Lastly both the AR/Vital from the Source and the Sony which can be bought anywhere, have a 12 month warranty. the Retekess only has 30 days, and it's also somewhat overpriced considering this.To summarize, the retekess has easy to use controls, better sound, not as good reception, too short of a warranty and should be a bit cheaper when considering the name brand alternatives.
Tenzy sherpa
Reviewed in India on June 7, 2022
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Mike Robbins
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2022
I'm pleased with this. I bought it because I like to have a small radio in the bathroom, and lost it with digital devices that claimed to do a lot but were fiddly, sometimes impossible, to tune; ran out of juice suddenly; and sometimes lost all their presets for no obvious reason. I thought, I wonder if anyone still sells simple radios that just work?They do. This radio has FM, AM and shortwave bands, and a simple analog tuning mechanism. The aerial (which is more than adequate) is retractable and the radio itself very compact, so you can slip it into a jacket pocket when you are out and about. The sound quality and the volume available are surprising for the price. There is even a 3.5mm headphone jack so you can listen to it on good speakers if you want to (though be aware, it's mono). It takes two AA batteries and these last really well; when they do go, you get some warning because the radio doesn't hold its tune so well.There are a couple of odd things. The aerial doesn't swivel so you can't easily use the radio lying on its back, which is a nuisance because it has a narrow base and could easily be pushed over. The on-off/volume control is easy and pleasant to use, but it works the wrong way rund - you rotate it downwards to switch on. Also I am not sure the shortwave band works that well (but it may be I have no stations to receive where I am; in remote areas it might be OK).Still, it works well, the sound is great and it doesn't drive me up the wall when I want to change station. And it was only $13.99 (i see now it's a little more, but not much). For a bathroom, garage or workshop radio, it's great.
Sue Buttons
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018
***EVEN MORE UPDATED REVIEWAs you read below - the 2nd radio didn't pick up any channels, like the 1st one, and I finally found a radio at Target that works great. BUT, the seller still wanted to make sure I received a radio that worked well and kindly asked me if they could send another - a 3rd radio - and I told them fine, but I'm not paying for it. It arrived 2 days later (WOW!). It is a different radio, which I can't find the link to, so I can't review it on that page, so I'll review it here. The radio WORKS!!! It's clear and loud and NO STATIC whatsoever! I'm so pleased with this company's customer service, if I could give them 10 stars, I would. Never did I ask for a 2nd, or 3rd, radio. They went above and beyond several times and they actually fixed the problem! This is how a business should run. Sure, it's just a ten dollar radio, they didn't need to care about me, ONE person...but they did and it says a lot for these people. Way to go, Retevis Direct! GOOD JOB!***UPDATED REVIEWAfter my terrible review on this radio the seller reached out to me and sent another radio - without me asking them to. Very nice service! Unfortunately the new radio also didn't pick up ANY channels, so it didn't work. When I told them it didn't work, they automatically issued a refund and told me they have told the manufacturer of the radio in hopes that they could fix whatever the problem is.So, the radio is still unusable, but I can tell you the service is superb. Changing my one star to 3, just based on service. I really wish the radio had worked though. I've come to the realization that buying a simple radio is not an easy task anymore. Ended up finding a Jensen at Target that works for me.**ORIGINAL REVIEW**I bought this radio because of the reviews about the great reception. The one I received doesn't pick up ONE station - not one! (on FM - I didn't try AM or SW)It's cute, real small, like it can fit in your back pocket. But who cares if you can't get any channels, right?
Ken_Ind
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018
I bought this based on the quality of the Retekess PR12 - an excellent, very small radio. The V117 is a different animal entirely. Its performance qualities would make it suitable to some listeners and not others.First, some good things: Sound from the speaker is great for a radio this size. If you walked into a room and heard it playing without first seeing it, you'd guess it was a bigger radio than it is. Earbuds and headphones sound really good, too, with full and rich audio. You'll get monaural audio from the headphone jack but it's wired to use both sides of stereo earbuds/headphones - a nice plus. (Some other small monaural radios need an adapter to produce sound on both sides of a headset.)FM reception is also very good to excellent. This little radio pulls in FM signals that some bigger radios miss, and the sound is good, as described above. You'll get a lot of stations clearly on FM - more than most radios, and a lot more than most other radios this size.Build quality and control feel is good. The side-mounted tuning knob is easier to use than the traditional thumbwheel you find on small pocket radios. However the one downside of this is you need to be careful when carrying the radio in a tighter pocket because the protruding knob might be more subject to damage.So, right there you have enough good to excellent qualities to justify the price of this radio. Most people these days do the bulk of their radio listening on FM, and they want the sound to be decent. If that's you, the V117 is one of the better radios you could pick.Now, switching over to AM reveals performance that another reviewer called chaotic, and I'd say that's the perfect word for it. A lot of this arises, I believe, from the manufacturer's noble attempt to provide something on AM that few radios offer - a wider AM bandwidth for better sound. Your favorite AM station - if it's close enough for this radio to receive it clearly - will sound better then you've ever heard. Even music sounds pretty decent on AM with this radio, and voice is much crisper than usual on AM. That's because the V117 is not chopping off the high frequencies as most AM radios do.But here's the problem with that: Lacking selectivity owing to its wide bandwidth, the AM tuner makes it very hard to zero in on a certain weak station. For instance, when I turn the radio to orient the internal AM antenna one direction or another, I've heard as many as four different stations come in and out - without so much as touching the tuning knob. These are adjacent-channels that are all coming in at the same frequency. You'll also find some other oddities, such as a strong station coming in on both sides of a weaker station near it on the dial. And, assumedly due to the performance peculiarities of the DSP chip, tuning across the dial will at times yield loud, pulsating static; moreover, while listening to a weak AM station, the audio may change markedly in volume from time to time, or the signal might be replaced by pulsing static or silence. Again, this is on weak AM signals.So, what's the upshot of AM on the V117: if you listen to nearby AM stations, this is a good radio for you. These stations will sound exceptional - probably better than you've heard them on anything else - and they'll come in just fine. But the odd behavior of this radio on weak AM signals would drive you crazy if you tried to listen often to hard-to-get AM stations. Between the weak stations randomly coming in and out and the loud on/off static that can, at times, replace these weak stations with aggravating noise, you'd get fed up and switch to some other radio. And, that's kind of a shame, for this radio actually has good AM sensitivity when the above issues aren't occurring, but it's just too unsteady.Shortwave runs from 8 MHz to 18 MHz, which to me is a strange choice of upper and lower limits. Night shortwave reception (generally the more active time for broadcasters) is best under about 7 MHz, and this radio doesn't get those frequencies. I'm thinking that the shortwave section of this radio might have been designed for somewhere besides North America, such as perhaps a country/region that uses certain shortwave frequencies for domestic radio services, and maybe it's those shortwave frequencies that this radio gets. Don't know; just a possibility. I've only received a few weak, unintelligible signals on the V117's shortwave band. For these reasons, if you're in North America buy something else if you want a radio with usable shortwave.Battery life seems very good - I put a set of AA rechargeables in when I got it and they're still going strong after probably 25 hours of playing time.To summarize, the V117 gets great reception on FM, it sounds good, and it offers a wide AM bandwidth that can make stronger signals sound really good, but does seem to also preclude optimal reception of weak AM signals. Depending on what you want, this radio might be a great choice for you, or or might not be as suitable as some other models. The four-star rating reflects this radio's many good qualities for its price.
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