Showing posts with label radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radio. Show all posts

kenwood kdc-bt955hd with iphone (bluetooth) review

This is a "fire" review... It's meant for quick answers while your standing in the store thinking about buying!

Bluetooth auto reconnect
It works! 
I paired my iphone to the display radio in the store and I walked more than 33 ft away, the salesman confirmed that the radio screen gave a message saying it was disconnected. I walked back to the radio and I too seen the message, about 30 seconds later my iphone did reconnect to the radio all on its own. The whole time my phone was in my pocket with its screen off.

I also did this same test with the radio in standby (completely off) it worked the exact same.

This is a critical feature, when you get in and out of the car you don't want to have to press any buttons on either your phone or radio to connect

Radio screen + incoming text message
nothing at all shows on the radio screen alerting you of an incoming text

Radio screen + incoming call
The screen reads "call" and then it displays the phone number that is calling you. For the name it reads "no name" , maybe I have to sync my phone contacts with the radio??? I will amend this once I learn more

Ryobi radio p741 battery review

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This review is only for the battery performance of the ryobi p741 radio

I bought the radio at home depot for $29.99 last night & the only thing I was worried about was that it can't be plugged in, it must run off my drill batteries.

Battery background:
I bought my drill & batteries one year ago, they are in great condition. I store them in my basement and I use them for all sorts of odds and ends, I've never really beat them like building an entire back deck. (I would use a corded drill for that task)

Here is my battery life review for use with my new radio...

Last night at 8:45 pm I put a FULLY charged battery on the radio and I started playing a radio station at volume 5. I set the radio in my basement to play non-stop.

When I woke for work the next morning at 6:00am the radio was still playing strong! I didn't touch the radio at all, I left for work to see if it would still be playing when I get home (2pm)....

Well I'm home from work and the battery is dead, radio is off..

Summary: a fully charged battery played continuously for at least 9 hours on the ryobi p741 radio

Link to radio on ryobi site:
http://www.ryobitools.com/catalog/power_tools/lifestyle/P741

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