"m II" wrote in message news:1Nfod.14134$l65.14116@clgrps13...
tommyknocker wrote:

I looked up Passport 2005 review for the 1103 and the pic shows a radio
with a combined analog/digital readout and the review mentions that it
doesn't have a volume control.


This seems strange. Could you please explain it?





mike

Hi Mike.

I don't know what TK's reference means.. Maybe he means the radio doesn't have the usual
up and down buttons, or "wheel", to adjust volume.

The 1103 does have a volume control.
To increase/decrease volume one presses the volume button and turns the tuning knob.
The volume "steps" appear on the LCD as you hear the volume going up or down.
Some people find this counter-intuitive, but I don't mind it at all. It works fine for me.

The radio is indeed digitally tuned, and has a digital readout on the display. The display
also has a *simulated* analog pointer that imitates an analog dial. It's for show only. Frequencies
are accurately displayed by the digital readout above the simulated pointer.

Some people don't like that either, as the analog simulation takes up lots of space and causes the
number buttons to be laid out in a horizontal single row instead of the usual "keypad" fashion
we are used to. Again, I've had no problem getting used to that. I can easily enter
frequencies with the numbers in a row, and I think the simulated dial look cool.

Others would rather have the standard layouts we're used to. I've had no problems with the
ergonomics of the DE1103, no "learning curve" so to speak.

I guess it's a matter of taste. What I'm concerned with is performance and the 1103 gives me that.