On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:21:15 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Nicholas Dreyer" wrote in message
...
There are lots of great reviews of this radio, and even a nice youtube
demo by flash178 at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsa-e...eature=related

However I am about to give up on the model after just receiving 2
successive defective units in a row - through a distributor, not
directly from C. Crane. The first produced nothing but steady hum, the
second had what appeared to be a defective tuning dial:

When turning the dial, the displayed frequency would move along
perfectly, regardless of how fast (or slow and steady for that matter)
the dial was turned. After the dial came to rest, the tuner would
rarely be at the frequency shown, sometimes completely silent at the
displayed frequency of a strong signal, i.e. what you saw was
definitively not what you heard after almost any use of the dial.
Sometimes a little jiggling back and forth of the dial would bring the
tuner to the displayed frequency, but sometimes the only thing that
worked was awkwardly pressing the arrow buttons a few times or
switching to another band and back.

Is anyone else seeing these or other problems with recently delivered
C. Crane's?

Two lemons in a row now like this makes me fear C. Crane is developing
production or Quality Control problems.


The C.Crane CCRadio-SW is a Redsun import. Redsun made a deal with C.Crane
that allows C.Crane to be the sole importer of their radios into the US.



That's clear from the many reviews I've seen - the name "Kaito" is
associated with predecessors of the unit as well, but what does all
this say about the quality of the radios now coming through CCrane
now?

I was hoping to buy one new!

Thanks, Nick

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