Beware - Receptor HD Radio Requires 7 foot Dipole Antenna !

[SayNoToIBOC]

Beware - Receptor HD Radio Requires 7 foot Dipole Antenna !

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/home_product.aspx?category_id=34&product_id=325

That's HD/IBOC propagation/reception for you ! And, a PDF link/file is included, on how to improve reception - what a frick'n joke !

 

[IBOCRocks]

Beware - Receptor HD Radio Requires 7 foot Dipole Antenna !

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/home_product.aspx?category_id=34&product_id=325

That's HD/IBOC propagation/reception for you !

Beware!! It's not true!!

In most cases the small supplied antenna works. Unlike the poster above, I actually own one of those radios, and have NOT needed a 7 foot antenna.

Take it from someone who actually owns one.

Nice try at spreading FUD!

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

To quote: "7-foot dipole antenna included. Click "here" to find ways to improve receptions"

This technology is a complete fraud and a total joke !

Yea, people are going to go for this technology - a 7 foot dipole antenna in the house, or maybe on the roof !

Gosh, I wonder, if it is portable - what a joke !

 

[IBOCRocks]

To quote: "7-foot dipole antenna included. Click "here" to find ways to improve receptions"

This technology is a complete fraud and a total joke !

Sounds to me like they're helping their customers pick up the signal in fringe areas. Good customer service.

I see that you have no intention of proving that "this technology is a total fraud".

Could it be because you are the total fraud?

Just sayin'. I offer proof, you offer smiley faces.

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

Yea, IBOC's fringe areas are almost in the middle of analog's coverage !

What a fraud !!!!!

 

[IBOCRocks]

Yea, IBOC's fringe areas are almost in the middle of analog's coverage !

What a fraud !!!!!

You still haven't proven it.

I was listening to an HD signal from a station 30 miles away this morning.

How do you know where HD's fringe areas are if you've never tried HD Radio.

What a fraud !!!!!

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

http://www.audiographics.com/agd/061206-1.htm

To quote: "We were told back in the beginning that the HD coverage would be equal to the analog signal. Unfortunately, the industry is now finding out this is not the case, that the HD coverage is considerably less, something like 60% of the analog coverage. We've also found that even in a strong HD signal area, a dipole antenna is required. We were also told that the HD would lessen interference with adjacent channel signals. That also appears not to be the case."

HD/IBOC is a fraud !!!

Now, I wonder why, a 7-foot dipole antenna is included with the Receptor HD ! What a joke and a fraud, HD/IBOC !

 

[IBOCRocks]

http://www.audiographics.com/agd/061206-1.htm

To quote: "We were told back in the beginning that the HD coverage would be equal to the analog signal. Unfortunately, the industry is now finding out this is not the case, that the HD coverage is considerably less, something like 60% of the analog coverage. We've also found that even in a strong HD signal area, a dipole antenna is required. We were also told that the HD would lessen interference with adjacent channel signals. That also appears not to be the case."

HD/IBOC is a fraud !!!

Now, I wonder why, a 7-foot dipole antenna is included with the Receptor HD ! What a joke and a fraud, HD/IBOC !

Pot: Meet kettle.

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

 

[HD_Ready]

Beware - Receptor HD Radio Requires 7 foot Dipole Antenna !

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/home_product.aspx?category_id=34&product_id=325

That's HD/IBOC propagation/reception for you ! And, a PDF link/file is included, on how to improve reception - what a frick'n joke !

Thanks for the link, I bought another one while viewing your link!

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

[EDIT]- and what does it say at the bottom - 7-foot dipole antenna included and a link on how to improve reception.

[EDIT=name calling]

 

[HD_Ready]

I thought that was kinda funny myself, it looks out of place there.

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

See, the Recepter HD needs a folded dipole antenna:

"Better Recepter Reception"

http://beradio.com/eyeoniboc/radio_better_recepter_reception/

 

[davideduardo]

See, the Recepter HD needs a folded dipole antenna:

The real issue is that the digital display of the receptor masks the signal. This issue has to be corrected for it to work well.

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

I have heard nothing about this - you will need to post a link/facts, before your rebuttal will become acceptable ! Your explaination sounds highly dubious !

 

[IBOCRocks]

I have heard nothing about this - you will need to post a link/facts, before your rebuttal will become acceptable ! Your explaination sounds highly dubious !

And being the expert at dubious, fraudulent claims, you should know one when you see it.

 

[davideduardo]

I have heard nothing about this - you will need to post a link/facts, before your rebuttal will become acceptable ! Your explaination sounds highly dubious !

Our engineers found this to be true, based on a comment at the local LA SBE meeting. If you turn the display off while the receiver is on and set on a station, you will find the noise level goes way down and the sensitivity increases.

We are not sure what kind of solution there is, except trying to put our own shielding on the display board, but it appears that BA knows about this.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

I have heard nothing about this - you will need to post a link/facts, before your rebuttal will become acceptable ! Your explaination sounds highly dubious !

Our engineers found this to be true, based on a comment at the local LA SBE meeting. If you turn the display off while the receiver is on and set on a station, you will find the noise level goes way down and the sensitivity increases.

We are not sure what kind of solution there is, except trying to put our own shielding on the display board, but it appears that BA knows about this.

So, you are saying the Boston Acoustics HD Receptor has a manufacturing defect?
Perhaps that is why www.npr.org (National Public Radio) is not carrying BA HD Receptors in their store, and recomends the Acoustic Energy WI-FI internet radio for listening to HD streams. Probably a wise choice, and the listener gets the additional benefit of thousands of other new stations and formats to listen to as a bonus that HD Radio can not provide.

 

[IBOCRocks]

I have heard nothing about this - you will need to post a link/facts, before your rebuttal will become acceptable ! Your explaination sounds highly dubious !

Our engineers found this to be true, based on a comment at the local LA SBE meeting. If you turn the display off while the receiver is on and set on a station, you will find the noise level goes way down and the sensitivity increases.

We are not sure what kind of solution there is, except trying to put our own shielding on the display board, but it appears that BA knows about this.

So, you are saying the Boston Acoustics HD Receptor has a manufacturing defect?
Perhaps that is why www.npr.org (National Public Radio) is not carrying BA HD Receptors in their store, and recomends the Acoustic Energy WI-FI internet radio for listening to HD streams. Probably a wise choice, and the listener gets the additional benefit of thousands of other new stations and formats to listen to as a bonus that HD Radio can not provide.

It doesn't look like that's what he's saying.

And sure, you can listen to low quality internet streams, if you're paying big money for broadband. And don't plan on using your computers (which will cause that streaming audio to stall and stutter) for anything. Oh, and oh yeah, good luck taking it anywhere.

Wise choice, indeed.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

I have heard nothing about this - you will need to post a link/facts, before your rebuttal will become acceptable ! Your explaination sounds highly dubious !

Our engineers found this to be true, based on a comment at the local LA SBE meeting. If you turn the display off while the receiver is on and set on a station, you will find the noise level goes way down and the sensitivity increases.

We are not sure what kind of solution there is, except trying to put our own shielding on the display board, but it appears that BA knows about this.

So, you are saying the Boston Acoustics HD Receptor has a manufacturing defect?
Perhaps that is why www.npr.org (National Public Radio) is not carrying BA HD Receptors in their store, and recomends the Acoustic Energy WI-FI internet radio for listening to HD streams. Probably a wise choice, and the listener gets the additional benefit of thousands of other new stations and formats to listen to as a bonus that HD Radio can not provide.

It doesn't look like that's what he's saying.

And sure, you can listen to low quality internet streams, if you're paying big money for broadband. And don't plan on using your computers (which will cause that streaming audio to stall and stutter) for anything. Oh, and oh yeah, good luck taking it anywhere.

Wise choice, indeed.

Laptops, multimedia enabled cell phones, and a multitude of multimedia pocket devices are already here. The BA HD Receptor is less portable then any of these and limited to the primary coverage area of the station you want to listen to.
So good luck taking your BA HD receptor on a long vacation and picking up your favorite hometown station, you claim is so vital. Only the internet can do this worldwide, and you don't even have to shield or turn off the time display!
The inernet streams from HD stations are usually the same or higher quality then the HD over the air streams. Why would they want to show how bad their HD stream is over the internet, to potential HD buyers?