Kaito KA29 All in one World Receiver, with Recorder,AM FM SW Radio with MP3 Player (White)

Kaito KA29 Digitized Radio Receive is a very good radio reciver.1) The sensitivity is perfect. My home is 50 miles from center of Los Angeles. I get all channels using this receiver for AM & FM. The result is very stable.2) It can record what you are listening to Micro SD card or USB stick. This function is very useful. The recorded result is very clean with no noise. Easy to operate. One touch can enter to record mode. One touch can stop it.3) It is multi functional beside the Radio. It can act as a MP3 player from SD card or USB. It provide EQ control, the payer provides very good music quality.4) It has a handset output. So it is easy to connect high power speaker system get best results.5) It is a microphone recorder form built-in or external microphone.6) During MP3 playing, it provides A-B repeat function. So it can be used as a Repeat Reading Device which may help to learn the foreign language.7) It is using Li-Iron battery instead of other rechargeable battery. So easy to handle and it is very light. It can be hold in hand as a toy.I am very happy with the price, functions, and qulity.

My wife has broken two Sangean radios now. They are...quite bulky and large. Although there seemed to be other brand of “recording” radios, this one caught my attention due to the positive reviews. We were pleasantly surprised.It is small but shockingly loud. I was in another room and heard a loud sound and went into the bedroom to see where it was called Ming from. It was that radio. And the tonal quality is nice too.It beats the Sangean radios too in that it is far less prone to static noise....The $$ value is quite exceptional as well....my wife has had it for about a month now and loves it.SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 ADDED COMMENTSWELL, AFTER THREE MONTHS, THE RADIO JUST STOPPED WORKING. WE BOUGHT NEW BATTERIES, TRIED LOOKING ONLINE FOR A WAY TO RESET IT.....ITS GONE!WHICH IS A SHAME. WE REALLY LIKED THIS RADIO. IT WAS LOUD, EASY TO OPERATE (FOR US) LIGHT WEIGHT, SMALL, EASY TO CARRY FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER...I AM SURE IF I THOUGHT ABOUT IT I COULD COME UP WITH MORE POSITIVE THINGS TO WRITE....BUT THEY MEAN NOTHING IF IT ONLY LASTED THREE MONTHS. SO NOW...I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS. IN MY SEARCH FOR INFORMATION I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY OWNERS OF THIS ITEM WHERE THEY BEGAN HAVING ISSUES BUT UNRELATED TO MINE.WELL..OFF NOW TO SEARCH FOR A COMPARIBLE RADIO.... BUMMED!!!

So far this radio is working very well. The speaker is very clear and the radio reception is excellent. I mainly purchased this unit to listen to podcasts on a flash drive. The four star rating is because no charging device comes with the unit and the sleep timer is difficult to use (should have been a button, not a menu selection). Otherwise the radio is great and as expected.

I love this little radio (I have two of them). While I have many more expensive radios, this one is my go-to because it ticks all the boxes for me. It's decent for AM DXing and shortwave, can play MP3 audio from *two* different sources - MicroSD card OR a USB stick, uses a cheap and easy to find Nokia phone rechargeable battery, has a backlit screen for use at night, voice memo recorder and Aux input for recording, and is small enough to slip into a pocket. For the price, it has an amazing amount of features!

This radio has very good reception and overall features. The radio is above average, and I like the display and functionality. The most outstanding feature to me is the alarm options, including radio or SD and volume. As a heavy sleeper who travels a lot, this is the most effective priduct I can find. Takes a little while to understand programming, but it is reasonable considering the features

I returned it. Unfortunately it wasn't what I was expecting. I wanted to be able to program the recording. I consider myself tech literate but I wasn't able to program the clock.

I have been very careful making sure the MicroSD card was oriented correctly when I inserted it into the KA29. I've inserted and removed the card with no problem two previous times, but this morning it got stuck inside the radio case. The card reader inside the KA29 must have broken, because the unit rattles when I shake it. I've had the unit just over a week. Don't buy this if you are intending to use it with a MicroSD card.

Likes:- I can record radio shows- Green display is coolDislikes- Cannot record long shows because batteries are exhausted and recording is not saved- Recordings are not correctly time-stampedWishlist for future product features of this type from Kaito- Would prefer a LINE-IN input (instead of AUX) so that other external radios/devices can be recorded- Batteries with a longer life for longer recordings- Correctly time-stamp recordings- Wish this had capability to set times to start/stop recordings